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OTE 'EM1J!5iM;S": W E E K E Number 31. Hertford, Perquimans County; North Carolina, Friday August 5, 1955. 5 Cents Per Copy ? ndants Get 12 1.1 TYrr " 1 . ' Ci $ - Tw : defendants, Leslie Wilson, ': 1 nd Elsie Harris, Negroes, were V, given 12 months jail sentences fol I twm their conviction in Perauim- i 1 ' - . . '..' 1 ; :! - Beeotder's Court Ust Tuesday ; f otf;;ehergea of possession of, .oon- tsx-paia liquor tor. toe purpose i sale.. The sentences were to be , fispended-upbn payment,, by each I ef the defendants of a fine of $200 j end costs' of court ' fairiiwrf : arosted -, and i eljafgedlas Saturday following? a raid of their residences by Hertford ; foltee'Wtder the direction of Offi ! etr. Robert A. White. . The officers, in " searching the premises, found ;."tbxt4ii bottles i containing bootleg liquor. i . - . . i . , , L vy- i.Anw k a ncir. uuicr hbci itcic iic,u v. j Judge ;Chas.E.' Johnson during the . court a session - Tuesday including those , of Jphn Kelly who paid the " eate of court after submitting to charges , of speeding, and Herbert Plir,er who, paid a fine of $5 and , costs, after entering a" plea of guilty t a speeding charge. , iSamray Ownley entered a plea of guilty-to' a charge of allowing an Fliree FromCduftty w in State Honors Eiiring 4 :Tlkr between representatives of th U."'Snd Bed China ;r. be , . in jf conducted this week in Geneva, (piui, announced, Just prior to the fieniflf Of this conference, the re fct pt 11 captive U, S. "airmen an(T: tJesr men are now enroute r(om.v. What' results may develop front jtJ)i talks remains to be seen but reports m Washington state theUS., hopes to find a way to aBHen8ion with China. - v Secretary of th Air Force Tal lott, under examination by a Con- . grtwional Committee . concerning ;$tfvity In ' private- business ir5i'LSetretaty. resigned .thja ?ek. , "nfc Eisenhower, In accepting - Via'a resignation, fold .the sec retary -hi detjsion (to resignX.VSf proper one,, , Congress, hoping to end its work - sid adjourn for the remainder, of ' ' ,;. Li' i.i i 1 1 . tlj' summer months found itself in V tie usuil end-of -session rush this V-k. ' The House adopted an ad- jaummeni resolution Tuesday and now awaiw we oeiwie v imisn up . fie work, Several measures, label 1 1 as Important by the Administra Con, have been . shelved until the tfixt Congressional 'session. ' Tie morith 'of July net neW heat reeordf . In many 'sections f the c4antfy, nd weather forecasts pre C 't te 'Heat-wave wfll continue at ! t ."-h Sunday. Many locali- . i t rtughPHt the 4V 43. report ". Jongest heat wave en rec- ! -was. -aefcieved'- during, -last i '"J. i-t their yi:".e-1ast J. 9 t J;r-' T dvl'.JiOi coun- ... r inflating clkkn, hanj, a lar nunil -r of vege i ... ; J i. -flsm and cake were Ccr " 1A.T, William c r Toil in. k. ' ' Ivey, . . " Ju'Jan . C. I -;'!, C. T..' J 'ax Camp ' I, J. I'," " . r. F. Reed, .Cir. c. r'T entences!M!cflfm Charges unlicensed onerator to onerate.his motor Vehicle and he' paid a fine of 2$ and costs. ; Shirley White paid a fine of 25 and costs after sub mitting to a charge of driving with, out a license. , . . s-. Edgar Mallory and Sam Walton, Negroes, submitted to charges of driving without .a' license. Each paid a fine of $25 and -costs of court. 't '. ';' James Honeyblue, Negro, was or dered to pay a fine of $25 and costs after entering a plea of guilty to charges of reckless driving. Joshua Ward entered a plea of guilty to charges of driving drunk. ,He was given a 60 day road sen tence, after .which, he wag turned over to authorities from Currituck County .for questioning in connec tion with a robbery 'n that county. Elder Harris,; Jr., Negro, was found guilty on a charge of tres passing. . : A fine of $25 was sua pended upon the condition he' re main off the premises of Elder Harris, Sr., and pay. the costs of court. v:.'.;' .;c:X"i'' Fred Burke, Jr., and Daniel Welch, Negroes, were found guilty Of assault with deadly weapons. Each was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and court costs. Meta Welch, Negro, was found not guilty on similar charge. - H Week j . Perquimans County 4-11 boys and irho attendedVilH Club Week in aleTgh" Jp; 1v$& td briny oadk tnree. Btate-wnners Among those who participated in the contests during the week. Three state winners jwere ; Lois: Violet Window and Clarence Chappell, Jr.j won an -expense paid trip to New Orleans, La., to attend the Na tional Junior Vegetable Growers Association for their demonstration on "Marketing Green Peppers. Julian Howell won a choice of a watch or a trophy clock for his demonstration on "Treating Fence Posts." ; Annie Lou. Lane and Jo Anne Mathews were placed third in the State in the Vegetable Use Demonstrations, and Belmont Per ry and Joe Rogersoii placed third in Cotton Production and Market ing demonstrations.' Others who participated and were recognlted irr "the evening asaera- Mies"- werei' Wallace Baker,-: Billy Hudson, Julian HoweOl and Clar ence Chappell, Ju as the Judging team; Rachel Spivey and' Jean Ed Wards, Dairy Foods Demonstration team!" Billy Hudson and Daniel Eure, Soil and Water Conservation demonstration .team; - Irvin - Mans field, 'Peanut Production and Mar keting demonstration; Annie Lou Lane in the State Dress Revue; and Jean Edwards and Wallace Baker in the Health Pageant, v. ' There were eighteen 4-H boys and girls who spent the week in Raleigh and "enjoyed the full and varied program offered for their entertainment. v The next event of interest to 4-H Club members will be the trip to Camp Millstone which some 25 or SO members will take the week of August 8-13. , Miss Perry Resigns Home Agent Position Miss Kimsey-Perry, Perquimans Home Agent, tendered her resigna tion' to -the Board of County Conv mis'sioners last Monday, giving her approaching marriage as the rea son for the resignation, which-is ef fective1 September 80.' - ', - , Kiss' Perry, in her resignation to the Board, expressed her apprecia tion for the cooperation she has re ceived from the Board and the pub lic since coming to the- local exten sion staff four years ago, MASONS TO ME3T The Perquimans Kaaonic Lodge I"s. 11S, A. F., & A. U.f will meet . .-y r.ht ! I 8 o'. r- " -sre'i ' ' , , ... V'v.l .- ,''''- I : ' ' Ifcw School liv At notary wealing The' State School Law, as re written and adopted by the General Assembly , during . its ' last session, was the 'subject of a program pre sented at Tuesday's meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club by J.' T. Big gers, . Superintedent of county schools. ,.- ';(,'.' Mr. Biggers told . the' Rotarians that the Legislature, after making a complete study of the old law, re wrote some of its .sections, clear ing up interpretations and-setting forth authority for administrating the law and operational of the Schools.- " : Three important changes made in the law, Mr. Biggers told, the club, vests authority in county boards of education to, assign pupils to the schools within the county; there be ing no appeal from Board rulings except the Superior Court. : ' Local Boards, under the hew law, are also invested with sole authori ty in setting up-school bus routes, assignment of pupils to school bus es' in traveling to and from school. A third section of the new law pertains to teacher's contracts and eliminates the possibility of con tinuing contracts. In the future all teachers' contracts will be made for one year periods only and new con tracts made for each school year. The law provides, the Rotarians were told, for local school boards to have sole power in administrating operations of schools except as pro vided otherwise by the statute. Mr. Biggers also pointed out that under the law members of the Board of Education are nominated for office by, ballot but members are appointed to office by the Gen eral Assembly. ; .. IbrelMuasday . - Twenty-one pupils, of .the , first and second grades of Perquimans County ' schools, " reported', at the County Health Center last Tuesday afternoon and received their second polio :' inoculation it was reported by Miss Audrey Umphlett, County Nurse. . :'Only those children in the first and second grades the past school year are eligible for the vaccina tions which willbe given at the lo- tal Health Center on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 8 P. M., between, now and the opening of schools next months Dr. B. B. McGuire, District Health Officer,-. -Said : parents-5 5of children eligible to receive the-shot should' i ase i their own judgment about taking" the -vaccine but a. par. ent , should ' leither accompany the child to- the Health Center or send a -note requesting the 'shot be ad ministered to the child.-? -ri r.i - ' i Of f icersCaoture -" I Huge Still Herb ' ATU officers arrested three Per quimans County Negroes Wednes day morning, charging two with op- erating of a huge still and charg ing the third ; with transporting bootleg whiskey."; - . , Arrested oh charges of operat ing the illegal Whiskey plant were Malachi Parsons and Elbert Re- vell. The stiJl was in the Burgess section of Perquimans County. 'The still bad .1.600 gallons of mash and 55 gallons of whiskey. The plant, a large operation, ac cording ;to the alcohol-law: enforce ment officersMiaA 116 Jhash :bar rels which had been buried irr. the ground' h'rH ;'-. s i'.H.k'rf ik " Garland Harris was arrested and charged with trrisp6rthig-11 gal lons of whiskeys His car, a :1949 Ford, was; seized by the off icera. ' AJ1 three men. waived hearing be fore U.- S. CoBimissioner:?Lloyd Sawyer and were Ordered held un der bonds of-$300 each until the October 4erm of Federal Court. -Participating in the" raid were ABC Officers A. p. Baum and B. V. Halstead and ATU Agents Jack "Gaskill and Moses Harshaw. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hill of New Bern announce t'e- birth of a son, Twenty One Pupils Given Polio Shot VA'born Ju'y 2.. I a. Hl is the for- I) FARMERS' BATTLE-FRONT OUTPOST - Maurice Eckhoff mans a front-line control position near ' Blackburn, Mo., as a -oomber" comes in from a mission against invading hordes-of grasshoppers. Embattled farmers report by telephone- to Eckhoff, who uses map beside his chair to chart operations for the spray plane pilots. Indians Ga Over Ghowan-N AF During Past Week A tight race has developed for the 1955 Albemarle League title be tween Perquimans, Colerain, Eliz abeth City and Edenton. The regu lar schedule of games will come to an end next week and the league play-offs are scheduled to start- Manager Ike Perry's Perquimans Indians gained three wins during the past week, defeating Chowan and NAF and being awarded one game from Chowan on a forfeit 'The Indians have three important o-atnea ati Ian tnv iovf w air triA outcome of which ill have a efj nite -waring w the fihal stanafng in the league. -Elizabeth City will piay here, next Tuesday night the Indiana will . play in Edenton on Thursday night and Edenton comes to Hertford on Friday night." Perquimans set a league scoring record last Thursday, defeating Chowan by a score of 26 to 1. Paul Matthews set the visitors down with only three hits while his teammates collected 18 safeties off Chowan's Wilson and Riddick. Hunter, with four hits, led the In dian attack while Matthews had three hits and ChriStgau. Morris and Lane had two each. Chowan failed to show up for a return game on Friday night, and the umpire awarded the contest to Perquimans 9-0 after delaying the game for 30 minutes, : r- A big eighth inning rally Tues day night gained the Indians a 10-4 decision, oyer -NAF. McKay Rid dick, pitching for Perquimans, gave up six hits and walked five. He fanned five NAF batters. Per quimans. tallied a run in the second but, NAF came back to take a 2-1 lead.,. Perquimans went ahead 3-2 in . the third-and added another run in the fifth. NAF made the count 4 to 3 in the sixth but the Indians exploded for six runs in the eighth to assure the victory. " The NAF team will meet the In dians again Friday night in a game to be played here in Hertford.- Rites Held Friday For I.Irs. Voters Funeral services for Mrs. Mar garet Stokes Walters, who , died Wednesday night of last week, were conducted last Friday after noon at a'b'ctock at the Hertford Methodist Church by the Rev. I. S. Richmond, pastor. ; ' , , During tile services the ehurch choir sang "Abide With Me", and "It Is Well With My Soul." .The .casket was covered with a pall of pink carnations and baby's breath. . ' ";' -'" I Pallbearers were R. M. Riddick, Vivian Darden, Douglas Darden, Henry Clay Stokes, Henry C. Sulli van and Henry C. Stokes, Jr. Interment waa in Cedarwood Cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr, and Mrs! Walter Hobbs an nounce the birth of a daughter born Tuesday; August 2, at the Albe marle. rTPitam ' ' .i.. - fifiiii Slip A i in Perry Announces Football Practice Coach Ike Perry, athletic direc tor at Perquimans High School, an- tinuncflfl tha wolr fhnf fnnt.hflll practice fm fte 1955 In(Jian squad will start Monday, August 15. PHS students desiring to try out for this year's team are requested to report for this first practice ses sion as plans for the pre-season drills will be outlined at that time. Captain Nathaniel S. Fulford, USCG, 54, Chief Director of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary re tired on August 1, after more than 30 years' service. Stationed at Coast Guard Head quarters, Washington, D. C, Cap tain Fulford has for the past KVt years headed the Auxiliary, a ci vilian non-military, Voluntary or ganization of owners of boats, air planes, and amateur radio stations managed by the Coast Guard throughout the country for tie pur pose of promoting safety in small boating. Captain Fulford, a native of North Carolina, was born at Wash ington, attended Perquimans High School, and served in the State Mi litia. ' His naval record goes back to World War I, when he served 4 years on sub-chaser duty in the U. S. Navy Reserve. Afterward he became a licensed third mate of ocean-going vessels, unlimited ton nage, then attended Valparaiso University in Indiana. . ,1 He entered the U. S. Coast Guard as an Ensign on August 20, 1924, and advanced through the ranks to become Captain on March 20, 1945. Captain Fulford retires as a Rear Admiral because of his war service record. Captain Fulford is married to the former Karin -Elizabeth Wikander of Worcester, Mass. They have two sons, Nathaniel Simmons, TV, 21, and John Wikander, 18. The family residence is at Oldhope Farm, RFD 3, Hertford. ' White Named To All-Star Team , Vernon White, pitcher for the Mayfield, Ky., baseball team of the Kitty League, was selected to rep resent the team in the league's all-star game played July 13 at Brooks, Ky. White, according to word receiv ed here, has achieved a fine record this summer playing for the Giarits farm ' team. He has pitched five no-hit games since joining, the May. field Club, and has won much praise from fang and scouts. -: ; He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. V. V.. White of Hertford, and a former star' at Perquimans High School! " u ' Wins C2pUI.S. Fill tort) RetiredDn Monday lliglr.7ay Employes Inflating llarc Lastl7(2$day : Some 600 State Highway employ ees of : the. first division -met in Hertfwd last Wednesday afternoon to hear jpresentatives of the State Retirement : SyBterrt and Social Se curity - explain the proposed inte gration of the employee program with, social security. . State employees will vote on Oc tober 26, on the proposed integra tion plan and a majority of the employees must favor the plan for it to become effective. The meeting of the employees was conducted in the auditorium at Perquimans High School. W. N. Spruill, Division Engineer, intro duced the speakers, including J. Emmett Winslow, Highway Com missioner for the Division who wel comed the employees to Hertford and praised the fine job the em ployees are - doing for the State Commission, Following adjournment of this' meeting the members of the State Highway Employees Association met - at the - Hertford Grammar School at 6:30 Pt: M., where they enjoyed a barbecue chicken dinner. Following the dinner the Associa tion went into a business session for the purpose of electing officers for the year. Methodist Youth Planned August 15 .The N. C. Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its fourth Annual Conference Session at Duke University, August 15-19. Some 450 high school and college young people from eastern North Carolina will -gather during the fiv.day program to ptaft.the oyer all pjp$MKt to (bledt ad install officer!; ;W!,the fftal day more than 1, boO youth delegates and their adult leaders will assemble for the 10th annual Conference Rally, which will ineluge messages by Bishop Paul Neff Garber, of the Methodist Church's Richmond Area, and the Rev. A. Purnell Bailey, pastor of the Centenary Methodist Church, Richmond, Va. . . Rev. Bailey also will serve as principal speaker during the five day meeting, which will include dis cussion groups, committee meet ings, business sessions, a mission night, a United Nations night, a folk festival, recreational fellow ship periods and worship services. Bishop Garber will install new officers during the Friday morning session, and Rev. Bailey will speak during a final Friday afternoon worshin service in Duke Oiannl. The Friday schedule also calls for' a summary of the MYF work dur- - ing the last 10 years, and a look to the future.'1 1 Local Units Share Intangible Taxes Perquimans County and the Town of Hertford will receive about $6, 700 in the division of state collect ed intangible taxesKit was report ed, by J. C. Bethune of the State Board of Assessment from Raleigh this week. Perquimans County will receive approximately $5,775 while the Town of Hertford has been allotted $996. .;.YW , .: According to Bethume, collec tions on intangible taxes this year are slightly higher than during last Fellowship Meet year and this Is reflected In in creased allotments to counties and towns v. ''..- ' ; " r:;. Intangible taxes received by Per quimans County , are estimated in preparation of the budget and di vided into various funds of the county, permitting a lesser tax rate than would be possible without re ceipt of the intangible taxes. ' 11 1 . "" ' i ii i i i,i ii' i, in : Board Of Education In Meeting Thursday The Perquimans Board-of Educa tion met in special session Thurs day afternoon for the purpose of receiving bids for rewiring Per quimans High School,, and consider a number of other matters pertain ing to opening . of schools next m. - r in is mi Farmers pay Plans Prmisejljfcy , , , -'M' - hi f.'x , ,- ,7 J if '"'.ft,-. -f-f ' -? J l IT'S COOL Next time the torrid summer westher gets you down, recall this picture and, cool . off. These men are scant feet from the boiling hell of metal pouring from an open, hearth furnace at Jones and Laughlin's Pittsburgh, Pa., plant. At the time picture was taken,, it was a frigid (in comparison)! 94 degrees outside the plant. REVIVAL STARTS SUNDAY A revival service will be conduct ed at Burgess Church beginning . next bun day and, continuing Ining rods. . through Sunday, August 14, it wail "We intend to have a full day of announced here today. Services activity and Perquimans County will be held each evening at 8 J people are urged, tq attend Farm o'clock with the Rev. Ralph Knight ere' . Day, . visit 'the cfiibtts' nd as. guest preacher. The public is I booths .and visit with :". the neigh- T -i T - - - ' i-k 'i - ' r " ' Local Board Votes Additional Funds For Health Dept. Some Gl Benefits To End Next July Veterans Administration remind ed World War II veterans that they have one year from July 25 in which to complete GI training and two years from the same date in which to apply for GI loans. July 25, 1956, marks the end of the education program for all but a few of the World War II veterans now in training under the original GI Bill. GI training payments to schools and veterans will stop on that date even though a veteran may still have unused training entitlemet or be in the middle of a course. The GI loan program, now at peak activity, has two more years to run, coming to an end for prac tically all World War II veterans on July 25, 1957. The small group of veterans ex empted from these two deadlines are those who enlisted or re-enlisted under the Armed Forces Volun tary Recruitment Act between Oc tober 6, 1945, and October 5, 1946. These veterans have nine years from the end of their enlistment or re-enlistment to finish GI training and ten years to apply for GI loans. More than 90 per cent of the loans 3,750 000 were for the pur chase of homes. Business loans to taled 20,000 and farm loans num bered 67,000. More than 7,800,000 or half of all who served in World War II received some sort of education or training under the GI Bill since 1944.. - ' , the peak of the GI Bill educa tion and training program was reached in 1947 when more than 2,500,000 World War II veterans were in schools, on-the-job training establishments, or on farms throughout the country, v- Only about 138,000 World 'War II veterans are still in traufing un der ita original GI Sill, Much Intereitls, Eyi ,, dent Toward, Event ' Scheduled Aug. 17 j: , Farmers' Day,- scheduled to bt held at Perquimans High School Wednesday, August 17, is creating a lot of' interest among the mer chants and farm people of the county, it was reported today by R. M. Thompson, County Agent, who stated this year's 'event will be bigger and better than the pro gram staged last year. Although the event is less than two weeks away a great deal of in terest is reported in the-. exhibits . and demonstrations which - ha va been planned as features for Farm ers' .Day. . Indications, at the pres ent, point toward a large num ber of exhibits than last year and prizes will be awarded from some of these exhibit booths. Farm men and women are .urg ed by, the Extension Service staff to bring produce and handicraft from their homes and place them on display. These exhibits will be judged and ribbons awarded to the top three in each class. These rib bons will also carry a cash award of $1.00, 75c and 60c. The entire program for the day is, as yet, incomplete, but Mr. Thompson announced there will be a tractor rodeo starting at 9:30 A. M., in which everyone is eligi ble to participate and cash prizes will be awarded the winners. Oth er events planned include a sheep shearing contest and a casting con. teSt with rods and reels or spin- i-ini-,-rir "iirtrit n. i r lHti,jj! The Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County, meeting here in regular session last Monday, adopted a motion tlldcating an ad ditional four cents per capita to be paid into the District Health De partment for the year 195556. The action will increase county expendi tures, for this department during the year by the amount of 384'.b$, and bring the total per.-capita pay ment to the same amount as' con tributed by the other' three' coun ties, which with Perquimans, conv prises the district. . : Bids, submitted by oi) compan jes last month for furnishing .the coun ty with fuel oil and kerosene dur ing the current year, were recon? sidered by the Board at this meeti ing, and upon basis of the original bids Winslow Oil Company was awarded a contract for furnishing kerosene and the fuel oil contract went to Sinclair Refining Co. An application for a beer license,' submitted by Clarence Burke, Ne gro, was approved by the Commis sioners. An application for improvement of Madre Lane in Hertford Town ship, was approved by the Commis sioners, to be sent to the "State" Highway Commission ' for - consid eration. , '' During the meeting reports were received from .the offices of the Agriculture Extension Simee' and from the Welfare Department! trV Several members of the Board expressed intent of attending-. tfie annual meeting of the Association of County Commissioners wh(ch ja to be held in Asheville AugusSl through 23. - :- - Lions To Hold Bulb Sale Friday Members of the, Hertford Lions Club will conduct a house-to-house sale of light bulbs Friday r' ' ' Proceeds from the st'1" ' by the club't i c I.: H I) !:.-'i4,