:,yU!LIAMS "WEEKLY
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''Plans
il'er Sscond Annual
Exhibits and Contests
. To Feature Interest
ing Program
Final plana for the second an
nual Farmers' Day, to be staged
at Perquimans "High School next
Wednesday, August 17, were map
ped out at a meeting of the Com
mittee last Monday night. : 'The
booths' In the gymnasium will be
ready to be arranged on Tuesday,
and the farm exhibit booths will be
ready for exhibits by 4:30 Tues-
day," with committees present to
. check in the exhibits as they are
brought in for display.: ..'
The following divisions will be
. open for exhibits: ' Field Crops;
Meats and Poultry Products; Hor-
- ticulture, Clothing, Home - Cooked
Articles; Canned Goods; Floral Ar
rangements; Arts and Crafts. V
Judging of these exhibits will
-. start for .the ladies at 9:00 on Wed
nesday and for the men at 10:00,
The Tractor Rodeo which Is open
to 4-H and FFA boys and adults
v will start on Wednesday morning
at 9:30 in-the ball park with cash
prizes awarded to , the winners.
. ' At 2:00 that afternoon there will
be a fishing rodeo, for boys up
through high school age. This fish.-
. . lag contest will last for two hours
and each person entering must aign
Indians Drop Two
Contests To Albies
The third hurricane of the sea
'son raced toward the North Caro
' lina coast Wednesday!' and weather
bureau officials warned all per
j sons tp take precautions . against
the Storm. Hurricane .Connie-was
reported big and dangerous, with
winds ranging up to 135 miles per
hour. The weather bureau gave out
hourly reports to keep the public
t informed as to the progress of the
hurricane.' , . . ,
' Reports from Raleigh Wednes-
day stated that response to Gov
. ernor Hodges' proposal for a volun
tary school attendance program in
dicated' approval of the jplan, over
whelmingly, by those who wrote,
'" wired or. telephoned the Governor
concerning his speech; Paul John
ston, Assistant to the Governor, re
ported onlr two letters had been
received criticizing the proposal.
iv'-An -anti-Soviet .: denionstration
' woslield Sunday in Minneapolis be.
Cfore a hotel housing the Soviet
farm delegation now Visiting this
country.. Reports said the demon'
stration wag orderly but signs. and
- Dosters warned against Russian
tactics. '.-'.'- '
' A political comeback was made m
Kentucky last Saturday when A. B,
Candler, former Commissioner of
I asebaH, won the Democratic noml
ration for the office of , Governor
." r the second time. Chandler was
t...sBful despite opposition from
v cte political leaders. - . '
T :tihi Of Town '
;rJ Postponed V
The regular v meeting of ' the
1 of Commissioners for1 the
ti of Hertford,, '.scheduled' for
. "Onday, was postponed due to
s Elsance from the city of some
i' a officials' and illness in the
i.;.y of Mayor V. N- Darden.
A call meeting of the Board wjll
be held some time next week.ac
cording to Mayor Dardcrt. , ,,
Completed
l ap for this contest on Wednesday
morning and those who sign 'first
will be the ones that are accepted.
These . boys will be taken out on
the Perquimans River and will fish
for a. period of two hours and the
one catching the largest fish will
win the cash prize.
At the baseball park during the
fishing contest there will be a cast
ing contest held which' will be open
to everyone with cash prizes award
ed for this.
After the casting contest there
will be a sheep shearing demonstra
tion that will be very beneficial
to the people ' in the county who.
produce sheep. ";,,.;:
Arrangements for, a baseball
game have not been completed as
yet due to the fact that the Hert
ford ball team will be in the play
off in the Albemarle League at that
time and it is not known just who
will be Hertford's opponent. The
committee hopes to make arrange
ments whereby a ba.ll game will be
available for. everyone to see at
the ball park that night, however.
"Be sure and make your plans
to attend Farmers' Day as we feel
sure that Tt will be a most enjoy
able day and food will be served on
the grounds so that you will not
have to ' return home for ,your
lunch," stated R. M. Thompson,
Perquimans County Agent.
pTherliujslianIiWa8 MvpM
i Leatfttfi BtandkiB this i oast week aMlabBMa: prices" b markGni InBir
ter winning one game from NAF
and losing two contests to the Eliz
abeth City Albies,
Elizabeth Citv nosed out the In -
dians in a game played here Tues-
day night by a score of 3-2. The
game was interrupted several times
due to rairi but the umpire contin
ued the contest after each 'inter
ruption. ' McKay Riddick pitched a
three-hitter for Perquimans but
four errors and three wild pitches,
on the -part of the Indians allow
ed the Albieg all three runs. . Rid
dick walked five batters and struck
out seven. ..Williams was the start
ing pitcher for Elizabeth City, but
was relieved in the. sixth by Hast
ings. - The Indians collected five
hits and were given four walks.
The Albies scored in the first
then Perquimans tied the count in
(-the sixth and added another run in
the seventh to take the lead. Eliz
abeth City scored twice in the
ninth. '
. The' Indians defeated NAF last
Friday night 12-2 behind the pitch
ing of Earl Rogerson who fanned
16 NAF batters In making his de
but as hurler for Perquimans. -He
gave up seven hits but kept them
Well scattered. NAF took a 1-0
'lead in the -second but the Indians
exploded for five runs in the fifth
and added four more in the sixth tei
sew up the victory. NAF scored
its second run in the sixth and Per
quimans added three more in the
eighth. ' . '
Elizabeth City won an 8-2 victory
over the Indians last Thursday.
Jim Curtis, Albie pitcher, gave up.
nine hits to the Indians while his
teammates collected 14 off Per
quimans, hurler Paul -. Matthews.
Errors proved costly to the Indians
during this contest and gave the
j -Elizabeth City tallied three runs
in the first, one in the .fourth' and
four in the fifth, r Hertford scored
singles in the firsthand eighth
frames.; t ;v, 1fet4; ft '
,Friday night" the Indians . will
play the Edenton Colonials in the
last scheduled game of the, regular
season here In Hertford. The play
offs will start next week with the
four top teams participating.
1 Hertford, Perquimans County, North
"GOTTA GET THOSE WEEDS!" Milosare D.Metrovich is going to get those weeds cut, come
the hot place or high water. This unseemly zeal, which goes beyond the most avid gardener's
. all to duty, is all in' the day's work for the St Louis Park Department employe. He's cleaning
weeds and rushes from a park lake, a nice gee) spot in which to be with the temperature bubbling
at the 96-degres mark. "
Producers Urged
Marketing Com
Don't rush too much corn to mar
ket at harvest time if you want
your crop o pay for itself, farm
ers were cautioned today.
' According to Clyde R. Greene,
Chairman of the State Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, farmers themselves can
do a lot to protect the market for
their corn by spreading out their I
sales ; throughout .the marketing
year.
"No farmer has to lose money on
his corn," Greene said. "He can
get ready ash under the Commodi
ty Credit Corporation Loan Pro
gram administered by ASC County
Committees. With the help of a
Government loan the farmer can
cany h&rop over the usual , low
price " pemtf ' of Harvest time In
stead of .dumping it on the market.
he$gisj$i idefiriiteV connection
betwe hWvmafketines and low"
iricla'urJn'gMnd linmediatelyaf ter
hlrvisiinir.Sand the nurbose :bf
UVii.ltiwA;!!. helb farmers 1 1
crops in an orderly manner. ' That
helps consumers, too, by prevent
ing short supplies and high prices
!,ater in year'"
Th minimum loan rate on corn
1 in North Carolina for the 1955 crop
is $1.74 in the 23 Commercial corn
counties and $1.30 in the non-commercial
,' counties. Thl . Greene
said, compares with final rates of
$1.78 and $1.34 for last year. Loans
and Purchase Agreements will be
available to farmers through Feb
ruary 29, 1956, and will mature on
July 31, 1956.
Farmers desiring additional in
formation on the price support pro
gram on corn, or any other com
modity should consult their local
ASC committeeman or go by the
local county office.
ToStert Monday
The first football practice for the
Perquimans Indians for the 1955
season, has been called for next
Monday afternoon by Coach Ike
Perry. ,
i Coach Perry requests all boys de
siring to try out for the team to
report to him at the school gym
next Mofnday at one P; M. Plans
for pre-season practice, sessions will
be announced at- this time and
equipment will be issued to all boys
reporting for practice.
'.: The coach stated he is now plan
ning to hold a series of night prac
tice .sessions, , prior to the opening
Of school, In, preparation for the
drill sessions which will begin after
the Qpening,of . school -;..,v :V J
Local Athletes
At Ail-Star Meet 1
Two .Perquimans High School
athletes, Z Paui Matthews, pitcher
and D. A. Carver, catcher, were in
Greenslwro this week particTptingj
in the prep school all-star program. !
The two local boys were part of the
all-star ; eastern , baseball team
Which played the western team in
a game on Wednesday night. i
Committee
To Make Study Of
School Problems
Guest Minister
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Dr. Bela Udvamokl, Professor at
Chowan College, will preach at the
Hertford Baptist Church at the
morning and evening services next
Sunday. ; . ; ;
Dr. Udvarnoki To
Preach At Baptist
Church Next Sun.
Dr. Bella Udvarnoki of Chowan
College will preach at the morning
and evening services at the Hert
ford Baptist Church Sunday, Aug
ust. 14 during the absence of the
Rev. James O. Mattox, who is away
on vacation..
Dr. Udvarnoki has led a full and
exciting life as a Baptist minister.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, the
son of a pioneer. Baptist minister
who founded the Baptist Seminary
in 1906, he received his early train
ing ' there and also attended the
University of Budapest and the
University of Hamburg, Germany.
His theological training was re-
ceived from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Ky., with a Ph.D in Greek,
After his American .training Dr,
Udvarnoki returned to Hungary
where he taught at the Seminary
and became president of that insti
tution in 1938. He was also presi
dent of the Hungarian Baptist Con
vention from 1938 until 1940.
" He returned to America in 1947
and married the present Mrs. Ud
varnoki. She is the former Ruby
Daniel of Stem, N. C.
.aW public is Invited to attend
the Baptist services on Sunday to
hear Dr. Udvarnoki
Recorder's Court
In Recess Tuesday
Perquimans Recorder's Court was
in recess last Tuesday due to the
absence, of Silas M. Whedbee, so
licitor, who was oh .vacation. All
cases listed on the docket were set
for hearing at the next term of
court on August 16. ; ; .
Carolina, Friday, August 12, 1955.
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Board Adopts Same
Enrollment Rules
As Used Last Year
Perquimans County's Board of
Education, meeting in special ses-
sum inursaay aiwrnoon oi
Named
w, pf . -""'"'people had become so identified as
nutlet; uil uuucauuji tu nuin vvii.ii
and for the Board in making a
study of the problems created by
the decision of the Supreme Court
regarding segregation in the public
schools.
The membership of this commit
tee includes Silas M. Whedbee,
chairman, Julian A. White, Miss
Mae Wood Winslow, the Rev.
James O. Mattox and W C.
Stroud. . "; t
,This conimittee will meet fWr the
iirst time, with the Borfrd M lo
cation on Monday, August' 2&i? to
problems it will study.
Other actions taken by the Board
during this meeting included adop
tion of a motion to continue for the
school vyear 1955-56 the same ad
ministrative policies with respect to
enrollment of pupils in school as
was in force during the past school
term. This means the Board, under
authority of state law, will assign
pupils to various schools for the
coming term under the same poli
cy as was followed during 1954-55.
The Board also voted to operate
school buses. for the transportation
of pupis and school employees for
the year 1955-56 in accordance with
the rules and regulations as was in
force last year except that certain
bus stops will be eliminated in the
interest of safety.
Approval was voted by the Board
for -the election" of Mrs. A. B. Wil
liams and Mrs. Ira Eure as teach
ers at Hertford Grammar School
and Miss Mary E. Jennings as
teacher at Perquimans Central
Grammar School.
Definite action on awarding a
contract for electrical work at Per
quimans High School was postpon
ed pending a conference between J.
T. Biggers, Superintendent of
Schools and State Officials of the
Board of Education. Low' bid on
the project, in excess of estimates,
was submitted by R. J. Boyce of
Edenton. ,
Elected As Teacher
At Perquimans High
Miss-Nancy Zachary has been
elected as teacher of science' at
Perquimans High School for the
school year 1955-56, it was reported
by J. T. Biggers, School Superin
tendent. Miss Zachary is a grad
uate of the local high school, Class
of 1947 and of Appalachian State
Teachers' College, class of 1952.
She is the daughter of Mrs. J. W.
Zachary. ; .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. James Layden an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Jamie Gwenn, born Monday, Aug
ust 8th at the Chowan Hospital.
Mrs. Layden, before her marriage
was Miss Bernice Harrell.
Towns On U. S. 1 7 Object To
Proposed Windsor By - Pass;
Meeting In Hertford Friday
County Quota For
Annual TB Drive
SetAtU
Perquimans County was assigned
a quota of $1,300 for the 1955 TB
Seal campaign during a meeting of
the Boad of Directors of the As
sociation held in Hertford on Aug
ust 2, it was reported by Mrs.
Duke Cropsey, Executive Secretary
of the District TB Association.
; The " meeting was held for the
purpose of formulating plans for
the 1955 campaign and appointing
county chairmen for the seal cam
paign. W. Jarvis Ward and Mrs. Minnie
B. Taylor were named as chairmen
for the Perquimans County cam
paign, which will be conducted the
latter part of this year.
Dennis Morgan, treasurer, re
ported the Association had a bank
balance of $5,425 and the Four
County Fund stood at $1,600.43.
Mrs. Cropsey pointed out to the
Directors no method for raising
money by the people and for the
the litffle Christmas Seal; that each
county was individual and no set
rules were given for carrying out
the program in raising funds to
battle tuberculosis.
During the meeting the directors
were advised of the continuous edu
cational program carried out
through the district office to advise
the public of facts concerning the
fight againsTB. A display of ed
ucational programs carried out in-
ucauonai programs camea out in- r i . -v
he school's throaghout.the' dTsfectKto C., .t Lu
iwas:exhi6iled. T 'l-A- "t -landersoivofoyocknWunt,
; .- - :" ;.' . r. I.Mrs. J. J. Forbes of ShawbtfipifaAd
Board Of Education
On Electrical Work
The Perquimans Board of Educa
tion will meet next Monday night,
August 15, at 7:30. o'clock for the
purpose of considering new bids for
the rewiring of Perquimans High
School, it was reported following a
conference between J. T. Biggers,
County Superintendent of Schools
and officials of the State Board of
Education.
On Thursday of last week the
Board received a number of bids
for this project, but all bids were
in excess of previous estimates for
the work. R. J. Boyce of Edenton
submitted the low bid, in the
amount of $12,350, at that time.
Inasmuch as the State had al
located only about half that amount
for the project the Board authoriz
ed Mr. Biggers to confer with State
officials concerning- action to be
taken on the matter. It was agreed
the specifications for the work will
be rewritten and new bids asked
to be submitted by the time of the
meeting next week.
Some delay in completing the
renovation of the high school build
ing is foreseen due to this post
ponement of electrical work, but
members of the Board of Education
are hopeful that there will be little
inconvenience caused by the project
upon the opening of schools next
month.. ;
REVIVAL SERVICES
A revival service will begin at
Great Hope Baptist Church, Aug
ust 14 and continue through Aug
ust 21, with services being held
each evening. The Rev. C. R.
Pierce of High Point will be the
guest minister. The public is in
vited to attend. ;
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Elliott an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Sis
ie Lynn, born Friday, August 5 at
the Albemarle Hospital.
New Law Changes
County Court Terms
A new law enacted by the Oast
General Assembly redistricting the
judicial areas of the State , will
make a change in the dates for
Perquimans Superior Courts, it was
reported here this week.
Under the new set-up the coun
ty will have two terms of criminal
court, these coming during the
week of April 16 and November 21;
and two weeks of civil court, these
being the last week in January and
the first week in February.
The big change, under the law,
will be transferring the criminal
term usually conducted during the
last week in October each year to
Thanksgiving week.
Hathaway Funeral
Conducted Tuesday
Mark Hathaway, 74, died in th
Albemarle Hospital Sunday at
10:35 P. M., after an illness of
eight years. He was a native of
Currituck County and had lived in
Hertford for 46 years. He was the
son of Nathaniel and Mrs. Hattie
Ferrell Hathaway and husband of
Mrs. Margaret Saunders Hathaway.
He was a member of the Hertford
Methodist Church and of the Pas
quotank Tribe, Order of Red Men.
He was employed by the N. C.
Highway as a foreman until his
health failed.
Besides his wife, 4ie is survived
by,;three half-sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Johnson and Mrs. Anne Jlatjiaway
(several nieces aiid nephews.
f Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 in the
chapel of Twiford Funeral Home
by the Rev. E. G. Purcell, Jr., pas
tor of the Ahoskie Methodist
Church.
"Rock of Ages," and "Sometime
We Will Understand' were sung by
Miss Ruth Tucker, Mrs. B. G.
Koonce, Mrs. Reginald Tucker and
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Jr., accom
panied at the organ by Mrs. J. El
lie White.
The casket was covered by a pall
of white gladioli, white chrysan
themums and fern.
Pallbearers were ' Vincent Pow- j
ers, Edgar White, D. M. Jackson,
D. F. Reed, Edgar Morris, Walter
Cahoon.
Burial followed in Cedarwood,
Cemetery.
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Voluntary School
Proposal Made By
Governor Hodges
Discussing the issues on public
schools, as raised by the recent Su
preme Court decision, Governor Lu
ther Hodges in an address to the
people of North Carolina last Mon
day night advocated voluntary sep
arate schools as a solution to the
problem of integration or abandon
ment of the public school system.
The Governor stated the surest
way to maintain the State's public
school system would be for the
races voluntarily to attend separate
schools through good will and pride
in advancement of respective racial
cultures and way of life. He point
ed out unless a voluntary system
succeeds the State, within a year or
so, will face the issue of deciding
whether to have some form of in
tegrated schools or abandon the
public school system.
-' Jn his address, the Governor urg
ed the citizens of North Carolina,
colored and white alike, to join to
gether in working out a voluntary
system which would preserve the
educational opportunities for both1
5 Cents Per Copy
" 'See Much of Tourist
Traffic Diverted to
U.S. 13
The State Highway and Public
Works Commission has had surveys
made for a by-pass at Windsor, and
a decision as to the exact location
is expected in the near future.
There are two plans proposed for
this by-pass. One is to the West
and North of Windsor leaving U. S.
17 South at a point near the golf
course crossing U. S. 13 to the
north of Windsor and going back
to U. S. 17 at Green's Cross. This
means that all north bound traffic
will get to U. S. 13 north before
reaching U. S. 17 north. As a re
sult very little north bound traffic
would come through Edenton, Hert
ford and Elizabeth City. The other
by-pass is to the south of Wind
sor. A meeting of interested parties
from Edenton, Hertford and Eliza
beth City met in Edenton and a
decision was made to request the
members of the Board of County
Commissioners of Chowan County,
Camden County, Currituck County,
Dare County, Perquimsfns County,
Pasquotank County, and Tyrrell
County, and members of the Town
Council of Edenton, Hertford, Eliz
abeth City, Manteo and Columbia
to meet at the Municipal Building
in Hertford on Friday, August 12,
at 7:30 P. M. Chamber of Com
merce and Junior Chamber of Com.
merce representatives are also in
vited ,to attend. The purpose of
this meeting will be to state the
positibn of' the above mentioned
counties and towns to Highway
Commissioner J. Emmett Winslow
relative to the location of a by-pass
to the. south qf j Windsor,., and to
solicit; hirsiippbrt.
, The; group present at the ipeet-
irig Monday strongly endorsed '.a
by-pass to the south' of Windsor"
for the follbwing reasons:
1. There is more traffic on U. S.
17 than on U. S. 13 and -a by-pass
around Windsor should favor the
most heavily traveled highway.
2. There is by far a greater in
vestment in hotels, motels,, restau
rants, etc., for tourist traffic on
U. S. 17 than on U. S. 13.
3. More money is spent for traf
fic promotion on U. S. 17 than on
U. S- 13.
4. A by-pass to the south of
Windsor would be much cheaper
than a by-pass to the north and
west of Windsor.
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., chairman of
the group, is urgently requesting
all parties interested in this by
pass at Windsor to attend the
meeting to be held in Hertford Fri
day night.
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races. This voluntary system, he
said, could be achieved only in a
friendly and cooperative spirit;
there must be -no coercion for
should there be the success of vol
untary attendance program would
fail. ;
; The Governor said he plans to'
suggest to the Advisory Commit
tee on Education that it promote
in every community within the
State a program of encouraging
voluntary choice of separate
schools. The suggestion, he said, is
for members of both races to be
invited to take part in organiza
tions to encourage such voluntary .
actions and to improve race rela
tions. Stating the decision of the Su
preme Court had wiped out any
stigma that might be felt becausa
of laws requiring segregation in
public schools the Governor stated
there is nothing in the Constitution I
or the decision of the Supreme
Court which takes away from the
people freedom to chooBe the
schools they attend. v
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Fai?innieirss Day: Wednesday
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