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Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, Friday, July 1; 1955.
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! Meeting here , in .special session
last Monday night the Board of Ed
nettIon. proposed plans for exten
sive repairi to Perquimans' High
School and heard a report on the
i -progress of construction of a. new
agricultural classroom at Ferquim
ans training School.
Renovations at Perquimans High
School include a complete rewlr-
, ing job on the building and en
largement 'of 'the' .home economics
department,' Installation of two ad
ditional ddt'dboi In the auditor
iumrepairs to toilet rooms and re
plastering' land painting uf class
; rooms. ' :.'
."The cost' of the major1 portion' of
this project Will come -from state
funds, allocated by the State Board.
Contracts' for' the &otk are expect-
ed to-' be let in the near future.
Work of replastering the class
rooms, which Will be paid for from
county funds, ' Is now underway
with the Edenton' Construction Co.,
' employed to do the work en a cost
plus basis, , , " '
iThii company is also construct-
ing the classroom at Perquimans
y "training School and the Board was
: advised this project is about one
half, completed. ' A report was also
; made that restoration of the audi
torium. t Central Grammar School
has , been about 'con.,ileted.
' . .'Other matters handled during the
meeting .tec! - 'ad greeting permis
sion to t! e e tension., service for
vfcotJIflfFtr s' Day in the gym
' du.'rj the .4 week in August
Action uf"Y f o'..' .e. I of a cost
e-S.i was p-v n4 unt I the next
igtment .witfjF Gates .County1; for
the djtfflkiytiltf 'irJ'Jf1 Mt'&
Tiaor( during 'the - .Wnillij year.,
. JEaeh county hajf .been jCaJgd one
supervisor 'and ndei the agree-
merit a white -and colored super-
visor .will, devote half of their time
to each county. " . f
. .vAr short discussion Was conduct
ed "concerning 'the 'new school law,
enacted .by . the last General As
sembly but further study of this
. law 'Was tabled to later meetings.
j.'The Board of Education will hold
its, next meeting in the' office of
-. the superintendent on' - Tuesday
night, July 5, at 7:80 o'clock. '
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? New officers for the .Hertford
Rotary Club were installed et a
meeting of the club" held Tuesday
,r --ning at the Hotel Hertford. '
A. W. Hefren became president!
f the organisation. Other officers
' ' were Bill Davis, vice pres
i 2d-'i Hartoy, secretafy-treaa-
; Tr. A. B, Eohner, Key. James
O. TTattox and Hax Campbell; di-
" rs. Ilsr.ry C. Sullivan outgo-
s (remJent, is a director ex offi-
t'.-K ' "
I . Hefren became the first
i W of the club ever to hold
" ;b presidency, for t' e second
.. I"a serve! as 1... i . ef the
f t i -j t x Tol
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Close Monday, July 4
. Hertford stores " and business
houses -are expected to be' closed
all day next Monday in observance
of the Fourth of July holiday. W.
W. v White, Postmaster, reported
that mail will be received and dis
patched on a holiday schedule but
there will be no mail delivery dur
ing the day. . . 1 .
: In connection with the long holl
day, State Highway Patrol offi
cers urffe all motorists to remem
ber 1 the "Slow ; Down and Live"
campaign now' in progress and to
drive' carefully on the highways.)'
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r.lolhodist Homss
L. C ' Winslbw, . long active in
the work and progress of the Hert
ford Methodist Church, has been
appointed as ' a ; member of ; the
Board of Trustees for Methodist
Retirement Homes, Inc., it : was
learned this week through a letter
from M. G. Maiur,' president of the
Board of Directors for the corpora
tion. ' .
Mr. Winslow was nominated for
the post by the District Superin
tendent and appointment was made!
by Bishop 3arber and'his Cabinet
at the Conference which convened
last Monday in Fayetteville. ; , ,
According to Mr, Mann, the home
is exnecrea w oe openea in au-
gustf to provide a "home amonir
liiieHds f or wreons -Wj yoaiw i
age or older. Applications iar pa
ImissioB to thfe'ihbftie,- whfchlvflrf be
ODerated b .th'e 'MaUbdisti Retire-1
ment Hojnes' Corporation, will be
opeil to retired- 'mlniBtars. of '.the
North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Church and their wives
and such other' persons as may be
admitted.
The by-laws provide the appli
cant 'shall be a person who needs,
either now or in the future the se
curity of "home life which he or
she cannot secure elsewhere.
The location of the principal of
fices of the corporation is in Dur
ham, ! 1 ... -
Lcc'IFFADoys :
l..nSiL3l.Gr.crs
.Perquimans County FFA Chap
ter is well represented at the State
FFA. Convention ;which is . being
held in, Raleigh this week. Daniel
Eure.and Irvin Mansfield are the
two official delegates representing
the local chapter. . Clarence Chap
pelU Jr. is secretary to the State
Association. He left Monday for
Raleigh to help with the convention
, , Wallace Baker, "Jesse Ray Mans
field, J6e Rogerson .and Belmont
Perry will receive (their ( Carolina
Farmer . Degree Friday morning.
This is the highest degree that the
State FFA Association awards and
in order to qualify for this honor a
boy must be outstanding in FFA
work. ,
To qualify a boy must be a chap
ter farmer, have three, projects in
operation, 'show outstanding lead
ership, know parliamentary proced
ure,1 show a profit of $509 from his
projects and have Some of this' In
vested. Bis" school grades, must be
satisf actoryf. and, he -,Biu$t partici
pate .in school and community, ac
tivities and must have. held office
1 local FFA Chapter. .i.
Ten rtrulnr July meeting of the
" rf Cormty. Commicioners
I . j t T -?y, fcegin-
J cf on
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and the rocket f red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Cave proof through the night that our Flag was still there"
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In C3Uty Contest
Peggy Harrell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. T. Harrell, accompan
ied by her mother, left Saturday
for Daytona Beach,' Fla., where she
will .compete in the 10th annual
Miss Dixie beauty contest July 1-4,
sponsored by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.,' ,1 '
This will be Miss Harrell's sec
ond trip to the contest She com
peted last year and placed high in
the rating; which ltd the sponsors
to 'invite her back for the event this
year. .
Her " entry in the contest ' this
year, as representative for ; Per
quimans County, is sponsored local
ly by several organizations and
business firms. J '."
Miss Harrell, who holds the 'title
of Missr Albemarle, has brown eyes
anfl hair is 6: feet 2 inches1 tall,
and' weighs 110 pounds. She's a
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In the talent part 6f the contest'
she will play the piano. ' She hopes
to win' the Miss Dixie title and the
$1,000 scholarship for one thing; to
repay the Jaycees in her home
town, the Business and Profession:
al Women's dub and the other
clubs in the county that are spon
soring her trip .here by getting the
money to continue her musical edu
cation; '
i Miss Harrell has dress designing,
playing the piano ; and cookies as
her hobbies. She also tints photo
graphs in her spare" time. - She
especially likes to make cakes.
TR Leaders Attend :v
Wilson Conference
Mr . David Fearing? R. rL;- 'Gar
rett, Miss HulJa .Wood, Miss' Au
drey Umphletk Mrs. Sarah Allan
and Mrs. Duke Cropsey were mem
bers' of the ; Pasquotank-Perquim-ans-Camdtih-CI.owan
TB . Associa
tion and1 ' Health. Department "
tending the conference held at
Eastern Sanatorium in. Wilson re
cently. Discussions on- case-finding and
diagnosis, nutrition,, rehabilitation,
cotnacts of T3 and related services
were d'ar. 1 by groups compos
ed of snwtte.'tim staff, health offi-
; I ' ' ilth nurses, wel
t and tubercu-
Indians
Gvei-Ede
Colerain
McKay Riddick, Perquimans In-"
dian pitcher, struck out 18 .batters
the Indians defeated Edenton
Tuesday night by a . score of 2-1.
Riddick gave, up only two hits to'
the Colonials, both coming in the
same inning. Emminizer, pitching
for the Colonials, gave up seven
hits to the Indians; four of them in
one inning during which the local
team scored its two runs,
i The -victory for the Indians, the
second out f 'three games played
during ' the week, moved Manager
Ike Perry's crew into a tie for first
place in the league standing with
Elizabeth City.
In a make-up game played
agaiiist Elizabeth City ; Monday
night Perquimans lost, by an 8-3
count. 7 George Williams, . Albie
hurler, fanned 14 Indians and gave
up five hits. Ted Chappell started
on the mound for the Indians but
was relieved by Allen Winslow.
The Albies. collected 14 hits. Paul
Matthews,' with, two doubles, led
the Indian batting attack. ' . Per
quimans scored two runs in the
fifth and none in the eighth while
Elizabeth City tallied, two runs in
the' first, fifth and sixth and one
each in the seventh and eighth.
Perquimans and Edenton played
another thriller here last Friday
night when Paul Matthews set the
Colonials down with three singles
and fanned 14 while walking only
one. Monk Raines gave up nine
hits, to the Indians And fanned 12.
Allen Winslow led Perquimans' in
putting, getting two safeties. Per
quimans : tallied one . run, in : the
third and fourth to win by a final
score of 2-0. ? ',
During the coming week the In
dian schedule calls for Colerain. to
play "here tonight; Chowan will be
played there On Tuesday night and
home games will be played next
Thursday and Friday, NAF will
furnish the opposition on Thursday
night and Chowan will play here
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MASONS TO MEET v
'the Perquimans Masonic Lodge,
No. 108, A. F & A. M., will meet
T --'-y night at 8 'o'clock in the
C: i rooms. C. F. Murray, nuis-
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Tonight
Harry McMullan, 71, Attorney
General for the State for 17 years,
died in Raleigh last Saturday
morning. Funeral services were
held Monday in Washington, N. C,
his home for many years. McMul
lan was born in Hertford. He at
tended school in Edenton and re
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ceived his law degree at UNC. He!outdoor production.
was th i son of the late Dr. J. H.
McMullan and Lina Tucker McMul
lan. His services to North' Caro
lina as Attorney General won for
him state and national recognition.
A Russian note of regret was
tendered the U.S.A., following the
shooting down of an American
plane between Alaska and Siberia
on Wednesday of last week. The
State Department protested the ac
tion by Russian MIGS and it was
.reported the shooting might hamp
er pians ior tne Big f our meet
ing, scheduled this month for Ge
neva. The conciliatory note from
Russia, however, was reported as
gratifying to the State Department
:'; p .''" : '. .."'. :.
Wheat farmers have approved to
continue present rigid control on
their crop next year, it. was re
ported following a referendum last
week. . By a majority of 77.5 per
cent the producers agreed to mar
keting quotas for 1956 to try-to
avoid additional wheat surpluses.. .'
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Federal employees were granted
a pay raise this week when Presi
dent Eisenhower signed' ' a bill
granting per cent raises : to
about one million civil service work
ers. ; t
"Administration plans for an
Atomic-powered '.: merchant - ship
were scuttled this week when the
Senate defeated a measure to pro
vide, funds for the construction of
the ship. ,
' ROTARIANS TO MEET
Hertford Jntary Club will
Tutiday, vs rJ 15.
Records Court
Herelast Tuesday
A ; varied docket consisting of
fourteen cases was disposed of in
Perquimans Recorder's Court here
last Tuesday with Judge Chae. E.
Johnson' presiding.
Costs of court were taxed against
William Melton, Alice Webb, David
Byrum and Roy Dail, each of whom
submitted to charges of speeding.
George Truebtood was found
not guilty on charges of driving
without a license and driving
drunk. '
William Modlin, Negro, submit
ted to two charges of issuing
worthless checks. He was ordered
to pay the costs of court.
Gerald Richards and Henry
Sims pleaded guilty to charges of
failing to observe a stop sign and
each paid the costs of court.
A fine of $25 and costs were tax
ed against Spencer Smith, Negro,
charged with driving without a li
cense. '.''
"James Tucker, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to charges of being
drunk. He was given a 30 day jail
sentence to be suspended upon con
dition Tucker left the county with
in 48 hours. '
David Pike, charged with using
an expired operator's license, enter
ed a plea of guilty and paid a fine
of $25 and costs.
Martha Winslow, Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of failing
to yield the. right-of-way and en
tered a plea of guilty to driving
without a license. She was meted
a 60 day jail sentence to be sus
pended upon payment of a fine of
?J5 and costs of court Mid the sum
of $125 "to ;"be paid' Davicf Pike for
damages to. Pike's car. .'! . ?:
Arthur. Pai-ra was found smiltv'Af
charges of reckless'jdrlvfngf and 6r-
aerea to pay a fine of $25 and costs
of court.
Prayer for judgment was contin
ued upon payment of court costs in
the case of Theodore Hulse, who
was found guilty on charges of
reckless driving.. ,
LostColonyTo
What is expected to be the great
est opening in the history of The
Lost Colony, will be the 15th sea
son premiere In Waterside Theatre
at Manteo on Friday evening, July
l,,it is stated by R. E. Jordan, gen
eral manager of the dtama, which
has lived longer than any other
"Already we have sold scores of
tickets for the opening performance
in addition to more than 800' mem
berships to Roanoke Island His
torical Association, each of which
represent a season's ticket to any
or all showings this year," he said.
Jordan pointed out that he ex
pected large attendance of season
ticket owners on opening night, due
to the fact that The Lost Colony
this year with some minor and
some major changes will have a
new look. In addition to the usual
opening night attractions which
normally draws a large audience,
there will be many new actors in
the cast this year, , especially prin
cipals, and in show business this
always attracts attention from
those who like to be first nighters.
Director Clifton . Britton states
that rehearsals' have been progres
sing much better than some had
anticipated with several new faces
in leading roles. -
Among the new actors this year
will be Martin Gerrish in the role
of John Borden, male lead and also
David Bowen who will portray the
ever popular role of Old Tom Har
ris. Gerrish came from Arizona to
play the lead and Bowen came from
New York via the Raleigh Little
Theatre where he was director of
productions during the past winter.
Among groups buying advanced
tickets for the 15th season pre
miere have been many families with
children, Jordan stated. The Lost
Colony has always proven of as
much interest to children as to
grownups. The drama tells the
story of English-speaking Ameri
ca's beginning in the New World
and It tells the story also of 6 his
'tory-mj'stery sever solved
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"!Ertin3iit
Offers Continuous
X
A continuous X-ray service in
control of tuberculosis is rendered
at the Health Center, Elizabeth
City, in cooperation with the doc
tors and official agencies. The Dis
trict Health Department will soon
be in position to take chest X-rays
at the new Hertford Health Cen
ter.. Fiims are made by Mrs. Hor
ace Sawyer, X-ray clerk, each Mon
day and Wednesday from 8:30 until
11:30 and on Thursdays from .1:30
until 5:00. All patients going
through the colored pre-natal , clin
ic, cancer- clinic, and all midwives
have received free X-rays given to
them by the TB Association and
the District Health Department.
All others are asked to pay $1.00
to cover cost of taking, developing
and reading the film. Films are
read regularly every Wednesday af
ternoon by Dr. J. H. R. Booth, Ro
entgenologist. This is also paid
for by the Christmas seal dollars.
From January through June
22, 1955, a total of 1,209 chest
X-rays have been made through the
clinics. Out of these clinics were
found, among other pathological
conditions, the following: 3 lung
cancers; 5 tuberculosis cases, and
several cardiac abnormalities and
pneumonias. All contacts of TB
are X-rayed as soon as possible af
ter a case. is found. These people
are also reminded to return for a
follow up film every 3 to 6 months
for a year, or until tuberculosis is
ruled out.;
Tuberculosis kills more people
than all other infectious diseases
eoiqblned. -...Control dF-inis dhta
is mo? complicated because it is
spread 'by one infected person to
normal "people. However, the basic
control is education and finding it
in an early stage. There are -us
ually no symptoms in the. early
stages of tuberculosis. This is one
of the reasons why a yearly physi
cal examination by a doctor should
include a chest X-ray.
' Rapid progress is being made in
saving people from death from tu
berculosis through the use of new
ray Service
drugs and treatment, but slower "We couldn't even feel a breeze
progress is being made in saving rthere We were in the field," said
people from the disease itself. I Layden.
Farm Safety Week
Set For July 243
In a statement Issued with his
proclamation of the 12th National
Farm Safety Week for July 24-30,
1955," President Eisenhower said he
was glad to learn that the United
States Department of Agriculture
and the National Safety Council
are again co-sponsoring National
Farm Safety Week.
"A death toll of 14,000 farm resi
dents each year is a tragic loss to
the nation," the President said.
"Your safety is in your hands,"
was suggested as the theme for
National t Farm Safety Week by
the President, who added a sug
gestion that each farmer "make a
safety inventory of his home, his
machinery, his equipment, his ac
tions, and his attitudes."
The theme set by the President
Your Safety fs in Your Hands-
was praised by Ned H. Dearborn,
president of the National Safety
Council; - 1
"Special surveys in farm areas,"
said Mr. Dearborn, "indicate that
about three out of every four ac
cidents to farm residents are the
result of one or more unsafe acts.
"Regardless of national and
group safety activities, the ulti
mate responsibility for each farm
resident's safety is himself. This
individual responsibility is sum
med up in the life line given by
the President 'Your Safety is in
i Your Hands'." '-..;;. v:
"The purpose of National Farm
Safety Week continues to be to fo
cus nationwide attention ' on : the
seriousness of farm accidents,"
said Maynard H. Coe, director of
the, Farm Division of the National
Safety Council. . "Wa hope to to
epire greater year-round safety ac;
T. Pi. Layc.en Family vH
Suffers Loss Of
Personal Property ;
A freak tornado, hitting only a '
small area here last Saturday af
ternoon, destroyed the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Layden, located on
the farm of Mrs. J. T. Brinn about
a mile west of Hertford. ' r .yj
Two young ladies, Miss Velma
Layden and Mrs. Carroll Layden,
narrowly escaped serious injuries
when the tornado demolished the
home. They were knocked uncon
scious but suffered only shoek,
bruises and lacerations. They had
gone upstairs, in the eight room
house, when it. started to rain to
close windows. They felt the house '
shake and tried to get downstairs.
The next thing they knew they
were crawling out from under the
debris through a second story win-.
dow which was then next to the
ground. 1
The large farm house, occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Layden, their
daughter, Velma, and son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Car
roll Layden, was lifted from its
foundation, turned upside down and
smashed to the earth. ;
Mrs. T. P, Layden was visiting
friends in the Whiteston communi
ty and the men of the family re
turned home from fishing just in .
time to see the shingles , being
blown about.
"I saw some furniture and stuff
blowing ground up in the air," Lay
den said, "and told my son it was
shingles from the house. The next
thing I knew my son said 'the
house is blown down.' We came up
the path and I just knew the girla
were dead or all broken up, but just
as we came up to the fence e saw .
them crawling put fromnntteA th
The twister-cwii in-frjifi toe-
southwest about 8:45 Pi M.( accom
panied by heavy rainy apparently
hit the house and theri rose' above"
the tree tops as none of the other
farm buildings Were damaged. A
few corn stalks in a small' part of
the field across the road to the
south of the house were flattened,
but no other damage was noted,
and no reports have been received
so far of tornado damage else-
where.
tivity by each, j-esid
udent-anjta
farm fife a
make the individual"!
safer, happier, and more prosper
ous life." . -.. '
Mr. Coe said all 48 states are ex
pected to take part in the observ
ance of the Week, with 34' states
having active Farm Safety Com
mittees and 13 having state farm
safety specialists, who will help
guide the observance.
Store In Tyner 1
ire
Fire gutted the service station',
and general store of B. P. Monds '
at Tyner Sunday morning about
12:15 o'clock with damages .from
the blaze expected to run into sev
eral thousands of dollars.
A few bits of merchandise were)
saved from a small warehouse be
side the main building before it be
came too hot to jgo . inside. The
rear of the building was in flames
when the ffrewasi discovered. ,, (''
' Monds had closed up the store
about a half hour prjor, to- .the dis
covery of the fire. Lightning, caus
ing a delayed abort circuit, may
have been the cause. - .
The Edenton 'Fire Department
was called but the buildings were
already past saving when they ar
rived. Firemen played water ort
the two 'gasoline pumps to kej
them cool and to avoid their catch
ing fire. - s j
' The building, the 'remains (
which were still; SP- " ' '
day afternoon, was i ry T
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