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, Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 24, 1955.
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--v . The new office- and library building for the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons
of North Carolina is to be located on a 5-acre site, near the city limits of Raleigh on U. S. Highways
78 and 15-A North. .The announcement of the award of the contracts is made by Watson N. Sherrod,
Enfield, chairman of the Building Committee. J. M. Thompson, General Contractors, Raleigh is con-1
tractor for all phases of the work. The exact amount of the contract was not given (but is understood
to b approximately $250,000). The new facility will allow expansion of the Grand Lodge activities
and will fill a long felt need for additional executive office and library space. An Informal ground
breaking held on Friday afternoon culminated two years of planning and designing. Laying of the
cornerstone by the Grand Lodge is scheduled to take place in the early fall, and construction is ex-.
eeted to be complete in the spring of 1956. '
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be; gunning for a victory over the
Edenton, Colonials when the two
teams tangle here Friday night at
-."jj" 8. b'dock in an Albemarle League
'. contest which can nave an Import
, -ant bearing upon the standing ir
j . the league race, Edenton nosed out
1$ Indians, in, a game played last
tweeVin Edenton and the locfcl nine
V'il)he ..out to, revenge this loss.
- Jne'o the largest "crowds of. t the
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tiMroecttn1 to turn ut for
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,Losses lAwk,WCflWBjiiin8
Ed,tnlon' drbp i'lndiine from
the top; of vtHe sttndlhg to second
plaee,rbut the .local team is determ
ined to regain the p, jRoajtion.
In 'on& of the besf played games
tlius; far this aeason Colerain won
a 5.8-7; decision over the Indians
Thursday night of last week. Cole-
rain's Belch bested Ted Chappell
in-' VaVtight pitching duel. Belch
givVup six hita while Chappell al
lOjWel i seven;; : Colerairt scored two
rrfns.in the first inning and added
a 'third, in the seventh inning while
the . Indians -tallied their lone run
in the seventh. -The
Indians bounced back into
'the victory column on Friday night
when Paul Matthews set a league
iff Ike out record when he fanned
i$ t NAF batters while his team
mates racked up a total of 16. runs.
The final count was 16-4. ,
Matthews struck out the first
nine batters in the game and al
lowed only five hits. The Indians
Jumped three! NAF pitchers for a
i total of nine hits -and-16 bases on
, balls. McKay Riddick led the In
dian batting attack with -four sin-
gles and drove In four 'runs.
."Bain interrupted the game Tues
: day nigh between, the Indians and
Elisabeth City; the contest being
! called at 'the end of four and one
balf innings with Perquimans, lead
ma; by a score of 6 tf 3. Ted
; Chappell pitched the four innings
for the Indians while Elizabeth City
' -Fped' three hurlers, Morgan, Davis
4nd Paul.: This contest will be re-'-
played in Elizabeth City next Mon
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Games scheduled for the Indians
, during the coming week are as fol-
Jews: Tonight, Edenton here; Mon.
, day,, Elizabeth jCity there; - Tues
day, Colerain there; Thursday, NAF
here, and Friday, Elizabeth City
here. . " . " .
.Highway Employees -.
Hold Fish Fry Here v
Members of the State Highway
-' Employees Association of Perquim
ans and Gate coun)tie held ameet
, ing in Hertford at the highway
Commission Shop on Thursday
, , night: Following, the meeting the
, group enjoyed a fish, fry. ti g; l y
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'( Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wflliford of
" Rich Square announce the birth of
a" son, Richard "White Williford,
' born Tuesday evening at the Ahos-
kie flo'spltal. Mrs. Williford is the;
rmer Miss Dorothy Wlate of Bel-!
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Colonials
.World dinlomats eathered in
San .Francisco this week to cele
brate the 10th anniversary of the
United Nations. Opening day
speeches v by the delegates stressed
world , n?ace !nJ Jt, was reported
(thai here;appert iiew encourage-,
ment' fer easement of tensions and
the cold war. The opening alddress
of ; the celebration was made by
President Eisenhower who; pledged
himself to go to the Big Four meet
ing next i month true to the spirit
of the United Nations.
Plans for the Big Four meeting
between the u. S., Britain, France
and Russia, scheduled to be held in
Geneva beginning July 18, are be
ing discussed by the foreign minis
ters during the celebration meet
ing in San Francisco. According
to reports the Geneva discussions
are expecte'd to center around co
existence and improvements ' of
world economic conditions rather
than war tension. , ,
: An attempt to overthrow the Pe
ron government of, Argentina failed
last 'week, apparently, when the
plotters failed to cooperate. Cen
sored news reports from the South
American country , said- the revolt
was led by the Argentina navy,
with support, which, did not ma
terialize, , being promised by the
Army. ; Hundreds were killed and
injured during the uprising which
reportedly resulted from Peron's
dispute with church officials.
Plans for widening social securi
ty benefits are being pushed in the
Congressional Ways and Means
Committee -which this, week voted
down a proposal for open bearings
n the proposed amendments to the
plan. If adopted the changes, it
was reported, will cost an addition
al two billion dollars annually,
which might result 'in an increase
of present social security taxes.
Wins Prize Offered
In Breeding Contest, "
- Joe Tunnell; director of the Per
quimans FFA Chapter, announced
Monday he is in receipt of a $200
cash prize to be awarded Clarence
Chappell, Jr., who has been declar
ed state winner in a breeding con
test sponsored by Sears & Roebuck.
The award is made to tha FFA
youth who. has been judged 13 do
ing the best job in-promoting stock
breeding with a Sears bull. ' .-
ti Mr. Tunnell stated the firm of
fers steers, each year, to youths
interested, in the project,' and af
ter a period of two years the "youth
may purchase the 'steer for him
self, or the animal is " Bold ' else-.
where. At the present two youttis.
Clarence and Arnold Chappell, are
participating in the program, -
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HEADLINES
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To Speak Here
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The. Rev. W. P. Blggerstaff. As
sociate Dlrect6r . of " the : AlileH
Church Leajpre; Inc. itf be "taVst
sneaaer at a meeting of the Heftvl-
ford Baptist. Brotherhood neit t Moh1.
day night at 8 o'clock. The: meet
ing will be held in the lower, audi
torium of the church. k
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Brotherhood Meet
The men of the Hertford Baptist
Brotherhood will have the privilege
of hearing one' of .North Carolina's
outstanding Baptists, it has been
announced by ff. F. Ainsley, pro
gram chairman. He is the Rev.
W. P. Biggerstaff,; Associate Di
rector of the Allied Church League,
Inc. ' This is an organization that
strives through a program of re
education and education to abolish
beverage alcohol and promote civic
righteousness. It is supported ac
tively and financially by the lead
ing denominations of the state.
Mr. Biggerstaff is a native South
Carolinian -and attended Furman
University in Greenville, where he
also served as pastor in one of the
'Baptist Churches. ' For nearly ten
j years he served Baptist churches
in and around Shelby, North Caro
lina. ; Then for many years, and
prior' to his coming to work with
the League, he went to High Point
to become pastor of the English
Street "Baptist Church. He has
beer, with the League two years.
Recognizing that alcohol is the
number one enemy of society, the
speaker for the Brotherhood meet
ing on Monday evening, has not
only accepted, the' challenge to do
something about it, but he has won
for .himself a' place of distinction
Btmms clergymen and laymen of
all cenominations by his quiet, sin
cere and, intellectual approach td
this menace that threatens the very
existence of our way of life.
'All Baptist men will wanf to
hear this outstanding and challeng
ing speaker Monday evening at 8
o'clock in the lower auditorium of
the church. In addition tp the
guest speaker, there will be spe
cial, music under the direction of
Otis White, chorister for the group,
and Edgar White,, pianist. ' v'
I a masons TO meet ;
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge,
No. 106, A. F., ft A. M., will meet
Tuesday night &t 8 o'clock, ;
League Director To
Address Bapt
Application On File
With Army Dept.
At Wilmington
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Application for approval of plans
for construction of a bridge across
Perquimans River,- near Belvidere,
25 miles above the mouth of the
river has been made to the North
Carolina State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission by the Corps
of Engineers, U. S. Army, in Wil
mington. The plans submitted call for a
fixed bridge with a horizontal clear
ance of 18 feet, 6 inches, and a ver
tical clearance of 5 feet, 6 inches,
or normal water level. The pro
posed bridge willl be constructed at
the same location as the present
one. ".Wi
Plans showing the proposed work
may be seen at the Wilmington of
fice and at the Post Office in Bel
videre. Persons objecting to this con
struction, from the standpoint of
navigation, or any person, firm or
association which may be opposed
to this work, may file objections
with the Wilmington office, 308
Customhouse, before July 14.
Ernmett Winslow,. Highway Com
missioner for this Division, stated
that'vhile the Commission is con
sidering the construction of a new
bridge, plans, as: yet, have not
reached the stage for announcing
type of bridge to be constructed,
but that it is likely , the present
wood structure will be replaced
with one of concrete. -
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Damages estimated hi excess of
three thousand dollars resulted
from a fire at the home of W. W.
White on Highway 17, south of
Hertford, Tuesday night at about
9:45 o'clock.
The fire started during a severe
electrical storm when lightning
struck the house, igniting the at
tic and the flames soon spread to
areas between the walls of the
home.
Firemen were called to the
scene at about 9:45 and additional
help Was called shortly thereafter.
The firemen brought the blaze un
der control at about 10:45.
Considerable damage was alse re
ported to household furnishings
caused by water used in extinguish
ing the fire.
Fire Causes Heavy
QamageTuesdayAt
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Meeting Called To
Formulate Plans
For Farmer's Day
County Bond Sales
Reach $59,793.75
R. M." Riddick, U. S.' Savings
Bonds Chairman for Perquimans
County today announced that the
1955 " upswing : of U. S. Savings
Bond sales continued to set a peace
time record for North Carolina.
The monthly sales report releas
ed by North . Carolina Savings
Bonds Director Walter P. Johnson,
showed that for the seventh consec
utive month, U. S. Savings Bonds
for North Carolina have increased
from 17 per cent to 35 per cent
over the corresponding months of
the previous year. The combined
sales of Series E and H bonds to
taled 14,606,054 for the month of
May representing a 35 per cent in
crease over the, same month of last
year. ;
The cumulative sales for the
first ' five months of this year
amounts to $24,739,630.75 which is
42 per cent of the 1955 quota and
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Belvidere Youth
Seriously Injured
Stanley Riddick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan Riddick of Belvidere,
suffered serious injuries in an au
tomobile accident which occurred
near South Mills at about 11:30
Monday night.
Riddick was injured as a result
of a three-car' smash-up, and was
taken to Albemarle Hospital for
treatment.
Involved in the crash were a 1953
Mercury, driven by James Sterling
Davis, 40, of Norfolk, a 1955 Mer
cury, operated by William Eugene
Butts, 23, of South Mills, and a
1955 Chevrolet, driven by Riddick.
The 1953 Mercury was headed
North and the other two vehicles
were going South when the acci
dent occurred.
The investigating officers, State
Highway. Patrolmen R. P, Cooke
and J. J. Carter, reported that the
accident happened when a 1955
Mercury came up behind a house
trailer and applied brakes. The
second 1955 Mercury driven by
Butts, which was following the first
applied brakes, skidded on the
shoulder and turned over on the
right shoulder.
The Chevrolet, following Butts,
applied brakes, skidded around on
the highway and the 1953 Mercury,
going North, started for the ditch
but did not make it befooe the rear
end of the Chevrolet swung around
in front of and collided with the
front end of the l?53,Mercury.
Patrolman Wj W. An6ewg; ' also
iftoetijrin; an adeldeht which 'oc
curred, on the Harvey Poiat Road
at about 6:40 Monday., night, in
which; three cars were involved re
sulting in damages of abotit"$Z50.
Involved were a 1951 Chevrolet
operated by Martha Ferebee Wins-
low, 25, Negro of Hertford; a 1949
Ford operated by David Vander-
fbilt White, 36, of Winfall and a
1940 Ford operated by James
Spruill, 33, Negro, of Hertford,
Route 1.
White was going South on the
road and Spruill was parked, part
ly on the pavement. The Winslow
woman attempted to turn around
and in doing so backed into White's
car which hit Spruill's vehicle. To-
tal damage was $250. White was
charged with having - an expired
operator's license, while Martha
Winslow was charged with having
nv driver's license' and failure to
yield the right of way.
Preliminary plans for the second
annual Farmers' Day, tentatively
scheduled to be held in Hertford
sometime during August, will be
discussed at a meeting to be held
next Monday night at 8 o'clock in
the Agriculture Building, it was re
ported by R. M. Thompson, Coun
ty 'Agent. :
Arvin Hudson has been named to
serve as chairman on arrangements
for the project this year and Mrs.
Essie Benton is co-chairman.
Presidents of all civic organiza
tions throughout the county have
been invited to attend the meeting
Monday night and help formulate
a plan and program for the 1955
event ' . : .
The success of the 1954 Farmers'
Day, which proved td be one of the
best promotional events staged in
this community in some time gave
the leaders of the Perquimans Ex
tension Service, which sponsored
the - program, hope that a bigger
and better Farmers' Day might be
produced every year. , ; ;
More than 2,000 people turned
out for the all-day program last
year which featured numerous ex
hibits for farm and home and dem
onstrations of farm methods and
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Governor Luther C. Hodges (center) is shown accepting from W. H. Andrews, Jr, Greensboro, a
certificate naming him Honorary Chairman of U. S. Savings Bonds Program in North Carolina. An
drews, officially representing Secretary of U. S. Treasury George M. Humphrey, is Chairman of the
Bonds Program in the State. Looking on is Walter P. Johnson, North Carolina Director of Sales for
the U. S. Treasury Savings Bonds Division. The picture was made in conection with the state govern
ment's installation of the Payroll Savings Plan. Governor Hodges has informed all department heads
of the state government that it is his desire that each state employee be given the opportunity to vol
untarily join the Payroll Savings Plan. A canvass of all employees of the North Carolina State Gov
ernment is scheduled to take place
To Lead Revival
i ReVi and MrsCarl.N. Hall.'Al
Ientowrt,' Pa., will lead revival ser
vices to be held at Bagley Swamp
Pilgrim Church July I through (he
10th, it was announced by the Rev.
Coy S. Saunders, pastor. Special
music will be rendered each even
ing With services beginning at 8
o'clock. The public is invited te
attend.
Loans Available
ForFarm Drainage
Through Local FHA
That better farm drainage sys
tems would increase the efficiency
of many farms in Perquimans
County has already been proven by
those farmers who have worked out
good drainage, according to E. F.
Morgan, county supervisor of the
Farmers Home Administration.
Interest in farm drainage and
other soil and water conservation
measures has heightened among
Perquimans County farmers and
farm leaders because of the soil and
water conservation loan program
now being administered by the
Farmers Home Administration.
Soil and water conservation loans
may be made from insured or ap
propriated funds to pay the cash
costs of making improvements di
rectly related to soil conservation,!
water development, conservation
and use, forestation, drainage of
farm land, and related measures.
Practices for which loans may be
made are limited to those in accord
with Extension Service and Soil
Conservation Service recommenda
tions. .
Practices or installations include
building or repairing terraces,
dikes, ponds and tanks, ditches and
canals for irrigation and drainage,
waterways, erosion control, sodding,
lime and fertilizer for establishing
or improving permanent pastures,
land leveling, brush removal, tree
planting, wells, and. the purchase
of pumps, sprinkler systems, and
other irrigation equipment. ,
The Farmers Home Administra
tion can make insured or direct soil
and water conservation loans to in
dividual, farm owners or operators
who cannot obtain the necessary
credit on reasonable terms and con
ditions from private or cooperative
sources. Under the same condi
tions, the borrower may be a non-!
profit organization or association!
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Probable Cause Is
Found In Assault
Case Heard Tues
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Considerable time was consumed Pl'ltlf Fflf Vfl100t
in Perquimans Recorder's Courti ul0 lUI If llCdl
ham llacf TuocHar Vioni'inff AviHnnf? I
in assault cases which involved five
separate warrants. At the conclus-1
ion of the testimony Judge Chas.
E. Johnson returned a verdict of
probable cause in the case against
Willard Stalling, charged with as
saulting Miles Dail with deadly
weapon with intent to kill,, inflict
ing bodily harm. - The Stallings
case was bound over for nction by
the Superior Court. Miles Dail was
found guilty of assaulting Stalling
with a deadly weapon and prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of the costs of court.
Companion cases to the above in
volved charges against Lloyd Dail
who was found guilty of assault on
Willard Stall ings and Preston Nix
on. Prayer for judgment was con
tinued in these cases upon payment
of the costs of court. Preston Nix
on was found not guilty of assault
tpon Lloyd Dail.
According to testimony given in
to the court Miles Dail suffered
a bi-oken shoulder, body bruises and
cuts on his head when he was hit
with a shovel by Willard Stallings. I
Dail, according to the testimony,
assaulted Stallings with a knife but
did not inflict a wound on the lat
ter. Other cases heard by the court
during the session included those
of Herbert Harrell, Anthony Mar
tone and Ellis Hughes, each of
whom paid the costs of court after
pleading guilty to charges 6f speed
ing. Wade Harris, charged with
speeding pleaded guilty and paid a
fine of $10 and costs.
The court ordered a capias issued
for Geneva Johnson, prosecuting
witness who failed to appear in
court to give evidence against Her
mnn Johnson, Negro, charged by
the witness with assault and des
truction of property. The woman
was ordered held in jail for con
tempt of court for failing to appear
after having the warrant issued.
Costs of court were taxed against
Charlie H. Elliott who submitted
to charges of failing to observe a
stop sign.
James Stallings submitted to
charges of being drunk and paid
the costs of court.
Shirley Clifton was found guilty
on two counts, failing to yield the
np.ht-of-way and hit and run. He
was sentenced to jail for 60 days,
sentence to be suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $50 and costs and
the sum of $146.40 to Jesse Bass
for damages done a car owned by
Bass. 1
Elbert Robbins entered a plea of
guilty to charges of assault with
a deadly weapon. He was order
ed to pay a fine of $10 and costs
of court.
ROTARIANS MEET TUESDAY
The Hertford Rotary Club will
meet Tuesday evening at 6:15
'o'clock at the Hotel Hertford.
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On June 25th, at the Agftculfitiu
BuHding in. Hertford, wheat grow- f
ers of Perquimans County will votey.
for or against marketing ouotns for ..
the 1956 crop. ..
The referendum, according to LJ
L. Lane of the Perquimans County
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee, will determ
ine whether or not the quota pro
gram now in effect will continue
for next year's crop.
Two-thirds of those who vote
must approve quotas before they
can be put into operation. The cur
rent program,, which was voted on
a year ago, was approved by 84
per cent of the North Carolina vot
ers 1,372 to 265.
Chairman L. L. Lane urges every
eligible wheat grower in Perquim
ans County to vote. A producer is
eligible to vote if he will have more
than 15 acres of wheat on his farm
for harvest in 1956. In other
words, he can vote if he would be
affected directly by quotas, which
apply only to farms with more than
15 acres of wheat.
. If quotas are approved, there will
be marketing penalties on any "ex
cess wheat produced outside the
acreage allotment and the full
level of price support authorized
for 1956 will be available for those
who comply , with their allotments.
If quotas are not approved, there
will be no quotas or marketing pen
alties, and price support for those '
who stay within their allotments
will drop to 50 per cent of parity.
Farm allotment notices, as well
as an explanatory leaflet giving the
essential facts of the 1956 pro
gram, were sent out on June 2, 1955
to Perquimans County wheat grow
ers of record. The one voting place
in the county will be open, from
8:00 A. M., to 6:00 P. M., on Sat
urday, June 25th.
C. P. Quincy Named
To Welfare Board
C. P. Quincy, Route three, Hert
ford, has been named as a member
of the Perquimans Welfare Board,"
succeeding S. T. Perry, of New
Hope, whose term will expire July
1st
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SERVICES ANNOUNCED
An all day meeting will be held
Sunday, June 26, at Christ's Sanc
tified Holy ' Church at Belvidere.
Services will start at 11 A. M., with
dinner being served, on the church
ground. The meeting will continue
throughout next week with services
nightly at 8 o'clock. The public la
invited to attend.