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UILIANS WEEKLY r- L j 1 .:is XXI. Number 4 l Indians Defeat Green Wave 7-6 For First : VictoryOfYear An old football rivalry will be re? newed 'Friday night when the Per. imana Indians play host to the Eden. .n Aces in an Albemarle Conference game, scheduled for Memorial Field at efcht o'clock, s.;,,. ; .,; vVV "- Edenton has: a strong outfit'; this season having won four contests, tied one and lost one. The Indians, fresh! and encouraged by their win last Sat urday night over Willi mston -will be out for their second victory of the sea son, and fans are assured of a fine, contest : between X the neighboring teams, si i h?-.',: : i: '' "; ' The Perquimans-Williamston game, oroginally scheduled for Hertford last Friday night was postponed and mov ed to Williamston because of the hur ricane, Coach Ike Perry had only 17 players from his large squad avail able for the game but they-were suf ficient tfl come home with a 7-6 win. All of the scoring in the game was , . done In the final quarter. a ton scored first after intercepting a n , . r ,., r' ' " Perquimans pass on the 60 yard Sne FJg$?a3' J??10?? anKrchinffor a TD in nulays,1: Beautiful," as its open- The try for extra point failed and thel,? Green Wave held a -0 advantage. ' M" Bnran Miller, chairman of the On the kick-off after the William ston TD, Perquimans, sparked ,by fine runs by Paul Matthews, Tomnjy Mat thews and John Hill moved the ball to the Green Wave six yard line, Paul Matthews smashed through for a TDtdan sang "I Will Pilot Thee," accom and also converted the sxtra nofat to PAnied by Mrs. Ned Nixon. Mrs. Mil put Perquimans ahead 7-6. V v v jle nen presented Mrs. Alice Futrell Williamston bounced back strong' wh most interesting message and moved the ball to the Indian IS j yard line but fine defensive play by TIazel Mathews, who threw a Green Wave ball carrier for a loss on two plays, stopped this drive. ' Perouimans completed six nass nlamlie Umnhlett nrofirram chairman, rave during th contest with D. A. Xarvej4 list, of chairmen from the different heing on the Teceiving end each time. I communities that would have charge Charles Whedbee, playing at quarter- v . back after an operation recovery, did' f - a fine job of directing the Indian of-! JtoWrf vTh snroynp of Esnl nnc .TonVuSeftf ths-Novessber program, the my Matthews anJ'Jbh Bill featured the Perquimans attack. ' On defense Arnold Chappell, D. A. Carver and Hazel Matthews played "best for the Indians. " ' TlliSWEHCS i;eadli;;es. .. State " and Federal ' departments moved into Southeastern North Caro lina early this week to assist in the vast 'cleanup Job following the visit of Hurricane Hazel. Army Engineers and National Guardsmen are work ing with local authorities in restor ing hard-hit communities to normal, although it has been predicted the job will take considerable time. The area around Wilmington, including Kure, Carolina and Wrightsville Beaches, according to reports received the ' greatest damage from, the storm.: Hazel finally4 "blew" itself out near the Hudson Bay area in Canada, hav ing traveled farther inland than any. previous hurricane in many years. All along its path, through the U. S. and Canada, it wrought havoc and death. With communications knocked out, and , just now being restored in some areas, final figures on loss of lives and prop-' erty damage are still being compiled. " President ; Eisenhower - designated federal aid for North Carolina in areas stricken by the storm and 27 co-anties have been designated as hurricane di ps ster areas. The American Red Cr-ss .has been authorized as the f 5cy to handle all application far assistance. With the general election or ' v" rs away leaders of the poli! ies are working hard towaid . 2 :r party candidates to determi '1 cf the next session of Cf Tfys completed recently fan. ' ry for the Democrats in the fife Cenate. 4J., p V r citizt 3 Elecl! i h nouri' i t man cf I' , tlOPS. IV ' ' roll', r t it ' yly 7 j win vT i -.'.i c 1 . ' ? 2,- it c. J. ' Z Farm Bureau Opened Membership Drive Mon. ' Perquimans County Farm Bureau officers and directors held their an nual kick-off dinner at the agricul tural building on Monday night, Oc tober 18th. The guest speaker for the evening was Gordon Madrey, N. C. Farm Bureau "President who talked vn un prooiems lacing tne iarmer in getting world markets for bur prod ucts and world trade, and the role that the Farm Bureau has played in secur ing trade with foreign countries.', , Floyd Matthews, Perquimans Coun ty Farm Bureau President, told the group that the county membership goal for 1955 has been set at 300 and urged the workers to strive toward this goal. rA. :-:.-; Barbecue for the occasion was furn- shed oy Preston Nixon, an active Farm Bureau member and an outstand. ng Duroc breeder in Eastern North Carolina. Dbmittcsncports Given AtCcntrd . PTA r.Tc-Lag r.Tcnday , The PTA of the Perquimans Cen tral Grammar School held its October! meeting Monday night in the cafe - iiiuMHurii.,!. .jm. : J A. u n hi Cumberland Community, presented the Rev.. James O. Mattox of Hertford Baptist. Church, who gave a very in spiring devotional, using as his sub ject ."Anchors Aweigh." Edward Jor- o "Wgaway oaiety. During the business session the minutes were read and approved. The president's message was read by the secretary, Mrs. Dick Long. Mrs. Char- of the programs each month. : The Whiteston community with Mrs. Russell Baker as chairman, will have f dpie- being "Ways of Faith," Mrs. Ralph Harrell, magazine chairman, stated ' that 85 subscriptions to - the PTA Magazine were sold and urged all to try to reach the goal of 50 subscriptions. Mrs. Lessie Winslow, membership chairman, gave a report on the membership drive. She stat ed the unit had almost reached the goal of 200 per cent membership. Mrs. Claude Williams, chairman of, room representatives, gave, a list of room representatives for each grade. An announcement was made in re gard to the Study Group meetings to be " held in each community, naming the leader of each group, These groups were urged, by the . president, to have these meetings as soon as possible, . ' Mrs. Claude Winslow, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, re ported on sales of subscriptions to The Perquimans Weekly; . She announced the Halloween Carnival to be held at the school on Friday night,, October 29 starting with the serving of sup per at 6;80 in the cafeteria. It was announced that the district meeting of the PTA will meet No vember 8, at the S. L. Sheep school in Elizabeth City. All were urged to attend. The Association voted to in vite the PTA District 9 to meet here next fall Mrs. Bray recognized J. T. Biggers who commended Mrs. Futrell on doing such a splendid job with school bus drivers, f He told of a driver's educa tion course taught at the high school. Winslow and Blanchard are furnish ing the. car which is being used for this course. ' The attendance award was won by Miss Margaret White's 7th grade and lira. Joe Tunnell's 1st grade. , O.EJ3. Officers To Vfi't Here Monday r strict Deputies Mrs. Doris Bon e of Manteo and Robert Spence of . ?i Mills, will make official visits i' a Hertford.Chapter of the Order f Laatern Star next Monday night, u ler 25, it was announced today. l.'.a meeting will be held in the ! ' j3 room of the Court House be - j at 8 o'clock, and all mem i i s are urged to be present Visit i rrs invited. , . - VoGctOXJ --r V. . :e i. 1 1. 11s- Hertford, Perquimans County, North IVo-nr r.lrc Femfly To Receive Master fa Open House Program Will Begin At 2 P.M. At the Home Thursday, October 28th, will be the Master Farm Family Recognition Day for the Warner Madre family. This program will begin at 2:00 in the af ternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Madre, on Skinner's Creek Road. Participating on the program, along with the County Extension Personnel, will be R. W. Shoffner, Assistant State Director of the North Carolina Extension Service and William La Rue, Associate Editor of the ' PRO GRESSIVE FARMER. The Master Farm Family Program is co-sponsored by the PROGRES SIVE FARMER and the North Caro lina Extension Service. ; Another part of the day's program will be Open House, with the Per quimans County Home Demonstration Clubs serving as hostesses, and a tour of the pastures and barns of the Madre farm, 1 The Madre family was selected as one of the twelve leading farm fami lies in the State and is the first Mas ter Farm : Family that Perquimans County has ever had. Everyone is invited to attend the Master Farm Family program which begins at 2:00 Thursday afternoon, October 28. , The scheduled place for the program is at the Madre home, but in case of rain it will be held at Perquimans High School. Forester Cautions All persons who plan to be in the woods hunting are urged to take all the necessary precautions to prevent fires from' starting as a result of care less smoking ; habits or unguarded warming ' fires County Ranger Thos. Nixon announced today; - The ' woods are Very dry now, even Wter the re cent' hurricane rain, and any fire that gets out of control is hard to stop without, a big loss resulting. The peat soil is dry enough to burn now in addition to the inflammable mater ial on top of the forest floor, so eyery precaution should be , taken to keep fires from getting out of control, County Ranger Njxon said that he hoped that the people' in Perquimans County would cooperate by keeping wild fire out of the woods. It will not be necessary for the N. C. Di vision of Forestry to request that the Governor close the woods to all hunt ing, fishing, and trapping if everyone is careful with their use of fire while in. or near the woods. It will be nec essary to make this request if too many fires result from hunters, and the fire danger increases as a result of the dry weather. ' Similar weather conditions were ex perienced last fall and it was not nec essary to close the woods in this sec tion because everyone was careful and very few fires occurred. The hunt ers can do their parj in keeping the season open again this fall by fol lowing the suggestions, outlined above. ImprovciotLoLis AVcKIs At FIIA Building improvement loans are available to eligible farmers in this area,1 E. F. Morgan, county Farmers Home Administration supervisor an nounced this week. ; K .,: . The loans will be made to enable eligible persons who own family-type farms to. improve, alter, repair, re place or relocate an essential building I or buildings on the farm including new construction, ., . .j To be eligible an applicant must be the owner of a family-type farm which is without a decent, safe, and sanitary , dwelling, or without other farm buildings adequate for the suc cessful operation of the. farm. ; Building Improvement loans may be made' for a period of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 40 years at VA percent interest The probable debt-payjng, ability of the borrower and the s rity interest of the Government will oe the principal factors in determinfrg the period of the loan.' The amct of the loan will not exceed the probable debt-paying av" 'y of the borrr or the fair and IT ! .1 iiut I J I. i-s."Ai;- farm, I" i any . iunced, wl,ich- the farm must ! r-wrjpc and i-rroi ment 7-f.?e farm, only )' 'al!y t"rc--l i 1 f a Co- s 7 J a Carolina, Friday, October 1 Vericd Docltet In Recorder's Court On Last Tuesday Escaped Prisoners Face Trial During Coming November Term A varied docket involving eleven de fendants was disposed of in Perquim ans Recorder's Court here last Tues day. John Threatt and Dexter Edge, youthful prisoners who escaped from a road gang two weeks ago, waived hearings on charges of larceny of a highway truck and a truck owned by Milton Dail. They will be tried on these charges during the November term of Superior Court. Threatt was given 12 month sentences on charges of reckless driving and escaping from the prison camp; Edge was given, an additional 12 months for escaping. Costs of court were paid by David Brickhouse and Virgie Leicester after each pleaded guilty to charges of speeding. Annie Barnard, charged with speeding entered a nlea of aruil ty and paid a fine of $10 and costs. I A fine of $50 and costs were levied' against Lee Hinton, Negro, charged with riding a bicycle while drunk. The Court accepted a plea of guilty to a charge of being drunk on a high way. ... Raleigh Hurdle, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of reckless driving. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costa, -, josepn . joraan suDmittea to a charge of passing a vehicle illegally, He paid a fine of $25 and costs. Costs jr court were taxed against Curtis Shamby, Negro, who entered a plea Of guilty to charges of failing to observe a stop sign. v Fred Johnson, Negro, was fined $2 and costs of court after pleading guilty to Charges of being drunk. Oscar Brown, , Negro, was fined $5 and costs on charges of being drunk on a highway. .He entered a plea of guilty. ; Farm Agent Reports unuamagi 'Farm crops in Perquimans County escaped serious damages from Hurri cane Hazel, according to a report giv en Monday by R. M. Thompson, Coun ty Agent V';;.i.T,r' ; '.v Mr. Thompson, After making a sur- vey of the county, reported: 'fThe crops were not too greatly damaged except for the corn that was left in the field which amounted to about 20 per cent of the total county corn crop. This was damaged very severely arid it will take a great deal of labor to get it harvested. Shocks of peanuts were blown over causing a great deal of extra work to tne farmers but the peanuts themselves were damaged only slightly. In cases where they were blown off the poles nm! whole shocks rolled over and nvr they were considerably damaged, FavHnfin! had enough foliage so that they were not damaged too much and they were wet enough to hang in the pod. . ' "Altogether I would think the loss to Pewiimans County by Hurricane Hazel will amount to one million and a half dollars. A great deal of this is covered by insurance but the people who have lived in the county all of their lives say that 'this is the most severe storm that has hit Perquim ans in their lifetime." 1-svYcrIiArtist ToApl!:re Eileen Southern, artist of New York City, will present a piano concert at the King Street School, in Hertford Friday night October 29, under the sponsorship of The Alphabet Club of St Paul's AJI JJ. Zion Church,' it was announced today. . ; Aside from the piano recital by Mrs. Southern, other talent will also take part on the program: - White friends of the church are invited to attend. In 1948 Mrs. Southern was present ed in Carnegie Hall, New York by the Associated Concert Bureau, being the only Negro pianist among the more than two thousand musicials selected to appear in the Festival. 1 In 1949 ie received honorable mention in the Artists Division of the Nation-wide Recording Contest of the American College of Musicians. .In addition to her woric in piano at the Chicago Musical . College, Eileen Southern has earned the degree, lachelor of Arts ad Kaster tf Arts h I'-'-Jc f.-nt'e University of CU " . f I r t" " 1 at Ju!"ard. i jf'f .sir 22, 1954. County Hard Hit Oy Hurricane Hazel In Process Of Ascertaining Damages Patrol Reports Two Accidents In County ' Two highway accidents occurred in Perquimans County on Monday, ac cording to State Patrolman B. R. Ins- coe. The first happened at 4 A. M., when Bruce Hutchinson, 19, Marine Of Cherry Point crashed through a bar rier on the causeway just north of Hertford. Hutchinson was traveling south on U. S. 17 and because of heavy fog failed to see a curve in the road. His car was reported a total A. G. Mann of Norfolk, collided with a truck driven by J. H. Wilson, of Bear Creek, on U. S. 17 at the weigh station near Woodville at 1 P. M. Wilson was making a left turn into the station when his truck was struck by a car driven by Mann. No charg es were filed in either accident Soil Conservation LocalWater Control The Albemarle Soil Conservation District Supervisors from Perquimans r. ; 5. ij County met with interested landown ers on October 4 to consider possible improvements for streams in the Coun ty. Frank B. Skinner, chairman of the local group, pointed out that the provisions of the Hope-Aiken Act passed by the last Congress would make it possible for farmers in the county to obtain assistance from the Federal Government The Hope-Aiken Act is designed to control water dam age on small water-sheds. ' C D. Fetzer and F. A. McGoogan from the Soil Conservation Service reviewed the provisions of the bill and told the supervisors what would be required before any projects could be started. Although the act provides for a maximum area of 250.000 acres. i is believed that it might be prac- tieal to have the same type of pro- gram established on Small watersheds oi arouna o.uuu acres Tfte super visors said that they would be will ing to assist any group of landowners where crops had been damaged by wa ters, due to filling up of the chan nels, in the main streams. However, the farmers themselves must be the ones who request this work, and they must be willing to bear a substantial share of the cost ; Frank Skinner, George Winslow and Emmett Long, who make up the Board of Supervisors from Perquimans Coun ty, stated that they would be glad to discuss the new program for water control with any group who are in terested. They say that there will be a number of requests for this work in the state, and it would be very much to the advantage of farmers in Perquimans County to start action on this as soon as possible. Skinner. i- a Nickels Program TTia IWllllfa it tli a Minlrola How voting, which was held Friday. October 15. in Perauimans Countv were 264 votes in favor of paying 5c Brown's Restaurant in Hertford Tues a ton on feed and fertilizer, to be used day night at 7 o'clock for their month for research, and 13 votes against the ly planning meeting. Following din program. This is a percentage of '. ner the group divided into a district 95 per cent of the votes in favor of committee planning session and a the Nickels for Know-How program. Scoutmaster Roundtable, In the State the percentage being) The district committee meeting, un in favor of the program was a little, der the leadership of Sanford Aydlett, lower, being 93 per cent. Even though had as its main item of business final the hurricane cut down the number of, plans for the "Scouting in Action" voters there were still 267 people in Fair which will take place Saturday participated in this election. Three 0n the Elizabeth City Court House years ago in the first -election there lawn. Plans for having scouts serve were oniy no tnai votea. xnis means !as ushers at the Oyster Bowl Game that Perquimans County more than,in Norfolk on Saturday, November 6, uouoieu me numDer wno voted m tne first election. Commenting on the election, County Agent Thompson said: "This program has been a great bene fit to tiie farmers in Eastern North Carolina and I am sure it will con tinue to mean just as much as it has in the past" Piney Woods Friends To Conduct Revival Piney Woods Friends Meeting will conduct a revival beginning Monday, October. 25, and continuing through October 81, it was announced today by the pastor, the Rev. D. Virgil Pike. The evangelist will be the Rev. Vic tor Murchison, pastor of Winston Salem Friends. The public is invited to attend the services which will be held each evening at 7:30 o'clock. - J Eir.TII ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lambkin of Fuquay Springs announce the birth 'fa cVwter, Susan Lynn, born Mon r - n. Mrs. I-"'". r- "- , J, iS i-J 5 Gents Per Copy Communications And Power Interrupted Several Days Untold damages, estimated in the thousands of : dollars, was caused throughout Perquimans County last Friday as Hurricane Hazel ripped its way through Eastern North Carolina. As of Monday, the county was in the process of ascertaining the total des truction caused by the storm. Fort unately, there were few reports of serious damage to homes. The high winds destroyed a large number of out buildings in the county, blew shingles from numerous roofs, broke window panes and disrupted communications and power lines. Hertford was left littered with up rooted trees and broken tree limbs, and property owners residing in the area near the Perquimans River suf fered heavy damage from the storm driven water, which according to many older residents reached the highest crest ever seen here. Practically all piers and boat hous es in the vicinity of "The Point" were swept away by the rushing watery which was estimated about five feet above normal tide. The river rose at a rate of about six inches an hour, be ginning early Friday morning and l ?eaK. ln ynange oi w, receded completely in less than one hour. State Highway officials closed high- way 17, over the causeway, at about 10 A. M., Friday, after the river rose over the roadbed. The surging wa ter flooded the highway and covered about 20 feet of the northern end of the bridge leading to the causeway. Use of the highway was restored in the late afternoon Friday. Falling trees and broken limbs caus ed a power failure, breaking power lines at many points throughout the town. Portions of Hertford had pow er restored late Friday but the task of replacing all lines is continuing. However, most consumers had use of ! power by Sunday. Telephone service between Edenton and Elizabeth. City was likewise disrupted by the storm when dinci were- blown.' down. - S- vice between Elizabeth City was re stored late Saturday and service to Edenton was available Monday morn ing.': :'. ' . Early Friday morning J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Schools, announced the closing of the schools for the day, and classes were resumed on Monday. Employees of the Town of Hertford started immediately the task of re storing power lines and cleaning up debris; power was restored to prac tically all consumers by Sunday but the work of completing the task is still in progress. Most residents are high in praise for work accomplished by the crews. TllEStfaV Nilrflt Boy Scout leaders from all over the I Albemarle District gathered at were made. Also discussed was a scout and scout family camping-fishing trip to Cape Hatteras the week end of November 13-14. A Finance drive plans were discussed by District Finance Chairman Roland Orr. A district-wide finance drive has been scheduled for early November under the leadership of Judge Ches ter Morris and Forrest Dunstan. John Biggers, chairman of the train ing committee, presented a schedule of training courses for Cub Scout leaders. Boy Scout leaders, and Ex plorer Scout leaders. The following committee chairmen also made re orts: Raymond Sheely, advancement; Clarence Owens, health and safety; and Oscar Montgomery, organization and extension. District Commission- jer Raymond Collier made a report on ' the condition of the district and the progress of the fall round-up. ' V ? Representatives from all the Spon soring institutions gave .reports on their units activities. ' The Scoutmasters Roundtable, on der the leadership of James Ctller, i a rehearsal of the 1 . iiecii. ' Scout Leaders In FtleetingHerelast
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