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Volume XXIIL-Number 40.
Hertford; Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 5, 1956.
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FARMER'S DREAM COME'TRUE Demonstrating the tjhi-.
timnin in farm-luxury. Bovlestown, Pa., , farmer llitstha
r glass and steel cover on an all-weather tractor. The cabin
provides air-conditioning for the summer, and heat for Uwr
winter. Xbe tractor also has a push-button radia
PTA Group To Sell
Renewals To Paper
During Next Month
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Russia is attempting, to strength
en its position amohgr the ommuh-
lstltbjiVlii,itoiSE'orTlcrintionB : tou jour .home county
ganizat-ion of a ne w 'comif orm
Such attforganizatlon was posad jt
PremierTito whb Js:now visiting
Russian V officials.-:;' Tito's'' visit
i caused ' some concern among-' the
...'-..- Western powers but a report 'Wed
nesday, stated Tito rejected the
v proppsal ,tO " tie. YugMlaxia-Aidcr
Russian dbmiriatioh.-' ; i ,
Fifteen nations-joined the -Suez
Canal Users Association, set: up
this week, and will try to force in
ternational control of . the t water
way seized by Egypt several weeks
ago. The dispute over control of
the canal is now before the United
Nations but predictions are the UN
will not bring about a solution to
' the question of control pf th. ca
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' ; The goverrimeni announced" Mon
' day it had paid out $3.6 million to
farmers in 29 states through 'Sep.
tember 21 under the new' soil bank
- plan for reducing crop surpluses.
' Nearly one-third of the totai pay
me'nts, the report stated.'was paid
to farmers In Iowa.
'' Top politicians of the ataJe start.
ed traveling thin, week, visiting the
12 congressional districts with the
Democratic Caravan, spreading the
party- gospel in-a-effort to pile
up a huge Democratic majority in
' the November 6 election. Govern-
. or Hodges, in a speech - at Ashe-
ville, urged the people to register
and yote in' the "election. He told
. his listeners "good finres" lie ahead
h for th party in both the state and
nation.. '
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The New York Yankees are a
' , slight favorite" to win the World Se
'i "Ties' which opened Vv'ednesday in
Brooklyn. The . ftional'.nleagw
'" team won Its title by .a margin on
" one game last S.v!a7. tilwaiikee
finished second, losing twtf-of ,the
last ihra;jeonM8ta r -ed ' the
' Yankee had little troubla.n cap
'"Wring the American 'Leftgt titje. '
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.Flans have been completed be
tween the Parent-Teather Associa
tin of; Perquimans Central Gram
mar and Hertford Grammar School
and The Perquimans Weekly for
the PTA members and school
representatives, to serve again s
subscription agents for The Week
ly, seeking renewal and new.sub-
.month1.
" The PTA solicitors will begin
taking, renewals immediately fol
lowing jtheir October meetings.
The plan was worked out to pro
.vide the PTA groups with an op
Dortunity to acquire' extra funds for
use in school activities aunng tne
coming year.
Most of the subscriptions for
The Perquimans Weekly expire
during the months of September
through December and a high com
mission will be paid to the PTA
for signing up these renewal sub
scriptions and reporting them to
The Weekly office. The public car
participate in this plan by renew
ing subscriptions to' The Weekly
through, any member of the PTA
nrtrnnixations. Subscrintions . Riv
en jft miamm idw
to Mk HrsVrif Bunsih'ptlonof thr
ubsctibfn iflnd will run for. onr
KftHhiMi WiheuacflptWn o
fan Kdivldu'al expfteV December an
that nerson gives a renewal to r
PTA member the' subscription will
r be marked up to December 1957.
The Weekly, planning this event
has not sent out nptices of expira
tion during the months of August
September and October; but all ex
pired subscriptions will be discon
tinued unlesa renewed through th
PTA members during the next four
weeks. ' , .
Members of the Parent-Teacher
Associations plan to make a'hous'
to" house canvass of the. town' am
county during the next four weeks
giving every subscriber an oppor
tunity to renew his or her subsfcrit
tion thraugh the PTA. X Subscrib
ers are requested to give theiV uu
port in this drive and aid them ir
their effort ) to' iaise" fund io pro
vide totrat an4 needed fcquipmen
for the, school 4ildjn., . i
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Pijrlrvflle' Rui-itans I :
Av.trd rftffizea:j ,:.
Winners . were announced In the
ParkvUSe Ruritan Clufc'corn eon
test at a meeting of the club held
TueJay night at which time Wal
ter Jewell, was presented the first
prise for harvesting 150.7; bushel"
per acre; second' prize went to X
C. Tlorjan and third prize was won
by Clirer Wood. , ; '
C. H. Holmes was the guest
g' .w. r ir l..e o.nner meeiing anu i
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Indians Seek Third
'Grid j .Victdry'si
Plymouth
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Holdings 2-0 Albemarle Confer
ence record Coach Ike Perry' Per
quimans' Indians .will .journey to
Plymouth Friday night hoping to
rack up their third straight win
when they meet the Panthers in
another conference contest. .
. The Indians eked out a 6-0 vic
tory over Tarboro last Friday night
for their second win of the se
son, showing a strong defense but
lacking the punch needed to score
touchdowns.
Dan Eure, a reserve fullback,
provided the only score in the Tar
boro game when he raced 87 yards
for a TD shortly after the start of
the third quarxr. . . .'
; Perquimans dominated the play.
except for the third period, rolling
up 13 first downs while Tarboro
collected four. ' The Indians gained
196 : yards rushing and' Tarboro
managed only . 54. Perquimans
picked up two first downs in the
first period and seven in the sec
ond quarter.,' Two scoring threats
in this period fizzled when the In
dians fumbled and Tarboro halted
the drives. Tarboro showed its
only threat of the' game .during the
third period, picking up three first
downs and carrying the ball to Per
quimans' 13-yard line where the In
dians took over on downs. On tha
first play of the next series Eure.
on a pitchout play broke' through
the Tarboro defense and Tan for a
score. '''. ? : $'. V, N"
The Indians were inside the Tar
bor JO-yard line on three occasions
but fumbles cost the teem posses
sion of the ball and ended the scor
ing, threats.;:.'- ''-;'- vr "'X
, Jesse Rountrae, Perquimans full
back, was injured early in the first
quarter and did not See actiori dur
ing th rest. f, the contest. .
f ' filter', ' harii -.iWhedbee- and
Bateman were 'the Jkillars of the
Indians' defense , vjfile Eure' and
Tommy Matthews were outstanding
on the offensive play.'
ASC Election Is
23 In Perquimans
On October 23, ASC Committee
men will be elected in each of the
county's six Agricultural communi
ties. In each of these communi
ties a chairman, vice-chairman, reg
ular member, and two alternates,
to the local ASC Committee will be
lected. A nominating committee
in v the community, composed of
three farmers residing in the com
munity who are not' now members
f the County or Community ASC
Committee, have- already chosen
from among their neighbors a slate
of farmers whom they consider the
most, capable. Individual farmers
residing in the community who de
Mre to add additional names' to
this list of nominees may do so
providing theyx secure a petition
signed by at least 10 eligible vot
ers and present It' to their Com
munity . Election Board not later
than October 8. i, . -;. X X'
. L. L. Lane, Chairman of the Per-
luimans County ASC Committee
'n announcing these election plans
-ailed on" all farmers In the county
o carefully plan their action on
lection day and by . all means visit
the polls and cast their vote.
X In; each of the county's six Ag
ricultural CommUnHies, according
to Lane, every farmer who is par-
icipating tr who Is eligible to par
ticipate in any program adminis
tered by the County ;ASC Commit
tee Js eligible to vote. .This in
cludes any owner, operator, tenant
or sharecropper oh a farm who, is
eligible to participate in the Agri
cultural Conservation' Program, the
Soil Bank Acreage Reserve or Con
servation Reserve Programs, ih
various price support programs, or
who is affected by acreage allot
ments and marketing quotas on
any of the basic commodities, he
said.
In past years; Tar Heel farmers
have shown their interest In farm
orotrrams by turning out in great
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Flection Day.
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'Ucfpation in
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Bishop Wright At
Holy Trinity Simday
The St. Rev. Thomas H. -Wright,
D.D., will administer the Rite of
Confirmation at Ho);' Trinity Episr
copal Church in Herttord, Sunday,
October 7, at 11 A. M. . j
Bishop Wright will also dedicate
the Mae Wood Winslow Memorial
Window, and the church lantern
lighting system during the' ser
vices. A cordial welcome to the services
is extended by the rector, the Rev.
Paul G. Shultz. ' '"" - -
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The October meeting of the
Board of Education was held Mon
day night in the office of the-superintendent
of . schools during
which the board discussed progress
reports on the school buildings now
under construction, and arrange
ments for housing several classes
of the King Street School when the
old section of this structure is torn
down to make way for a new ad
dition. . ; . . . ' , '
Under the arrangements complet
ed for holding classes while the
King Street School is being con
structed, Mr. Biggers said, three
classes will be held in the Negro
Masonic Lodge building, one class
in the library building and eight
classes will be conducted in the
existing new portion of the present
school. . '"'- ; ' t
No action was taken on filling
the position of secretary to the
superintendent, . whioh. will .;beeMfr
vacant January !'. !' Mrs.vEva-iH
Ward,' present secretary, has re
signed the pesi'ion, effective thf
first hexi year. ... .. .. -.,.;
The board -adopted - resolution
forbidding all but school initiated
drives for funds to be conducted in
the schools of the county. .
Enrollment figures Tor the vari
ous schools, for the first six.weekr
of the present term, were reviewer
by the board members and these
were discussed at some length.
State Fair Tickets
f.lcda Avz:lb!8 To
The N."C, State Fair, October 16
through 20, has mailed 132 free
school children's tickets to the su
perintendent of Perquimans Count?
Schools for distribution ' through
the entire school system.
John T. Biggers should reoeiv
the free admission tickets within
the next day or two, according to
State Fair officials. ;
The State Fair, following a long
standing "policy, ht3 set aside tw
days of the 1956 fair during which
children , of the state's public
schools will be admitted free of
charge. The true educational viXw
of the State Fair has been well
established in educational circle?
for many years. X' i
Tuesday; October 16, the firs
day of the fair, has been set aaid-as-Wake
.County School Day, an'
Friday, October 19 will be Youn
North ' Carolinians' School Day
Superintendents have been request
ed to confine orranized bus tripr
to. the specific days set aside fa
each instance. lHowtw)c''tefrr
tickets will.be honored at the gater
to the fairgrounds on ithr of thr
two day--October 16 or 19. '"
The 132 free Uckets'W'be dis-i
tributed through tbi; TerquimanrJ.
schools are among between 100,001
and 500,000 to be given this yea
by the State Fair that the
school children of the state may
e.ijoy a day at the fair.
1 ' MASONS TO MEET
The Perquimans Masonic . Lodge,;
No. 106, A. F., ft A. M will meet
Tuesday night at 7:30 yfclock. All
mcs -s are 'urged -to be pre,seBt
a- I ' 'Masons are favited
In Meeting I
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - Dr W.lliam Frederick
Durand, oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy at An
napolis. Md . display-; evidence of the honor he has been await
ing for 76 years his diploma. When he graduated second in
his class in 1880. Dr Durand received no diploma, as the
Academy at that time did not present them to the graduating
classes The custom has since changed, and the 97-year-old
doctor of engineering finally received his degree in appropriate
ceremonies at his horn? in New York City . '
Local Farm Bureau
Drive For Members
Is Now Underway
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With a goal of 300 men.bers for
1956 as iU objective, the Perquim
Uns Count;' Farm Bureau is in the
irdst, of it3 annual, jnembership
drive nnd the team of solicitors
veiling, Farnr. Bureau membership
is hopeful the goal can be achieved
by next Friday, October 12, when
the Farm Bureau will hold its cam
paign - barbecue dinner for all
members at the high school.
Representatives of the Perquim
ans Farm Bureau opened the mem
bership campaign last week, and
ea6h community in the county has
a membership team soliciting dues
for; the coming year. Farmers and
businessmen, alike; are urged to
renew their membership at the
earliest possible date in order that
the goal may be reached without
delay.
Results, so far, in the drive in
dicate the county Farm Bureau
will .re&ch Its! membership goat, but
officials - of the county5 group be
lieve even more individuals, should
loin up than c!:e Farm Bureau has
set, as the goal for the coming
year. These local officers of Farm
Bureau point out membership, in
the organization adds strength to
the securement of farm programs
and the more members the Farm
Bureau can secure means greater
force in achieving these results.
.The. teams soliciting member
ships will make a canvass of each
community in the county, offering
everybody an opportunity to join
the Farm Bureau, but in case an
individual is not contacted by a so
licitor, he is asked to contact Claude
Williams or Floyd Matthews con
cerning a membership and these
men will see that the individual re
ceives the membership credentials.
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ttotary Of ficial
Visits Local Club
john H. Moore. Governor of Rot
tary In ternational District No: 278.
made an official visit to the Hert
ford Rotary Club a,t Its 'meeting'
Tuesday night at the Hotel Hert-
fori, ;. " " " x: ;
,.Mr Moore, who Is superintendent
frPaaquotank County Schools, ex
pressed his thanks to the members
of the local club or helping make
it possible for him to achieve the
office as Rotary District Governor.
He told the local club of his at
tendance at a Rotary International
Conference, held last May at Lake
Placid, New York,' during which
district governors from all over the
world were indoctrinated with the
program ofPotar7 to help make
tVe world a. hotter, .place, in ,whjch
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County 4-H Clubs
OtganifJfitJi;;
The first meetings of 4-H Clubf
in Pesquimans County .have ; beer
held,; The first meeting; tvds on
of organization. New officer?
were elected and all the 4-H mem
bers were eager to vote for thei'
favorite candidate.
At the Hertford Grammar Schoo
the following officers were elected
Fifth grade Martha Miller, presi
dent; Charles Woodard, vice presi
dent; Rachel Bass, secretary; Jerry
Sullivan and Judy Reed, snng lead
ers; Susan Cox, program chairman
Clark Harris and Sydney Blanch
ard, reporters. Sixth grade Rich
ard Auman, president; Charier
Eley, vice president; Betsy Barbee
secretary; Jimmy Kirby and Vernr
Ann Perry, song leaders; Carolyi
Rogerson, program chairman; Phil
lip Lane and Phyllis Gann, report
ers. Seventh grade Franklin Mc
Googan, president; Judy. Harrell
vice president; Sarah Dail, secre
tary; Gail Johnson and Charli
Banks, song leaders; Glenda Lav
rence, program chairman; Chai
Iotte Hervey, reporter.
At Winfall Grammar School th
following officers were elected
Fifth grade Lois C'bappell, presi
dent; Patricia Rountree, vice pres
ident; Diano McDonald, secretary
Ruth Harrell and oimmy Baccur
song leaders; Joan Greene, pro
gram chairman; Gloria Miller, re
porter. Sixth grade Celtic An
Long, president; Jean Bagley, vie
president; Joyce Miller, secretary
Diane Sawyer and FJoyd Matthew?
song leaders; Kathleen Story, pro
gram chairman) Fa ye Morse, re
porter -Seventh grade Li ndf
Tynch,' president; Linda" Chappel1
vice president'; Wade Morgan, sec
retaryf Mary Alice Sawyer aw'
Harry Russell, song leaders; Jacqur
Stallings and Sandra Hudson, pro
gram chairmen Mabel Louise Cook
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. BIRTH AN NOUNCEMENT
Mr. md Mr?. Donald Johnso"
who liw at the Kanoy Apartment'
announce the birth of. a daughte
born' Sunday, September 30, at id
Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Va
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and ; Mrs. .Fred Matthews
Jr.. announce the birth 'of a daugh
ter. Betsv Ann. born September 10
at Albemarle Hospital. - Mrs. Mat-.
thews Is the former Marian Elliot
Sheriff Col ludeo
Settlement ,
x Tax Cdllel ionn
Hertford PTA To
Meet October 11
Mrs. Jack Brinn, president of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Hertford Grammar School, an
nounced today the first meeting of
the group for the new school year
will be conducted at the high school
on Thursday, October 11, begin
ning at 8 P. M.
All members are urged to be
present for the meeting and friends
of the school are invited to attend.
A social hour will be enjoyed fol
lowing the regular business session.
November Term
A jury list consisting of 55
names of Perquimans residents,
was drawn at a meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
last Monday for service at the No
vember term of Superior Court,
which will convene here on Novem
ber 19th.
These prospective jurors, along
with nine members of the grand
jury, will comprise' jury list for the
coming term ot Superior Court.
Drawn f'r jury service on Mon
day were: T. S. White, Jr., C,
Frank Tynch, W. Edward Smith.
Samuel J. Mansfield. Ben F.. Lane,
J. H. Stallings, Jr.. Kenneth Miller.
J. B. Perry, Jr., Lloyd Riddick, Z.
D. Robertson, Elwood H. Perry,
Max R. Griffin, Gustav Koch, O. I.
Winslow, Linwood Cv Winslow, J.
Eugene Winslow,' Calvin M. Bundy.
Braxton-Gocif rey, Paitetf E.'Lane.
V. C. Lane, William J. Davis!, Rob
ert Gustafson, E. Earl Winslow,
Harry Overton, Sr., Josiah Proctor.
Corbin' Dozier, Harry T. Brough
'on, Mrs. Y. L. Brown, Merrill Win
slow, Fentress Lane.
Charles E. White, Jr., Crafton
Matthews, Sr., James H. Harrell.
be Godfrey. Jr., Gordon L. Wins
low, Walton Lane. Milton Dail, Sr..
Blanche Kanoy, Ernest W. White.
Calvin C. Godfrey, Paul Colson, J.
n. Elliott. Luthur Tfuen ee. Lind
say C. Winslow, C. T. White, Er
nest L. Cartwright, W. E. Bagley.
Floyd Harrell, Lorenzo D. Chappell.
Tilden Whitehurst, Elmer Chap
pell, Charles T. StallUgs, Charlie
C. White, Howard W. Vinslow and
Iscar Chajipell.
On Thursday evening, Septem
er 27, the Perquimans Busines
nd Professional Women's Clu'
'ld a supper meeting at Hotel
Tertford to close its observance of
1PW Week. A program of verse
nd song was presented by Mrs
lora Riddick and group singing
as enjoyed by all present
Special guests of the evening
verc Miss Rachel Spivey, Miss
'erquimans County, . Miss Jear
Edwards, runner-up for the title
f Miss Perquimans bounty; Misr
etitia McGoogan. winner of the
nlent show, and Mrs. Carson Spi
y, mother of Rachel Snivey.
A delicious chicken dinner ;wbf
rved to the following club mem
rs and the above guests: Miss-
Spivey, " Edwards, McQoogan
'its. Spivey. Mrs. Roxanna Jack?-
in. Mrs. Sallie McM. Lane. Mis
?ulda ; Wood., Mr Dora , Riddick
,trs,,Atha TunneH, . Miss Thelma
".lliott, Mrs.1 Grace1 Coston,' Mr?,
Miriam Haskett, Mrs. Emily Har
ell. Mrs. Alice Towe, Mrs. Mar
raret Bagley. Mrs. Viola Nachman.
Miss Kate Blanchard. Mrs. Betty
Swindell and Mrs. Sally Bonner.
, CIRCLE TO MEET
The Delia Shamburger Mission
try Circle of the Hertford Metho
dist Church will - meet Monday
ught October 8. at 8 o'clock with
Mrs. J. E. Morris and Miss Thelma
Elliott as cOrh8. All members
are urged to attend.
Jury List Drawn
Of Superior Court
linner Meeting
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Settlement; ;f or the collection, of
1955 taxes due'Perisimans County
was made heil'i-Mchday, at a
meeting of the . Coupty Com
missioners, by Sheriff J. A. White
after which authorization was made
for the sheriff to receive the n'ew
tax bochs for 1956. 1
The settlement was concluded
upon figures compiled by R. E.
Aiken, Jr., CPA, showing the; total
lax levy was I40,671.4iS, including
penalties charged and iiscour.ts al
lowed on prepaid taxes. , -.
A total of $441.92 was deducted
from the levy, it being shown this
amount was charged through er
rors in listing. Cash collections re
mitted by Max Campbell, collector
of prepaid taxes and Sheriff White
amounted to $130,686.03 and land
sales totaled $6,186.15. Taxes, re
maining uncollected at the time of
the settlement on Monday amount
ed to $2,570.22. (
Following the settlement the
Board named Mrs. Floyd Lon6 as
collector of delinquent personal
property taxes and authorized
Sheriff White to turn over to her
the 1955 tax books 'r further coir
lections.
The Commissioners accepted a
bequest made by the late Charles
William Small in tK" amount of
$500 for the use of the county
home. Notification of the bequest
was received by the board chair
man, A. T. Lane, Sr., from the- at
torneys of the estate.
Approval was voted by the board
for the purchase of rubber floof
covering for the halls of the agri
culture building.. , , :
A financial report, covering fis
cal operations of the county dur
ing the first three months of the
current ftftal year was made to
j. .'.-,. i ki. Hi t. i..'. Jt'.i.i
which revealed expenditure run
ning slightly in excessof the -coun
ty's income! , '
The Board rece'ived reports from
the extension .-.ervice offices and
the department of public welfare.
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KingStreetSchDpl
To Start Oct 15lh
Followine a eonfpnni
lid
Tuesday afternoon between local
school officials and W. G. Dunn,
contractor for the new addition to
the King Street School, it was an
nounced construction work on . this
project will get under way Octo
ber 15. '-.
The school officials have com
pleted arrangements for the re
moval of the wooden structure at
the site,, and this part of the pro
ject is expected to be finished, with
!n a 10-day period. ,
Mr. Dunn advised i. T. Biggers,
school superintendent, he will have
i crew of workmen ready to start
construction of the new addition by
a week from next Monday.
The contract for the King Street
nroject calls for building nine new
classrooms and a combination au
ditorium and cafeteria along with
a principal's office and teachers'
room.
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New Ford Cars
Now On Display
Nineteen new body styles ! are
featured in the 1957 line of Fo?d
motor cars which went on display
last Wednesday at the local Ferd
dealer. Winslow-Blanchard Motor
Company in Hertford. 1
The '57 Ford line includes I two
sizes, and offer the hiahest per
formance engines" ever produced in
the low price field. The two basic
aizes are the Fairlane jtnd Custom.
The new cars have a long, lower
look. The Fairlane being nine
inches longer and four inches lowv
er than last year's comparable mod
els. A cordial Invitation is issued by
the- local motor company; which is
celebrating.. ita 20th nnivrary
this week, to the public to Visit4he
company's showrooms and inspect
the new line of'Fords, f
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Construction On