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'A lod.OOO-plus school construc
tion program is expected to get un
der way in Hertford about SepUm.
bO under plans adopted at a meet-
t xt. t j i pj ... i..il
Monday night W Ba J?e
'..i.' I classroom space, and the health,
Following conference with MJL JLj., , ,,,
W. Griffith,8 architect for th newi"- V " '
Hertford and King Street Elemen. nd f fJMrf
tary schools, the Board adopted the
plans proposed by the architect and
authorized Griffith -to proceed with
arrangements for receiving ' con
struction bids, oil Wednesday, Au
gust 29. These bids will be open
ed and considered by the Board t
2:80 P. M., on that date, ;v
i: The plans call .for a new addi
tion to be constructed for the King
Street school, which will replace
the present wooden structure which
has' been in use since '-the; early
1930's. The new-: Hertford . Gram
mar School will replace the school
building which -war-destroyed by
fire last January. The "architect
estimates it will require about 12
months' work to complete the two
projects.
. Work on the project's, it was re
ported,'' will start immediately af
ter the construction bids have been
approved by the local Board and,
the State Board of Education.
. Other matters handled during the
Board meeting on Monday included
the, assignment of students to Per
quimans County Schools for the
school , year ' 1956-67. Under the
State -.statutes-, which .-authorizes
local Boards to assign pupils to
various school, the . Perquimans
Foard adapted ihe following, reso
lution:' ' i ? '
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StandingJii&W
With only two weeks remaining
of the regular Albemarle League
season a heated race is developing
for second place position in the lea
gue standing. Wltliamston, it ap
pears, with only three losses for
the season has the first place po
sition . clinched while . Hertford,
Elizabeth City and Camtuck are
all bidding for the second place
niche. ','''
; The- Indiana by defeating Cho
wan here last Sunday moved into
a tie for second with Elizabeth City
and Camtuck remained 1 only : M
game out of the spot : ' '
Billy Winslow and Paul Mathews
pitched the Indians W victory over
Chowan while Eogerson and Sexton
AiA th hurlina- for Chowanj iThe
Indians copped the contest by a
9-8 jicore. . Hertford batter col
lected 10, hits while "Chowan ,got
eight, v The Indians tallied three
runs in the third and six in the
seventh while ChoWan scored oitce
in the second, fourth and ninth.
, Last Thursday night the Indians
avenged a lost , to Colerain by d
faating theTrappers 4-0 behind su
I rior pitching by Verizon White,
lie Hertford sout'.paw gave up
c :;!y three hits while his teammates
- '- jed errorless ball. Itortford gt
e hits off EeweU a 1 Ta
' '-j for Colerain.
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efficient administration of the pub
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instruction of pupils subject to as
lic schools in this unit, the effective
sti4tiv unit as follows : .
v'(l) Each child presently 'at
tending a - school by assignment
from this Board is assigned to the
same school for the year 1956-57;
provided, however, those children
having satisfactorily completed the
course of 'instruction of any school
ar assigned to the next succeeding
grad in (the school to Which they
would normally have been assigned.
"(2) Each qualified child, not
heretofore attending a , school -.- in
this county, who attended! the pre
school clinic held ha this county, is
hereby assigned to the school
whose clinic said child attended.
'.."(3) All children not covered by
sections 1 and :2 will be assigned
for school year, 1956-67 to a school
upon request for admission when
received by the Board." : ;
Following adoption of this reso
lution, the Board voted to cooperate
in a. state program providing for
special educational training for re
tarded pupils, and to establish a
special education teacher at Per
quimans . Training School during
the coming year. -
'Superintendent J. T. Biggers re
ported to the Board six . vacancies
which now exist in the faculties of
county schools are expected to be
filled within the next two oq three
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Pro. and cons of the Pearsall
School proposals were being debat
ed in the General Assembly this
reek. 4 Govenior Hodges - opened
the1 special session with a speech
outlining the . administration's po
sition in'regardrto th proposals,
then on' Tnesday the Legislators
began public hearings for the pur
pose of determining sentiment on
the five bills Up for adoption. Opin
ion front Raleigh is the special ses
sion of the Legislature will be a
short one with 5th likelihood the
PearflaU; Plan will be voted into
law. -J' - :'' '
The big steel strike, now' in its
fourth week, is beginning to af
fect the national economy, accord
ing to ; reports .from Washington.
Negotiation between steel opera
tors and union's have bogged down
but predictions point toward a set
tlement of the strike during the
month of August -
United States and Britain have
adopted at new policy in regards to
financial aid to' neutral nations.
Plan for the. V. .S. o loan Egypt
a huge sum for construction of
d -.in were withdrawn" last -week and
tTie fnate Tuesday vote to with
' '1 fjrther -aid "to- Yugoslavia.
' ' -ton reporters state 1 the
Fi j' -l;ars neutral nations ' from
r ' j te col J-war 'situation as a
b'-7Rioi!'!g lever betweeh the West
and I.jssia. '
Tar Keel fanners have agreed
to r. . ove a total cf E,1!I2 acres of
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I TIBS WEEK'S
DEMOCRATS' ARENA The 1956 Democratic National Convention,' which opens on Aug. 1$,
will be held in the International Amphitheater in Chicago., An exterior view of this building
is shown, above. The amphitheater -has been expanded by 188,000 square feet already, and
a second addition will make it the largest exhibition building in the world under one root,
' ; according to the owner, Wm. Wood Prince.
North Carolina Medical
Program For Polio Vaccine
Lucy (Mure
Becomes Bride Of
Robert L Vorthern
In a lovely candlelight service,
Miss Lucy Mae Eure, daughter of
Mfr and Mrs, Watson Eure, became
the bride of Robert L. Worthern,
son of Mrs. Charles Worthern of
Gloucester, Va., on Saturday, July
21, at 3 P. M., in the Berea Church
of . Church with the Rev. B. Neal
Puckett, minister," officiating.
The altar was t arranged with
palms, candelabras with lighted ta
pers, baskets of white 'gladioli.
pont:pdms and tern. Mrs.JGuy-
Webb.vpla::he triaiWonal. Wedr
ding music and Mrs; Meivin Eure
sang ' Love vYpd Truly," '"Be
cause," and IThe Lord's Prayer".
Given in marriage by her broth
er, Dennis W. Eure,. 3r.,i the bride
wore a ballerina length gown of
white chantilly lace and tulle fash
ioned with a sweetheart neckline
with the sleeves ending in wedding
points over the hands; the tiered
skirt falling from a fitted bodice.
Her fingertip veil of imported il
lusion was arranged from a tiara
of sequins and seed. pearls. She
carried a white Bible showered
with miniature carnations and top
ped by a white orchid. Mrs. Den
nis Eure, Jr., sister-in-law of the
bride, was her matron of honor and
only attendant. Her gown 'was of
lace over powder blue satin, fash
ioned with a fitted bodice banded in
matching satin. She ' carried a
nosegay of carnations in shades of
pink and wore a matching bandeau
in her hair. 'I
; Wymdom Haynes of Gloucester,
Va., was best' man.;' The ushers
were Garland Eure of Hertford and
Freddie Tomilson of tiloucester,
YfcVf&9fcl V''i;
The: mistress of -ceremony' was
Mrs. Norman B. Mattox of Norfolk,
Va,
For her daughter's wedding Mrs.
Eure chose a street length dress I
of grey, lace, over pink taffeta with
white accessories. Her flowers
were white, carnations. , . , '
Mrs. Worthern, mother of the
bridegroom, chose a 'Street length
dress of powder blue nylon. Her
accessories were navy , blue. He
flowers were pink carnations.
? For' traveling th$ bride chose a
sheath t ot 'powder blue shantung
vith - a ..hat ,-ef . matching - material
and patent accessories:! Her : cor-,
sags wag the ' white (orchid1; lifted
from her Bible,' j .. .s'- f 1
..Aftei! , their - wedding i trip- theyj
will make their hon.e lat Harcum,
.Continued on fags Six ' v
Davis Nan.3 New
Rotary Ccir.:. ittees
New committee chairmen for the
Hertford Rotary Club were named
at the club meeting last Tuesday
night by W. J. T vis, Rotary
Preisident Heading t e major club
committees will be Ii AvB. Bon-
nerk Julian C. T:
r's a i C, T. I
C. P. Mor-
meet again
The fact that two-thirdfof eligi
ble susceptibles or 1,935,000- per
sons in North Carolina have not
been immunized against poliomye
litis, and with the peak season rap
idly approaching the N.G State
Medical Society has announced' an
emergency poliomyelitis vaccine
program. The decision was made
that the State Medical Society
should do something about this po
tentially critical situation. ; ' .-"
. Accordingly, doctors of the State
are cooperating in administering
Salk vaccine with the program in
the Chowan-Perquimans Medical
Society 'beginning Monday .''July
30 and continuing for the next sx
weeks. The program includes all
people up to 20 years of age and
all txpectani mothers" Those? in
this &m&&Jl&U$!An&&
gd ioth, doctor dfitheir fehOic to
be vaccinated.. Under the ' urogram
K charge of $2.Q0 will be made per
injection and it Is pointed out that
due to the. present situation the
second injection should follow the
first by a two weeks Interval in
stead of the customary four week
period. . :.:y. -ji :,:
The State Medical Society stress
es the emergency nature of the pro
gramthat is, the plan is . calcu
lated to takeare of the immedi
ate urgent situation only. After
its completion in six weeks or two
months the emergency poliomye-.
litis vaccination program will be
terminated. At that time the pro
gram in this state will rev-rt to its
former status of immunization pri
marily in physicians' private of-
AccfcntfctdTo
Highway Emoyee
. A head-one : collision : of two
State highway trucks imt loaded
with hot asphalt and the other one
empty," resulted in the death of
Talmage Outlaw, 60, of Tyner,
who died, in Albemarle Hospital
last Thursday of injuries and burns
suffered in" the accident. ,
The accident occurred on high
way 17, near the State weighing
station, as Outlaw1 was driving one
truck south , and Meador Harrell,
with a load of asphalt, was headed
north. Reports stated it is be
lieved Outlaw became ill and lost
control of his truck which swerved
in. front of the ; vehicle ' driven by
.Hartell. : !i'!'.;'-"ni
?Both driv6rtf"were! employees' bfif
the, State ' Highway Cffmmission.
Outlaw was -severely Imrhed when:
thrown ttf the roadway by the im
pact of the trucks and was
by hot sphalt: which spilled from
the truck driven by HarrefL 5 :r -Outlaw
J8.survivd by- his wife,
Mrs. Nealie,: ftua,wjf Ry
a stepson, W. R, Perry and a step
daughter; ' Mrs. ; Lucille Whitaker.
Funeral . services Were conducted
last .Friday afternoon at the Happy
Home Church near Center Hill by
the Rev. Mr. Chappell. - Burial was
In the" church cemetery.
i:asonsto Mrrr"
The Tcrquiiiians Masonic Lodge
'i. ' A. F., 4 A. TI, will meet
"r'8 o'.'-xk ''. f
Is. J.
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if I
fices and secondarily, for indigents,-
in the established welfare
clinics.
The vaccine used will be pur
chased by the State Health De
partment - from surplus vaccine
which has been refused by com
mercial outlets in North Carolina.
The use of this vaccine will not di
minish ; by one single dose the
amount available to' private physi
cians in the State.
The committee urges the con
tinuation of a vigorous private
vaccination campaign by practicing
physicians in North Carolina be
fore, during and after-the present
emergency mass inoculation pro
gram. The interval of two weeks
between the first and Second dose
is the suggestion of Dr. Jonas Salk,
who suggested the plan for the
tltr f the cohsidered.'tpinion of
the State Medical Society that en
thusiastic" cooperation in this pro-'
gram on the part of doctors and
people yill prove to be the strong
est possible' bulwark against the
spread fit the disease. It is also
regarded as a golden opportunity
for physicians to render a tremen
dous service to the people of the
State which will redound a thous
andfold to the glory of medicine
in the State.
' Physicians in the Chowan-Perquimans
Medical Society are es
pecially anxious for a great many
to take, advantage of the emergen
cy poliomyelitis vaccine program,
so that all' possible precautions are
taken to prevent an outbreak of
polio.- '': ."
' This 'is a tale Of a small U. S.
Government savings stamp which
was purchased way back during
(World War I, and which somehow
got lost for 38 years but was re
deemed in full by. the government
last week.'
' About two weeks ago officials at
the Hertford Banking - Company
discovered the stamp, uncancelled,
and traced its history to reveal it
had been purchased by students at
tending the Saunders Bottom
School. . .
1 After finding the stamp the bank
officials dispatched a letter to the
U. S. Treasury to ascertain the va
lidity of the stamp. The Treasury
advised the ' stamp was still valid
and worth its originative dollars,
Perquimans County schools this
week, received a Treasury heck for
i3e stamp and J. Tn Biggers, school
superintendent, stated the money
will.b used. to- buy library, books
for Negro schools. ;
How the stamp became misplaced
for 88 years 'remains a mystery. 1 '
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Open House To ' ;
Honor New Pastor
' The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Hertford Meth
odist1 Church will . entertain at a
reception for, the Rev, and Mrs.
James Auman and itheir family on
Monday, July 30, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Winslow. The
hours for calling will be from 8 to
1) in the evening, . The public is
-'y to a-rj. '
Foundftloney
'(' Announcement i was made this
week of "the' appointment of J.
Flo Mathews: Route 81 Hertfdrd.
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as a1 member of the Perquimans
County Fanners Home Administra
tion County Committee succeeding
Joseph C. Layden, whose term ex
pired on June 30. Mr. Matthews'
appointment became effective' July
1, 1956, and is for a period of three
years.
Mr. Matthews will- work with
Roy S. Chappetl and A. Houston
Edwards in determining the eligi
bility of local farmers who apply
for Fanners Home Administration
loans.
: Each agricultural county in the
country has a similar committee of
three members who are responsi
ble; for determining loan appli
cants' eligibility, certifying the
value of farms being purchased or
improved through Farmers Home
Administration loans, and making
recommendations on loan approvals
and loan servicing actions. ;
Each member is named foi" a 3
year term and one appointment ex
pires each year. A member com
pleting his 3-year term cannot suc
ceed himself. At least two of the
members must be farmers:
The committee worka with the
county supervisor in connection
With all types of loans. These in
clude farm operating loans and
loans to buy, improve, or enlarge
efficient family-type farms in this
area. They also include loans to
farmers or their non-profit associa
tions to establish and carry on ap
proved soil and water conservation
practices including improving per
manent; pastures, terracing, soil
erosion measures, farmstead water
systems, irrigation, 'drainage, and
many other conservation practices.
Most of -Jrrt i seil ,and water on-
or ' irnprdve ' farms ' are - made from
fund 'advanced by private lenders
and insured by the agency. Some
of these loans, however, and all
loans for operating farms, are from
annually appropriated funds:
The agency makes emergency
loans in areas designated for that
purpose by the Secretary of Agri
culture. 'All of the six counties
served by the Hertford office are
designated for emergency loans be
cause of damages and losses suf
fered during the hurricanes last
fall.
' No loan of any type can be ap
proved for an applicant whose cred
it needs can be handled adequately
by other credit sources.
The regular office staff of the
Farmers Home Administration ser
ving Perquimans County consists
of the County Supervisor, James O.
Wise and County Office Clerk, Mrs.
Inez H. Sawyer. The office is lo
cated on the second floor of the
Bus Station building and is open
each day Monday through Friday
from 8:00 A. M., until 5:00 P. M.
Seven Gases lip
Perquimans -' Recorder's . Court
was in. a short session here Tues
day with only seven cases listed on
the docket for hearing by Judge
Chas. E. Johnson, v ;
Audrey Magazin , and . Derald
Hatton paid the costs. of court af
ter submitting to charges of speed
ing. Harry Sturm; also charged
with speeding, paid a fine of $30
and costs after entering a plea of
guilty to the charge. " '
' Garland McDonald, found guilty
on charges of assaulting his wife
and resisting arrest, was sentenced
to the roads for four months, sen
tence to be 'suspended Upon pay
ment of a fine of 875 and costs of
court. -. . 'r;-ixy;-: fQ i
Shirley Ashley "who pleaded guil
ty to driving without a license was
ordered to write a 250 word com
position on the subject of "Why An
Unlicensed
Drive".
, Person Should Not
Meivin Godfrey paid the costs of
court,? after pleading guilty t a
charge of failing to observe a stop
sign. ' - -.
H. W. Ward was ordered to pay
the costs of court after he had sub
mitted to a charge of issuing a
Tcrrc;i.i:ixonVovS'
Spoken Sunday At
Methodist Church
The wedding of Miss Katherine
Alice Nixon and James Arthur
Terrell, which took place at the
Hertford Methodist Church Sunday
at 12 o'clock, noon, was characteriz
ed by dignity and simplicity.
Against a background of palms
in the chancel there were arrange
ments of white gladioli and pom
pom chrysanthemums.
The Rev. James A. Auman, pas
tor, performed the impressive cere
mony. the church, played the traditional
wedding marches.
The bride, triven in marriage bv
her father, wore a street-length
dress of shirred cotton satin, made
with a fitted, slightly off-shoulder
bodice, with round neckline, and a
bouffant skirt. She wore a small
white hat and carried a nosegay
of white pom poms and baby's
breath, centered with an orchid.
Miss Becky Nixon was her sister's
maid-of-honor and only attendant.
Her street-length dress was of pink
organdy, made with a fitted bod
ice, short-puffed sleeves and bouf
fant skirt. She wore a small,
white hat. , Her flowers were a
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Red Cross Chapter
Calls,
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MapD
isaster
Another BigHaul )
Illicit liquor operations in Per
quimans County received another
hard blow Wednesday afternoon of
last week when federal officers
captured 876 gallons of illegal whis
key; two 500-gallon stills and 8,50p
gallons of mash near Nicanor in
Belvidere Township.
The officers destroyed the liquor,
stills and mash but made no ar
rests, since the still-site was aban
doned at the time the officers made
the strike. . ,
Just a week previous ATU offi
cers captured 684 gallons of whis
key at the home of Gaitha Riddick,
Negro, nearby. Riddick is await
ing trial before the federal court
on charges of possession of nontax-paid
liquor, v
Hunting Licenses
Little change in regulations was
evident today as the new 1956-57
North Carolina hunting and trap-)
ping. licenses went os sale at sev
eral locations in Perquimans Coun
ty. ..'..'.. . .-i :
H. A. Robertson, district wildlife
protector, said most of the seasons
listed in the new hunting and trap
ping regulations line up with those
of last year. The new licenses cov
er the wildlife fiscal year of Au
gust 1 to July 31.- V. -x
Rear and deer seasons coincide
almost-to the day with last year
in the state are generally and are
October 15 to January 1. All dates
are inclusive. Various exceptions
exist for manr localities, and the
regulations -should b consulted,
Robertson advises. K
Rabbit and quail seasons open
Thanksgiving Day."1 Waterfowl
dates established bv the federal
vMife 8ervfce
r, yet. to be an-.
nounced. i '
.. BIKTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. King George By
rum of Tyner announce the birth
of a daughter, Ira Lucille, born
July 15 Mrs. Byrum is the former
Hazel Trueblood daughter tf Mrs.
Lucille H. Tnieblood ;
Now Being Sold
Rumors which circulated in
area earlier thU week' to' the efV.
feet that Congress had killed plans '
for reactivation . of the Harvey .
Point Air Base proved to be un-
founded. '
Mayor V. N. Darden announced,
Tuesday afternoon that he had con
ferred with Congressman Herbert
C. Bonner regarding the rumor and
had been advised by Mr. Bonner
the Harvey Point proposal had a
high priority and approximately
four million dollars had been ap
propriated for construction at the
site during the current fiscal year.
The rumor concerning- Harvey
Point was linked with one also re- "'
porting plans for enlarging the air
facility at Edenton had been aban
doned. It was reported Edenton J
authorities had been notified funds
for construction there had not been
j appropriated'
The Weekly learned there was
some -fact to this rumor. Because
of a low priority and insufficient
funds in bills passed this week by
Congress construction plans for the
Edenton base have been suspended,
although the base will continue in
operation inasmuch as funds for
operation and maintenance of the
station have been appropriated , for
this year.
Nothing definite has been an
nounced as to a possible date for
starting construction at Harvey
Point but as of this time it appears
a certainty the base will be reac
tivated and construction will' be
started sometime during the year.
'An important meeting of the- Di-.
saster Preparedness Committee of
the Perquimans County Red Cross
Chapter has been called for nerrt
Monday night, at which time all
interested citizens of the county
are invited to attend for the pur
pose of mapping emergency plans
for the coming hurricane season.
J. T. Biggers, chairman of the
I Red Cross Disaster Committee,
eeting
Plans
stated the meeting wlil be held at
8 o'clock Monday night in the
Court House in Hertford. Representatives-
from each community in
the county will be requested to at
tend the meeting and join in for
mulating the plans for committee
operations.
Miss Eleanor Ramsey, Field Rep
resentative for the Red Cross, will
be present to outline aid which will t
be furnished, if needed, by the Red
Cross. . '.'''.''
Purpose of the meeting will be
to set up a program for the county
in anticipation of the approaching
hurricane season. This- program
will include such vital matters as
communications, food, shelter and
clothing. , .
Plans for the coming season will
be thoroughly discussed; Every ef- .
fort wttl be made, it was said, to
secure adequate advance prepara
tions to cope with any emergencies '
which might arise during the next
several months due to hurricane
situations.
Mr. Biggers stated the meeting
Willie open to all interested per
sons desiring to participate in the
proposed operations and he invites
them to attend the meeting.
County School Bonds
Sold Last Tuesday
Perquimans County school bonds,
in the amount of $125,000, were
sold last Tuesday by the Local Gov
ernment' Commission, in Raleigh,.. .
to the Vance Security Corporation '
of Greensboro. The average in
terest rate to be paid on the bonds
was announced as 3.1390- per cent
per annum. . ,
Sale of the bonds paves theway
for the county to proceed with "
plans for construction, of tf new
school to replace . the Hertfori
Grammar School which was lost ly
fire last January, r
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