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it t tit ViKT s -1 r t 3 WEEKLY "Volume XXIV. Number fc Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 19, 1957. 5 Cents Per Copy. i - i 1 m , 1 i v 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 f 1 1 - ft ' . x -JLLJ li LVli jrA L l bj 3 A total of 11 cases, most of I'whichi involved, traffic violations, were listed on the docket of Perquimans Recorder's Court at - the session here last Tuesday, The State took a ftol pros with , ' leave in the case in which Calton j. Perry, Negro, was charged with ' driving without a license and ' driving on - the. left side of V r: highway. . -: Lee Swindell paid a fine of $5 " and, costs , after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Costs of court were taxed) against Clyde White, who subr. mitted to a charge of improper i passing. ' . Herman Brinson pleaded guilty) to a charge of speeding and paid , , the costs of court William ' Bogues, Negro, paid the costs of court on a . charge of driving with insufficent brakes. He entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Prayer for judgment .was con tinue in the case in which Hay wood '. Bland ' : submitted ,1 to ; a charge ef pass.ng in a restncted McEllroy Chappell . submitted to a charge of failing to ob serve ' a' stop sign and paid the - court costs. : James Overton, Negro, entered plea of guilty to a charge of assault. He wa given a 30-day jail sentence to . be suspended upon payment of ,aNiine of 25 , and costa'of court. Curtis Whedbee paia a fine of $25 and court costs aftV plead ' "Ing guilty to a charge sof driving without 'a license. , " Ralph Poole was fined $24 and " c06ts after he pleaded' "guilty, toj " vTrl.i,fg9 'oftrmlttinga'fti wlM ' censed operator to onve his car. ' William Mooret Jr., Negro, en tered a plea - of guilty to a charge of iiiterfering with an of ficer in performance of duty. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs. 237c:lFrc-:ccrs . Incentive payment checks on shorn 'woo and payment checks on lambs and ' yearlings sold during the 1956 marketing year were mailed . June .12 to all eligible producers in the county, Helene W. Nixon, r Perquimans County -ASC office -manager, said today, S 'Payments in the i amount of $257.89 were , -made to 23. pro ducers; These .payments v were authorized by 'the National Wool AcU.of 1954 to encourage the lijcrease production . of , wooL The amount of the incentive payment to each applicant for shorn wool payment was 40 per cent of the net proceeds receiv ed by the producer, after mar keting deductions, ' Therefore, the more a producer received for his wool, the more incentive payment hcreceived. t Payments on eligible lambs and yearlings were made at a fixed rate of 71 cents per hundredweight of live animals marketed. ' '. Similar payments have been announced by : the Department of -riculture for the 1957 mar lc"...: - year, April 1, 1957, t rough .March 31, 1358 Since ; psyments on shorn wool are bfj sod ''oq the actual price re ceive!, growers are' urged to c" ' the best possible price f r t' eir wool. I TII A". VTTC ITT i ' "". and It .cf Ker :i of a & i July n ' e as -C, is t' e s. E. D. Ashley, -"-nee the : '7 fe-s, ' t e r Dccket Sunday School Picnic July 24th The annual Sunday School pic nic for First Methodist Church, Hertford? will be Wednesday af ternoon, July 24, at the Eliza be. . City Pool ; , The Sunday School . group , will meet at the church at 4:30 tor yo to Elizabeth City. Swimming will be free from 3:00 until, 7:00 P. M. Each family is . asked to bring a picnic basket. i. . - i! i tj:;s ms i;eadu;;es An administration-backed civ il rights bill now before the Senate , is expected to stir up bitter debate on the Senate floor before final action is vot ed on the - measure. The pro- I Will . u..tn;.i Mnlinni ed to by a large number-of conservative Senators . and Washington re ports state amendments will be offered to the bill which will delete these opposed sections. The Department of Defense announced a 100,000-man cut in the armed i forces during the fcoming year; The action, it was reported, ' is an economy mov expected to save the government about $200 million per year. The Army j was ordered to -" absorb one-half of the cut while .the remainder will be divided ' be tween, thfi Naw. Marines . and Alrlorce."' "-V- jA change in policy regarding the upkeep and addition to sec ondary road systems has been announced by the State High way Commission. Each county of the state will be allocated a definite amount ' of funds for maintaining and paving second ary roads. . The amount will be determined by traffic volume, population and ' area . served. When allocated funds : are . de pleted no work will be sched uled until the funds are re plenished. ' James M. Cox,' three time gov ernor of Ohjo and 1920 Demo cratic nominee for the" presid ency, died in Dayton, Ohio, last Monday at the age of J 87. He was - actively engaged in pub ushing a chain ol newspapers until stricken last week. Eu".7.ll"3l!'XC!l (lli:!jl'cC:rcctcr CEiyliSc!:::! Edward B. Lane -of Hertford has accepted the position of ath letic director and head football and ' baseball, coach at Cary Senior High School for the1 com ing year, it was announced by A. B. Craig, ' assistant principal at the school. Cary is a member of the District III Class AA Ath letic Conference. , Mr. Lane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lane of - Hertford He attended Perquimans High School, . where he starred in all sports. He received his AM de gre'e from Atlantic Christian College and has completed grad juate work ih physical education at the , University of North Ca- rolina. '-:' i : '' He served three years as an officer, in the U. S. Army. Ltat year Lane wns' coach at !prfog Hope High EJiool. - cj::c:l to v:t , : r-::.:."i r - s. cou e r - C7l a Jj-' 1 C J V-"1' i -'-' 'v C ' y -V -' ' PRESERVED IN WATER The new German Navy's first training submarine, UW 20, floats in the Kiel harbor after lying 28 fathoms deep In the Baltic, Sea for 11 years. The sub, which never fired a shot or a torpedo at an enemy vessel, required a year of renovation after it was located and raisedJTrom Hwatery resting place. Indians To Play Edsnton Here On Sunday Afternoon A postponed baseball game be tween the Hertford Indians and EdentoA will be played on Mem orial Field : in Hertford Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30 o'clock, ,it was reported today by John Morris, Indian manager. During the past week the In dians dropped into third place in the , Albemarle . League standing after losing a two-game series to Camtuck. The first game of the series was played in Hertford last Thursday . night Camtuck won a 6-3 verdict after having jumped into a 5-0 lead during the early innings of the contest. The Indians cpllected only two hits off? Jrlastings, Camtuck" pitcher, while ' the Camden crew nicked PaTuI" Matthews for 12 safeties:''" " kin a return game at -Camden on Friday night the two- teams battled1!, down to, the, wire with Camtucfc taking the deofsioh 9 to 8. The score was tied four times during the - game but Camtuck tallied a run in the bottom of the ninth to win. : Hertford players got 16 hits while Cam tuck collected 12. Riddick start ed on the mound for the Indians but ' gave way to Ted Chappell in the fifth after Camtuck. went ahead on a7 4-3 score. Camtuck used three pitchers, Hastings. Williams and Paul: Carver with four hits led the Indians' batting attack, while Price got .three for Camtuck. On Tuesday night the Indians chalked up. their 17th win for the season against eight losses, by tab bing Elizabeth City 12 to 11 in a tfnmA nlnvfl in IT.Iivahpth Pifv' l, Hertford collected a total of 16 hits off : Manager Jim Curtis. Johnny Morris and Cliff Towe led the way with four hits apiece, two of Morris', being doubles which came when his flies to left field struck the light wires. Towe had a triple and three singles. D. A. Carver walloped a home run for the Indians. Elizabeth City jumped on Paul Matthews, Lane and Chesson for 15 base knocks with Clyde Briggs who ; also starred in centerf ield with, a pair of brilliant catches, showing the way. Briggs had a double and two singles, Gordon Sawyer, John Tatum, Gerald Brooks, Phillip Bates and Curtis had two hits apiece. llrillUsbsDS CostLirc Clyde Patton, executive director of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, thisi week, advised buyers of state resident, hunting licenses and 'combination hunting fishing licenses, that the increase provided, by the 1957 legislature goes into effect on August 1st.. The hunting license will cost $4.1M and , the combination license will cost $5.25, an inorease of $1 ahd $1.15. r Patton said that the increase in ,' state resident' flhir? licenses J from $3.10 to $1.10 wiJ not be ef- tive i'r' 1 T 1. 1858, V Pi Piiil. County 4-H Glub Group To Attend Meet In Raleigh Next week, July 22-27, will be "the week of the year" for Tar Heel farm boys and girls attends ing annual 4-H Club Week at N. C. State College in Raleigh. Approximately 1,200 members of ; 4-H Clubs representing every county in the state along with county farm and home agents are expected to be on hand for the, event which will be held Monday through Friday, according to L. R. Harrill, state 4-H club leader for the N. C, Agricultural Extension Service at State College. V ' : ; State finals in tests will be held, during v- thela Whitey Matthews. swK; Thtlub membes - tending Club Week fought their way up through community. county, and district contests , to reach the state finals. , ; In addition, some of the dele gates to National 4-H Club Con gress will be chosen and new members will be tapped into the 4-H Club Honor Club. New State Welfare Program Became Effective Twenty Years Ago - Twenty years ago this month North Carolina put into effect the public assistance program provid ed for in the Federal Social Se curity' Act, ' . , The financial aid given under this program, begun in 1937, was made available to needy old peo- pie through old age assistance i pendent children im uugu aiu iu uepenaeni cnuaren (ADC). , At a later time, in 1951, the program' of ai to the'perma nently and totally disabled (APTD) was added. ,The three programs provide help to persons too old to work, too young to work, or too disabled to work. , The State Board of Public Wel fare is the agency responsible un der North Carolina law for the supervision of these programs through the cooperation, admini stration, and services of county welfare departments. Dr. Ellen Winston, commissioner of .the State Board, states that approxi mately three-fourths of the cur rent cost ' of public assistance grans is paid by. the Federal gov ernment, over one-eighth by the State, and one-tenth by the coun ties. . " . ' , Amendments in 1958 to the So cial Security Act have given em phasis, to non-financial services and to research and training in the public welfare field. Both of these emphases have 'been a strong part of the North Carolina Drosram for1 several years. The non-financial ' services -rendered public assistance' cases help 1 in many instances to keep the pay ment lower than they would oth erwise need tci.be. ' I Since the State law did not be come effective until July 1, 1937, the first full calendar year of op eration was that of 1938. In 1938 there Were approximately 32,000 needy persons 65 years of age or older receiving old age assistance (OAA). About 2C0 persons in l, 3 cf t" "t e" j-j-pnt were re ! ! '1". y r " r cf oli - i -'it- -V Council officers will also be elect ed during the week. "Improving Family and Com munity Living" will be the theme Of the (Special week highlighting the outstanding accomplishments of 4-H Club members throughout the state. Representing Perquimans Coun ty at the state event will be Sally Ruth, Hurdle, Jean Edwards, Be.th Skinner, Ann Lane, Rachael Spi Vey, Becky Gregory, Letitia Mc Googan, Betty Brown, Lois Violet Winslow, Ed Nixon, Billy Nixon, ftov ChaDoell. Wayne Howell. many 4-H,. con Vernon Winslow, . Billy Hudson sld. during :thiia-Whitev Matthews. ' , - " jyeatured"- :HVeek will be finals in boys' Public Speaking contests, Dress Revue, H e a 1 1 h Pageant, Recognition Ceremony for State 4-H Demon stration Winners, and the Parade of 4-H Club Talent. The week-long event closes on Friday evening with the impress ive, candlelighting ceremony. ing OAA over this 20 year period has fluctuated from year to year fo a variety of reasons. '" At the present time the number of recip ients is remaining remarkably constant despite the fact that the number of older persons in North Carolina is being increased by some 8,000 per year. The begin ning benefits of the" old-age and survivors insurance program (OASI) has been a major factor in stabilizing the number of re- cipients of Old age assistance de- spite the rapid increase in persons over 65 years of age. The high point of the two dec ades in the number of recipients of old age assistance was reach ed in 1950 'when 63,000 persons were receiving aid. , i In April of this year the num ber of recipients was 51,700, who were receiving an average pay ment of $35 per month, or 85 per cent of minimum need. The rate of recipients in the population of older people has. dropped from a high of 273 per 1,000 in 1950 to 187 per thousand in 1957. The population of older people in the State has risen in the 20 year pe riod to almost double what it was in 1937. The, population of per sons 65 years of age or older h now estimated to be 285.000. . There were nearly 13,000 needy children receiving pid to, depend ent children (ADC) 20 years ago when that program was first be gun in this State. A number of amendments to the Social Securi ty Act over the years have broad' ened the program to provide es sential food, clothing, and shelter for. needy children. In 1953 an amendment added a responsible' adult to care for the children in each home receiving ADC, .;:?:k In' April of 1957 there were 64, 0Q0 children, receiving ADC and the monthly grant was $17,35, which actually provided for only 75 per cent of minimum need. An averr rf only thirty-four chil i. l,t;3 currently recrivfe Fnnnrrl Snrvin Conducted Sunday For J. Blie White Joseph Ellie White, age 76, died Saturday morning at 9:15 o'clock at his home on Church Street after an illness of six months. He was a native of Perquimans County and resided in Hertford tor tne past 4U years. He was the son of the late John Osborne and Margaret Trueblood White and husband of Mrs. Lucy Pet erson White. He was a mer chant in Hertford for 40 years having retired 11 years ago. He was a member of the Hertford Baptist Church, where he had served as a deacon for several years. Besides his wife, he is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. Ella Mae Vickers of Newton. N. C; five sisters, Mrs. L. R. Chappell of Elizabeth City. Mrs J. H. Harrell and Mrs. H. D. El liott, both of Edenton, Mrs. A. G. Griffin of Suffolk. Va.. and Mrs. A. B. Keene of Norfolk, IVa.; four brothers, Joshua T. White, John O. White II, Jacob i White and Julian White, all of Hertford; two grandchildren, Lou and Roy Vickers of Newton, N. C. I The remains were taken from Twiford's Funeral Home to the Hertford Baptist Church, where funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. J. O. Mattox, pastor. Members of the church choir sang "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" and the Cross." panied by "Jesus Keep Me Near They were accom Mrs. L. C. Winslow, organist. f The casket was covered by a pall of white carnations, baby breath and fern. ' Pallbearers were Robert A. White, R. M. Roddick, D. ' j. Pritchard, G. C. Buck, M." L r- J TT f , Interment was made in Cedar wood Cemetery. Corn Production Based on condition reports from farmers as of July 1, produc tion of corn in North Carolina is forecast at 68,450,000 bushels, down 15 per cent from the rec ord production of 80,688,000 bush els produced in 1956v according to the North Carolina Crop Re porting Service. Both acreage for harvest and prospective yields per acre are below last year's levels. The smaller corn acreage this year re suits primarily from reduced al lotments in zb commercial corn counties and a sizeable acreage placed in the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve. On July 1 droughty con ditidns prevailed in several heavy producing counties in the north eastern area of the State, and rainfall was badly needed in sev eral east-central counties. . BPW Club Holds Business Session The Perquimans BPW Club met Thursday evening at the home of Miss Hulda Wood for their Plan' nmg Program for the year. Mrs. Alice Towe presided, opening the i business session With the Club Collect. Members were briefed oi) their duties. Many plans were discussed, among them National Business Week observance and a Fall Style Show. At the close of the meeting, a delicious sweet course was served by the hostess. LOCAL AIRMAN ACHIEVES BASE HONOR IN -TEXAS AlC Tommy Jones, attached to the 508th Hospital Group at Del Rio, Texas, was among the Master Sergeants and. NCO air men to win recognition for out standing achievement at the base during the second quarter of 1957. in addition to receiving a cer tificate of achievement Jones was presented a letter of commenda tion for his wbrk. He is he son of Mrs. Pat Keegan of Hertford. MArcr3 Toirrrr The Pev' s 1 ""-rAc Lodje 15 Percent Drop Lions To Conduct Gar Safety Check On Friday July 26 Bank Announces New Interest Rate New interest rates on .savings fridayVJu,y 6' j W annound , , , . i today by Charles Skinner, Jr., accounts have been announced by (County coordinator for the car the Hertford Banking Company, i safety check program. effective July 1, it was reported! The Perquimans program will Monday by R. M. Riddick, Jr., president of the bank. The new rate to be paid on savings accounts will be three per cent annually. Mr. Riddick announced accounts opened on or before July 31, 1957 will bear in terest at the new rate. Mrs. Saunders To Preach Sunday At Methodist Church Mrs. Charles Saunders, Minister of Education at First Methodist Church, Elizabeth City, will, preach at the 11 o'clock worship service Sunday at f irst Metho dist Church, Hertford, it was an- nounced by the pastor, the Rev. James A. Auinan. Mrs. Saunders is a licensed minister in the Meth odist Church and has been serv- ng; as Minister of Education in Elizabeth City for about a year. Until recently, she held the posi tion of District Secretary of Youth Work in the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service. Mr. Auman will be at Lake Junaluska Sunday, representing the Elizabeth City District at the annual Southeastern Jurisdictlon MWkGmSmmiWm'yic wm oe wnney Matthews or the Epworth Methodist Church in Winfall, who will . represent the District in the Youth Section of the Missions Conference. "Whit ey" is the president of Chowan Perquimans Subdistrict of the Methodiet Youth Fellowship. Requirements Of Soil Bank Iu Effect Until December 31, 195'i Many farmers in the State have received payment under their 1957 Soil Bank contracts. H. D. Godfrey, Administrative Of ficer of the Agricultural Stabili zation and Conservation State Committee, issues a reminder to these farmers that harvesting or grazing from designated acreage is still not permitted. "The fact that payment has been received under the contract does not mean that the contract has expired," he said. Contracts under the Sou Bank Acreage Reserve will be in force through December 31, 1957. Under the Conservation Re serve phase of the Soil Bank Pro gram the producer agrees during the entire contract period to: (1) keep the designated acreage in the approved practice (2) harvest no crop from the designated acre age except timber under good for est management or wildlife (3) permit no grazing on designated acreage (4) control noxious weeds on designated land w comply with all acreage allotments except wheat allotment of less than 15 acres permitted or peanuts less than one acre. Under the AR phase of the Soil Bank . Program the producer agrees during the entire contract year to: (1) harvest no crop from the designated acreage (2) per mit no grazing (3) control noxi ous weeds on the and (4) com ply with all allotments (the same as required under the Conserva lion Reserve except that a wheat allotment may not be overplant- ed when wheat is being placed in the Reserve). ,-' Violations of terms of a soil bank contract during any part of the contract year will necessitate a refund by the producer of the amount paid, plus 6 per cent in-' terest. A civil penalty of 50 per cent of the payment may be ap plied where the violation is found to be wilful. According to Godfrey, ASC field representatives will again check farms participating In the Soil Bank before the end of the contract yer to determine if the I A one-day "slow down and live" auto safety check campaign I will be conducted in Hertford on ' be conducted under the sponsor ship of the Hertford Lions Club with Joe Tunnell and Louis Tar kington serving as a committee in cooperation with members of ! the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce and local garages and mechanics. A car safety-check station will be set up at the Municipal Build ing on Grubb Street and opera tions will start at nine A. M., and continue through the day until five P. M. Every motor vehicle owner in Perquimans County is urged to join in this second annual safety program by appearing at the check station to have his car or truck checked for proper steer ing, lights, horn, glass, rearview mirror, exhaust system, turn sie- nals, tires and windshield wipers, There will be no charge for the checks made to cars. If any of the items checked are found faulty the vehicle owners will be requested to have it corrected but there is nothing mandatory about the program. : . " The Slow Dqwn and Live cam paign was initiated in the summer ' of 1953 for the purpose of enlist- ing the public in a voluntary plan to help, curtail the ever-growing' accident rate on the nation's nigh" ways. Thus far the plan has been showing effectiveness as more-and tnbre h&orTS1&olun'teer for fre Jwffety.che.cks of tberrVehtcJoi..; The ; voluntary1 Inspection of cars conducted here last year proved to be a highly' successful venture and the county groups sponsoring the 1957 safety check is hopeful even more car owners will turn out Friday, July 28 than did last year. To Establish Coast Guard Auxiliary A special meeting will be held Friday night, July 26, at 7:30 o'clock at the Edenton Marina, located on Highway 17 South of Edenton to discuss the possible formation of a Coast Guard Au xiliary unit in Edenton. Membership in the Auxiliary is limited to persons, owning at least 25 of a motorboat, a private air craft, or an amateur radio station, but it is hoped that, all interested local boatsmen will attend. Also boat owners in neighboring towns are especially invited to be pres ent. Present from Norfolk, Va., for the meeting will be Commander C. M. Speight, director of Coast. Guard Auxiliary, 5th Coast Guard District, who will be accompanied by two assistants. Commander Speight and assist ants will arrive several hours early in order to inspect facilities and to conduct courtesy examine tions of any boats whose owners so desire. The greatly increased use of lo- cal waterways by local people, as well as by tourists and sportsmen, calls for increased attention to boating safety and instructions in safe boat handling. PERQUIMANS GROUP AT NFA CAMP THIS WEEK Eight NFA boys left here on Monday morning, July ; 15, to spend the week at the State NFA Camp in Onslow County, hear.. Swansboro, at Hammocks Beach. Club members making the trip were William Lightfoot, Dennis Johnson, Willie , Hunter, - Melvin Riddick, Walter Parker, Harvey Winslow, Floyd Felton eJ J.,! ; Norfleet. Meeting Called I"- "1
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