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- Volume XXlVNumber 237 : Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 7, 1957. 5 Cents Per Copy. 4. m. - J entafcive ft - Faced with tht problem of com- ! pitting ; and furnishing .new schools,, along with some general- . -fy'higher , costs pf local govern ment, the Commissioners for Per- iulmana County on Monday ap proved a tentative budget for the j fiscal year starting July 1 which calls : for ; expenditures totaling 1352,270.00. They also set the I Jpunty's tax rate for the coming year at $2-00 per hundred dollars l9IKI'tiA hiititflrAjl j4r.11aa 1 valuation, rrhis represents an In crease of 35 cents in the rate as compared to last year, v.. The proposed budget, publish ed, elsewhere in this issue of The; . Weekly, , revealed the .expendi tures for 1957-58 is approximate ly $51,765.00 greater than antici- pated during the current year.; Of this amount $24,000 will go for School capital v outlay to finish construction payments for Hert ford Grammar School, and to sup ply furnishings for the Hertford. Grammar and King Street schools. Debt service, which is the, pay ment on county bonds and inter est, will be up $8,895 during the next fiscal year. lJ, The cowissloners were able toi hold the tax rate increase to 35 bents through anticipated increas es in revenue other than ad va lore taxation, although It will be necessary to receive $28,000 in ad ditional taxes in order to balance the budget i Allocations under the proposed budget, calls for expenditures of $65,615.00 from the general fund which includes the operation of the Various county departments 'and offices; the allocations are as follows: - County Commissioners, $4,575; tax listing, $2,900; Sheriff, $3,800; elections, $800; accountant $2,250;. treasurer, $750; buildings and grounds $5,120: Register of ' 5 V JDedv $1459 hoBfitaluatt n . ...... t.liA. ......... m ' uurvuvi, 9i;yu, imiu agcut 4H,- 994; ' home agent, $3,765; health department $8,229; superior court ; $3,000; clerk of superior court, , $1,350; recorder's, court, $6,675; blind, $131,2; FSA, $300; conser vation and development' $2,125; library, $4,600; veterans officer,; $1,200. Allocations for the operation of the Poor Fund call for expendi tures amounting to $2,352. , . Outlay totaling $48,895 for debt service calls for payment of $29,- 000. worth of bonds and Interest amounting to $17,762.50 and Sher iffs commissions .of $2,080. M5e general school fund budget calls for spending $72,650 of which $29600 will come from local, tax ! sources. ' "v ':; I jthe total welfare budget Jar I thj year totals $132,158 which will ', require $18,400 from ad valorem '"'taxatidh with the remainder com ( irig from state and federal funds. Defendants Fined For Destruction Of Personal Property ' ?lpieading guilty to what they .te'rimed was a playful prank, sev ' 'eij Negro youths from Pasqup ' 'tank County, ; were given six 'months road sentences, suspended updn payment 6f fines of $50 each andACosts of court for destroying . four small bridges and barriedd ding , a road hear New Hope on i the iight of May 24 Prtoce Poole, one of the defendants, was relieved from paying the fine of 150 after Sheriff J. K. White tea- ' tified he had assisted in the in , vestigatioii, readily admitting he -was With James Poole, Morris tanks. Georee Harney, lrvin , Brown, Franklin Felton and Mon iie James when they destroyed . the bridges owned by N. C. Spi- Vey and Will Taylor, and used fie; material to block off a road ; r,car the Sphrevfarnv The group is arrested last week by Sher- Lt. White following a three-day t' Vestlgation of the destruction of t" property. ' y ?, .erdlcts of not guilty were re ' ir.i in .three , cases fa wlu Budg et Service Officer: Gives Annual Report A report filed with the County Commissioners this week by C. C. Banks, Perquimans County Vet eran Service Officer, -showed the office handled a total of 1,127 calls during the past year. According to the report the of- fir- ivwlvoi) 13fl letters mailed out 189 letters, 76 field trips, held Mm lA -.: - 1 i n ili interviews, naa me luuuwiug inquiries: on education, 24; on the Job training, 39; compensation and pension, 67; insurance, 26; farm er training, 42; burial benefits, 9; legal advice, 8; out patient treat ment, . 24; ' readjustment allow ance, 19, and miscellaneous 138.- Botrd Of Education UJ mm J Perquimans Board of Education held its regular June , meeting Tuesday night in the office of the Superintendent of Schools. , During the session, the Board approved the election of tetachers for Perquimans High School and accepted the resignation of Gloria Jackson as a teacher at Central Grammar School. After some discussion the Board voted school janitors were clas sified as school employees, and therefore subject to retirement at age 65. This action created two vacancies in janitorial jobs, John Simpson, janitor at Central Gram mar School, and John Mitchell, at Hertford Grammar School. The board elected Ernest Stallings to replace Mr. Simpson and no ac tion was taken on filling the va cancy th Hertford .Ommmar SchooJ.rf t" " "'. . Mrs Alice Towe tendered h'er resignation , as secretary to the superintendent and the Board voted . to appoint Mrs. Eva H. Ward to succeed Mrs. Towe, ef fective July 1. A committee, composed of Mrs. Frances Monds, Miss Thelma El liott and J. T. Biggers, was nam ed to confer with the State High way Department concerning the installation of a driveway at the new Hertford Grammar School. The: Board voiced approval of the action taken by local school officials in accepting a revised settlement with the ,Navy De partment for damages sustained the school garage last February., 4t was announced by the super intendent that the school commit tee is now endeavoring to fill three vacancies which exist among -the faculty in county schools. were charged with assault with a deadly weapon. , Robert Harvey and David Jor dan, Negroes,, each submitted to ehnrces of drivinc without a chauffeur's license and each paid the costs of court. ? ' .Tames Rldcftck. Netrro. naid the costs of court after pleading guil ty to a charge of using an im proper muffler. ;' Lathan Felton. Negro, was tax ed with the court costs after sub-, mitting to acharge of failing to observe a stop. sign. .; y , Bennie White. Neero. entered a plea of guilty to a charge of drivr mg W1U1 lnauiliucm uianen. m was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs. ; Costs of ; court were taxed asainst John Combs who submit ted, to a charge of failing to yield the right-of-way. . John Brothers, Negro, pai4 the costs of "court after pleading guil- William White. Neero. charard with failing to observe a stop ' i, et ' - 1 a j " i c f c and 270ted InlMngll 1 4of Tiiacrlnii t LllJl ( UbOUelJ I NATIONAL WARNING System, Including aome 21,000 miles of wire, to shown with 1U intricate connection! to 200 civil defense warning points across the nation. The new network may be Died to sound a single national attack alarm from the Federal Civil Defense Administration's Nation) Awarded AtiPy Zxmins Perquimans High vltt rfim mnn aaiti Cilt ; Presentation of medals, and oth er awards to outstanding students, annually a part of commencement exercises at Perquimans High School, was made last Friday night by E. C. Woodard, princi pal of the school, during the clos ing program. : The chief medal for scholarship, loyalty and achfevement with name on the school plaque went to Charles Whedbee; the medals for the boy and -girl foremast in activities went to Edgar Fields, Jr., and Shelby Jean Overton; the Babe Ruth Sportsmanship awards which included medals and names on a plaque went to Pat Harrell and Kay Spear; citizenship med for the high -school "were given Mary Ann White and Jesse Bcyee, the eighth grade citizen ship medals was awarded; Fran ces Winslow; the awards for the outstanding student below sen ior class level went to Rachael Spivey; dramatic medals were awarded Hazel Matthews and Ma bel Keel; the 'most valuable mem ber of the glee club award went to Charles Johnson, Jr.; the jour nalism medal was won by Lillian Ann Hofler; the student council medal was won by Edgar Fields, the BPW Club commercial medal was won by Marcia Stallings; the Buck plaque for agriculture was presented ' to Thomas Ed Chap- The DeKalb Award for excel lence in agriculture was given to Jesse Boy ce; the award for the best program hi agriculture work went to Edward Lee Madre; ,the debating ' awards, were presented Ray Winslow, Jean Edwards chael Spivey and Mabel Keel; and B. - G. Koonce's medal' for the highest scholastic average was won by Ray Winslow with an av erage of 99. This is the second! year -he has won this award. County Asks Bids From Oil Dealers Sealed bids, for furnishing Per quimans County with fuel oil and kerosene for the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1957, will be re ceived by the Board of Commis sioners at its meeting July 1, it was reported following the Board meeting here Monday. Fuel oil dealers are invited to submit seal ed bids en or before the date of the meeting. ' V The Board also adopted a reso lution relinquishing current claim for funds allocated by the State Medical Care Commission, giving this claim to Pasquotank County to aid in the construction of a new hospital in Elizabeth City. This action will not prevent Per quimans County from receiving, such aid at future, dates, Approval was voiced for the county to contribute the sum pf $322 toward operation of a dis trict Mental Health Clinic, for a six months trial period should such a clinic be established with in the health' district of which Perquimans County is a part. , EXERCfcS3 SUNDAY , Mt Sinai Baptist Church will conduct commencement exercises for its Vacation Bible School, at 8 o'clock Sunday r;ht, June flt The r-'-'.ic is inv!' 1 to attend. Jill iiiuiiimciiucm Warning Center at Colorado Sprints, or if neces sary, from similar warning centers at Stewart Air Force Base, N. T., or Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif. From the warning points, 8tate and local civil defense hook nps would pass the word along to Uw people to evacuate or take shelter. Considered By state Legislature Three local bills, introduced in the General Assembly- by Rep. Carroll R. Holmes, are being act ed upon according to a report from the Institute of Government. The first of the bills, calling for postponement of revaluation of tounty property has been ratified. The other two bills are expected to be ratified before the Legisla ture adjourns. One of these bills permits the board of commissioners to em ploy additional law enforcement officers and to make appropria tions for such purposes. The third measure authorizes the setting up of zoning ordinances to cover var ious areas within the county. This zoning bill was described by the Institute o Government in the following manner: "To authorize the zoning of un incorporated areas in Perquimans County,. North Carojina." (Pro vide county dommissioners may order chairman to investigate any unincorporated area to ascertain whether it (a) contains at least two square miles and at least 10 separate tracts in separate owner ships, (b) apparently will be de veloped in near future' for resi dential or commercial purposes, and (c) apparently will be devel-1 oped in disorderly and detrimen tal way; on receipt of his report (no later than 60 days thereaf ter) and their finding that condi tions exist commissioners are to hold advertised public hearing. They may then create planning and zoning area consisting of all or part of that designated; if they do, they are to appoint three resi dent freeholders of area as plan ning . and. zoning, commissioners for 2-year, .terms (subject to will of county commissioners) without, pay (but expenses are to be paid by county), and to record a map of area in register of deeds of fice. Planning and zoning com missioners may adopt zoning and subdivision regulations for area after advertised public hearing; regulations and amendments must Continued on Vaft Eight I Central PTA Names t'ew Committees The executive committee of the Central Grammar School PTA met last Thursday night and ap pointed, the following committees to serve for the 1957-58 school term. Budget and finance, George; "Baker and Thomas Maston; mem bership, ,Mrs. John Hurdle; study group,, Mrs. Johnnie Bray; room! representative, Mrs. George Bak-j er; publicity, Mrs. Graham Wood;; ways and-, means, Mr. and Mrs. Melyin Eure, Mr. and. Mrs, R. M Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Caddy and Thomas Maston,: i . Art, Mrs. William Winslow; his torian, : Robert Louis Stevenson; education, Mrs. L. B. Elliott; world citizenship, Mrs. Bryant Miller: hospitality. Mrs. Roland Tripp; by-laws, Mrs. H, E. Greg ory; goals, Mrs. Calvin Bundy ; building fund, Mrs. Roy Nixon; recreation, A. T.. Banks; safety, Mrs.' George Winslow; magazine, Mrs. Philip Perry; school lunch, Mrs. Bertha Lane; school grounds, Mrs. . Ned- Nixon, i Mrs. ' Russell taker and Floyd Matthews. Bm Now Being t into hcliao HEADLINES Legislative leaders are hopeful the General Assembly will com plete its work this week with ad journment tentatively set for Sat urday. A hitch, however, has de veloped over the appropriations bill and this may delay comple tion of the work of the legislature. Disagreement arose over a pay raise for teachers. House mem bers favored a 16.09 per cent raise while Senete members voted for a 15 per cent increase. Raleigh clergymen Tuesday urged the State ABC Board to reveal to the public procedure of a meeting the board held in con nection with an investigation be ing conducted relative to liquor lobbyists furnishing free whiskey to some members of the General Assembly. The board, thus far, has not revealed action being tak en in the investigation. President Eisenhower has turn ed down any idea attempting e TV program to answer the inter view conducted last Sunday of Russia's top Communist, Nikita Khrushchev. Some, members of Congress have suggested the President be given TV-time, to be shown to Russian viewers, refut ing Khrushchev's claim the world will eventually go Socialist. The Supreme Court this week handed down a decision calling for the DuPont Company to dis pose of its stock in General Mo tors Cnrnnrnt.inn Th onui4 rut. ed DuPont, by owning 23 per ceni of GM stock, violates the anti trust law. The decision reversed a ruling of a lower court, which will have final say in determining if DuPont must sell all of the GM stock or will be permitted to re tain a part of its holdings. Final RitesHeld For Thomas Perry Funeral setvices for William Thomas Perry, 63, who died Thursday of last week in a Rich mond, Va., hospital after a short illness, were conducted last Sat urday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. James O. Mattox, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church. T The church choir, with Miss Kate Blanchard. at the organ, sang "The Lily of the Valley," and "Have Thine Own ''Way, Lord." -v;'':;!::.;:--V:;''';''v-i! Mr1. Perry was a'. native' and life. long resident of Perquimans County, son of the late William and .Ira Boy ce Perry and husband ;of Ethel Perry. Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Thomas Perry, Jr., of Limestone, Maine; one daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Beth Layton of Hertford; three brothe, Joe Per-1 ry, Raleigh Perry and Rob Perry of Center Hill; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Byrum of Edenton and! five grandchildren. ' .Pallbearers were B. Hoskins, Tom Madre, Will Madre, Robert Elliott, Luther Sitterson and Wil lie Lamb. Interment was in Ce darwood Cemetery. ;" " Jo Anne Matthews Becomes Bride Of Clifton Hollow! Sunday afternoon, June 2, at five o'clock at the Hertford Bap tist Church, Jo Anne Matthews became the bride of Clifton R. Hollowell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How ard Matthews of Route one, anj the bridegroom is the son of Mi-, and Mrs. W. F. Hollowell, Route three. The Rev. James O. Mattox, pas tor of the bride, assisted by Dr. Wade Goleston of Louisburg Col lege, performed the double ring ceremony in a setting of palms, white gladiolas, pom-poms, del phinium and lighted candles. Mrs. Charles Johnson, organ ist, presented the nuptial music and accompanied Charles John son, Jr., who sang "I Love You Truly," "Because"; Miss Anne Nelson sang "O Promise Me" and Miss Shelby Jean Overton sang "The Wedding Prayer" as the benediction. j The bride, given In marriage by ' her father, wore a wedding gown designed and given by her aunt, Mrs. E. E. Britt, of skinners sup per satin and chantilly lace fash ioned in a colonial design. Th? fitted bodice had a portrait neck line with scalloped lace re-em-broidersd in, seed pearls and ir ridescent sequins. The sleeves had a deep lace band ending in wedding points over the hands. The graceful skirt with front panel of lace swept in a full chap el train and was edged with a wide band of scalloped lace em broidered with seed pearls. Her fingertip veil of hand-rolled im ported illusion fell from a cap emboidered in seed pearls. She carried a prayer book topped with a white orchid and showered with stephanotis. The bride's only jewelry was a string of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. . Miss Mabel Frances Keel was ! maid of honor. She wore a street length dress of nile green and fit ted bodice and a very bouffant skirt. She wore a picture hat of matching material and carried a cascade of Marguerite daisies tied with rainbow colored ribbons. Mrs. Clarence Chappell, Jr., of Belvidere, was matron of honor and wore a pink dress styled a duplicate of that of the maid of honor. Her casecade of daisies were also tied with ribbons of rainbow colors. The bridesmaids were Misses Continued on Page 3 Measurement Of Checking of farms In Perquim ans County to determine compli ance with acreage allotments and soil bank agreements is now un sou DanK. agreements is now un- der way, it was announced this week by Helene W. Nixon, Per quimans County ASC Office Man ager. Virtually all farms must be visited by a representative of the ASC County Office to make either an accurage measurement or an estimate of crop acreages. ASC performance reporters will work singly since farm operators are expected to assist in any ne cessary acreage measuring. Miss Nixon stated that wheat acreage determinations have already been completed but that the work of measuring other crop acreages is yet to be done. Because market ing quotas are in effect, the acre age of cotton and peanuts on each farm must, be measured. . The corn acreage must be measured on all farms whose operators wish to comply with their corn allotment to qualify for price sup ports. This acreage must also be measured on any farm in the commercial , corn area on which acreage of any crop has been placed in the Acreage Reserve or which is participating in the Con servation Reserve. All acreage reserve tracts must I be measured, she said, and any (farmer participating in both the Acreage Reserve and the Conser vation Reserve must be in full compliance for any Soil Bank payments. Miss Nixon requested the assistance and cooperation of all farm operators In this big job of measuring crop acreages. Farm Acreage Is UnderwaylnCounty Navy Seeking Bid On Construction At Harvey Point Base Indians Lose In League Opener Perquimans' entry in the Albe- marie League opened season play against Sunbury last Tuesday night and lost a hard-played game by a score of 14-13. Both teams collected a total of 12 hits and the lead changed hands several times during the contest which was played in Suffolk, Va. Draper was the winning pitch- er for Sunbury while Chaason was credited with the loss for the In dians. Home games for the Indians during the coming week are scheduled as follows: June 12, Elizabeth City and June 14, Wil liamston. Person Sought In Mystery Shooting Sheriff J. K. White is conduct-. ing an investigation seeking the identification of the person who shot off a .38 calibre pistol last Tuesday night while passing the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lane, who reside at the town lim its on Grubb Street. The bullet from the pistol pass ed through a window of the home at 10 P. M., went through two walls within the house and lodg ed in th-? chimney. Neighbors reported to the au thorities they heard the shot at the same time a car was passing the home but they believed the noise to be a back-fire from the car's engine. It was also learned an unidenti fied Neero man was shot in the foot near the scene several nights previous to the shooting Tuesday. A report stated the Negro man at tempted to flag down a car, seek ing aid in changing a flat tire, when a gun was fired from the car, the bullet striking the man in the foot. Forester Reports Two Forest Fires Caused $44.00 Loss Perquimans County had only two forest fires reported during the 11 months period from July 1, 1956 to May 30, 1957, resulting in a loss of $44, it was reported to the Board of Commissioners J Monday by Lewis Stallings, Coun ty Ranger. In his report Mr. Stallings stat: ed the two fires burned about ve. acres of woodland. Stallings said this good, report was aue wjsier, locai lionst, nmuc oiimi5c- a favorable season, the organizeu prevention activities and the peo ple of tha county who cooperated to the fullest extent. The report also pointed out that during the year a pump was in stalled on the County Ranger's truck, and the transport vehicle for the tractor which serves this area was replaced by the State during the year at no cost to the counties. Also an additional, trac tor and fire plow unit was pur chased end stationed within the district. This unit, is normally sta tioned in Hyde County but the addition allows for a re-distribution of coverage areas for the oth er tractors giving each county a better, coverage with this heavy fire line equipment. Necessary maintenance has been given to the equipment, tow er and' grounds at the tower. The steps and 'landings on the tower have been wired for safety pur. poses, the tower has been insulat ed and a well placed on the tower site..- - Mr. Stallings expressed his ap preciation to the county people and the various agencies for the cooperation given his department during the past year. ' MASONS TO MEET . The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106 A. F. & A. M., will meet ' Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. 0 I Invitations to contractors to bid ! on a number of construction jobs at the Harvey Point Naval Base have been released by the Navy Department, it . was reported to The Weekly last Tuesday morn- ing from a reliable but unofficial source. The invitation states sealed bids for the construction of two sea plane ramps, a bulkhead, parking aprons, grading, storm drainage 'and several miscellaneous jobs will be received at the Public Works Office, Fifth Naval Dis trict, Norfolk, Va.. up until 2 P. M., on June 27, 1957. It is believed this invitation for bids calls for construction of all work approved by Congress for funding during the fiscal year 1957, which amounts to an esti mated four million dollars worth of construction. Estimates released bv Congress man Herbert U. Bonner to this ni'wspaper last January, at which I Mr. Bonner stated the Navy was working to receive bids on the project during April, revealed Congress had approved several major projects for construction at Harvey Point during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. A demolition contractor com pleted the job early last monh of tearing down the old buildings situated at Harvey Point which construction piannea at tne Dase. The estimates on costs of the projects funded for this fiscal year was reported as follows: Air craft parking area, $964,000; sea plane ramps (2), $1,201,000; bulk-' head, $915,000; dredging, $1,153,- ooo. .;' In addition to the $4 million approved in the current budgpt for Harvey Point, Congressman -Bonner advised Mayor V. N.'Dai"' den week before last about $5 million has been tentatively ap proved for the base during the year beginning July 1, although this amount, as yet, has not been voted by Congress1. HD Club Members Hold Flower Show Perquimans County Home Dem onstration women had a flower show in the Agricultural Building . - ,i, nr,. tu r Tin j May 27 when M.s W. C Dp- ments of locally grown flowers. Forty-five of the club members and others enjoyed every minute of Mrs. Dozier's discussion of the principles of flower arranging. She showed diagrams of the dif ferent types of bouquets stressing the idea ' of making the outline first and then filling in with flow- ers. The purpose of the demon stration was to show the women that the flowers they grow can be nicely arranged in their own con tainers. Those attending were asked to bring flowers and con- tainers if convenient. , Needless to say. flowers and containers were plentiful.., : Mrs. Dozier showed three love ly arrangements from her shop and during the evening made 14 of : the flowers brought,- " These were presented to the women wh6 brought the bowls or vases. She reminded the audience that a flor ist was always glad to help peo ple with their flower problems, and she would be glad to be con sulted., After all she was a neigh bor and friend as well as being ' in business. "I feel that it was the nicest special interest meeting since I have been in the county and the home demonstration clubs and ? are very grateful to Mrs. Dozier, stated Florence Webb( home dem onstration agent. , j
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