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OUIMAMS WEEKLY 11 k :meXXni. Number 3. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 20, 1956 5 Cents Per Copy Perquimans Cagers Boards To Meet On Monday To Start Bond Proceedings Play Edenton Aces Here Friday Night 4 . i PER t.n-m.. ., i idN FAR YA COIN'? Mrs. William Stanton, of Leavenworth,! Kan., ponders the permits Kansas State truckers may choose from toen buying the license plates for '56. "16 M" above main . . T , i i-j.i,, th in ths case 16.000 DOUnds. Below plate are. in order: a tag for farm vehicle use only; com- t.... ,.c4 ,.,ithin 9R-mlle radius nerciai earner penim, ws ' ,3 owner5 Plac 01 bW,ss; use umuoi.a uuck. Perquimans March QfDimesCampaign Getting Underway , ' Perquimans County's annual Marc of Dimes campaign, to raise fundsjfor the National Foundation j conduct research and combat in fantili ; paralysis is under way throughout thejCoupty, it was an nounced this-.weeif by Mrs? Charles ' Willifbrd, fund chairman. Thqchairmnn announced no spe cial quotas' have been assigned to this cpunty to be' raised during the current campaign, but she pointed out-:', foe. National Foundation, is J 5 hopeful more funds will !e contrib uted his year than in 1955 to as sist in financing the costly research and rehabilitation of victims of po lio. 1 Mxty Williford said there is an urgeni need for funds for the Nat- , ional Foundation because during ;. the pa(st year practically all surplus 1 money was used in fighting epi- 1 demies and financing inoculations of the! Salk Vaccine. Thii year's champaign is being conducted along lines Similar to -. previous drives; house tp housa canvaises are being conducted In ' Hertford and the county and the schools are also participating in the fund Raising. Thej Perquimans VFW Post will f hokt dance on Saturday night, January 21," at the VFW Hall with the proceeds going to the March of Dime.-): fund, ; The State Theatre, asj usual, is also aiding the local chijptjr with collections to be tak en lip at the theatre'. Mr: . Corbin Dozier, chairman of the 'ccfunty chapter, announced that ' Herfrjt C. Sullivan has accepted ap 'pointihent to the post as treasurer ;- for the fund ' drive, succeeding Georgfe Fields, who resigned. - All i ome demonstration clubt of the county are .: assisting in the campaign with a member of each chib 'Volunteering as a solicitor of funds, Negro churches of the com munity; wiir direct collections for 1 the March of Dimes among the Negro- residents in Hertford. -,: t : Volunteer solicitors r the 1956 T.-T:i h (of Dimes have been' an. iii.' ett by the .chairman, Mrs. oiid, as follows: , , 1 s iness district of Hertford, V. , arden, W. W. Whit and.i 'e Brinn. ' 1 ..' 'le division, Hertford, Mrs", s Matthews, Mrs. J. T. Big ;Tri. Nita Miller, Mrs. Nita i Mrs. Elizabeth Skipsey, ". Kenton, Mrs. Charles s. R. L. Hollowell, Mrs. m, Mrs. G. 1 Sutton, ! is Harris, Miss Kuin Miss Lillian Hoffler, Mrs. P.tiUings, Mi-s, Norman El James Sawyer, Jr., Mrs., :s. Charlie Dail, ' ' - r niben i. - ' T"J u" ........ - - Pm" for 60M.-speedometer-mile Irvin Trueblood, Route 2; Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. Percy Wilis-, low, Belvidere; Mrs. Melyin Colson, Mrs. Wally Knight, Rout 3; Mrs. Irving Lohg, Route 2, Edenton Colored. divisionf1"- Wv C! -Stroud and, Mrs.. MVb. j,Vaylor, co-chair., men; Bethel, George Skinner, chairman; Chinquapin, Mrs, Est trel Felton, chairman; Oak' Hill, Mrs".. Margaret Overton, chairman Chapanoke, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, chairman;' Pools Grove, Edgar Moore, chairman ; .: Winf all,- Oliver Modlin, chairman; 'Bay Branch, Alf redia Winslow, chairman; Hick ory Cross, Mrs. Eva Hurdle, chair man; Nicanor, Richard Norfleet, chairman; Leigh's Temple, Enoch Mallory, chairman; New Hope, Will White, chairman, ' Frospectsr a balanced budget for the federal government was re vealed by President Eisenhower this week when he presented Con' gress with, a proposed budget for the fiscal ; year beginning July, 1. Small surpjuses were predicted for the 'current year as well as the year 1956-57, " However, the Presi dent cautioned Congress a tax .cut should not be voted unless the ac-J tion can be done prudently. .The new budget calls for ah increase in government spending' to be offset by increased revenues. - : ; v ;-; . The budget message was received with mixed reaction, some members of Congress expressed opinions that proposed expenditures were too high and should be cut to allow tax cuts on individual incomes; TJiere are predictions from Washington'a tax- cut will be voted in this elec tion year' for individuals but the present tax rates wiH prevail on corporation and excise taxes, Politics will play an important part in the actions of Congress dur ing the early part of , the session, especially as both parties prepare for national conventions; to be held in August.' Adlal Stevenson ap pears at this time to be the lead ing Democratic candidate for Presi dent while the hopes of th GOP rests upon the decision to be made by President Eisenhower as to his seeking reelection. A Washington report this week forecast a slight decline in spend ing on farm aid program this de Spite federal efforts to boos rural income. Heavy losses are also pre (V(l 1 pi r-ovf "-1 crop surplus-1 THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES NEW LEADER Comdr. R. T Brinn has assumed command ol Airship Squadron Two at Gl.vnco. Comdr. Brinn, a graduate ot Duke University, was commissioned in 1941, and since has had dutv rang tag all the way from tugs to jots Com. Brinn Named Squad. Commander At Glynco Station Comdr. Rufus T. Brinn, USN, son of Mrs. R. T. Brinn and the late 11 T. Brinn of Hertford, assumed command of Airship Squadron TWO Glynco, relieving Comdr. Charles M. Robertson, USN, who has departed for duty, aboard th; USS Floyd's' Bay in the Fur East. Comdr. i Robertson, .was formerly commanding officer of NAF Weeksville,! aC. .from- 1950 to 1952.' : Comdr. "Brinn ilad btc 1 the e)tec otLte officer of ZF-2 sin-Cilpust Of last year, following LTA flight training with the Airship' Training Unit and a four-month ;tour of duly with Fleet Airship Wing One, Weeksville, N. C. The new commanding officer of the squadron has had a very color ful Naval career. The versatility of the new squadron commander, who is 36, can be illustrated by his varied types of duty which includes! "from tugboat skipper (command ing officer USS Nawat) to jet pi lot." (Flying the F2H McDonald Banshee). Comdr. 'Brinn graduated from Duke University with an "AB" de gree in 1940 and received his com mision in the Navy in 1941. While serving as executive offi cer of the USS Hopping, he was or dered to heavier-thari-air fliirht training in 1944 and received his wings in June of 1945. Following a tour of duty in the' Pacific which included "Operations Crossroads", Comdr, Brinn reported to NAS Jacksonville, Fla., as executive offi cer of Fighter Squadron 12, which was based aboard the USS Philip pine Sea. ..'..'.. ' . Prior to his arrivel at Glynco to begin his lighter-than-alr training in 1954, Comdr.' Brinn studied at McGill ! University, Montreal, Cana da and Naval Schools in Great Britain, ; and . served" in air intelli gence with the Air Force in Wash ington, D. C. Among his service ribbons. Comdr. Brinn wears the Navy Silver Star and the Order of the Russian Red Star., for ser vice in the Amed Guard "Suicide run to Murmansk" in early 1942. Comdr. Brinn resides at Bruns wick, Ga., with his wife, the form er, Mary Alice Cahooh, daughter of Marshall and Mrs. B. Ray Ca hooh of Columbia,' N. C, and their three children, Harriet Lee, Tim my and Ray. '. i'i ..i ' ' ' License Deadline Is February 15th : v Vehicle owners who have not yet purchased their 1956 auto tags are reminded that February 16 is the deadline for securing and display, ing the new tags on all vehicles, -Car owners are . advised the li cense offices are how issuing tags without delay, and motorists will be wise to buy tags now and. avoid the rush of business which is ex pected as the February 15 deadline draws nearer, The basketball teams , of : Per quimans High School will meet their old rivals from Edenton, in a double bill, in Hertford on Friday night with the Indian Squaws play ing the Acelets at 7:30 R M., fol lowed by the boys' game at 8:30. The Indians marked up two im pressive victories during the past week defeating Ahoskie here last Friday night by a score of 75 to 63 and trouncing Sunbury on Tues day night by a margin of 50 to 27. Don Baker led the Indian scoring against Ahoskie canning 20 poiijts while Bray hit for 18; Williams got 16 and Matthews scored 10. , New some was high scorer for the visit ors with 23 points. i Ahoskie started fast anof jummd into a 16-13 lead in the first pHfd ,ana lea 33 to 31 at the hallQrne, i but Perquimans came back stwr in the second half, displaying a fine shooting percentage to gain 'a 55-50 advantage at the sart of the ' final quarter. Ahoskk's offense faded during the latter part of the contest and the Indians chalked up their second conference victory of the season 75 to 63. Coach Ike Perry used his entire squad against Sunbury Tuesday night, scoring an easy win 50 to 27. Williams was high scorer with 19 followed by Bray with 11, Baker 8, Howell 6, Matthews 4, White 4, Milr and Mansfield with two each and Cherry and Whedbee with one each. Ralph scored 12 points for Sunbury. t The Perquimans Squaws dropped lmth ' of their games during the week, '. losing a thrilling overtime dattlo to Ahoskie by a margin of 49-48. The local girls held a 2fl 19 lead at the halftime hut AhOs kifi's superiorheightr during the'fjr na! period paid, off and the visitors' tied. the count at 4,74111 as:the'game ended During the overtime Per quimans scored a charity toss to take a. one point lead then Ahoskie hit a basket to give them a one point victory. Jo Pat Stokes was high scorer' with 27 points while Bazemore, led Ahoskie with 22 points. The Sunbury' girls defeated the Squaws by a 37-30 score in a game Tuesday night. Sunbury had a 22 12 edge at the halftime and main tained this advantage throughout the second half. Stokes led the Perquimans Scoring with 16 points while Sherlen was bio-h tnr Rim- bury with 19 points. 1954 Farm Income Shows Small Gain Total net farm income to North Carolina farmers in 1954 amounted to 577 million dollars, according to State Crop Reporting Service which released the figures this week, The ffgure is slightly higher than the .569.6 million dollars received in 1953 but is far below fhe rec ord 707.5 million dollars received by state farmers in 1951.' ! . Total net farm income for 1954 represents 51.2 per cent of the gross farm income of $1,126,400,000 for the year. This was exactly the same percentage as in 1953, where as net farm income in 1951 amount ed to 60.6 per cent of gross in come, :-';':'', '. Farm inventories in North Caro lina, the Crop Reporting Service said, have shown a loss in each of the years 1949 through 1954. The loss I in . 1954 was 17.6 million dol lars. ' , . Net income was determined by adding production expenses' and in ventory losses, and subtracting this total from gross' income. ' Produc tion expenses for Tar Heel farm ers in 1954 totaled 531.9 million dollars, compared with 528.1 niil lion the year before and only 495.3 million in 1951 1 , For the United States as a whole- net income per. farm after, allow, ing for inventory,-' changes was $2,413 in 1954, compared With $2, 445 in 1953 i-ltd $2,919 in 1951. That's a drop of 17 per cent in !the three-year period 1951-b'i. A 4' '':ft !". . . WISH UPON A STAR" Fairy-tale-romance-come-true ' is that of actress Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Radiating happiness, the couple are shown sharing a toast during la charity ball in New York City. Wedding of the Oscar-winning actress and chief of state of the tiny European principality is 1 exrjected to take olace sometime after the Easter season. Recorder's Court Handles 19 Gases At Session Tuesday -9 Local GOC Alerted Beginning Feb. 1st ; The Perquimans Ground Observ er Corps has been advised by Ma jor Vance R. Corbih.'Commander of the Durham Filter Center, that the Durham Air Defense Filter Center Area has been placed on ' "Sky watch" status, effective February 1, 1956. Starting at one minute past midnight the morning of Feb ruary 1, the local post will be plac ed into operation on a continuous 24 hours per day basis. At the present time, the post has approximately 125 members. In order to operate on a 24 hour basis with two people serving two hour shifts' the l,ost nec(,s a minimum 01 iw volunteers. Uut to success- fully operate the post, there is a need for at least 200 to 225 peo ple. There is a particular need for women or men who can serve during the daylight houvs. Anyone who can and will join is asked to call 5111. Until this time, the local pos' has been operating on a standby status since its organization in No vember of 1953. The first alert participated in by the post was in February of 1954 and since that time,'it has operated in all but two alerts called by Air Defense. At t the time of its organization, Mrs. Marion Swindell was appointed Post Supervisor wi'th Mrs. Edla Webb and Charlie Skinner, Jr., be ing appointed Chief Observers. Team captains later selected were Silas Whedbee, Mrs. J. H. Towe and Jarvis Henry. In January, 1955, thanks to the contribution of the Town of Hert ford, Perquimans County, local and chants, and the contributions of money and work of private citi- j turl observation tower on the lo-i cal Health Center property. The tower was completed in the sum mer and since that time, all alerts have .been successfully held from the tower. Perquimans County and Hertford have been highly praised on having the only known steel tower in the State and for the co- operativeness of its people. County Girl Leads Va. Nurses Group . Mary Frances Eure, . Hertford Route three, a student nurse at Norfolk General Hospital, has been elected president of District 1, Stu dent Nurses' ..Association of Vir ginia. Miss Eure was a member of the 1955 class at Perquimans High 'School andras saiujtntorian of the class. For Full Time Duty a total ol i cases, a majority of which involved traffic law viola tions, made up the docket of Per quimans Recorder's Court (luring the session held last Tuesday. A verdict was returned in the case in which Herman Haynes, Ne gro, was charged with manufactur ing of illegal liquor. Haynes was charged with the offense after of ficers had found a still situated liear: his home on December 24. , - Eleven defendants, all charged with speeding, submitted to the , charges and paid the costs of court and fines as indicated after their names: Cyras Pierce, Linrisey Bac cus, Horace Wiggins $10, James Reeves, C. H. Heeks, Max Nemi roff, Henry Robertson, Mendel Ochshorn, J. C. Smith, Frank Cuc cia $3 and William Brady .$5. James Gordon, Negro, entered a pica of guilty to charges of reck less driving. He was ordered to pay a fine ol $50 and costs of court. Geneva Chappell paid the costs of court after submitting to charg es of failing to yield the right of of court were taxed against j Henry Brown who pleaded guilty to charges of driving without lights. Augusta Coffield, Negro, was or dered to pay a fine of $100 and costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of driving drunk. Ernest Hardy,, Negro, pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting, a female. He was ordered to pay the costs of court and a 30 day jail sen tence was suspended upon condition he be of good behavior for two years. Costs of court were taxed against Kay Phelps who submitted to a charge of failing to yield the right of way. Benjamin Phelps entered a plea of guilty to charges of having no turn signals on a truck. . He paid the costs of court. (Final Date Given For NeW Allotment The final date in which a produc er may file an application for a new growers peanut farm allotment at the County A SC office is Fehrj ary 15, 1956, announced Helene W. Nixon, Perquimans County A SC of fice manager, s To be eligible for a new growers peanut farm 'allotment the follow ing conditions must be met: No peanuts were produced on the farm in 1953, 1954 and 1955; the opera tor of the farm must have had ex perience in growing peanuts dur ing two of the past five years: the farm operator is largely dependent oh the farm for his livelihood; and the farm covered by the applica tion is the only farm owned and operated by the farm operator or the farm owner for which a farm peanut allotment is established in 1956. - Tax School To Be Repeated Wednesday At the request of a large number of individuals who were unable to attend a tax school conducted at the Agricultural Building on Jan uaiy 9, R. M. Thompson, Perquim ans County Farm Agent, announc ed today this school will be repeat ed on Wednesday night, January 25, at 7:30 o'clock. Pertinent information on income tax changes f'.r farmers, and infor mation on racial security will be explained during the ir.eeting. Mr. Thompson urges all persons who were unable to attend the first school to make plans for attend ing the onp set for next week. ! Chappell Funeral ConductedTuesday Mrs. Cornelia Bagly Chappell, 81, died at her home near Hertford in Bethel Township after an ill ness of four years. She was the daughter of George A. and Mrs. Emma Hofler Bagly and wife of the late Thomas O. Chappell. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church, Mrs. Chappell is survived by two sons, C. R. Chappell and Roy S. Chappell of Perquimans County; three daughters, Mip$ Gertie Chap pell, Mrs. Preston 'Long, both of Perquimans County, and Mrs.' J. A. Dough of Winston-Salem, N. C.; six i grandchildren and six greai grandchildren!1' Funeral; services weW conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2'6'clck at the Bethel 'fiaptfefbhiirch -bitfflfc'' Rev. J.: 'T. Bylrum. ' The church choir sang "Face j To Face arid "Sometime We Will Understand." Pallbearers were grandchildren of Mrs. Chappell. Interment was in the Bethel Church Cemetery. Many Income Tax Laws Apply Solely To Farm Operators This article, the second in, a se ries describing the provisions of the Federal income and Social Se curity tax laws as they affect farm people, was prepared by Charles R. Pugh, W. L. Turner, and C. W. Williams, extension farm manage ment specialists, N, C. State Col lege. If you filed a Federal income tax return last year, . the necessary forms for reporting Federal in come tax will be mailed to you. Otherwise, forms, including any extra forms required, may be se cured from your local post office or bank or the nearest Internal Revenue Service office. By com pleting two copies of each form, the taxpayer can retain a copy for himself. ; The fqrms most commonly re quired by farmers and their use are as follows: "Form 1040";. The amount of income tax is computed on this form from, the listing of taxable income from all sources, including the profit (or loss) from farming operations, nonbusiness deductions (or the standard deduction) and exemptions. "Schedule F": ' Used to deter mine farm profit or loss from the itemized sources of farm .' income, and farm deductions. It is design ed for use by farmers filing on. either the cash or the accrual ba sis. Types of farm income report ed oh Schedule F include: live stock raised or purchased, produce raised or purchased, agricultural program payments, and patronage dividends. Farm business d auctions or ex penses include labor . hired.: for farming open i ions, fertiliser, seed, repairs ana uiuifltenanc, taxes, in surance, interest and rent on farm property, and depreciation of as sets used in farming. Personal ex Machinery has been set in motion by Perquimans County officials for holding a special bond election to raise funds to aid in replacing the Hertford Grammar School which was destroyed by fire on Monday, of last week. Permission for conducting: the special election was granted the county last Friday by the Local Government Commission, and a; schedule of procedure has been set up for carrying out the necessary steps leading to an election. The Board of County Commis-. sioners and the Board of Education will meet in special session here next Monday for the' purpose of in stigating the procedure. Following: this meeting and ppblication of no tices of intention, a public hear- -ing on the matterfwill be conducted on Tuesday, February 7, 1956. . A probable date tor the special election will be on Saturday, March 24, 1956. Meanwhile, the Board of Educa tion is continuing a survey for pos sible new sites for the new build ing. County officials, while in Ra leigh last Friday, were advised by the State Commission of School house Planning, the site of the old school is too small for use for a riew building. Further announce ments on proposed new sites are expected to be made by the Board of Education as soon as the survey can be completed. J. T. Biggers, School Superinten dent, Reported steps have been tak en to. provide safety around the ruins' of the old school, but no ac tion can be taken in tearing down the walls of the building until after j insurance adjusters have jisb'mnleted their ; task of ' inspecSSio 'he loss ( iustai'W.tltSI.. inftf'n ' '..hi' is Ithe hope 'of 'school of f this actioft Will bej completed with in the next day Or two, and addii tional measures can, then, be tak- en to safeguard the area around the old building. penses should not be included on Schedule F but on Form 1040 if they are allowable deductions. Page 4 of Schedule F is used for computing net earnings from self employment from farming. If there are no sources of self-employment for the taxpayer except farming, the self-employment tax is computed on page 4. These tax es may result in social security benefits for you or your depend- : ents in event of your death or re tirement, "Schedule D": used to show ; your gains and losses from sales of capital assets such as farm land and certain property used in the farming business, such as farm equipment and dairy, breeding, and draft animals held for 12 months or more. ; . "Schedule C": used to compute the profit (or less) from a non farm business or profession. There- fore it will be used by farm peo ple having a business in addition to farming. In fact this form may be used for reporting profit (or less) from farming if the farmer files his return on the accrual basis. Farm people having both a farm and non-farm business or profes sion use page 3, Schedule C, to compute their self-umployment tax. The net earning irom self-employment from farming as computed on Schedule F are transferred 'to Schedule C d'nd the 3 per cent self, employment tax is figured from the combined amounts of seif employ ment incora.V ' ;" . Form 1040 E3": used to declare an estimate of tax. Farmers fflo this estimate by January 15 unless they file their final return and pay the tax tn or before February 15. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' Mr. and Mrs. Luther Chappell announce the birth of a daugfc t born Monday, Jfiuuary 9, at C wan Hospital 1Ltv- 1