North Carolina Newspapers

t , 1, Vr7H 77 77 773 TT TT"1. TT" T7 T T7 TV T A T T TM TT TT BT TF-a T7-a t? o 771 I 4 Volume XXII. Number. 35. I JfTfni Group Estimates Lo ' cal Crop Damage ! At 30 Per Cent ; Organization of a hurricane dam. age committee, to work, with State i and Federal agencies7' in rendering laid' to Perquimans County residents.--was perfected here last Tuesday at a meeting held in the Agriculture Building. . .". The .Perquimans Committee, st . up under direction of the State De- ptfrtment of Agriculture, is compos. . ed of A. T. Lane, chairman; R.-L. Stevenson, vice chairman, and Mire Helena, . Nixon. secretary. Other members of the committee are L, L. Lane,R. M. Thompson,. F. A. Mc- Googan, Charles' EJ. White, Joe . . a rtt T fW feayaen, rrann oKinner, j. u, i un,i nelly Carson Spivey, E. F. Morgan and Max Campbell. During the meeting the commit tee stimated losses in Perquimans , County, caused by recent hurri canes, amounted to thirty per cent of, all ropg. :: Other losses listed were. buildings, one per cent; live stock, 10 per cent; fences, one per cent; ditches, 20 per cent. No ef- '' fort was made to ; ascertain the damage suffered in dollar values. . Local lending agencies represent- : ed at the meeting pointed out that, at yet, they had received no. apr plications for assistance, but it was the opinion of the committee such applications will likely be made la ter this fall. , , ,. ' The ; committee ; went on record witH the' following ..recommenda- . r - tions Under . which it will operate: fodividuals-seeking ''emergency 'as- styance, are asked . to ascertain - "rcB of credit, and being unable the situation to this committee; the group; will feke ., ediam:;;rarige group will " take medium tfteps t4 aid ia'pfftviding'oans Jh'rOugh local banks,' FHA and Pro duction Credit Corporation;. . .'For long range plans,! against possible futiire disasters, the .com mittee recommends improved drain, agf systems, proper' construction of buildings, use of variety of seeds jtroved to withstand hurricane dam. age, and improved buildings for livestock. 5 ' ' ; . F. Morgan, representing the FHA Minted out disaster loans are available in this, county and de tails can be learned at 'the local " FHA located in the bus station building in Hertford. v . i:eadu::es r . Dr.Thurman-Kitchin', president emeritus of Wake Forest College, . died Sunday at his home; fnWake ' Forest. Head of the college from 1930 to 195Q, Dr. Kitchin establish-! ed an administration which guided s' Wake Forest hrough troublesome . periods to -new " high marks , of achievement . .. ' Fir at an oil refinery in Indiana ' caused a loss in excess of, 10 mil- lion dollars hut week. The blaze, x started last Saturday, was brought under control by firemen on Mon , day. Two persons died in the blaze nd a number were injured. . Hurricane Edith, fifth; storm of the year, hy-passod' the, mainland -of the United .States rly4Ws1 week, and blew" iteeilf sout nw'th Atlantic Ocedn.- r , JBerwufla ''Bttri slV.it effects from h ihultrieane ' but suffered na damage ; . . Tobacco 'prices, oft the . marjtetS: in eastern yarounas, ayeragefta.p t 1' l.er fhia;'Weki.majlcj .csi were -disappointing, .(luejste . excess production and, kick of de i..ad. Farm leaders ar iirging ap acreage cut for the crop next year as a means of reducing the prea-. er.t hi:e ea ' Lryn. n A Holoman of Eden e ruest speaker at Oroye Baptist -v tp.nrning, Sep ton v tv Ci 1 t i r, 11., ifcliV Stores To Obserye, Labor Day Holiday A majority of Hertford stores and business houses, following the custom of past years, will be clos ed all day next Monday in observ ance of Labor Day, it was reported here this week. ' W. W. Wjiite, local Postmaster, announced the Post Of fice will be closed but mail will be received and dispatched on holiday schedule. . V Funera! Services lie ' Lawrence Towe," 48, head of the Towe Oil Company, died in the Al bemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City Monday night; at 7:5o o'clock fol lowing an illness of two weeks. , A life-long resident of Hertford, he was the son of the late Joseph H. Towe and Mary Davis Towe and husband of Mrs. Alice' Mills Towe. He was a member of the Hert ford Methodist. Church and took an active part in the church choir for many years. '.;'-:.;-.': Surviving besides his wife are two brothers, Joseph HTowe and Martin , Towe; three sisters, Mrs. Jacob L. White, and Mrs. Waltef G. Edwards of Hertford and Mrs. j jnurreu , canon 01 xiuniptun, . an(i a number of nieces and ne- VI . II TT" IT 1. IT. pnews. , : '... . . Funeral services were conducted on - Wednesday afterno ;at-i 2:30 FciocVarthe' Hertford Methodist church by the Rev.kS. Richmond , During the" ' services ! the : churcr. During ; the" ', services J the ; church choir1 sang "Be Still My S6ul" and "Are Thee Able." . " 1 ' ' X The pall was of red rose buds and big white mums. ' ' . Pallbearers were Russell Baker, Edward Barber, Floyd Benton, Kelly White, R. S. Monds and Claude Williams. , ..'?.' Burial was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. 4- ' .- Limited Supply Of Vaccine A Vcllcble . Dpe to the fact that large num bers of last year's first and second grade school children who took the i first dose of Salk vaccine in school have not yet taken the second dose, the District Health Department has on hand a limited supply of this vaccine on . which- the expiration date will soon expire,, it was report ed this week . hy Dr. B: ,B. Mc 3uire. Health Officer ; ' (. ; '' ' The health of ficer ahnounced the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the State Board of Health have given the local depart ment authority to use this vaccine for. any child from birth through age of 19. It will be given to the children, accompanied by a parent, who. come to the district health of-1 f ice on the basis of first conie, first served. :. -t . .. .. . . -Dr. McGuire stated the vaccine will be given . at the' Hertford Health Center on Tuesdays, from 1?30 tn arOO 'P'ilf.. an Inner 'n the supply fasts' "He reported pians for he second and third dose have ngt ween cuniu.ei.eu, as m wnv wut j(ivo Meet Nest Thursday ' '' -'TheTfreht-Teachei'' Association Of the Hertford Grammar School will hold its first" meeting of the school year on Thursday . night, September 8, in the auditorium of the school. Mrs. Jack Brinn, presi dent of the organization,, urges all members to attend this meeting and friends of the school are invited. 'MASONS TO MEET V "'sonic Lodg-e " , v .1 IT' Id Wednesday I liiKUJ U 11 M A 1x1 S Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday. September 2, 1955. Scenes From - Pictured here are some of the by the local Ex torsion Service and hampered somewhat by inclement splendid exhibits. . it : . : - l m ... t; i. ; . H : ' ' ir :U '' u I- ""," ' ' I f - j I r'-i I: !''-,' i !ri'mm f 1 Y ' ' f ; . , I ' , 1 l- ' ' " . v " v"' j I " k '' I I . II 1 -t P-M' l "I l'-fT J"Ti '-4'i ; Indians Win Third Game From Albies To Cop Play -Off The final round play-off in the Albemarle League opened Wednes. day : night with the" Perquimans Indians playing at Colerain, win ner of the semi-final round with Edenton.-. The two teams will play in Hertford - Thursday night, Colerain Friday night and back in Hertford again next Monday night. The final play-off is a four best out of," seven series.' '' The Perquimans Indians moved into the final play-offs of the AI bema,rte League Monday night by winning the semi-final series from Elizabeth City three games to one. McKay Riddick pitched the In dians to a 4-0 victory in the fourth game of the series. He gave up only four scattered hits and walk. ed two. ' He fanned six,- Hastings started the pitching duties for the Albies, giving up 10 hits and four walks in 8 innings..' He was reliev ed btf Curtis in the eighth. - The' Indians scored --their four rnns'in the fifth inning when Win Slow : walked, Hunter -singled and PsM 'Matthews, singled, to 'fill the bases. " Christgau then :banged out sw. double scoring. : Wihslow and Hunter, This was followed by single by JO. A. (JarVer scoring Matthews and Christgau. ; : ; v Carver and Cliristgau led the In dian batting ' attack.' ' Carver had three singles while Christgau had a double and single, Morris, Riddick, Wipslow, - Hunter -and Matthews' each got a 'single,'. ' "' " , Perquimaps held the Albies in check through, the contest, break ing up possible Elizabeth City at tacks with four dougfle plays dur inf;'.the am. , The r p!ayd before the ' " - "" ..s of thfl - Perquimans education exhibits displayed at Perquimans Farmers' Day, sponsored public-spirited citizens on August 19. Although the program was weather Farmers' Day visitors were treated to a large number of two teams, Perquimans making two and Elizabeth City three. : The' win was the third of the se ries for McKay Riddick, Indian hurler, and was by far his beat ef fort of the play-off contests. ' In, winning the semi-final play offs the Indians now move into tlre final series, which will be a ( each defendant was ordered to pay best four out of seven against the,a fjn 0f $2 and court costs winner of the Colerain-Edenton se ries, - ' Woodville House Destroyed By Fire Hertford Fire Department was called to Woodville at 10:40 Mon day night to fight a fire which completely destroyed a - tenant house owned by Kenneth Batemun. It was; reported the fire had gain ed considerable headway before the firemen were called and they arriv ed at the scene able only to save the outbuildings near the house. Estimated loss- On the house, which had only recently been rerio- vated1, was set at several thousand dollars. ' . :' Columbus Firm Low Bidder On Project Columbus Contractors of White- ville were low' bidders fpr a road project in Perquimans, Chowan and Gates counties, it. was, 'reported Wednesday by the State Highway Commission, which received bids' on Tuesday. . . i . The firm .entered a" bid of $127,- S86 for three .bridges and several culverts to be constructed in the .The . Hi) 1 way 'Commission bid w '1 hp reviewed Thurs. ir to t' j lotting of the c i- Farmers' Day Nine Cases Heard In Recorder Court Nine cases were listed on the docket in Perquimans Recorder's Court here this week, including the one in which Elbert Boone, Negro, j was charged with failing to vield the right-of-way, resulting in an accident involving Dr. I. A. Ward. Boone was found guilty of the charge and ordered to pay the costs of court. Matrice Revells and Joshua Zach ary, Negroes, entered pleas of guil ty to charges of being drunk and Wililiam Quinn paid a f ine of $8 and costs of. court after pleading guilty to charges of speeding. ' . A fine of $25 and costs were tax ed against Charles Waters who submitted to speeding charges. . Court costs were paid by Naomi Woods, Clarence Peterson, Harry Buns and Ernest Weise after each of the defendants had entered pleas of guilty to speeding charges. Earl Sikes Speaker At Rotary Meeting Earl Sikes, Professor of . Eco nomics at Dartmouth College, was the guest speaker at this week's meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club. Mr. Sikes, an authority on Rus sian economic conditions, told the Rotarians, in his opinion, the. pres ent "friendly" attitude' of Russian officials toward the West is just' another practice being used by the Communists to bring about ease ment of Western policy on arma ment Tracing the attitude of Russian diplomacy down through the years Mr. "Sikes pointed ut, this . had changed, many times based upon economic conditions within Russia. Presently, the professor said, Rus 'a is producing heavy goods "at ' i. j bi t " -nul pro- iL". - ' ' " : WE.fi.tL Board Of Education . The Perquimans Board of Edu cation, meeting in special session last Monday night, accepted a low bid of $8,000, submitted by New Home Appliance Co., for rewiring Perquimans High School. This bid was several thousand dollars undei the low bid submitted for the work last month. Approval of the Board was voted on the election of Miss Nancy Zachary, Yale Lasater and Dr. Har old White as teachers for Perquim ans High School. Mrs. R. L. Kingsbury tendered her resignation as a teacher in the King Street School, and this was accepted by the Board. Mrs Kings. n--- " ..x-fc u..iuli Accepts Bid On Electrical Project , ;.;kin uimtucK bounty. ine uoara went on record ap. proving the appointment of county school bus drivers, as recommended y tne principals of the various schools. The Perquimans County Advis ory Committee on Education met with the Board and discussed its plans of operation and scope of work with the Board members. A letter, sent the Board by W, V. Lyons, requesting the appoint ment of four additional Negro members to the Advisory Commit tee, was read and the request by reject by the Board of Education. Silas M. Whedbee, chairman of the Advisory Committee, stated the group held an executive session following the meeting with tlv Board of Education, and will meet again next Monday night with the principals of county schools for the purpose of continuing a study of school problems. County Red Cross To Hold Special Faced with the task of aiding 10,000 disaster-stricken families in New England, the American Red Cross has requested the Perquim ans County chapter to conduct a special drive for funds to ; help build up an eight million dollar goal needed to provide relief in the areas smashed by floods fpllowing Hurricane Diane. C.-' P. Morris, chairman of the Perquimans Red Cross Chapter, announced last Saturday llocal Red VBS ""iciais are planning to con duct a special V'relief fund" drive immediately. No quota has been set for this special campaign but individuals are asked to contribute generously toward this fund which Will be used to aid unfortunate families. Individuals desiring to contribute to the aid W these needy people, who. are not contacted by local Red Cross solicitors, are asked to send their contributions direct to Mr, Morris, chapter. chairman of the county Officers Named For Music Club urganization or a new music club in Perquimans County was perfected at a recent meeting held at the home of Mrs. R. M. Riddick, supervised by Mrs. J. B, Alderman 6f Elizabeth City. The objective of the club is to further interest in music and all people who like music, and are in terested in learning more about music are invited to join. The age limit for members is from 18 years up. - V Officers chosen for the local club were Mrs. Charles Johnson, presi dent; Talmage Rose, first vice pres. ident; John Beers, second vice pres ident! Mrs. Archie T. Lane, Jr., secretary; Miss Kate Blanchard, as- sistant secretary; Mrs. C, P. Mor. ris, treasurer; Mrs. R. M. Riddick, assistant treasurer; Mrs." H. A. Whitley, correspondent,' smd Mrs. Fred T. Matthews, historian. , The club voted to hold meetings on , the fourth Thursday in each month, with the next meeting to be at the home of Mr. and MrsC. P. Morris ct f - 'amber 22.' : Folic' t1 ' ' '" Vr' Forluhds LY TownBoa Budgets At Special MeetingLastThurs. County Board To Meet Next Tuesday The Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County will hold its September meeting in the Court House on Tuesday, September 6, instead of Monday, September 5. The change in the date of the meet, ing was due to the observance of the Labor Day holiday which falls on next Monday. Residents desiring to appear be fore the Board at its next meet ing are requested to note the change in the date for the session. Congressman Says Problems Facing Fishing Industry Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, reporting a serious situation exists in eastern North Carolina with re spect to commercial and sport fish ing has appealed to Governor Luth er Hodges for action by proper au thority in order to preserve this in dustry. The Congressman points out that pressure upon the Wildlife Re sources Commission to permit con tinuous fishing has brought about a situation which may eventually cause rock fish to become extinct. Very low catch of these fish have been reported for the past several years. To correct this condition Mr. Bonner proposes, a ' closed season should be declared during the spawning1 season, eapeeiallly :in 'Mtt area around the Fajls at Wieldon and the ftoanoke River leading tliereto which are the pnly spawn ing areas in eastern waiters. Congressman Bonner also pointed out: "With respect to the noticeable decrease in shad fish in the waters of eastern North Carolina, each year I notice the Department of Conservation and Development as well as the Wildlife Resources Commission extend the season up to and including the spawning per iod. Tar River and the upper reach es of all rivers in eastern North Carolina should be closed for this species during the spawning sea son. There is no question that nat ural spawning is far superior to ar tificial spawning and unless we do something to protect these fish during spawning, we might as well '. write off a business that brings millions of dollars to our area." First Cancer Clinic Of Fall On Sept. 9th The Northeastern Cancer clinic, first of the fail, will be held Fri day, . September 2, at the Health Center in Elizabeth City. Regis tration will begin at 1 P. M. A free chest X-ray will be giv en anyone wishing it along with the examination of the five areas of the body where cancer js most!during past week, and with easily found and cured. There are no limitations as to sex, race, or economic status at the Center. However, there are age require ments. Women should be 35 or more; men should he 40 er over un less referred by a, doctor, or unless one of the "Seven Danger Signals are present, Appointments are not necessary but because f limited fa cilities it is suggested that to be assured ef an examination a pri ority may be secured by dropping a caxd to Cancer Center, Elisabeth City, N. C. Examinees are asked to bring a robe os housecoat with them. , - ! Surplus Sale Motor Vehicles To Be Held W. J. Davis, Superintendent of the State Highway Commission Re pair Shopr reported, .today that sealed bids for the sale of surplus property, mn-tly irer ' vehicles, are rw - r- ! tt his of- J 1 1.1. 5 Cents Per Copy rdAdopt Auditor's Statement Reveals Condition Of Finances , I Hertford's Town Board, meeting here in special session Thursday night of last week, heard a review of the annual audit of the Town's books and adopted a budget for the fiscal year 1955-56. The audit wai conducted by the firm of Wall anc ; Williams of Raleigh. i The audit revealed total assebi. of the Town, as of June 30, 1955,. was $513,908.24, which was a.de-, crease of about $2,000 as compared with June 30, 1954. The assets were listed as follows: Cash, $4,,' 609.31; Utility Accounts receivable, $9,335.18; Other Accounts receiv..: able, $2,948.48; Taxes receivable, $5,151.69; Government Bonds, $5, 000; Stock, $77.43; Town Proper ties, $486,786.15. .. Liabilities were listed as follows: Accounts Payable, $6,353.49: . Pre. paid Taxes, $2,704.54; Deposits, $4... 478.93; Bonds Outstanding, $45,-' 000; Reserved for Deferred Collec tions, $10,629.12; Reserved for Street Improvement, $250.14; Sur plus Operating Fund, $2,705.87, and Capital Fund, $441,786.15. A summary of the audit, which appears elsewhere in this issue, re vealed receipts of the town during the fiscal year totaled $184,465.70. Some of the major receipts came' through these sources: Taxes, $22, 430.60; Utility Collections, $111,-, 388.44; Ice Sold, $7,049.59; Privi lege Taxes. $1,989.31; Beer Taxes, $1,644.25; Cemetery Lots sold, $1 860; Parking Meters, $1,800.21; Powell Bill Funds, $6,055.77j Rent als, Harvey' Point, $2,883.ft6. ExpendittFres; during ;ihe..sahw1 '' period amounted to $179,856.39, In cluudtng' such items as salaries1,! town, officials and office, $6,312.50;! office supplies aiid expense, $lj 508.43; Audit, Jegal and insurance, $3,298.83; Street maintenance and lighting, $30,808.07; street im provements, $11,125.04; Police De. partment, $11,119.37; Fire Depart, ment, $2,414.66; Harvey Point ex pense, $1,427.49; Light Department! expense, $22,435.74; Electric Cur' rent purchased, $38,049.24; Water Department expense, $14,788.42; Ice Department, $5,529.37; improve, ments, $3,909.19; Bond payments. $18,197.63. The budget adopted for the cur. rent fiscal year calls for approxi. mately the same receipts and ex. penditures as during the past year, and the tax rate was set at' the same figure, $1.35 per one hundred dollar valuation. 71 Coach Steps Up Football Drills Coach Ike Perry has stepped up the tempo during football practice for the Perquimans Indians in preparation for Perquimans' first game on September 16 with Churchland, ya. Drills were conducted twice daily school opening on Thursday Coaclf Perry stated he expects to continue strenuous drill sessions to prepare) the Indian squad for the season ahead. . Between 40 and 50 candidates, have been issued -uniforms but Coach Perry said some of the) vet erans of the team had. shirked prac. tice sessions which handicapped tha pre-season development program. J He pointed out that now that school is open he expects each candidate for the team to report for every drill conducted. '. .',' '' ;"': v ' . V v;'- A large number of freshmen have reported for football this: year and Coach Perry praised thess boys for the s pirit and coopera tion shown. However, he is expect, ed to rely on his veteran linesm Williams, Matthews, Bray, J, ' son and backs Whedbee, Matt? Pierce, Baker and Cherry in f Ins; the nucleus for- his t lineup. .