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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 11, 1955;
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zblic School En
Mhcreasedl2.9Per Cent
ver Period Of Five Years
rease Was Greatest
. rnong City Admm-7
;j istrative Units
,iblic school enrollment incren.
ed Vora 864,154 in 1948-49 to 968,1
0C5 in 1953-54, an increase of 103,
912;or 12.9 per cent, according to a
comparison L.bf the official statisti
cal Records of these years as pre
pared by the monthly magazine
"State School Facts."
: 1 vj . County and City
Enrollment of children in the 74
(72 n 1948-49) city administrative
units, the five-year comparison
shows, increased much greater than
in the 100 county administrative
units. Enrollment in the 72 city
nnitk in 1948-49 totaled 241,882,
whereas in 1953-64 these units plus
the'itwo new city units (St Pauls
anjMaxton) enrolled 289,644 pu
pils. The increase for these units,
including the 3,523 pupils enrolled
In Ulaxton and St. Pauls, totaled
47,762, or a percentage increase of
,.19.7 for the five-year period.
Increase in total school enroll
ment in the 100' county units (in
cluding Maxton and St Pauls in
suh. totals for 1948-49 and exclud
ing -(such units in 1953-54) totaled
56,180, or an increase of 9.0 per
ceils,, iw uie iive-year penuu.
rease in public school enroll
ment during this period under con
sideration was greater in schools
for fvfiite pupils' than in those for
Negroes, 13.4 per cent in the case
of the former and 8.9 per cent for
the latter. In the city limits the
racial comparisons as to increased
enrollments for this period are 21.7
per cent in the case of white pu
pils and 15.7 per cent in the case
of Negroes. Among the 100 county
units there was a 10.3 per cent in
crease in white enrollment and a 6.0
per" cent increase in Negro pupils
enrolled. . .;. . . ,: ...
Elementary and Secondary
I Enrollment in the public high
schools of the State increased from
170,151 in 1948-49, to 206,467 in
j 1953-54, an increase of 36,316 or
; 21.3 per cent ... v
t Enrollment in elementary schools,
i grades 1-8, increased during this
: samp npriod from 694,003 to 761,-E9-'-67.5fi
or 9.7 per cent
Greatest percentage increase in
these aren was made by the Negro
Mth schools which increased in en
rollment from 40,465; to 53,646, or
32,6 per cent, during this five-year suited in a decrease of 69 per cent
Seriod. Enrollment in public high in the amount or virulent virus oe-
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schools for white students increas
ed 17.8 per cent from 129,686 to
152,821. In other words, there were
23135 jmore, white boys and girls
attending public high schools in
1953-54 than in 1948-49, and cor
respondingly . 13,181 more Negro
boys and girls attending public
high schools. t .
In the elementary schools there
were 12.2 per cent more white chil
dren in 193-54 than in 1948-49, but
only 4.6 per cent more Negroes. In
other words, whereas the white ele
mentary schools enrolled 57,530
more pupils in 195354 than in 1948
49, the Negro schools of the same
grades enrolled only 10,065 more.
Further analysis shows that
among the high schools the five
year increase was greatest in the
county units 19.2 per cent for
white boys and girls and 40.3 per
cent for Negroes whereas in the
city units, these increases were 15.0
per cent and 22.1, per cent respec
tively. Increase in enrollment in the ele
mentary schools, when compared as
to units, was greatest in city units
24.0 per cent in the case of white
schools and -4.0 per cent for Neg
roes, whereas in county units' cor
responding increases for the races
were 8.1 per cent and .9 per cent.
Still further analysis of increases
in school enrollment shows that
among schools for whites the great
est increase during the five-year
period occurred in the first grade,
26.4 per cent City units experi
enced a 50.0 per cent increase,
whereas there was an 18.6 per cent
first grade increase in county units.
Among Negro schools the great
est increase occurred in the 12th
grade, 44.0 per ' cent For this
grade he increase in Negro enroll
ment was 57.5 per cent in county
units and 27.5 per cent in city
units. '
Hoar Cholera Near
Record Low In 1954
Hog cholera, the only current di
sease which will regularly wipe out
about 97 per cent of the animals ir
unprotected herd9, was at or near
a record low for the twentieth cen
tury, according to a year-end re
port from the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
One of the chief sources of the
disease has been the vlruient virus,
used with antiserum in vaccinating.
Another source has been infected
pork scraps often fed in garbage.
However, the advent of modified
vaccines, about three years ago, re
ing used, compared to 1951.
Parkway Section To
Re-open Next April
1 . . i ii in
April 15, 1955, is the date set by
the National Park Service for the
reopening of a high-altitude section
of the Blue Ridge Parkway between
U. S. 70 near Asheville, and Craven I
Gap in the Craggy Mountains. This'
section was closed in November be
cause of the hazards of snow and
ice likely to occur at high altitudes.
Throughout the winter, other sec
tions of the Parkway in North Car
olina are open to traffic whenever
the weather is mild enough to per
mit safe driving on this vacation
highway which crosses the moun
tains at an average altitude of
more than 3,000 feet
PLASTIC NAVY BEING BUILT
FOR ARMY ASSAULT TROOPS
For Belvoir, Va. The Army is
building a plastic navy.
Now being built for the Army
Corps of Engineers are plastic,
wide-beanv 16-foot "assault boats"
which weigh less than 300 pounds.
lho boats are . strong enougn to
carry 15 men with full packs, yet
light enough to be carried readily
by hand.
The new, "assault boat" if suc
cessful in forthcoming service tests
may lead to adoption of fiber
glass plastics for construction of
many small landing craft
f Prominent Methodists In Edenton Friday j
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New Hitrh In 1954
Broiler Production
Commercial broiler production in
North Carolina totaled 56,827,000
birds in 1954. According to the
North Carolina . Crop Reporting
Service, this is 12 per cent-more
than the 1953 production of 50,738f
000 birds. This is the eighth con
secutive year in Which broiler pro
duction has increased and produc
tion in 1954 set a new record.
Gross income from commercial
(broilers in 1954 amounted to $33,-
068,006, or, 2 per cent less than
gross income of $38,698,000 in
1953, -The decrease in gross in
come in 1954 was due entirely to
lower average prices during most
of the year. ' Growers received an
average of 23.1 cents for broilers
sold in 1954 compared with 26.3
ients in 1953. ' t
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white unfold. '.' " , '.
We must not tear the elose'shut
' leaves opart
Time will reveal the -calyxes of
gold.; May Riley .Smith.
The spiritual sense of life and Its
grand pursuits is of itself a bliss,
health-giving and joy inspiring. .
' Mary Baker Eddy. ''
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of whom are pictured above. At top, left, is A. G. Jefferson, lay leader
of the Virginia Methodist Uonterence, wno win De me principal speaxer;
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Bishop Paul N. Garber and, right the Rev. C. Freeman Heath, super
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