-3 XXIV. Number 5.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 1, 1957
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Indians Score Win
Superior Court In
Session This Week
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' ONE LESS OBSTRUCTION Another obstacle is temoyfd ;
from the bottom of the Suez Canal. The tugboat 'Arend',
' above, was sunk by the Egyptians at Port Said during the
t 'Anglo-French 'invasion. Predictions are that the wreckage; i
r 'strewn canal will be completely cleared by Mayi-, . .
Methodists HI an
Fpr Expansion Of
Church Activities
Expansion plans for the Hertford
i Methodist Church during the com--..
big four years were revealed at a
series of fellowship dinners held at
v the-local church Monday, Tuesday
' and Wednesday nights.
1 . Some 200 members of the church
' attended the dinners and exprcss
ed a warm response to the chal
lenge of expanding the church ac
Jvij.ties as to membership und fa-
'(T:ilities.. ,
I Thn fnltnttratiifi timet lt4MKit lti
tho pastor, the Rev, James A.";Au-
ma,wfigave a tlrief mtroduc
H6n on tiio tlantulwnEttmed ihe
i 'achieving1 .the, goals and negds of
the church during the, next four
- ' years. ; '
r f . An 11-poir.t program 1 has been
, ; . adopted for membership and evari-
gclism, and this was explained by
directors of this department. A
. : . goal for 50 new members each year
for the next four is included in this
; program.
t The plan includes an eight-point
j program for expansion of th de-
I . partment on missions. ' '.'.;'
;, Enlarging facilities for Chris
j' jtian edueutien will play a big part
iVtTin the plans, and includes a goal
for Sunday School attendance of
350 by 1960.
The committee on Christian Ste
wardship and finance presented a
seven point program which is aim'
ed at providing for improvement to
church property arid construction of
a new educational -building and to
provide playground facilities at the
church.
' I he dinners closed with a 20-
minute film featuring a Methodist
JLayman outling three fundamental
, principles Jo be followed by church
members to win the World for God
?::sidTermOf
CntCGcelled
' - A. special term of Superior Court
: which was scheduled to convene
here next Monday morning, his
been cancelled and jurors' summon-
V-d to appcaq for jury service are
advised they need, not appear in an-r-
swer to the summons. -,--, .
v Judge Joe Parker, presiding
"V over the term here this week,! after
f conferring with members of the bar
authorized the cancellation and or
dered the court clerk to request
cancellation of the special term by
the Chief Justice. i .
When the court, .calenduf was
called last Monday,' during the reg
i 'ar s ''ion, it was indicated only
two cii.-i-.-s were ready for trial and
.-H-'onieys in these cases agreed to
mnnee' permitting the cancel-
-f the special term. -' -i
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SeriousFire
Averted Monday
Quick work on the part of the
Hertford Fire Department last
Monday morning, averted a serious
fire at the Tom Perry Service Sta
tion at the southern edge of the
town limits. ' "' '""
The firemen were called to the
scene at about 8 A. M., after a car
had struck" one of the station's gas
pumps, knocking it over which re
suited in a short , circuit igniting
the gagfumes escaping ; from' the
The olaae was soon brought un
der control and damoge was report
ed as slight.
A number of important issues
will face the State Legislature
when it convenes next week jnclud
ing a proposed change in the tax
laws, a proposed reorganization of
the Highway Commission and, of
course, the Usual requests for in
creases in appropriations for op
era ting various state agencies. The
1957 General Assembly is expected
to fare better ,than themte of 1955
since inefT floi, aij present, a
pressing demand to find additional
money for governmental operations.
However, advance' guessing the
General-Assembly will be in session'
until June. ,
Raleigh is , preparing for', the
inauguration 'of Governor Luther
Hodges on next Tuesday. ' This
event will cover two day9 and a full
schedule of activities has been plan
ned by the Inaugural Committee.
The ceremony ,will start Monday
with huge parade in which more
than 50 Units will participate.'
President Eisenhower' this, week
submitted a school building pro
gram to Congress calling for ex
penditures of $2 billiong during the
next four years to provide class
rooms for the ever' growing school
population. The President recom-
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meiiuuu , me firugitam . ue net up.
without strings attached .linking
the proposal to school segregation,
- Reports from Washington ,- this
week stated. the Agriculture De
partment is considering a reduction
of price supports on farm, commodi
ties. On Tuesday, Secretary! Ben
son reported a plan whereby, sup
puort for c,ertain,types'pf flue-cur
ed -tobacco' will -be reduced-during
the coming year,'-No definite an
nouncement has been . made' as to
other crops. - '. j
President Eisenhowers' proposed
"doctrine" for the- Middle East is
still a hot issue before congression
al committees but Washington re
ports state the- 'program will be
adopted despite the apparent disagreements-
between' gome - of the
congressmen- ana : Secretary i of
Ute Dulles. ,
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
;; After losing to the conference
leading Willlumston netfers last
jFriday night, the Indians of Per
Iquimana' High bounced back to
score a 59-64 victory over Tarboro
in a contest played at Tarboro on
Tuesday night.
Don Baker led the Indians' scor
ing attack, canning 23 points while
his teammate, Ralph White, hit for
22 and Tommy Matthews scored 14.
Scott was high scorer for Tarboro
with 17 points. -
The contest vas a see-suw battle
between, the two teams throughout
most of the evening; neither team
had a definite advantage until the
Indians pulled away in the clos-,
ing minutes of the contest. At half
ktime the score stood 29-28 in favor
Of Perquimans.
. In the preliminary game Tarboro
girls 'scored an easy win over the
Indian Squaws 39 to 26. Gaining
19-11 lead during the first half
the Tarboro lassies had things their
way during the remainder of the
game. Stevenson scored 27 points
for Tarboro while McGoogan, with
12 points, led the scoring for Per
quimans. Perquimans lost botn ends of a
double header at Williamston last
Friday; the- Squaws coming homo
on the short end of a 47-31 score,
while the Indians lost 64 to 39.
The Williamston girls held a 27
11 lead at half time and this ad
vantage was too great for the
Squaws to overcome despite the
fact they scored 14 points in the
final period while Williamston col
lected only six. Scoring for Per
quimans were Pierce 10, Williams
10, Bagley 11. Manning had 24
points for Williamston.
" Irf the boys' game Williamston
gained, an early 23-14 lead hut the
Indians closed the gan to 31-24 at
half time. However, in the third outlay of cash fo'r the, clinic he
period Ue7 Green Wave, unfeusiipdving supported hv Perou'iraans., Pa,.
a power drive which stave it. 21
points while the Indians scored but
sx.
Matthews scored 14 points for
the Indians, while Baker hit for 13
to lead the Perquimans attack.
Rogers' was high scorer for Wil
liamston with a' total of 29; Perry
got 12 and Corey 11.
: The Indians and Squaws will play
in Hertford tonight meeting the
Ahoskie teams in return engage
ments. Game time is 7:30,
Loans On Peanuts
Extended To Mar. 1
The Commodity Credit Board in
session January 22nd authorized
the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion's Manager, "Walter iBerger, to
extend the closing date on loans on
peahuts to farmers from; January
81st to March 1st, announced Joe
S. Sugg, Executive Secretary of the
North Carolina ,-, Peanut ; Growers
Association. In authorizing Mr.
Berger to extend the loan date, the
Board specified that he. could use
his discretion according to facts
determined by him as to how many
days' extension would be needed to
adequately handle the remaining
peanuts in the hands of the farm
ers. Sugg pointed out that farm
ers with peanuts, on hand desiring
price support loans should attempt
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ceiving point at their earliest pos
sible opportunity." It Is felt,' said
Sugg, that Berger will grapt suf
ficient time for alrgrowerf to get
their peanuts under loan, . , ;
In discussing the question ; of
Closing Date For
holding peanuts, Sugg ported out, vembe 30, ,1956. Loan applina
that farmers; having peanuts in ! 'l0"8 will be handled as quick as
their own. storage which they wish
to hold for later, 'sales would be
wise to investigate the P.M.A. Con
tract,' under which a farmer may
store big own peanuts in lis own
sWage ' and receive an. advance
payment" of, ,96 : per cent of their
value.' In' so doing the farmer will
be able to retain control,) of the
Lire which v wish
peanuts until May 81st and be-
tween now and that timoJie may)
redeem them by repaying the loan
plus 8 per cent on the money
and will be able to exercise com
plete control of their disposition
jttitil the May'Slat date. ,. ,
ZoircllearingSet
A public hearing, for the purpose
of explaining the regulations of a
proposed zoning ordinance for the
Town of Hertford, will be held in
the Municipal Building in Hertford
next Wednesday night beginning
at 7:30 o'clock, it has been report
ed by L. N. Hollowell, chairman of
the town's Planning Board..
Thg Public is urged to be present
for this meeting to hear the plan
explained and make any recommen
dations or objections desired.
Chairman Appeals
To Establish Clinic
Efforts on the part of a Perquim
ans County committee to raise
funds to help establish a mental
health clinic in this area is being
continued, it was reported today by
Mrs Jack Brinn, co-chairman jbf the
committee.
Mrs. Brinn reported a' total of
$356 has been contributed toward a
$700 goal and she urges all indi
viduals who have not contributed
to this fund to do so by signing
their names and addresses to a slip
of paper and mailing it along with
donations directly to her, care of
Hertford Post Office.
She pointed out the committee
has been trying, during the past
month, to raise the county's portion
of the funds needed to establish the
clinic for this district. The total
iuoiani, inowan ' ann oamnen
counties, aided by state and fed
eral funds. She urges the public
to support this project by mailing
in contributions immediately,
There is a definite need for such
a -clinic in this, area, according to,
Mrs. Brinn. She points out sta
tistics show 10 million Americans
suffer from some form of mental
disorder; that 750,000 men, women
and children are under hospita
care today; and this plight could be
averted by providing treatment in
clinics similar to the one proposed
for this district.
Mrs. - .-.Brinn ha. reported there
will be no direct solicitation for
these funds but those desiring to
aid in the establishment of the
clinic are requested to mail in their
contributions to her,
Announcement was made last
week of the appointment of Wil
liam H. Perry, Jr., as County Su
pervisor of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration with headquarters in
Hertford. Mr. Perry1 is a native
of Martin County, and graduated
from North Carolina State College
with a'BS degree in Vocational
Agriculture. . Until his appointment
as County Supervisor with the
Farmers Home Administration, Mr.
Perry wag vocational agricultural
teacher in the Wecksville High
School. ;
Mr. Perry began his duties in the
Hertford Office on " January 14.
The local office of the Farmers
Home ' Administration has been
without a County Supervisor since
the transfer of J. O. Wise on No-
tlme permits, m addition to
quimans County.j- JIr, PetryuTCill'
serve Chowan, Comden, Pasquotank
and Currituck counties. , ., '
Recorders Court
In Recess .Tuesday-
Perquimans Recorder's Court was
in recess this week due to the civil
term of Superior Court, which con
vened on Monday Judge Chas. E.
Johnson announced all cases on the
recorder docket are listed for trial
at .the February'5 term of court
Named As County
FHA Supervisor
CIVIL DEFENSE 'KEYPOINT' for Los Angeles is typical of some
' 200 such communication centers throughout the nation maintained
by local civil defense. In less populous areas, "kcypoints" are
often police or fire stations, where someone is always nn fluty.
They depend on the Federal Civil Defense Administration's 14.?".)
' mile warning net (inset) to link them to Air Force air defense di vi;- . mi
I control centers. Keypoiuts notify, in turn some 4,500 "suh-Uryiiuin'.;''
i which set off sirens and call out civil defense personnel.
Cou
nty Allocated
,434
A. C. P.
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
The Perquimans Board of Coun
ty Commissioners will hold its reg
ular February meeting on next
Monday, beginning at 10 A. M., in
the Court House in Hertford. In
dividuals desiring to meet with the
Board are advised to note the time
and place of meeting.
Board Of Health
Names Darden As
1,'sw Chairman
The District Board of Health
met at the Health Center in Eliza
beth City Wednesday of last week.
Mayor V. N. Darden of Hertford
was elected as chairman to suc
ceed the late George E. Halstead.
Majror L. S. Blades, Jr., of Eliza
beth City, was elected vice-chairman.
Dr. John F, Weeks was elect
ed by the ex-officio members as the
physician to succeed himself. His
term will expire January 1, 1961.
The districtwide ordinance regu
lating trailer courts was passed to
take effect JaiSiary 23, 1957.
Among other things, this ordinance
requires: (1) a permit issued an
nually by the Health Officer after
receipt of an application showing
complete plans and after an inspec
tion by the Health Officer. (2) In
spection by the Health Officer at
intervals 'to make sure 'that they
are operated so as to protect the
public health. (3) Inspections and
requirements concern- (a) service
buildings, (b) water supply, (c)
sewage disposal, (d) refuse dispos
al, (e) insect and rodent control, (f (
plumbing, (g) miscellaneous regu
lations. Student Council
Purchases Lockers
Perquimans High School Student
Council has adopted a project for
1957, to furnish lockers for the
students of the school. The Coun
cil will purchase the lockers and
rent' them to the students for use
in storing books and other valu
ables. Students will not be requir
ed to rent the lockers but may do
so if they wish. It is hoped the
lockers 'will eliminate the destruction-of
1)ooks and loss of valuables.
Thelockers are expected to be in
stalled' within the next few weeks.
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Rdtary Cancels
Meeting Tuesday
The scheduled meeting of the
Hertford Rotary Club at the Hotel
Hertford next Tuesday night, has
been cancelled in -order that the
membership may. attend the Gov
ernor's dinner at the District Ro
tary Conference being held in FJliz
abeth City starting Sunday after
noon, it wag reported by W. J. Da
vis, club president, '
The local club will resume its
Tuesday meetings at the Hotel on
February 12,"
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For 1957
Practices
Farmers can receive cost-share
assistance through the Agricultur
al Conservation Program for per
forming ACP practices on their
land while it is in the Soil Bank.
Leonidas L. Lane, Chairman of the
Perquimans County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee, pointed out this week.
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reived for the l'.K.l ACI
j county ASC office located at Hcrt-
lord, N. C. All farmers are in
vited to participate and all appli
cations will receive equal considera
tion, Mr. Lane emphasized. Re
quests for Federal conservation
cost-sharing must be filed with the
county committee before any prac
tice is started.
The Federal allocation to Per
quimans County for cost-sharing
under the 1957 ACP is $.'!4..13-1. Un
der the 195(i program, farmers in
this county received $25,227.03.
Twelve ACP practices have been
approved for this year.
Any ACP practice is eligible foi
approval on land, in Acreage lie-
serve of the Soil Bank but Soil
Bank provisions of no grazing and
n,o harvesting must lie met.
Any ACP practice for which
cost-sharing is not authorized un
der the Conservation Reserve of tin
Soil Bank, may also be carried out
on Conservation Reserve land am!
is eligible for approval for cost
sharing under the ACP, Chairman
Lane explained.
Conservation Reserve cost-sharing
practices for this county are.:
Permanent Vegetative Cover, For
est Tree Planting, Winter Cover
Crops, Summer Annual Legumes,
Constructing Dams, pits, or ponds
for Water Storage, Wildlife Food
and Cover Plantings, Water and
-Marsh Management to 'Benefit Fish
and Wildlife, and Constructing
Dawis and Ponds for Fish,
"We feel that these programs
offer a real opportunity to
strengthen Perquimans County's
agriculture." -Mr. Lane said, "and
we urge all farmers to come in and
discuss them With the county ASC
office stuff or any of the county
committeemen."
Report Given For
Soil Conservation
Perquimans County's Soil Con
servation Department had a busy
year during 1956,; judging from a
report released this week by F, A.
McGoogan, head of the department.
The department, the report stat
ed, completed 40 conservation plans
for local farmers;, dug 30 miles of
ditches involving the movement of
60,000 cubic .yards-; of 'dirt. Five
farm 'ponds, were dug for livestock ,
water; one pond jWas enlarged to'
provide water for irrigation; six
acres ot picoior lespedeza ' was
planted as food for fluail.
Five group drainage jobs were'
completed, benefitting 25 farms.
These group jobs totaled 4.1 miles
in length and involved moving 17,
413 oubic yards of dirt.;.. Ten acres
of land were planted jn pine seed
lings and 360 acres were seeded to
-uernianent pasture, ,
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Local Observers
Given Recognition
For GOC Work Here
Four mrmlier of the Hertford
Ground Observer Corns, William A.
White, Charles Skinner. Jr., Mrs.
! Hetty Swindell and Marion Kwin
) dell, have been awarded certificates
for Meritorious Service in connec
tion with the operation of the lo
cal post, it was announced here last
rhursday by M-Sgl. I,. L. Scott,
Area Sergeant for the GOC.
M. White, who serves as super
visor of the local post, was also
presented with a Certificate of Hoc
ognilion for outstanding work in
supervising the operation of the
Hertford post.
in a letter ol presentation (.'apt. 1
.Samuel W. O'Brien, Commander ol'l
the Air Defense Kilter Center ex
pressed his appreciation to Mr.
Whit,- for the splendid work being
carried out here by the GOC.
Capt. O'Brien said:
'As with many of our successful
Ground Observer Corps posts, the
post at Hertford is a visible monu
ment to the civic attitude you haw
demonstrated toward the urgent
need for active civil defense meas
ures. "Your demonstrated leadership
as post supervisor, your skill in re
cruiting and training volunteers,
...i-i .iw-nuon to tne niultliule
of details involved in successful op-
oration of the post has placed you j
ngh on our
pervisors.
list of outstanding su-
"As commander of the Air
De-
tense Filter Center, 1 wish to ex
press the Air Defense Command's
appreciation of your invaluable ser
vices and to forward you this cer
tificate of recognition from the
Commander- of. the Air Defense
Commluid. , ,.( ,
"I Would jlWio-'im-lu'do my per-'
mal thankS'oi'youj' superior sup
port of- our npiam and "let you
know 'chat those, f nt ,.Ai,.,.,tj
with the .program find it a distinct
pleasure to lie
associated with you."
Contributions To
Annual Polio Fund
or ted
Dail Funeral
Held On Monday
. Charlie Judson Dail, 82, died at
his home at Center Hill after a
long illness. He was a native of
Chowan County and a retired
farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jeannette Monds Dail; five sons,
George Dail of South Norfolk,
Charlie Dail of Tyner, Kdward Dail
of Fentress, Va., James Dail of
Norfolk and William Dail of Ty
ner; four daughters, Mrs. Raleigh
Harry and Mrs. Johnnie Hollowell,
both of Hertford; Mrs. Howard
Copeland of Winfall, Mrs. William
Byrum of Whaleyville; two broth
ers, Tom Dail of Sunbury and Jim
Dail of Elizabeth City, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Tom' Monds of Washing
ton, D. C.
' Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Center Hill Baptist Church, of
which he was a member, with the
pastor; the Rev. Henry V. -Napier
officiating, assisted' by the Kcv. L.
C. Chandler, a former pastor of the
church. Burial was in the family
Pallbearers were Preston Monds,
Lewis Monds, Wilbur Privott, Joe
I Wiggins, N. N. Jordan and Thom-
as Hollowell.
cemetery at Center Hill
' MASONS TO MEET
--The-Perquimans Masonic Lodge!
No.-106, A. F., & A. M., will meet
Tuesday niht.afc Tgfl-oVlcwk. V .
Rep
The January term of Perquimans
Superior Court convened here last
Monday with Judge Joseph Park
er of Bertie County presiding over
the term of civil actions. The cal
endar for the term listed a total of
cases but a number of these
were continued during the reading
of the list on Monday.
A pre-trial calendar, used for the
first time here, consumed much of
the court's time Monday and only
one divorce action was heard by
the jury. Margaret Cash being
granted a divorce from Guv V.
Cash. ' ' '
Cases continued for the term ili-
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. L,niy vs. i,iiiv :. vv. t iiaiine vs.
Klbert Chappcll: Carlton Cannon
Kst. vs. C. I!. Ward: linccus -I'erry;
Hertford Livestock vs. I,ii.
ward Godfrey; H. T. Davenport v--Wade
Jorda'i and H. D. Craddock
i liichard McDonough, James Hay
I en, KtVl Havilen. Kthel am
Georgi
ton, Jr
McDonougli vs. Xoah Fel-
After a pro-trial conference wilh
the Court, attorneys reached a
compromised agreement in the case
of Jack Sawyer vs. RoU-rt lvev.
'and this ease was concluded.
The court ordered the case nf Kl
lie II. Simons vs. Hugh F. Simons
referred and this action will be
fieard by a referee.
-Judge Parker heard statements
in fact pertaining to the case of
Mariah Jordon vs. X. K. Chnppol!,
but a decision by the Court was
pending on Wednesday,
The trial of Amy Thomnsoii vs,
Milton Dail, Jr., was started Tues.
day afternoon but a compromise
settlement was reached between the
parties afte
a major portion of
testimony had
rase was settl
been given and this
ed prior to reaching
tne jury.
In the case of Sudan Tomplo-vs.
Charlotte X. Umphlett of als, th-
Court ruled out any liability on the
part of Sudan Temple and took tin
dor advisement the matter to be
passed upon at the Court itself.
The last case on the calendar for
trial, that of Olive Lay-don vs. K,
Layden et als, was started late
Wednesday afternoon hut a eom-
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election of a iurv had l,, ..
As $131
Contributions to the Perquimans
March of Dimes fund are lagging
somewhat according to a report r--loased
this week by Mrs. Kdison
Harris, chairman of the campaign.
A large number of reports from so
licitors are still outstanding and
these are expected to swell the
county total when turned over to
I the drive treasurer, Henry C. Sul
j li van.
I Contributions reported up to
'r i
iuesoay evening amounts to
$131.7ti, representing donations
turned in by solicitors from within
the Town of Hertford.
Weather conditions during (he
past two weeks have hampered the
progress of the drive but the chair
man urges all solicitors who as yet
have not completed' the 'canvass of
their territory to do so immediate
ly and make reports 'in. order-for
the campaign to be brought to a
dose by Saturday, February 9.
Solicitation of the business dis-'
trict of Hertford has not been com.
ipleted, and it is expected returns
from this source will swell the to
tal considerably when all reports
are turned over to the treasurer.
The chairman announced if there
are individuals who desire to make
additional contributions or some
who have not been contacted by so.
licitors these donations will be wel
comed, and may be made dii-ectly
to the treasurer, Mr. Sullivan.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr, and Mrs. Bill Ad
ams of Norfolk, Va., a daughter,
Peggy Anne, at the Leigh Memor-
ial Hospital, on Janiiarv 12 low
Mrs. Adams is the former Miss
Aime Tlmch of Hertford, fcyiite 1.