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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 3, 1956.
5 Cents Per Cc:
"i
ure now underway to start
r-'dng .campaign for Jthei
-i at the pupils and teachers
.tford ; Grammar , School,
h was destroyed by fire last
uary 9. All. monies donated to
j campaign will be turned ver
t o the grammar school principal,
to te used to purchase needy items
us- J by he school which are not
fjrOhed by the State. . y
Onie of the items needed Im
mediately ares ' Flags, Bibles, ar
locs'Xr' ' maps, a projector,
films, slides, extra heading books',
T tizzies," educational . toys ni
Kernes, record playersy records,
l.'s, playground equipment, and
mr y othei? items equally import
' ant which play a vital part in the
c. "Jren's education". ? " '
The VFW and the Hertford Jun
-Mi . 1 -A f. 1.....
Kir l,namDer 01 . wuinmeiro;, uv;
; !ned together to sponsor this
catapaijiv. These organisations are
now soliciting local business hous
es'' for merchandise, to be given
away as door prizes during a bene-
..... fit basketball game between these
two clubs on March 6. The game
. will be played at, the high school
gym. i Approximately .". 40 prizes
' ' have already been donated, and it
is estimated the cost of the mer
chandise exceeds $400. -,-.
J The two clubs, with other eo
' operators,, will canvass the county
seeking contributions to tne iuna,
Each donation of $1 will entitle the
donor to admission to the basket
Lull game. Each and every per
son in the county will be given an
opportunity ' to contribute to this
Worthy cause. . . , "
. '.The sponsors announcea toaay u
cny business house has been over
' lookedV in the solicitation of the
"i f !3fls and (Wish- to donate a prize,
f v.. 3, be glad to receive the
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i Igf Harvev Poiiit
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.The Commander, Naval Air Bas
eS, Fifth Naval District, Norfolk,
Virginia, has made application to
the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army
' at the Wilmington offloe for per
mit for the; 'construction of moor-'
ing c' ' ins for a target vessel in
tig restricted 7aosaouth
tf klrv-y i Point ' ihVAJoeiaarle
' Sound and for construction of ref
erence markers' surrounding the
r oriny piling,; it was reported
1 .e Tuesday. .'. i" V u-n-V$
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i.ans suDmiiwa snowa mrgt-t
1 i .oored to eight (8) dolphins
' ) J about 1.6 miles south 'o
j Toint in Albemarle Sound.,
) bix (6) reference barkers
a r r.stfucted approximately
(.) miles from the target
'. The markers will be used
r t reference and will not be
1 to firing of Nany type.
1 ' mitted show thft markers
to 1 of steel framework cov
e. , 'oel plate, 'supported by
v '. s end locateM as follows
j.. ' 3nce Marker No 1 in
T ' "tt approximately 1.7
est of Drummond
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.Secretary of Agriculture Exra
Benson this week asked Congress
for authority to decrease acreage
allotments on tobacco for 1956 by
20 per cent. The matter is expect
ed to be considered by a commit
tee headed by Rep. Harold Cooley.
Meanwhile from Washington, a re
nort was made stating a slight in
crease in farm prices has been not-
e'd during the present month
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
is conferring with President Eisen
hower and State Department of
ficials this week, and word from
Washington says the two govern
ments are in agreement concerning
steps being taken over foreign poll'
cy. tr-y-.'f' if :;i';f k i''!'
, Norway announced this week its
Navy had seised 13 Russian trawl
ers' in Norwegian fishing waters,
but other Russian ships were' at
tempting to invade . the four-mile
coastal belt of the nation. Nor
way has protested the invasion ac
tion to the Russian government ,
Legion Auxiliary'
To Sponsor Play
A home-talent play, "The Little
Red School House will be present
ed at Perquimans High School on
Thursday, February 6, at 8 aWock
under the Sponsorship of the au
xiliary: of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post of the American Legion.1 1 1
' 1 Tickets for ithe show; may be se
cured rom members of the. auxjlLf
ary1 drjPifagOrf Beauty "sywu'.;
ill
!ti3s5D:rcctcrs
More thatv 500 persons attended
thVWuaf fWitt Burea'u meeting
held'fast Friday "at" Perquimans
High, School, during which five di
rectors wers 'elected to serve the
orJiWaition,1 jfluriny, tine, comipg
year.'" I1 ,
gained iskdirectorswere A. V.
tlifk,' Wjfner Madee, Erwin
Long, George Winslow and Moody
Harrell. - -v - '
Paul Shackelford and Bill Little,
jstate Farm Bureau, officials, gave
'short 'talks Muring the program,
advising the members as to the
outlook for the 1956 peanut crop.
The meeting was closed with a
ttarliecue dinner which was enjoyed
by all attending.
Open HcJse Saturday
To Honor Newcomers
' The Perquimans Post of the Vet
erans of Foreign War? will hold
open house' at the VFW halt Sat
urday veven ing, February 4, for the
purpose of welcomingNnewcomers
to this community."'' I,',
" ' The public is Invited, to attend
,!e event but a special invitation is
li.jed to res;-nta of n-.-tford and
' f s! founding ''c6mniun"y who
r.. mt!y move j here. 1, "
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iilEnirdDtos
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The District Board of HealtH met
at 1 the Health Center,' Elizabeth
City,Jlast week with a quorum of
both ex-officio and public members
present;. Mayqj V. N. Darden of
Hertford, vice chairman,, acted as
chairman. L, H. Haskett of Eden
ton was elected to serve s the
public spirited citizen member of
the board for four years from
January 1, 1956 He; was elected
by the ex-officio members present
The board voted unanimously to
hold a rabies immunization .cam
paign, beginning in April,1 1956.
According to " State law, when a
rabies campaign is being, conduct
ed, all dog owners must present
their dog or dogs to the rabies in
spector and have the vaccine given.
For Pasquotank and Camden
counties, north of U. S. 17 and 158
Dr. Victor Finck is the Inspector,
and south of the above' highways,
Dr. T.-V. Dahl is the Inspector; for
Perquimans County W. Ray White
of Hertford and; for Chowan Coun
ty, Dr. G. L. Gilchrist '
jVhile no cases of rabies in man
or animals have been reported re
cently, the time is ripe for a rabid
Stray dog to run riot and bite oth
er dogs, foxes, horses, cattle and
any other warm blooded animals.
The Board of Health is hoping to
prevent - this through this cam
paign. The Health Department was di
rected . to sponsor a rat control
campaign without delay. K. J.
Eyer, - District Sanitarian, talked
briefly and urged that the cam
paign be a continuous one. He ex
plained that the poison of choice is
warfarin but this is poisonous to
other animals as well as rats, so
that any and all groups planning a
campaign first should learn how it
is to be jused. 1
- The Health Department hereby
urges the County Commissioners,
the toWn. and citv. Government
aeents and-all -other .-irrotipSe inter-
ested, to arranfe jDieetings at which
a 'member of . the ' iHealth Depart
ment will trfeet and explain the safe
- .i. , t I : i . .:. - . - .!,.!
use of Warfanil. ,' ?
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Honor f!G:i Lists
Sixty-seven i Pupils,
Sixty-seven students at Perquim
ans High School are listed on the
school honor roll for . the third
gracing period, according to E. C.
Woodard, principal, who released
the list; this fweek, SThe-' Senior
clasg lead, the; list with the largr
eBt number of members making the
honor roll.
The list by classes is: . ,
Eighth Grade: Jack Brinn, Carl
Skinner,, Katherine Sawyer, Clay
Stokes, Arlene Stallings, Carolyn
White, Jo Ann Cartwright Wayne
Howell, Billy .Nixon, Willis Wil
liams, Pauline Baccus, Linda L?u
Elliott .' '
. Ninth Grade: Ethel Sutton, Don
ald Baker, Lawrence Layden, Le
titia McGoogah, 1 BeverlyTucker,
Shirley : Tarkenton, Zelma . Wood,
John Matthews, Ray. Wirlslow. ,'. v
' Tenth Grade:. Dart Winslow, Jan
ice Chappell, Jean Edwards, Alma
Godfrey, Lois Ann Hurdle,1 Beth
Skinner, Rachael Spivey, - Beckie
Cox, Patsy Elliott( Efvina White,
Nancy Lane, Johnny Stoner, , ;
Eleventh Grade: j Shelby' Jean
Overton, Charles Johnson, Sylvia
Copeland, Jo" Ann Matthews, Edgar
Fields, Edward Lee Madre, Roger
Nixon, Charles "Whedbee, - Lillian
Ann Hofflcr,' Doris Jeaflf Morgan,
Marcia Stallings, Mary Ann White,
Jane Winslow." ' " " , ,
. Twelfth Grade: .' Marvin Baccus,
Wallace t Baker, Bobby Matthews,
Nancy Bagley, Marjorie' Byrum,
Mary . Dow .ChappelJ, Anna Louise
Lane,' Annette Proctor;; " Jo ' Pat
Etokes, Sarah Sutton, LaClaire
Ti'inslow, Lois Violet Winslow, Wil
liam Eyrum, Ruth Ayscue,' Berha
CliC-j t Jl,v V,'i":e ITae Dail, Jean
Lor;;, Jt Ve r'T.l"nf-n, Annie Reed
1 ';, I i - hi' , Judy Winslow.
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' ' MOPPING UP "ENEMY" TOWN8 as an , ever-ehaJlenxrag Job
for Sixth Armored Cavalrymen ai they make lightning dashes deep
Into "enemy" rear areas at the Army's tank training center at
Crafenwohr, Germany. Here a tank noses Into a "hostile" town.
Some Income Tax
Law Changes Gall
For Special Look
(This article, the fourth in a I
Series describing the provis-
ions of the Federal income and
Social .Security, tax laws as
' they affect farm people, was
prepared by Charles R. Pugh,
W. L. Turner, and C W. Wil-"
Hams, extension farm manage-'
ment specialists, N, C. State
College.)
.. .
, When farmers' compute: their
profit, . (or -, less) from . fanning)
itemized'jnsineSs. ubtiDni
Subtract Wm'nne-tgrtlsi.acome
frotn.' f aiming, 11 Certain1 ''expendi
tures used "in ihe' production of
farm commodities such as purchas
ed feed andiwtilizer imh.be- readi
ly, allocated to the-farm business
on an annual basis. . 'Changes in
the Federal income tax laws and
more detailed bookkeeping procedures-'
warrant special attention to
some other farm business deduc
tions. 'The treatment , of deprecia
tion, and expenditures for soil and
water conservation should be par
ticularly noted in reporting farm
profit (or less) for the taxable
year of 1955. ;
i- The purpose of the depreciation
deduction is to permit the invest
ment in depreciable property to be!
recovered over the useful life of the
property. I The deduction for de
preciation on Schedule F, Form
1040. is allowed only for property
.used in farming. These deprecia
ble items include farm buildings'
(other than the owner's dwelling);
machinery and equipment; certain
livestock; held for Work, dairy, or
breeding purposes; fences and tile,
drains; and autos and trucks (farm
share), : ' i s
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. In figuring depreciation it is ne
cessary to determine: (1) the use
ful life of each item on your de
preciation schedule and (2) the
basis for depreciation. Usually the
basis of any property is its cost'
If the property is materially im
proved, the additional costs, includ
ing hired labor for' the - improve
ments, are added to the basis. ,.
The "straight line''; method of de
preciation has been used most ex
tensively by farmers. Under this
method, the cost or other basis of
the' property less Its estimated sal
vage value Is deducted in equal an
nual amounts over the period of jti
estimated useful life. ' Two other
methods of depreciation may now
be used on hew property having a
useful life of three years, or more..
The, ideclinlng balance";
method
nd the "sum of Uie years-digits'' j centers around the problems cc-n
methods permit a larger proportion tfrbnting a 18-year-old boy trying
of the cost of the proyerty to sbi to earn money for a bicycle,
recovered in .the earlier .period oft - Taking part in the1 nlav will be
its useful life.
i Regardless of. the method of de
preciation used, you cannot deduct
in one , year the depreciatioA that
you should have taken but did not
take in a prior year.i Therefore,
c-r ji'v .a records of your doprecia
l j 'crerty v"l event the over
1 ' " of f ? t" "a i'nn wl -'
Kii del
Another special provision of the
law permits certain expenditures
for soil and water conservation or
for the prevention of erosion to be
deducted rather than capitalized.
This feature applies specifically to
certain outlays for the "treatment
or moving of earth" on land used)
for farming. The deduction in any
taxable year for such expenditures
may not exceed 25 per cent of 'the
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increased Use Of
So:
Frank B. Skinner, George Wins
low and John A. Bray, Perquim
ans County Soil Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors, attended the
State Supervisors' meeting which
was held in Washington, N. C, on
January 18 and 19.
Thirty-eight conservation plans
were prepared with .Perquimans
County 'farmers during the year,
ending December 31, 1955. This
makes a total of 641 conservation
plans prepared since the Soil Con
servation office was opened here
in February, 1944.' 1 y
The idea of soil conservation has
come to mean proper land use, pro
tecting the land from all forms of
soil depletion, conserving; moisture
for crop use, proper drainage,'
building up soil fertility and in-!
creasing yields and farm income ai)
at the same time. As a first step
in preparing a conservation plan a
land capability map is prepared for .
each farm to show the different'
types of soil, and the owner is giv-1
en information on the best method
of treatment. '
. During 1955 farmers cooperating
with the ' district improyed the
drainage on 1,537 acres of farm
land, seeded 200 acres of .pasture,
dug two ponds for livestock' water,
set out 11,000 bicolor plants and
2,000 multiflora rose plants.
PHS Junior Class v
To Present Play
r.The Junior Class of Perquimans
County High School will present a
three-act 'comedy, "The ' Boarding
House Reach." Thursday night,
I February 9, at 8 o'clock. -The plot
Pat Harrell, Philip Phillips, Eula
Harrell, Sylvia .Wray Copeland,
Betty Ann Felton, Atwood Chap
pell, Jo Ann Matthews, Evelyn
Lane, Herbert Nixon, Margaret
Ann Sutton. Charlie Johnson, Alice
Gray' Elliott ' Douglas Coleman,
tor'.i Jean Stallings, Jane Wins
!W, Ralph White. ,
A snail fdmi:3tiion will g charj-
lnu;Lis-Squavs
Score Victories
Over Tarboro High
Tommy Matthews swished the
nets for a total of 30 points here
Tuesday night as the Perquimans
Indians scored a 60-55 victory over
Tarboro in an Albemarle Confer
ence basketball game. It was the
second victory of the season for
the Indians over Tarboro. Billy
Bray, Indian forward, canned 13
points as second high scorer for
the Indians. .
The Indians jumped into a 14-3
lead during the first period and
moved to a 14 point margin at the
half when the score stood 25-11.
Perquimans faltered during the
second half while Tarboro, led by
Armstrong who ; scored 14 points,
rallied to outscore Perquimans 44 to
35. Tarboro hit for 22 points dur
ing the third period while Per
quimans rang up 15 tallies. In the
final canta Tarboro hit for 22
points while .the Indians collected
20. Williams hit for eight points
for Perquimans and Howell got
jeven. -
The Indian Squaws scored an
easy win over the Tarboro girls,
gaining a 46-25 victory. Coach
Perry used his entire squad dur
ing the. game, with Jo Pat Stokes
leading the scoring with 19 points.
Rucker was high scorer for Tar
boro with a total of eight points.
The local girls held a 27-11 advan
tage at the half. During the final
two periods Coach Perry used his
reserves and these players rolled
up 19 points while Tarboro collect
ed 11 tellies.
Last Friday night the local
teams journeyed to Williamston
and lost a double header to - the
Green Wave. The Squaws, only
one point behind at the half lost
43-52, while the Indians dropped
the contest to the Williamston boys
by a margin of 31 to 68.
Hollowell, led the Perquimans
Squaws in scoring, hitting for 16
points,- wMIe Stokes got 14 and
Russell rWfr:A?V rWi" Sntlthwfck
scored 2if points !fof( the William
ston girls. ""' '.v.''1, '.;..:,
The league-leadfhg Green Wave
swamped the Indians with Griffin
leading the Williamston offensive
with a total 6f 27 points: ; . Wil
liamston outscored the Indians dur
ing each, quarter and led at the half
by a score of 43 to, 16.' Scoring for
Perquimans were Matthews with 6,
Howell 2, Williams 5, Baker 1, and
Bray 9. ;
.Tonight the Indians and Squaws
will travel to Ahoskie for return
games with the Hertford County
teams and on next Tuesday night
the local teams will play Sunbury
at Hertford.
Local GOC Needs
More Volunteers
The Perquimans County Ground
Observer Corps went into "Opera
tion Skywatch" at 12:00 Wednes
day morning along with approxi
mately' 2550 other posts working
out of the Durham Filter Center.
The post will be on 24-hour duty
from now on unless otherwise noti
fied. Mrs. Marion Swindell, post su
pervisor, reports that although the
response for volunteers has been
unusually good since the announce
ment of full time schedule was
made, there is still a need for more
volunteers. , There are' still several
shifts, day and night, which- have
not been filled due to lack of
enough people. The local post now
has approximately 160 people who
have joined the Corps. If there is
anyone who can join, he is asked
to call Mrs. Swindell at 5111.
Architect Hired
For Grammar School ?
J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of
Schools, annunced Wednesday that
the Perquimans Board of Education
has employed J.V W.1 Griffin of
Greenville, as architect for draw
ing plans for the construction of a
new grammar school for Hertford,
replacing the one destroyed by fire
last month. ,
Mr. Griffin has ', advised the
tentative sketches of the new build
ing will be prepared immediately
and presente'd to the Board for ap
proval within a short time.
, According to estimates by archi
tects, Mr, Biggers reported, about
one year will be required for the
sottavctlon cf tl& ixvi;uldijIv ,
Superior Court hi
Session This Weeli
WithWUCdbM
SpeciclTermOf
Court Cancelled
A special term of Superior Court
which was scheduled to convene
here next Monday morning, has
been cancelled and jurors summon
ed to appear for jury service are
advised they need not appear in an
swer to the summons.
Judge Paul Frizelle, presiding
over the term here this week, after
conferring with members of the bar
authorized the cancellation and or
dered the court clerk to requnst
cancelation of the special term by
the Chief Justice.
It was agreed arrangements will
be sought whereby the special term
will be scheduled to convene dur
ing the week of March 12. .
During a conference between
Judge Frizelle and 1 attorneys on
Wednesday afternoon it was de
termined holding a special term of
court next week would accomplish
little since most of the attorneys
in cases calendared for trial are
committed to be in other courts, in
cluding the Supreme Court, and
they would be unable to appear
here.
All cases continued from the ses
sion this week and those previous
ly calendared for next week have
been continued until the next term
of civil court.
Committee To Name
Board Of Elections
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee will meet Wednesday after
noon, February 8, at 2 o'clock in
the Court House , in Hertford for
the' purpose of. nominating two
atenoer to th,6ftard -if .Electfta
for Perquimans CcHintyjiSt wre
ported Joay byi4 W. ,FV A3lcy;
chairman jjof, the ictmmittee 'All
members of the jeommittee are urg
ed to be present fyf.thja meeting. ,
'' vfr Ainley.-also announced thV
county had been given a quota of
$150 to raise for the Jefferson Day
dinner to be held in Raleigh dur
ing this mpnth. , . I
Contribution To
County Dime Drive
Reported As $204
Pig Chain Started
By Hertford Rotary
A registered pig chain project
sponsored by the Hertford Rotary
Club for 4-H members throughout
the county got underway last week
when R. M. Thompson, county
agent acting for the Rotary Club,
purchased three gilts and distribut
ed them to three youths in various
sections of the county.
; Each of these youths will turn
back two pigs to be awarded other
4-H members, and thus the chain
is expected to grow in size and
popularity during the coming
years. Receiving the original pigs
starting the chain were John New
by Winslow, Jr., , Waldo Winslow
and Carson Spivey, Jr.
As guest speaker at the Rotary
meeting Tuesday night Mr. Thomp
son gave. a report on the start of
this project, and complimented the
club for its cooperation and inter
est in farm projects. . ' ', ;
Giving ; some highlights on the
farm industry ih this county the
Agent pointed dut the vast need
i for marketing and storage of farm
crops on a local basis. He reveal
ed county farmers have, this year,
lost considerable sums of money by
selling crops at market prices early
in the harvest season. If it had j
neen possible tot these farmers to
have , stored their crops,, and bor
rowed up to parity prices on corn
and soybeans, they would ' h.ave
benefitted - greatly, 'tj;e ; County
The January' term ' of Perquim
ans ' Superior Court convened here
last Monday with Judge Paul Fri
zele of Snow Hill presiding over
the term of civil actions!' Twenty- .
seven cases were listed on the court
docket and eight of these were con
tinued until a late term.
Three divorce actions were heard
on Monday and divorces were .
granted to Retha S. Chesson, Sa
die Strachen and Joyce Brat ton,
A judgment was entered in the
case of Westchester Fire Insur
ance Company, vs. the N. C.
SH&PWC.
Following a hearing in which
Hertford Livestock and Supply Co.,
was seeking judgment against' P
M. and Ethel Roberson and others
on delinquent notes, the jury
awarded the livestock firm the sum
of $6,315.07, plus interest on the
past due account
A consent judgment was agreed
upon in the cases of Duval Distrib
uting Co. vs. J. M. Spruill.
On motion by the Bank of Eden-
ton, Judge Frizelle referred the
case' of Mack Ward against the
Bank of Edenton, and this matter
will be heard before John Hall,
Elizabeth City attorney, named as
the referee.
Following this matter on Tues
day, the cases of Percell Skinner
and Percy Brothers, seeking dam
ages for injuries received in an au
to accident against Charlie H. Jer
nigan began and continued well in
to Thursday. The jury received '
the case Thursday and was in de
liberation at press time. , . , ...
At the conclusion of the sessioti
on Wednesday, it was decided dur
ing a conference between the Judge
and the attorneys few. cases could
be tried during a court term- next i
week, and the .Judge authorized
Clerk of Court W.' H. Pitt td write .
special terin scheduled to' -start
Monday be cancelled. ' ;
BAKE SALE
A -
The Hertford MYF will conduct
a-bake sale .Saturday, February 4
on the Court House Green. In case
of inclement weather the sale will
be held at Perry Electric Store.
The sale will begin at 1:30 P. M.
Contributions to the Perquimans
March of Dimes fund are lagging
somewhat according to a report re-
leased this week by Mrs. Charles
Wllliford, chairman of the cam
paign. A large number of reports '
from solicitors are still outstand
ing, and these are expected to swell
the county total when turned over
to the drive treasurer, Henry C,
Sullivan.
Contributions reported up ; to
Monday evening amounts to
$204.08, ' representing donations
turned in by solicitors from within .
the Town of Hertford.
Weather , conditions during tha
past two weeks have hampered the
progress of the drive but the chair
man urges all solicitors who as yet
have not completed the canvass of 1
their territory to do so immediate
ly and make reports in order for
the campaign to be brought to a
close by Saturday, February 11. , '
Solicitation of . the business dis
trict of Hertford will, be conduct
ed during the latter; part of this
week and the first pari of next
week. This part of the campaign"
was delayed by the drive officials'
In order to give a majority of resi
dent an opportunity to contribute
at their homes. ; ., ...
Contributions from this source
are expected to Increase the over
all total of donations by a sizeablg
sum. '
The chairman announced if thera
are individuals who desire to me
additional contributions, or Br
who have not been contacted by -licitors
these" donations will be
corned, and may be made c
to the treasurer, Hr. ZJZ