WEEKLY
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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 23, 1956.
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v - Governor Luther Hodges (inset), of North Carolina, will make the main address at ceremonies
". . April 4 dedicating Virginia Electric and Power .Company's $32,000,000 Roanoke Rapids, N. C, hydro
l-, electric development. - Aerial view shows 3,050-foot dam, power station capable of generating 100,000
. kilowatts of electricity, and a part of the 4,900 acre lake created by the project.
Indians - Columbia
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To Open Baseball
Season Here Today
Coach Ike Perry's . Perquimans
Indians opened their 1956 baseball
'- season last Tuesday with an over
whelming . victory over ' Chowan
High School.' The Indians tallied a
v total of 18 runs in the seven in
nings contest while holding Cho-
wan to two runs.
Rogerson pitched five Innings for
the Indianf while White and Ches
Y son each hurled one frame. Cho
wan used four pitchers in an at?
tempt to halt' the Indian offense.
: , The Indians will play their first
. home game of the seanon here Fri
day afternoon, meeting the Colum-
bia. Wildcats at 2 o'clock.
i- Tiis remainder of the Indian
: ' schedule jiis .'been' lfefeasctf W"?oH
. lows; -..;;f..;- iv . ;
Match 27At Columbia'
March 29-WHliamston, here.
,- April 3At fidenton. " f .
) . April; 6 Ahoskie, here.
i April lOAt Gatesville.1 '
April-13 'Plymouth, here.
April 17 At Tarboro.
April 20 At Williamaton.
. April 24 Edenton, here.
April 27 At Ahotskie. .. .,.
" May 1 Gatesville, here.
May 4 Af Plymouth.
May 8 Tarboro, here. '. '
,The winner cf the Albemarle
Conference will play Manteo during
the week of May 11, and the winner
of this (Tame swill compete in the
District ; I playoff : for the . state
championship, a ..Z,
Training School
iven
v The following high school honor
: roll for the fourth reporting period
of- the Perquimans Training School
' was recently released by R. L.
Kingsbury, principal:
u- Ninth Grade: 'Willie Moore, Mel?
vin Walker, : Shirley .Blanchard,
tloris Brothers, Sarah Harrell, Eve
lyn Vaughan, - Margaret -White,
Bertha Bumber, ' Florazell Hurdle,
Charlie Small, Libby Billups, Bar
bara Chesson, Delois Hurdle. '
Tenth Grade -Chester Mallory,
Joseph Hoffleft, Mary White, Mae
Wreaths Hollowelt, Hattiej James,
Mattie White. '' '
Eleventh Grade: Carolyn Branch,
Ethel Eason, Elvalina Gibbs, Max-
cine Copeland, Marilene Elliott, Arr
gie Lamb, Jeanette Parker, Edna
Skinner, Queen . Vaughan, , Cleq
Zachary, Clartiria Harreil.
Twelfth Grade: j Oneida Fejton,
Doris Rodgers, Janet - Copelnnd,
Yvonne Burke, -George Modlin,
Mary Whidbee, Theodosia Winslow,
MelKie Parker, Edna, Zachary, Wil
ma Skinner, Christian Lowde , Ger-,
trude Harrell, Helen Feltou, Mar.
vis Hollowell. ('"
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C '"i. E. Johnson, judge of Per
' iPTs Recorder's Court, has an
ted his intention to seek re
i to t' e c'":ce f vjert to the
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THIS VMS
HEMS
. The Senate passed a farm bill on
Tuesday, termed' a '' .measure of
patchwork design, which now, goes
to the 'House for consideration by
the Representatives. Some Wash
ington reports say the farm bill,
as adopted bytheBenate.may face
a veto by President Eisenhower due
to a number of odd amendments at
tached to the measure passed last
year by the House. s
FA ' tag-end('V'n't ?; '.stfefn- jsifuck
the New England area last! eek
end causing ! 135 "deaths arid!
latins: numerous (communities .for
several daysi The, blizzard started
ill West Virginia- Jand covered an
a're to Maine. (Snowfall reached
as high as 20 inches Jn many places
(tndi traffic was brought to a stand
still due to impassable highways.
; Returns from the Minnesota pri
mary elections Bhowed Senator Ke
fauver holding a slight; lead over
Adlai Stevenson for the state's
presidential delegates as early re
ports' were filed by election boards.
Reports said the voting within the
state was unusually heavy for a
primary election.
: Longest major labor strike in the
nation during the past two decades
ended Tuesday when union officials
accepted a settlement in the West
inghouse strike. A total of 65,000
workers prepared to return to work
after 156 days of idleness due to
the strike. f '
' Possibility of a special session of
the General Assembly was report
ed front Raleigh this Week. It was
pointed out that Governor Hodges
has beeVi conferring with legisla
tors over matters which may be
presented if the speciol session is
called.
Winslow Funeral
Conducted Tuesday
Thomas E. Grdett WinBlow, 78,
died at 1:15 A. M., Monday after
a long illness at his home in the
Whiteston community.- He was the
son of the late Morris and Mary
winsiow. ;i ; . ,::"!7!jn?f
Survivinig are '' hia wife, Mrs.
Martha J. Winslow; two sons, Wil-.
lie A.; and Thomas ; G: Winslow;
three daughters, Mrs. Elisha Win-1
slow, - ftrn. Robert Winslow ' and
Mrs. J; H. Stalllngs, Jr., and one
brollierj Roland WinBTow. ' '
: Funeral services, wera Conduct
ed at 2:30 P., M., 'Tuesday at the
home of the ReV. Oval Dillon, pas
tor of the Upriver Friends Church,
assisted by the Rev. Elisabeth
White.
Mr, and Mrs. Dillon sang "In the
Ga;Jfc.jaTid the choir sang, "Unr
der His" Wing.
Pallbearers were Daly and Shel
don Rountree, Johnny and Carson
Winslow, Rolla Vt'hite; Nelson
Lr-ie, Vkk EU-.".:i's and Alex
hi r e Upriver
Convention Report
jpiVenAiiRotary
A film on the operation of the
N. C. Security Employment Com
mission was presented at the week
ly meeting of the Hertford Rotary
Club, held Tuesday at the Hotel
Hertford, by Charles T. Skinner
Jr., an Interviewer for the Com
mission.
'The film explained the founda
tion ot the commission and gave
step-by-step procedure followed by
the various local offices in carrying
out the program as provided; by
law.
iar. OKinner was tne guests o
Julian C. Powell, program chair
man, at the meeting,
W. J. Davis, president-elect 'of
the club, and local delegate to the
District Rotary Conference, held
last ' week-end in Raleigh, gave
report on the proceedings at the
conference and reported that John
H. Moore, a member-of the Eliza-
beth City Club, .had been elected
Rotary,. District Governor for the
coming; year. - ;;
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On Sanitation
The rules and regulations and
code Governing the Sanitation of
Restaurants and Other Foodhand
ling Establishments, as amended by
the 1955 General Assembly were
adopted by State Board of Health
on September 23, 1955. The revis
ed regulations are now in effect.
The definition of a "Restaurant"
as set forth in these regulations
shall mean, restaurant, coffee shop,
cafeteria, short oraer cate, lunch
eonette, school lunchroom, tavern
delicatessen,,, soda fountain, and
other public eating establishments
where food is prepared, , handled,
and served to the public at whole
sale-of retail for pay;, as weir as
sandwich .manufacturing establish
ments, kitchens, and other places
in which food is handled or pre
pared for sale elsewhere to the
public. ' ,
Although some changes will be
recommended in existing establish
ments, new establishments or es
tablishments changing operators
will 'be required to comply fully
with revised regulations. . T
Persons who plan to construct or
operate a restaurant, as defined
above are asked to" contact the lo
cal Health Department in regards
to requirements necessary to op
erate such an establishment
Soybean Acreage
Predicted Higher
According to reports as of March
1, North Carolina farmers intend
tq plant 514,000 acrs of soybeans
grown alone for all purposes in
1956, tiie N. C. Crop Keporting
Service said today. If these plans
materialize, this 'acreage will ex
ceed the 467,000 acrtfs planted in
1955 by 10 per cent and will be 29
per - cent above the 1945-54 -ten-year
average of 398,000 acres. The
intended acreage is larger by far
than any one previously recorded
as planted for the State. The total
acreage, of course, is for soybeans
for all purposes. Estimates of the
acreage that will be harvested (or
beans and fof other 'Uses will be
aads lo-i.r In the j .a "
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Shelby Jean Overton
Heads Press Group
Miss Shelby Jean Overton of
Perquimans School, was elected
president When the Northeast Dis
trict Press Association of high
schools held its third annual con
ference Thursday at Griggs School
here. 'She succeeds Bobby Cohoon
of Griggs School. f
Other officers chosen were: Vice f
president, Joe Privott of Chowan
School; 1 secretary,' Maxine Pritch
ard of Central School; treasurer,
Myrtle Kay Gliden of Griggs
School; historian, Faye Riddick, al
so of Griggs School.
A film, "Survival Under Atomic
Attack" and a discussion led by
Charles Skinner, Jr., were the main
features of the dinner-program
meeting of the Perquimans Busi
ness ; and Professional Women's
Club at Hotel Hertford Thursday
night, March 15, when the .Safety
Committee had charge of arrange
ments. Miss Dillwyn Denton,
Chairman, introduced Mr. Skinner
Who was narrator for the film and
led the interesting and informative
discussion which followed. ;
Mr. Skinner explained to , the
group radio activity, the effect of
the A-bomb blasts, and suggested
ways the BPW Club could help in
setting up Civil Defense Measures
aty follows:; Through,, he'iknwl-
eage rM tis! aiov : mywii!-aui
kits Milabie,i!cleHt:w6rkcjr to
'handle personnel record,' and to
know her Dlood ; typeS jn ; casia! of
temergencies.'" He-ateoiStressed' the
importance of the Ground Observ
er: Corps in spotting. the enemy
planes and expressed the hope that
the indifferent people woulkl see the
nped in preparing their families in
the event of an attack.
Tho president, Mrs.' Emily T.
Harrell, presided over a brief busi
ness session and announced the
State Convention would be held in
Winston-Salem -with headquarters
at the Robert E. Lee Hotel the
second week-end in June and urg
ed all members to make - reserva
tions direct with the hotel as soon
as possible. '
The table in the' private dining
room Was centered with an ar
rangement vof early -spring , blos
soms carrying out the color scheme
of green and yellow, the club's col
ors: Attractive place cards mark-i
ed the' places-for Miss Nancy Hen
derson and Mr. 'Skinner who were
guests, and the following members:
Mrs. Harrell, Miss Denton, Viola
D. Nachmart,; Mary Dale S. Lane,
Dora Ti Riddick, Minnie1 Wilma W.
Hurdle, Essie H. Burbage, Atha E.
Tunncll, Sally J. Bonner, Miss Kate
Blanchard, Sallie McN. Lane, Bet
ty T. Swindell and Alice M. Tow.
nt
OnVooISctCy
Despite the -efforts to, get- de
tails of the New Wool Program to
Topic Of PrOgo
Incentive Paym
dieting Price
wool jgrowersji reports, reaching the'o i u;- TTaM
Pnmnimana Cnnntv A oriiM.iil . MUU1 IUie XlcIQ
Perquimans County Agricultural
Stabilization teid i'Ctmseryation of
fice ' Indicate that at least , few
growers 'win oe aisappointea wnen
their wtooi incentive payment is re
cefved.'Thtf disappointment will Tew
suit from faitare of growers to rea
lize the often emphasized -point
that the size of the incentive pay
ment depends on the price received
for the wool. ..''(
With the second wool marketing
year under the new program stort
ing April 1, 1956, L. L. Lane, chair
man of the Perquimans County
ASC Committee again points out
that the' more the grower gets
when he sells his wool the greater
f Continued on Psetf EirntV
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Perquimans County citizens will
go to the polls tomorrow, Marcn
24, to vote on a school bond issue
totaling $125,000. v If approved this
sum will be used by the Board of
Education to-supplement funds for
construction of a new school build
ing to replace the one which was
destroyed by fire on January 9,
Preparation for the special elec
tion has been under way since Feb
ruary 7 when the Board of County
Commissioners ascertained that
existing school plant facilities in
the county school administrative
unit were inadequate for carrying
out the nine months' school term as
prescribed by law.
The proposal that Perquimans
County Isetie? $125,000 in school
bonds to dorre'et this position has
the approval of the Local Govern
ment Cornmision,' and if approved
by the voters will increase the
bonded indebtedness for schools to
only 284,000 which is well under
the limit sqt by law.
Polling places for this special
election will be the same as the
last general election and are locat
ed in Bethel, Hertford, Winfall,
New Hope, Belvidere and Nicanor.
The polls will open at 6:.')0 A. M.,
and close at 6:30 P. M.
The Board of Education, since
the Hertford Grammar School
burned, have been proceeding with
plans for replacing the building.
Tentative sketches of the new
building have been approved and
the architect is now preparing ad
ditional plans and specifications
for the structure.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the purchase of 14.2
acres of land, located on Dobb
Street, as the site for the new
building, and. the Board of: Educa
tion is expected to acquire tftle -lo
tttt jentire tfact! within the ftcw'few
dayH!i-: ; . , '-.,
School officials are hopeful that
contracts (foi the construction of
the building 'will -be let in time so
work may -be started on the build
ing sometime during June.
. In the annual State Triangular
High School Debate on Friday, the
Perquimans County High School
affirmative team won a two-to-one
decision over the Edenton nega
tive team. Debating the query,
"That Government Subsidies
Should Be Granted According To
Need To High School Graduates
Who Quality For Additional Train
ing." debaters for Perquimans were
Mabel Frances Keel and Bobby
Matthews with Gay Howell as al
ternate. - Debaters for " Edenton
were Donald Welch and Carol Jeth-
ro. .-:''.
: At the; same time in Edenton
Perquimans High School's nega
tive team won a unanimous decis
ion ; over Edenton's affirmative
team. This Perquimans team was
composed of Jean Edwards and
Rachel Spivey, with Ray Winslow
as alternate. Edenton's team was
Linda Leary and Tommy Kehayes.
The winning teams will debate
In Greenville in the District con
test at a date to be announced la
ter.
Elizabeth City High School, us
ually the third .member of the tri
angle, dropped out of the contest
this year 'because of the illness of
the debaters.
Wednesday Afternoon
.funeral services for Charles Wil
liam Small, 76, of Savannah, Ga.,
were held Wednesday afternoon at
8 o'clock; at the graveside in Ce
darwood Cemetery, with the Rev.
Paul Shultz, rector of Holy Trinity
Church, officiating. ;
Mr. Small was a native of Per
quimans County, the son of the late
Charles Small and Mrs. Dolly Jack
son Small. He was a retired Gen
eral Passenger Agent for' the Sea
board, Airline Railway.
: Survivors are cousins, among
them being Mr. and Mrs. J. S'. Mc
Nider of Hertford,
Perquimans Debate
I ;-l " ' X;- "rst
Winners in the annual 4-H Club
high school division, and Miss Julia
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bagley
Measurement Of
Underway Here
The measurement of acreage
planted to wheat has begun in Per
quimans County, Helene W. Nixon,
Perquimans County ASC Office
Manager, announced today. Vivian
Baker, who has served as a report
er for the past two compliance sea
sons, will visit each farm with a
wheat farm allotment and farms
where the producer has notified the
County ASC Office that wheat was
planted. In most cases, Mr. Bak
er on reaching the farm, will de
termine acreage planted to wheat
through the
graphs.
use of aerial photo-
Miss Nixon reported that accord
ing to ASC regulations the acre
age on a farm will be measured
when the planted acreage is in ex
cess of 10 acres. It will also, be
measured, when thereTis less ;than
10 ,hci1es planted' Iffany producer
on the farm' indicates he will re
quest price support on the wheat.
Farms -on which the wheat acre
age is 15 acres or less, or farms on
which the normal productions of
acreage planted to wheat is less
than 200 bushels, are exempt from
marketing quotas. For this rea
son, it is not necessary for the
ASC reporter to go to the expense
of measuring farms where the
acreage is obviously under 15 and
where price support will not be re
quested. In view of the fact that wheat
has several uses other than har
vest for grain, producers in this
state are permitted to plant any
number of acres provided they
como within the acreage allot
ment or 15 acres by the 31st of
May. This may. be done, Miss Nix
on explained, by. harvesting the
wheat for hay or silage, by pastur
ing the wheat, or by turning the
wheat for green manure.
Producers who allow the May 31
deadline to pass without utilizing
the excess wheat acreage will be
subjected to a penalty of approxi
mately $1.15. That penalty rate
has not been set yet. When it is
set, it will amount to 45 per cent
of the parity price of wheat as of
May 1.
Miss Nixon urges producers who
have not1 notified the County ASC
Offiee of the wheat planted on
their farm, to please do so at once
in order that the reporter may visit
the fam.
Tunior-Senior Prom
Scheduled Friday
The Junior Class of Perquimans
County High School will, entertain
the Seniors and guests at its an
nual prom Friday, March 23, from
8 -until 11 P. M., under the direc
tion of Mrs.'Joann Stallings. , . .
An underwater scene, "NeptuneV
Court", will be used as the setting.
Music ' will be furnished hy the
Dreamers, . an , eleven piece band
from East Carolina College. The
faculty's responsibflity'for the stu
dents will end at tl o'elock.
; ' CLASS TO MEET
The Dorcas Sunday School Class
of Hertford Baptist Church will
meet March J50 at the home of Mrs.
Ai H. Spivey with Mrs. J. P. Ches
son as co-hostess. . All members
are ni'ged to be pratent..' .
Wheat Acreage
beauty contest, held here last week were Miss Phyllis Bagley, for the
Ann Lane for the grammar school division. Miss Bagley is the daughv
and Miss Lane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lane.
Variety Of Cases
Before Recorder's
Judge Last Tuesday
Library To Observe
Easter Holidays
The Perquimans County Library
Board in its March meeting voted
to close the library on Saturday,
March 31 and Monday, April 2 for
the Eastern holidays.
The circulation for the months
of January and February was re
norted as follows: Main lihrarv.
j 2085; bookmobile, 1,439; Joseph
Judkins Branch Library, 557, mak--ing
a total circulation for all units
of 4,081.
One hundred and forty-five new
hooks were added and 25 new bor
rowetyi were jfegvitereA. j
New books, in the library 'this
Vee1! are twd ;'hev rotnaheds and
ttvo hew westerns; one interesting
non-fiction, "Hurricane Hunters,"
and several well illustrated chil
dren's books. .
Bureau Of Census
Report On Service
Establishments
Receipts of 19 sendee establish
ments enumerated in Perquimans
County in the 1954 Census of Busi
ness amounted to about $237,000,
according to a preliminary report
covering service trades, published
by the Bureau of the Census, U. S.
Department of Commerce. The
combined yearly payroll of the
county's service establishments was
$49,000. They reported 26 employ
ees of whom 25 worked full time in
the pay period ending nearest No
vember 15. Proprietors actively
employed in the operation of unin
corporated businesses numbered 20.
Establishments providing person
al services numbered 10 and re
ported receipts of $111,000. Es
tablishments primarily engaged in
automotive repair,' parking and
other automotive services number
ed 1. Establishments listed as "all
other services" in the preliminary
report numbered 8.
"Personal services" group in
cludes such businesses as barber
and beauty shops, cleaning and
dyeing plants, laundries and laun
dry services, garment alteration
and repair services, funeral ser
vices, photographic studios, shoe
repair shops and shine parlors, as
well as other personal services. .
Training School
PTA Met Monday
The regularly monthly meeting
of the Perquimans Training School
PTA was held in the library of the
school on Monday night, March 12,
at 7:30 P. M., with the president,
Mrs. Mattie Modlin, presiidng.
During the business session plans
were made for a covered dish din
ner on April 9.
A large attendance of parents
were present from all sections of
the county. - The Bay Branch com-
munity served the group with do-
Jiicious -fee cream and cookies,
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A docket consisting of 14 cases
of a various nature was disposed of
in Perquimans Recorder's Court
here on Tuesday after the court
had been in recess for one week.
Costs of court were assessed .
against Dillard Ward, Cecil Perry
and William Branch, Jr., after each
had entered a plea of guilty to
charges of speeding. ,
Judge Chas. E. Johnson ordered
the court costs remitted in the case
in which Georgia Toppin submit
ted to a charge of illegally passing
a motor vehicle upon the defend
ant's presentation, to the court, of i
a 300-word composition on the sub- J
ject "Whjf I must Not Drive Reck-
w: -i,:(t ,
title Que Slaughterpaid a fin)) '
of i $25 ; and costs after pleading
guilty t(t 'charges' of reckless driv-
ing.
A fine of $25 and costs were tax
ed against James Nixon, Negro,
who was charged with reckless
driving.
Court costs were taxed against;
the prosecuting witness, Mary
White, in the case of John Shan,
nonhouse, Negro, who was charg
ed with assault on a female. '
Helene Foster, Negro, was found
guilty on charges of being drunlc
and resisting an officer. 'She wa3
given a 15-day jail sentence, sus
pended upon payment of a fine ol!
$25 and costs.
John Long, 'Negro, .charged with'
carrying a comv-uiiri weapon, was
found guilty and given a fiO-day
sentence suspended upon payment
of a fine of $50 and costs.
James Honeyblue, charged witH
assault with a deadly weapon) was1
given a 60-day sentence, suspended
upon payment of a fine of $50 and
costs.
Prayer for judgment was routing
ued in the case of James Collins;
Negro, who was found guilty of
assault, upon payment of the costs;
of court. .
George Butler, charged with be
ing drunk and resisting an officer,
was given a 60-day sentence. sus
pended upon good behavior for 13
months. ,
Jesse Brothers, William Broth
ers and Joe Harrell, Negroes, were
found guilty of a . mutual assault
and each was given a 30-day sen
tence, suspended upon payment o
a fine of $50 by Jesse Brothers,
$15 fine by William Brothers and
$15 fine by Joe Harrell. : .
Decrease Seen IV
In Corn Acreage . . :
March 1, 1956, prospective )
ings of corn indicate that 2,0
acres will be planted for a!
poses, according to the N. C
Reporting Service. If farinc
ry out their intentions, the
plant 4 per cent less ac,reage w t
was planted in 1955 and 7 per cent
less than the 1945-54 average of
2,224,000 acres. .
March indications point to n
small decrease in all 8 Crop I" -porting
Districts of the " :
Corn acreage allotments are in
feet in 27 eastern North Car.
counties this- year compn if '
23 in 1955. , . ,