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WEEKLY ii :ifii v cluma XXIII. Number 12. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 23, 1956. 5 Cents Per Cop?, School .Bond Issue SpeciaiM3conIS Set For Saturday 1 ' y AV s - "I I J? ( . i ii IK, Id-W fM yt.MIM yl' J- Hi xSr. 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 ''.,(.: . " - , . - . : , - v -. .t. j .' 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. ('" c ' -. r , . - 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 4 ,.. , 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. - ;; ealtji ts Mules 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 " WOfll Mop 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 , i 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, &4 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. , . ,