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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolipa, Friday, Pecember 28, 1956.
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CIVIL DEFENSE underground control center lor Hon,, air filter and ventilation system, telephone,;? i
Portland, Ore., Is dedicated st the site on the out- press and Ctfcelrad facilities, and space for civil ft
skirts 'of the city. Center is equipped with heavy defense and. other emergency offices'. In addition,
electric entrance doors with photIeotrio alarm the f 667,009 structure includes, space for weather '
and closed-circuit TV control of personnel enter- . and radiological specialists, and living facilities. ".''.,
tag, air locks and radiological decontamination Inset shows arch construction of control center. - ;
facilities, electric generators, a private radio sta- -ictt crt Portland imdDreion Civil Defense Photoil '-
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By ?: M. THOMPSON
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" ' " IF the "chance" couhV be taken
v out Of arming, it way not he as
interesting but a lot safer busi
' , nesa; (End. farming is a, business to
day. It' Is a bu'sinpsg that only the
efficient will survive In the old
days, it was said ; that , a 5" farmer
' could go,iibatikrupt every year and
stiM farm. This day. is king past
T" costftiPWlivcing crops flow
,.-f --'srfwil-irtie point of no return,
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ted. ,
. , Iha farmer-today 'needs ti hp
i scipntist,' JecJnon1is,t.', andj 'weatheiv
: man'.'" If he ia pucceflsful in all of
these,' he 'is a ffuoppssful farmer.
Whall of this, ho still isri't in a
, popitiojn . to. Bay "I'll ', take ' this
price. V , Instead,, a formed has to
I .. ask 'How Much will, you pay me ?"
Perquimans County had a bump,!
eivcrop of beans,, corrt, and cotton,
witlta better than average "yield of
p-anuts. This is, a little different
than ip the past years when we had
good crops,-'execnt wo couldn.'t har
vest due to hurricanes.- This year
we harvested our crops, even witji
S' days of jain. Rain (n this quan
tity takes its toll. , This toll was
morij in quality than in quantity.
C "sequpntlvt our net income from
is in about he same pro
n as if was during the .past
years, I The increafje in yield
s the loss in quality. 1
.iy t)f the farmers, are look
" r part -"'time work .to' tide
i over. Jt use to be tha(r the
A only Vorked 'through' the
"T, gmwing and harvesting
in;.:.. Now, it takes .a full year
ind job to buy the television and
r items that the.pdcrn fami
i iiepfi and required"
i he-new farm programs haven't
iy entered Into our'economy in
1, but it will in 19!iT, This will
; a .lesser, extent than'ln file
to counties. - - 'v s
aketing' received a " closer
'"y- from farmer's' and other
r : .( this year than"' in tfie pasit.
3s are needed in our whole
t structure. ,'JJome, Of tbee
i will lie drastic; , btit' thp
5 are feady. , They rof'ognist
reeil for stronir measure's."
".er, l.".'fi has t .e". n good
gojils havs bt"o r
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i-The annual Perquimans County
March of : Dimes is slated to get
inder way. here during, the, month
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ttii."&r -IMHMv-aWnOTTTra -i
the perquimans County Committee
Details of the-local drive will be
Announced, later. , ;
.,L'ai)nching of the drive for. funds,
with w"hieh' to fight TJoUomyelltia
willj coincide with that, ,in , 10,000
communities across the pa;ionv Mij,
liOnj pf dollars in March of Dimes
fiinHa nre, needpd. if is said, to nlirl
thousands of polio ' patients' 'for
whom the Salk vaccine came too
late. ' '
It is said th'tt about 75,00Dl pa
tients all over the. country are tiowi
on the rolls of the National Foun-,
dation for' Infantile Paralysis and
it 'is pointed -out that, many more
will. in all likelihood be stricke',,"
Funds are also needed to con-'
tinue work in scientffic research,
. i' Rehabilitation, tpo, r e q u i r e s
heavy outlays in order to search .
out new - methods - for . carei and
treatment , and to provide training
for doctors, .nqrses and other, spe-l
cialists. , ' . .-'..;.
. By gteadily improving; the meth
ods of coping, medically with the
dread ; disease. ,, scientists - whose i
work1' is ' financed by JUarch of
Dimes funds have been Instrumen
tal in not only cutting down the
death, rate by more than. half since
the ; National Foundation was es
tablished n. 19,38, ujt ?1P greatly
extending ? thfe . degree of recovery
from crippling 'disease. ,
- The job of wiping out poljo is by
no means! finished, . Mrs. Dozier
points, otifc- .' i.A. million dqllarssis
being sought in Nfrth Carolina for
the cause this campaign season, it
was said.-"
Officers Installed -PurantsNeckCljib
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' New 'officers 'of J the burants
Neck Ruritan Club were Installed
at this December meeting of the or
ganization, preslded 'ovef ty Presl
(' "t Rrvin Turner. '
lie officers' are Matt Spivey,
, rwfi'l, Bik Bruer, vice
;" Ei-nest " Sutton,'' secre
I . ; r y Godfrey, treasurer; Car
' i r.Ivry, d':octor, anJ Ba'y
. Jr., serjeant-at-arms... Past
t ' ' ":t Governor t. Spivey had
' i of t'ie i.....Ir.:on. A com
y srvice award was present
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Dr. ,B, ' B. McGuire, , District
Health Officer said, "a continuous
X-ray service in the control of Tu
berculosis is rendered at the Dis
trict Health1 Department, and in the
Ferquima'ns Health Department."
y From January, 195(5, through No
vember a total of 2,000 X-rays have
been made in the District Health
Department in Elizabeth City in co
operation with the' Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden
Tuberculosis As
sociation, which is 340 more than
uvtrff mairla rlnrincr thn Etnme Vipri'tH
10 . l?oB.,1., Kighty-six- of these . a-
rays were from the Negro pre-natal
clinic. . .
' Last year Pasquotank County re.
ported 15 TB cases, Perquimans 5
cases, and , Camden .1 case, and
North Carolina reported 1,950 cases
of Tuberculosis. ...'Tuberculosis., is
still one of the Health Depart
ment's major health problems, ac
cording to Dr. aB. p. McGuire, for
people still believe that TB is in
herited, or that it "runs in fami
lies." -The reason for this is be
cause menibe.rs of fnmilies and oth
ers in households live closely to
gether and, if one! person has the
disease it stands to reason others
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are hkoly 0 catch the germ, and benpf.fe b ciu and
With cnddront one should be very.towns from street.ai(, f(jnd8
Carelu1, ' ' i Undoubtedly, though, the street
-uasiq control is, 'eaucatwn and .
there must be rio slackening in our'
efforts to fight Tuberculosis," said
D'r.,. McGuire. , For everyone should
include a chest' X-ray along with'
a yearly check-up from their doc
tor. . ' . '"
FcrCsnilltcs
In i:ycG 2 Contest
Some young Perquimans citizen
wil receive the Jaycec Distinguish
ed Service Award at the'- annual
DSA banquet which has been ten
tatively set for January 25, it was
reported by Marion Swindell, chair
man of the Jaycee committee in
charge of the event. -Mr.
Swindell pointed , out the
,,ea,,,)e , npnux apmwui.ig xor
candidates for the 1957 DSA,' and
he. urged . those having received
nomination blapks to file them with
him as soon as possible. 'i
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Schccl Hclidays ;
End Nexj Thursday -
Perquimans Connty Schools "will
resume regular class schedules on
Thursday, January 3,' following a
13-daj Christmas holiday, it was
announced today by J, T. Biggers,
Superintendent of Schools.'
By Municipalities
The. State Highway Commission
gives an accounting of how: Tar,
Heel cities and' towns had spent
their State street-aid funds during"
fiscal 1956. ' -
The report showed that a total
of 399 eligible' municipalities' had
received a total of $5,711,979 in
State funds for local street-aid dur
ing -fiscal 1956. This allocation
plus1 'the $1,C99,868 brought for
ward' as unexpended balance from
fiscal 19551 gave the municipalities
a total of $7,411,847 available for
construction and maintenance of lor
cal streets in fiscal 1956.
; Although $7,411,847 was avail
able for local . street work during
fiscal 1956,' the '399 participating
cities and towns only expended $5,
257,916, leaving' an unused , bal
ance of $2,153,932, which is still
available for future use.
There is no time limitation on the
use of State street-aid funds so
some municipalities carry forward
unused .funds-; for future yi.ars.
Many of the smaller towns accumu-,
late their funds for several years
to build up a large enough amount
for a big, needed project, "
How did the municipalities use
their State street-aid funds during
fiscal 195.6? A total of $1,724,909
or 33 per cent was spent for new
paving. The second largest amount
$1,504,366 or 29 per cent-was
spent for maintenance.' Twelve per
cent or $634,986 went for resurfac
ing. The remaining 26 per cent of
the funds were, spent on drainage
and storm sewer work, equipment,
stabilization, curb and gutter work,
widening, right of way, grading,
gaa, find- repairs, ngineermgf"f-Mr. and Ms. James Oscar Fel
opening new streets, debt service,
traffic control, bridge construction,
administration, map survey, and
bridge repairs.-
' The first State street-aid alloca
tions were made to incorporated,
active, eligible and qualified cities
and towns as of July 1, 1951. Since
then, the five annual allocations
inrougn iiscai ; xyoo nave toraneoi
$25,839,838,
During this five-year1
period, however the ; cities and
towns have Used only $23,685,906,
leaving an unused balance of $2,-
153,932 for future use
The report' said that "No abso
work resulting -from these funds
has had a far greater value than
the actual money spent. , .
"The .availability of this new
revenuef Jias s'tiijnjlated additional
large amouhts' of 'other municipal
funds to he sper for local street
pu rposeaf Mny lei ties hare levied
special assessments for street con
struction to help; them use some
of the'M State kfiVet-aid fuhds and
;, other "street' "fiuhds over " and over
again for street construction, v
"However, the allocation of 25,
839,838 in State funds to the cities
and towtu during the pasf five
years , has greatly contributed to
the realization pf.many needed, im
provements on! streets- which .are
not on the State highway system.'.'
State street-aid funds are deriv
ed from a fine-half of one cent of
the State gasoline tax.' 'The funds
are distributed in cash to the par
ticipating municipalities on the a-
8is of 50 per cent on relative popu
lation and 60 per cent on relative
non.highway Bygtem
Hertford Stores rj '
To Close Tuesday
i Hertford stores and business
houses, will observe the New Year's
holiday, next Tuesday i by being
closed U day.' The merchants rfot;
ed to observe the holiday this year
in line with the, holiday schedules
agreed upon earlier this mouth.
Stores will resume, their; regular
Two Local Youths
Receive License
i License to preach were issued to
two young men .of.. the Hertford
Methodist Church on Sunday, De
cember 23. The young men, both
members of the local Methodist
Church, were Coi-bin Lee Cherry
and Carlton Howard Fel ton. Li
censes were presented to them by
the minister, the Rev. James A. Au
man, on behalf of the Elizabeth
City District Committee on Minis
terial Qualifications.' The boys
appeared before the district com
mittee on December 20, after ap
proval by their church's Quarterly
Conference, and satisfactorily mpt
requirements necessary for all can-J
didates for the Methodist ministry.
Receipt of license to preach is the
first step in the seven-year pro
gram of study and preparation in
order to become ordained minis
ters. ,
. Corbin Lee Cherry is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cherry. He at
tended Hertford Grammar School
and Perquimans High School, hav
ing graduated last year. He is
now a freshman at Chowan College,
where he was a member of the
football squad this year. Corbin
has been active in the youth pro
gram of the local church,
t Carlton Howard Felton is the son
ton. Also a graduate of the local
schools, Howard is now serving
with the United States Air Force,
stationed in Brooklyn, New. York.
During the three years he has been
in servjice, he has enrolled for col
lege courses at, Texas Christian
University and more recently at
Brooklyn College, N. Y., where he
is now stationed. He will possibly
receive his service discharge in
June and plans to pursue his col
lege training at High Point Col
lege. .
The next step for both, of these'
young men, after a period of study
and training, will W an applica
tion for admission dn trial into the
North Carolina Conference, and fol
lowing that will work toward ordi
nation into full service, as travel
ing ministers.
County Sea! Sale
Chirfnn Reports
:. The latest report on the progress
of the Christmas Sea) Sale in Per
quimans County, released late last
week, revealed local citizens had
contributed $997.15 toward the $1,
300 goal assigned the county. The
report was issued by Mrs. C. P.
Morris, drive chairman.
Contributions are running slight
ly ahead of last year hut Mrs. Morris-,
agnin urged all persons who
have not contributed to the fund to
do so immediately in order that the
county committee ran ' bring ' the
drive- to a successful conclusion.
She pointed out' the fight against
TB is one that must be constant
and continuing iBjid ; that thel Dis
trict TB Association program caUs
for ' just such' a fight ., However,
for this program to be a sue cesq it
is necessary foreverybody to par
tlcipate in support of the program,
Included in the latest report on
contributions were those turned in
by Mrs. M. B.' Taylor, county' rep
resentative for the drive, from New
Hope' $13,' Bethel $5-05.'' Pools
drove jk7.: Baptist' Church $5.22.'
;'Stau!'2.26,' Say Branch $1.60.
To Preach
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Stream Clearance
Meeting Planned
State and Federal Civil Defence
officials will conduct two meetings
on Friday, December' 28 for the
purpose of explaining eligibility for
receiving Civil Defense funds for
stream clearance projects '.among
the counties of Khstprn North Car
olina, it has Jieen reported by Gen
eral Edward Griffin, State CD Di
rector. The first of the two meet
ings will be held r.t Wilmington
nt 10:30 A. M., and the second
meeting will Vat ff:30 P. M., iii"
Washington, N. C.
Officials of the interested coun
ties have been invited to attend
these meetings, General Griffin
said. Earl Mader,' Regional CD en
gineer will be on hand to explain
the eligibility regulations.
Officials in Eastern Carolina, in
cluding those of Perquimans Coun
ty, have been considerably disturh
p(l in recent months because drain
age projects they feel are neces
sary have been rejected by Federal
officials.'
Boyce Funeral
Held Wednesday
Mrs. Dellie Ward Boyce, 7.1, died
Monday at 2 P; M., at her home on
Hertford Route one, after a long
illness. She was the daughter of
William and Mary Evans Ward.
She was a member of the Hertford
Methodist Church, v ;' .
; Surviving are her husband, J.
Horace 'Boyce; a son, Roy Boyce;
five daughters, Mrs, Annie Cope
land and Mrs. Marie WhitPi Mrs.
May Cooper and Mrs. Pecole White,
both of Elizabeth City, and Mrs.
Myrtle Elliott of Croat Bridge, Va.;
one brother, William Felton Ward
of Great Bridge; three sisters, Mrs.
Jo Lane of Elizabeth City, Mrs.
George Chappell and Mrs. Rebh
Chappell; 28 grandchildren and
several greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday tit 2 P; M. at the
Lynch Funeral Home. Burial fol
lowed in Cedarwood Cemetery.
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Indian Capers To
Resume Play Jan. 4
; The Indians and Squaws basket
ball teams of Perquimans High
School will' resume their schedule
of games, following the holidays,
next Friday night; January '4, when
they travel to Williamston to play
a double header against the Green
Wave and Wavelets in conference
competition.
;. On Tuesday, January 8 Tarboro
will come to Hertford to play the
local teams.
i Listen to the exhortation of the dawn!
A Look to thia day!
For it is life, the very life of life;
In its brief course lie all the verities
And realities of your existence; '
The bliss of growth, f r v
The glory of action,'
The splendor of beauty;
For yesterday is but a dreamt
And tomorrow is only a vision;
But today well lived
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
y Look well therefore to this day! ,
i Such is the salutation of the dawn. v
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Property Required
To Be Listed During
January, For Taxes
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
American motorists created a
new all-time record for highway
deaths during the recent Christ
mas holidays, it has been reported
by the National Safety Council.
More than (100 deaths resulted from
highway accidents during a five
day period starting Friday of last
week. The Council report said ad
verse weather conditions contribut
ed partially to the record.
The new Congress, scheduled to
convene next week, has a liijr job
ahead of it. Some of the knotty
problems th be worked out will per
tain to a bigger budget for defense I
and' foreign aid; aid for refugees
and changes are expected to be
made in the farm policy here at
home.
Economists .report inflation will
be a major problem for the U. S.
next year. The dollar, now worth
50 cents, will he confronted with
some rising prices and new rounds
of wage increases will also pffeet
the purchasing power of individ
uals. Preliminary work on clearing the
Suez Canal, now clogged with
sunken ships, is getting under way
and reports state this important
waterway for world shipping will
lie .reopened by late summer next!
year.
Ferry To Be Named
For J. E. Winslow
One of three new ferries to hp
placed in operation next summer
by the State of North Carolina will
be named for Highway Commiss
ioner J. Emmett Winslow of Hert-
i ford, it was reported from Raleigh
I Inst Thursday. :
I The two other 'ferries will be
j named for Governor Luther Hodges
and Highway Chainan H; A. Gra
ham. ' , t
Orders for the new ferries wera
approved last week and, .the report
stated, will be placed in operation
possibly at Oregon Inlet by July of
next year. '
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MASONS TP MEET
The Perquimans Masonic lodge
No. 106 A. P., & A. M.j will meet
Tuesday, January 8, at 8 P.M. ',
'Tax- listers for Perquimans
County will start next week the :. ;
task of listing county property for. r
1957 taxation, it was announced to'
day by Julian C. Powell, County
Tax Supervisor.
'Com.y lax lLt..i i is? hft.m)Jpr"
ous townships are Julian. Long, .
Bethel; Percy Iloqerson,. Hertford;
Mrs. Belle Proctor, Parkville; Mrs.
T. C. Perry, lielvidere, and Ernest
Sutton, New Hope. t
The tax listers will carry out the
duties of their office under instruc
tions issued them by the Board of .
County Commissioners in a special
meeting held here on December 17.
The lax lister's job' will run
through the month of January' and. ' .
all property owners must list their
property prior to January 31, oth
erwise there i a penalty of one
dollar for the late listing.
Schedules for tax listers are he-:
ing published this week and prop-j
erty owners are urged to list early
in order to avoid the usual last min
ute rush. .
There are few changes in tbas.
listing regulations and the tax '
rate for the property listed next
month will be set by the Board at
its meeting in July.
In addition to taking the proper-1 '
ty list, the workers will also take
a. farm census. Farmers are urged
to prepare lists in advance an)i to
assist list takers in the taking of
the census. . j
Dr. McGuire Explains
Polio Vaccine Status
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Dr. B. B. McGuire, District
Health officer, this week presented ,:
some facts concerning polio vac
cine. Dr. McGuire's statement fol
lows: . , -i . .
''Last year when Congress pa ss '
ed the law appropriating federal
funds for the purchase of polio'
vaccine to he used ' for children .
j whose parents were unable to jpa'y,
it was specmcauy seated tnat' tne
vaccine must be used for children'
from birth through 19 years of "
age, or children who had not reach- ' '
ed their 20th birthday. In addjUon
to.the children, it was to be' us.i '
for pregnant women. . It is not
possible legally for our Health De-
partment to use this' vaccine fjor
people over 20 years of age' except
for pregnant women. Until and un
less Congress changes this law fo
include " people over 2tf - years fcf
age, it is illegal to use this fre
vaccine for them." ' '', '"