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f Vf i:: J i -". . . i ; 1 im 'VV ft . V V . GOOL, VISTA Cool off' during jlJithat you're standing in th "' diameter Ian. It located in an , J ( be the largest of its kind ever i i nour snrieK mrougn .tne tunnel t i ijdrcrafUwprks in Bristol, England. v 1 .. , ! ( Plans Announced Fop Ahnualii jSfe-; ':f l-.Fnni - Home WeSJiiWii Ukfii$i fel"'-''iV''-' :" " - . In orde t' m-Ju n ... r.n ll. -I T ' acres of ( North Carolina State College and the N. C. Agricultural Exten sion Service will play hosts to more than 2,000 home demonstra tion club women at this year' Farm-Home Week,. August 5 through 8 on the campui of the college, it was announced by .Ruth Current, state home demonstra tion agent. The week's activities will begin Monday , afternoon with registra tion in the William Neal Rey- nolds Coliseum and an evening program at 7:30 P. M. ; The four-day meet is designed jfrimarfiy for women this year ra ther "than the combined program for fneiiahd women which has been followed in,past years. Approximately IS different classes inv'-ous subjects icf-jiv " tereat, tortharoliha's fidme demonstration club 'women will be taught by outstanding instruc tors to be announced at a later "date. , . Some of. the classes will he 'of such subjects as: trends in home decorating, modernizing old pic- ture frames, wildlife'on the farm, fcraided rugs, farm pond and wa ter safety, you and your clothes, keeping plants healthy,' supple- menting the electric range, what's new in home lighting, children! and money, parliamentary proced- ure,, outdoor cooKery, ana jooas stagett at valley j-orge, . i'enn., for wedding and anniversary re-1 July 7 td 17. . ' . -ceptions. , . ,. j Bobby, who has achieved prac- -Special activities; suqh as -,a ticeiiy aU of the hon0rs and rec fashion show and a talent 'Show ognition offered in Scouting, was will be features of the week, 4n; -pieptpd for the staff bv Alnha addition to Thursday's activities as part of the annual meeting of the .State Federation of Home Demonstration j- hibSc j Election and announcement of officers for 1958. will be held on Federation 'Day!.,.;.; ,irh.t l-.- v,:r-x 1957. officers - are as i follows: President, , Mr. Jlalph. Proffitt, Bald .Creek;', 1st r vice-president, Mt?j L. B. Pate, New Bern, Route 2; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. V. I. HockadayAQanoke Rapids, Route 1; recording secretary, "Mrs. Rob ert A. Gentry, Roxboro, Route 3; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. A. Gains, carthage, Route 2; treas urer; Mrs. Charles Gough, Hamp tonville; and co-ordinating treas urer; Mrs. ,W. T, Tatum, Olin, Route 1. For further information regard ing : Farm-Home . Week, contact you? local ; home-' demonstration ageqt " -r' ' ' New ofJi'cers for 'the Heruord Lions Club for the 1957-58 year were installed at a meeting of the club held last Friday night New president tf the club is Joe TunncII, wvo succeeds Ii. M. Thorn? on &3 I-aJet of the or fntiizaiion. Ciher- c"iki3 in clude Claude Br?nn,i first vice r Mic5 r.. ice 1 -t '-i ' ' the next hot spell. Imagine draft from this huge, 22-foot1 j yd au-wooci wma xunnei, saia to t- built Gales, of 20Q miles per V;?; to test aircrait designs h w io .'Staff AttlationEi Scout JzmborGS - BOBBY MATTHEWS' " . A Hertford Boy Scout, Bobby Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred T' Matthews, has been ap- uolnted to the carim staff for theft National Scout Jamboree to be . i Phi Omega,- national Scout fra ternity, which chose 30 "youths trom over the nation to serve at the national jamboree, -. . . , During the past year he has been a student at the University of North Carolina, During the 'camporee members of the staff, Of which Matthews will . be member; will direct traffic, " Tiandle' mail detail, and will . act as ushers during the Presidents visit tp the sie. '. Polling Places : For Nickels Yote , The "Nickels for Know How" election will be held, on Friday. August 23, , in , this state and everyone that purchases feetl or fertilizer are . eligible, to. vote in this election regardless of age or sex. ' R. M. .Thompson; County Agent, says. V . ' ' ' "Eastern , North Carolina has received more benefits from this program f -research than all the other ' programs; that ; have been instigated in years' past and, is one that i we should continue to support!" , (1 ' " " The, following plates il ':Ter quimans , County ' are ' voting places; Agricultural Building in Hertford, Lv'L. Chappell's store at r Bel videre, 1 Wink Wlnslo w's stoi;e at Whiteston, R. M. Baker's store at Whiteston, J. L. Curtis store, Wade Jordan's store, S. T. Perry's v store, Fred , Wipslow's store, O. D. 1 m .J J. F- IIol lowell & . "He sure t ' v ' in tv.!? e' c i n It iv o 1 i -t it Th 1 1 RppoinieDioiizmp Hertford, Perquimans County,: North Record Shows Oyer Plantin&Of Peanut illilillllifn iotlfiait I Wjtwl I hav been ' mailed to, t ; pWaljte' W equima,hs County; ,HeW,WJNiW douri-' i ty. ASC office nianftgetv Baid to day. - - , Approximately 43 per cent of the peanut farms are planted in excess of the - farm allotments, whereas the percentage of "ex cess" cotton farms is about the same as in past years. ; Any producer having reason to .believe that the measured acreage of his allotment crop is incorrect may . have such acre age remeasured by filing a writ ten .request at the ASC office together .'with a cash deposit to cpVr the cost of making the re measurement. In the case . of cotton, the request must be filed by July - 12, and in the case of - ftoiub, .mc ic peanuts,' , the :- request ' must be filed by July 20. In making a ijemeasurement, it is found that was made in tne ong- measurement, the deposit r.the farmer will be re- him. .' In order to bring the planted acres of cotton within the cot ton- farm allotment, the "excess" cotton acreage must. be disposed of by. July 25. A written re quest together with a cash de posit to coyer the cost of the re porter visiting the farm and checking disposition must be filed at the ASC office before disposi tion can be checked. In the case of "excess" peanuts, a ' written request for measurement together with a cash deposit. must be filed in the county ASC office by July 20, otherwise the cost for mea suring peanut acreage and check ing disposition is doubled. I i Anyone desiring further infor mation regarding measurements and disposition of excess acre ages, please call at the ASC of- Ifice, Hertford. Fire Ce'jses Loss Of 52,D Monday Hertford - firemen battled a stubborn fire for more than an hour at the home 1 of Wilbur Owens here, last Monday morn' ing before bringing the flames under control. Loss from the fire was estimated at more than $2,' 000 by unofficial -sources. The building is owned by Z. A. Har ris. The origin of the fire was not determined but it is believed to have started in the attic of the house due to faulty wiring. The blaze had gained consid erable headway before the fire men were notified and firemen reported the flames had destroyed most of the timber and wooden shingles which were covered by a metal roof. i . ' ; ; Most Of the personal property of Mr. Owens, located on the first floor' of 1 the house, was ' saved from: the fire but practically all furnishings which wereon the, second floor were reported dam aged or destroyed by the blaze ASC Deadline Nears For Acreage Data , August 1 is the last day Per quimans County farmers may file application, at the county ASC office to preserve their acreage history of com. Farmers not planting then en tire corn allotment, , who filed a history ,; preservation request will receive , 'credit for planting the base corn acreage establish ed for their, farm. t The signing of a history preservation request prevents a; farmer .from losing his corn'; allotment,, as a . result of not planting the entire. allot ment. , I , T , , ' Farmers ' desiring , . additional information about the corn acre age allotment program, are urg ed to " visit . the ; Verquimans County ASC office. k ' Eir.TH AK"OUNCEMSNT , Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Perry an nounce the birth of a, son, Joel Senja nin, born Sunday, 1 June :o, 8t Cho" -1 I- Ital. lrs. Teiiy -j t" i f.... .r I 3 Toiotay WhidUe. Counts Hertford Scouts w Attending Camp Ij I ' Fifteen Boy Scouts of Hertford Troop No. 155 left last Sunday for Virginia to attend the annual summer Scout camp. Adult leader for the group is Clinton Eley. Scouts attending the camp are Reed Mathews, Neal Cole man, Donald Chesson, Billy Wil lis, Riley Williams, Charlie Banks, Alton Daniels, Carlyle Woodard, Vern Hardison, Jr Percy Newburn, Jimmy White, Harry Winslow, Charles Eley, Levern Jordan and Guy . Mc Cracken. The boys will return home Saturday. BoardOfHedth : l', X MA Efforts on the part of the ad ministrative unit of the District Health Department to curail ser vices of the 'department during the coming year are being oppos ed by a majority of the members of the District Board of Health, it was learned this week. The trouble arises from budget ary problems. County units which comprise, the health district have made appropriations for the dis trict department for the fiscal year 1957-58 on practically the same basis as during the year which ended June 30. , It, seems,' according to reports allegedly coming from the admin istrative officer, that this sum, Is insufficient to meet the needsof the budget 'for the department for the current ' year. ; r -. It was learned that a pfirj of the curtailment if the servicesi'it is being -proposed that one nurse who works part-time in Perquim ans and Chowan counties be re lieved of her duties for the year, This action is not meeting with the approval of the areas affect ed. i ;' " One of the problems involved appears to stem from the provis ions of the merit system under which most of the employees of the ' health department work; however, it was reported to this newspaper that a number of the employees expressed satisfaction over wages now being received and stated they would continue on the job at salaries being paid. It is understood a called meet ing of the District ' Board of Health will be held within a short time during which the problems will be ironed out with efforts be ing made to maintain the services as now exist. Vcri3ty0f Cases Before Rcccrfcr Seven cases of ,.a varied na ture were disposed of during this week's term of Perquimans Re corder's Court which was in ses sion on Wednesday instead of Tuesday Clarence Winslow and Marvin Newbern submitted to charges of speeding and each paid the costs of court. Jesse Overton pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign and he was ordered to pay the ,court costs. George Bonner, Negro, . was fined. $10 and costs of court af ter he submitted to charge of driving with impropei lights. ' Prayer for judgment was on tinued -apon' payment of costs in the, case, ., in which 'James Batt was charged with . driving with insufficient brakes. ' ' i - : A .Charlie Harris, Negro, entered a plea, of guilty to a charge of being drunk onB highway. He was sentenced to fouf days In jaiL Lovett Smith entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife. He was given a six months road sentence, same to be suspended upon payment of fine of $23 and costs rand the condition' he hot molest his wife for a period of two years:1- -.'... ' , " Carolina, Friday, July 12, 1957. WRONG ELEMENT Usually an airplane is found in the air or on the ground biit here's one looking like an ailing whale in a pool of water.; The fuselage of the huge Boeing KC-135 jet aerial tanker is being given hydrostatic tests in a 300,000-gallon tank to simulate . high altitude stress and strain. The KC-135 it a military Version of Boeing's commercial jet airliner. Test ing took plc In Seattle, Wash. Indians Contests And Drop To Second Position Two losses to Williamston last week dropped the Hertford In-i dians into second place in the standing of the Albemarle League. Games scheduled with Edenton were postponed due to the All-Star game which was played here on July 4. Hertford's- schedule for this week called for games with Sun bury and Camtuck. The Camden team will' play in Hertford on Thiirsday night. The Indians will play in Elizabeth City next laftSday u. night ancL. jn Hertford against the Albiesr on Wednes day night. ' Williamston ' nosed out the In dians in the second game of the series Wednesjday of last week by a score of 8 to 7. The Indians gained a 5-2 lead in the contest but Williamston rallied to score two runs in the f itfh and sixth and one each in the eighth and ninth. Paul Matthews went the dis tance for Hertford and allowed 10 hits, as compared to the visi tors 12 hits off Ben Stevenson, who also lasted the entire game. Claxton Stallings, Marvin Hun ter, Ted Chappell and Joe Towe collected two hits apiece for the Indians, while Griffin got three for Jive for Williamston. One of Griffin's hits was a homer in the sixth inning with one mate aboard. . A. Hardison hit two for five for the locals. On Thursday night the Indians marked up their 13th victory,, of tne season against Sunburj, -winning the game by'"ari''8-3 count. Ted Chappell went,.; the '.route as pitcher for Hertford) giving ;up six hits, , two of them ' by Draper. The Indians collected 12 hits off Jimmy Draper, Sunbury "pitcher. Matthews, Carver, Cliff and Joe Towe led the hitting for Hert ford, each getting two hits. . AvdcMtFIIA Farm operating loans are now available through the Farmers Home Administration to eligible farm families for the purchase of machinery, livestock, equipment, fertilizer, "seed, tractor fuel and other 1 rafm and home operating I expenses needed to carry out ef ficient farming operations on family-type farms.. In some in stances loans may be made for the refinancing of existing debts. To tbe eligible for 'a" loan ah applicant must be unable to ob tain, sufficient credit from other sources be a citizen of the Unit ed States, have farming experi ence or training sufficient to in dicate reasonable prospects of conducting successful operations, derive the major portion of his income front farming and spend the major, portion of his time in ' Continued oa Page Six - it,. mm THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Most of the world is still at tempting to ascertain cause of the purge of top Russian leaders by the Communist committee which now appears to .be directed sole ly by Kruschev, , Concensus of opinion is Communism, as a gov erning 'theory', -is in trouble be cause of greater demands by the people for a better . standard of living. Khruskchev, it is report ed, hopes to gain time by divert ing the thoughts of the people living under Communism from daily problems to one pertaining to the political makeup of the party. Washington reporters predict the Senate debate over a civil rights bill may develop into a filibuster that may last for weeks. Southern senators op pose some sections of the bill, claiming passage will make the Attorney General a dictator. Senator Richard ; B. Russell is leading the opposition to the bill. He states the public has not been informed as to the full impact of the proposed law and adds the facts should be given to the people. - , , A Wake County grand jury this;, week indicted two men in connection with v charges that members of the last Legislature were . furnished with free liquor. One of the men, Frank Sims, is charged with engaging a hotel room under a false name and the other, Fred Kelly, is charged with transporting liquor in il legal quantity. Two separate investigations are being conducted of the train wreck which occurred last week when a Norfolk Southern freight train crashed through the trestle LiuaauiK njuciiuuic iouuiiu. iwui .row memWs rliorl in tho ufrerlr The ICC is conducting an investi gation of charges the trestle was not safe. The railroad is also in vestigating the - cause of wreck. ' -; tne ; Irf Washington Tuesday the House reversed itself by voting to' continue the Soil Bank pro gram ; for another year. Two months ago the' House voted to kill most of the program. A re port stated . the 'program i'will likely be approved for at least one more year. A heat wave which has grip ped this section of the state. for several days set a record Tuesday when the temperature soared near the 100 mark. Raleigh re ported an official 98 reading while at Elizabeth City the CAA reported the temperature hit 99. mi i- j Lose Two Zoning Ordinance For Hertford Is Adopted' . ' 1 . ; .Delayed Hi Budgetary problems at Wash ington has delayed the awarding of construction contracts at Har vey Point Naval Base, it was learned this week by The Weekly from an official Navy source. . Bids for the work were opened on June 27 and a bid of $2, 184,000 was submitted by the Diamond Construction Company of Savannah, Ga. Your reporter was advised the contract will, in all probability, be awarded as soon as the situ- ltion in Washington has been cipared. II, To County Crops Drv weather has taken its toll on corn and peanuts here in Per nuimans Countv with cotton. peanuts and soybeans showing rom sugnt 10 serious enecis from dry weather, it is reported t t- t m 1 . . oy a. lvi. inompson, ouniy Agent. From observation of the farms in the county and also talking to various farmers here in Perquimans, it appears that corn has probably been cut at the present time as high as 65 due to the dryness of the spring and summer months with the late com possibly doing a little better if we receive some moisture in the next few days. The early maturing varieties of corn have naturally suffered the most because there was not anv moisture when the corn -was Weather Causing Serious Damage fn the -process "of ptoUinatioj&aWon PPate wf b? .pr?Wi Peanuts, soybeans lnd cotton all arestued, but the possibility of making from a fair to a good yield on these crops would be good is the;-"hoped for" rain does occur within the next few days. Pastures, even if they have not "been grazed are in bad shape and the possibility of -these pastures coming out even with rain in some places are very remote. Some of the farmers in the coun ty that have planted oats and wheat have not yet planted their crops of soybeans and milo be hind these small grain because of insufficient moisture that would bring about germination of these seed. According to some of the farmers in Perquim ans County, crops are suffering worse from dry weather at this time of the year than any time in the many years past and has been the dryest spell .that this area has suffered since records have started being kept. The last -good rain that was general in Perquimans County was about the first of April and this caus- edd many people to get poor stands due to lack of moisture for germination and the dry spell since has cut the yield on those crops that have germinated. MRS. JOHN BUCHANAN PASSES IN DURHAM Mrs. John A. Buchanan of Durham died Tuesday night in Watts Hospital after an illness Of Several months She was the daughter of the late Mary Newby Toms and Clinton White Toms. She is survived by her husband, John A. Buchanan; five daugh ters-and one sister, Mrs. Eddie Cameron of Durham; one broth er, ' Zack. i Toms of New York. She was the niece of Mrs. G, E. Newby, Mrs. Simon Rutenberg and Mrs. T. - S. ; White, Sr., of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted in Durham on Thurs dayi;r,.;:':r vV HERTFORD ROTARIANS . TO. HOLD STEAK FRY 4 The Hertford Rotary Club will not; meet at its usual hour next Tuesday night but will, instead, hold a steak fryat Harvey Point at 6:15 on Wednesday,, July 17. Dr. A. B. Bonner and C. C Shouse compose a committee on arrangements for the outing1. 5 Cents Per Copy. By Board A zoning ordinance, under con sideration by the Town Board fpr ; several months, was adopted at i. a meeting of the Board held in the Municipal Building last Mon-1 day night. Prior to its adoption the ordin ance, as proposed by a five-man planning board, was amended by the commissioners and a number N of the sections in the law which had been objected to by proper ty owners were deleted from the law. The ordinance will become ef fective following publication for two weeks, probably about the last of this month. Generally speaking the ordin ance zones the Town of Hertford into three districts, residential, business and industrial Under the law as adopted by the board residents may be situated in any of the three zones; business es tablishments, however, can locate only in business and industrial : areas and industries may be sit uated only in industrial sections. The section pertaining to resi dential zones, as proposed by the planning board, was amended by the commissioners and about the only restriction placed upon homes concerns front and side yard requirements. The planning board had proposed two residen tial zones, one requiring a lot to contain 8,000 square feet and the other to contain 6,000 square feet. Under the law as amended there is no restriction as to size of lots but it is required that no build ings be constructed closer than six feet to the lot line. All proposed regulations per taining to construction and height limits were stricken from the pro posed law. The ordinance provides the Town Board shall appoint a five man board of adjustments which will have the power to hear and" eny Owners desiring ; to : have property changed from one classi fication to another. The commis sioners are now in process of se lecting this appeal board. , The ordinance also provides that building permits must be se cured from the town prior to any remodeling of present buildings or construction of new buildings. These permits may be secured from the Town Clerk. F. T. Britt was named as building inspector as provided for under the ordin ance. ; Soil Bank Checks Mailed To Farmers Soil Bank payment checks " have been mailed from the Per quimans County ASC office to farmers who were in compliance with the farm allotments on farms cdvered by a 1957 cotton and 1957 corn acreage reserve agreements, Helene W. Nixon, of fice manager, announced tdoday. Payments were made by nego tiable certificates which can be ' cashed at any local bank. Pay ments in the amount of $2,344.80 -have been made to 15 farmers who participated in the cotton acreage reserve program, and payments in the amount ot $3, 346.70 have been made to 11 farmers who participated in the corn acreage reserve program. All fanners have been notified of their planted acres and pay ments will be made to other farmers participating in the Soil Bank programs as soon as the planted acreage of allotment crops have been adjusted to the farm allotments. Farmers cannot graze or har-r vest a crop from the land cover- ed by Soil Bank agreements dur ing the calendar year -1957. Cov er crops consisting of soybeans must be plowed under by Sep tember 15; lespedeza and crotol aria ployed under by November 30- .. , A farmer must comply with all crop allotments and his acreage reserve contract to be eligible for Soil Batik payments. Farm ers violating their , contract; will be required to forfeit all pa; ' earned under the cohtarct will be subject to a civil
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