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I 1 iRQUIMAN W KLY Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 11, 195. 5 Cents Per Copy. Sheriff Concludes k i Volume XXIV. Number 41. C4.4.1 amI-i Tax Collections Town Board Meeting " , Settlement for the collection of In . I li J-' w - ; v,-- ...... - i r I J, 'Perquimans High School foot A -boilers! notched their third 8 1 " straight conference victory last Friday night by rolling to a 35 to 7 victory over a weaker team from Plymouth High." ... The victory gave the Indians a 3-0 score in the Albemarle Conference but the remaining two conference games will be . stiffer competition for the In- diaris than the first three con ' . tests. Perquimans will play al Williamston Friday night and the Green Wave, having lost to Edenton, will be out to upset the Indians. On Friday, October .18, - . Perquimans will play in Eden ' . toil, rounding out its schedule of conference games - for the sea ' son. ; : i Against Plymouth last Friday night the Indians had fumbilitis 1 - . most of the first quarter and failed to show their potential I strength. The period ended 0-0. f . On- the; opening play of the . i,e c o n d ' quarter Perquimans caught fire and Tommy Matthews raced u yards tor a id to give the Indians a lead never re linquished. Matthews scored again later on a 25-yard gallop and Tilley passed to John Miller for, a third TD, giving Perquim ans a 21-0 lead at half time.' Conversion points during .the first half were made by John v Matthews and Tilley. .1 Perquimans continued to over power Plymouth in the third quarter and Donnie Bateman x scored a TD after running for ff . 1 u.us t:ii.. ...... v.. HI i.U4ii, WUVCi bCU aAlU J Perquimans had a 28-0 lead. At y this point Coach Ike Perry re placed the . varsity with his re- serves and these boys gave a w fine : account of . themselves, holding - .the Panther offensive while scoring some nice gams " for Perquimans. , i.-;'3;'' .Plymouth scored its lone TD in the last quarter when Jack son raced for 22 yards and also added the extra , point. , ; School1 GKildreh Get Free Tickets For N.GrState Fair chnge Announceq InPrice Support! : prognunOnCorn " A recent national change makes price support available to corn producers, even though they do 7 not plant within their acreage al ; Iotment, Helene W. Nixon, , Per i i quimans County ASC office man ager, said today. The rate for North Carolina will amount to ap proximately $1.23 a bushel and this compares with the $1.49 sup- port rate, to producers in the same area who comply with their allotments. Both of these sup port levels are subject- to review at the beginning of the market-t(- ing year on October I, and they will be adjusted upward at that time if the combination of the 4 supply situation and parity war ' rants an increase. v,v- fi 'rj r . This change which allows sup- '. port to "non-compliers".- in the counties where allotments; arUin effect also affects ' the' WW 'da counties with no allotments; The. rate in triej non-commercial area taining midway, ; the "interestinit had previously been announced at exhibits -and the Folk Festival Ll? a busheL' However, under performances, these" young Fair .Htblie LawJ540'wheit supportiis goers will.? see ' trotting races, Liad available to "non-compliers" - In the commercial area,, the rate Jin the non-commercial area must be set at 70 per cent of parity, ; This "will make mandatory a sup ' port level of at least $1.32 a bush fll in' the non-commercial area in 1957. Corn allotments aretes tablished in the "commercial" area which includes 32.counties( iri eastern North, Carolina. , ' v , This rfctfch by the Secretary of '--riculture in making support;) to "non-compliers' -was; f THIS1 WEEK'S HEADLINES Launching of an earth satel lite by Russian scientists and en gineers resulted in talks being , .,, nooi!inc proposed between me . nussians and the United States to regu late control of space missiles. The successful launching of the missile by Russia caught the world by surprise and caused some demand ay v. a. politi cians for an investigation of the U. S. failure to beat the Soviets in the launching of the first satellite. ' : Meanwhile, U. S. officials state plans for launching our missile aie proceeding according to sche dule but the United States and other nations of the world are attempting to learn all they can from the Russian satellite through scientific observation of the Soviet globe as its orbits around the earth at a speed of 18,000 miles an: hour. Poland was the scene of riots again' this week when students protested banning of a publica tion which had been accused of publishing anti - Communist ar ticles. Riot police gassed and clubbed anti-Communist demon strators in Warsaw. Trouble within labor.unions is expected to result from the elec - Hon of James HOHa as president of the powerful Teamsters Union ilast.wcIt.fcTJiere .s baen some predictions labor laws will be strengthened to control union operations due to Mr. Hoffa's brushes with the law and Con gressional investigating commit-J tees. . Over 160 tickets to the North Carolina State Fair to be held in Raleigh October 15-19, have been received. ; by John T. Biggers, sunerinjtendent .of Perquimans County schools for free distribu tion to students who wish to be guests of the Fair management on either of the School Days, Tuesday, October, 15, or Friday, October 18, when, gate admission is' free to them and when spe cial School prices ; are, in, effect for the shows, rides and grand stand attractions. These tickets are a part of the 280,000 being mailed this week to superintendents of- all county and charter district school sys tems of the state. V v ) - Tuesday is known as Wake County Day and some 15,000 students' and teachers from the county system and" a like num ber from the Raleigh system are expected . for the official open ing ceremonies of the Fair and other special events planned for students. Friday is Young North Carolinian's Day, 4-H Club Day and Future Farmers1 Day. Tick- rets may" be used for either day, but not for both.; i : i-, H t In addition to the ,!e'ver-enter- i both horse and pbhy'i outstand- ing hippodrome and circus' acts, plus other grandstand shows; fa mous' TV and recording stars t at the Arena shows, brilliant fire works displays , and special events planned with their inter est in mind. , I MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No;-106, A. F.-& A. M, will meet 'i.. 1 1 - I 1.:! . tj.,LzX,l t . 't" Pictured here is the old and structure on the right is the one I ford Grammar School but has been given to the library by the Town Jhe brick building prepBrjng lt for use by the County Library. The o tion Committee for use by the youths ot the county. Library Fund Drive WthQuota&OOO Off To Good Start Contributions are coming inJ steadily toward the goal of $3,000 the Perquimans County Library Board is trying to raise to reno vate the building given by the Town and Board of Education as a library. Action on the part of numerous civic clubs and other organiza- tions in voting "full support to charged with driving after his li this project has been very grati- cense had been suspended, using fying to the library board, and license illegally, having no regis-, the response given by the public ( tration card and resisting arrest, in making contributions to the li- On the first count the defendant brary resulted in more than half of the goal being achieved last week. The Library Board is hope ful the $3,000 will be raised by next Saturday. Work has already been started and costs for illegal use of a li repairing the rear brick section cense tag and for failure to have whera this buildind was once i recistration card and resisting ar- joined to the old school. The 'town has had the trees in fr0nt I of the building trimmed and the 1imhs haneine over the roof have been removed," which adds great-', ly to the appearance of the build- j ing. The work of building shelves in 1 the main library building is nowi under way. 1 he removal ot shelves from the old building has necessitated stacking nunareas 01 books on the floor, but in spite of all this activity the library is open on its regular schedule for the circulation of books and new books are being received almost daily. When 'the building is finally made ready the present stock of more than 12,000 books will be adequately housed and the library will be in a position to utilize Continued on Page 6 County HD Council Elects New Officers New ' Home Demonstration Club County Council officers were elected at the Home Dem onstration County Council meet ing last week. The officers that will serve for the next two years are: Mrs. William Winslow, nrpsident: Mrs. Warner Madre. w Mnivin it,,, secretary, and Mrs. Irvin True - will be installed by the District Home Agent, Miss Florence Cox, at the Fall Achievement Day, at which the date was set for No vember '19. , The program planning for 1958 Home Demonstration program was read, discussed and approv ed by the County Council mem bers representing their local clubs. Grim Rites Held Here Tuesday A. M. '- Mrs. Mattie Hatton Grim died at 2 o'clock Monday morning in Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia after an illness of several weeks. She was a native of Perquim ans County but had lived in Phil adelphia, for the past several years. She was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Adeline Nixon. ' Surviving are her husband, Benjamin Grim; ono , brother, George Nixon of Richmond, Va.; two sisters,. Mrs.. Lucille Satch well and Miss Ethel Nixon of Hertford. .v Graveside . services, were held here Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev, James Auman, pastor rof-1 Hertford Methodist; Church f . '- - 4-rc: V".J ir new of the Perquimans County Lib which will house the library in the n Varied Iocket lni3oardflf Education Recorder Js Court Here Last Tuesday A varied docket consisting of nine cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquiman's Recorder's Court presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Willie Winslow, Negro, was found guilty on three warrants, was given a six months sentence to be suspended upon payment of , a fine of $200 and costs; he was I given a 60 day sentence, suspend I ed upon payment of a fine of $50 'rest he was sentenced to another i 60 days, to be suspended upon payment of a 'fine of $50 and costs. The defendant noted an -ppeal'to Supdribr CduVt.' John Lamm submitted to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $10 and costs. A fine of $2 and court costs j were taxed against Elton Jordan, rjegr0) wno pleaded guilty to a j cnarge of being drunk, Costs of court were assessed against John Norfleet and Zebe dee Raynor, Negroes, each of whom submitted to charges of driving on the left side of a high way.. In the case of William Burke, Negro, charged with driving on the left side of a highway and reckless driving, the State re quested a trial by jury and the hearing set upon the docket of superior court. James Jernigan, Negro, was fined $10 and court costs after he entered a plea of guilty to driving on the left side of a high way. Earl Jordan paid the costs of court after he submitted to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. William Weeks, Negro, entered ' a piea 01 gumy iu a Liiaigc ul I failing to yield the right-of-way 'He. was ordered to pay a fine of .1 't:- &VJ DOME SHELTERS, a new design whose low cost and easy construction would adapt It to mass pro duction, were tested at the Operation Plnmbbob atomic testa in Nevada at presiures from 20 to 70 iimtm those which., boute h Mintally built to rary. The building on the left is the present library while the brick ear future. The brick building was once the lunchroom of the Hert- of Hertford and Board of Education. Workmen are now renovating Id library building has been purchased by the Perquimans Recrea ' Two cases were continued to la ter terms of court. One in which Creg Lane is charged with a slop sign .violation was set for trial October 22 and the case of Lu cious Armstrong, Negro, was set for October 15. New Hope Family Loses Possessions A fire of unknown origin de stroyed a tenant farm house near New Hope Monday night result ing in the loss of personal pos sessions of Robert and Mable Simpson and their 10 children, ranging in age ,frpr',h)5e to 19.. The fire started in the kitchen of the house and had gained such headway Hertford firemen, when called to the scene at about 9:40 P. M., were unable to In Fire Monday save the house or much of its(Superintendcnt j. x Biggers of contents. The department, how ever, prevented the spread of the flames to nearby buildings. The house was owned by John Hurdle, prominent farmer of the New Hope community. Residents of New Hope Tues day started a anve collecting clothing and furniture for the family and a number of merch- ants of Hertford contributed ar - ticles for the group. No estimate was made as the loss caused by the fire. JUNIORS SELL CARDS to The Junior Class of Perquimans County High School will make a house to house sale of Christmas cards beginning the first week in October. All the profit will go toward the Junior-Senior Prom, which 1 is an annual affair given by the Junior Class compliment ing the outgoing Seniors. Since every , sale will maan a better prom,: the class will greatly ap preciate every order given. would (all, so its In Meeting Here Last Monday Night The Perquimans Board of Education, in regular meeting last Monday night, accepted with regret the resignation of Miss Margaret While as teacher al Central Grammar School and elected Mrs. J. W. Ward to fill the vacancy. The Eoard also named Miss Georg'a Smith and Mrs. Alma Kingsbury as teachers at Per quimans Union School. After some discussion concern ing substitute teachers for county schools, the Board approved Mrs. Julian A. White, Mrs. E. C. Afoodara, Mrs. J. Van Roach and Mrs. Lt nry Stokes, Jr., as sub stitute teachers for the white schools and Mrs. Theresa Ebron. Mrs. Lena Perry, Mrs. H. C. Cal loway, Mrs. Izetta Hollowell, W N. Douglas, Mrs. B. S. Loan. Mrs. Lillian Alexander and Mrs S. II. Brothers as substitute teachers for the Negro schools. " Final f;proval wes given on construction cf the new school garage recently completed and authorized payment of the con struction costs lor this structure. The Board was advised hv receipt of a state insurance pol- icy adding coverage to county school buildings. Insurance cov erage of the buildings is now rated at 100 per cent of estimated value of the buildings. , djjj:,j, xt J A ( v,uu"- n"iieu County Key Banker 1 . . R. M. Riddick, Jr., president of Hertford Banking Company, has been named as "County Key Banker" for Perquimans County, representing the rf C. Bankers ; Association in its program to ex pand farm activities in North Carolina. The appointment was made by C. Lacy Tate, president of the Bankers Association, which for 13 straight years has led the nation in farm financial service. BAKE SALE St. Katherine Guild will hold a food sale Saturday at 10 A. M. at Perrv Electric Supply Store. 4 withstand. The 60-foot-dlameter shelters may be seen before the blast in the upper photo. The lower photo, shows one of the domes which was deliberately tested at a nressure so ffraal that it weaker points could be studied. I' (NTO Lookout Mountain Lap Photo), Set For Monday Night. 1956 taxes ul pw conn- ! ty was mane here last Monday, at Commissioners for the Town of, a meeting nf th3 County Corn Hertford will hold their regular missioners, by Sheriff J. A. Whitj October meeting next Monday i after which authorization was night, October 14, at the Munici- made for tlie sheriff to receive pal Building. In addition to reg-j the new tax books for ular routine business the board. The settlement was concluded is expected to hear a report on upon figures compiled by R. E. the annual audit of the town's Aiken. Jr.. CPA. showing the to- books. Driver Safety Test Demonstration At Rotary Meeting Being selected as a school bus driver in North Carolina .is no easy matter. That point was il lustrated to the members of the Hertford Rotary Club last Tues iav night when Mrs. Alice E. utrell, field representative for 'he Drivers' Training Division. vas guest speaker at the club's weekly meeting. I Mrs. Futrell stated North Ca rolina is now operating 8.000 school busses, transporting half i million children each day to "nd from schools of the state. 1 She reported the safety record of j these busses is the best and of ficials from other states are coming to North Carolina to study the North Carolina school j day im.lud,,d ,hc apDintment of 'ransportat'on system. ! Eugene Boyce as Countv Fire After relating preliminary pro-, Marshal to serve as electrii-il in eedures in selecting candidates ; speetor for county schools as pro por jobs as school bus drivers, j vided fnl. undpr a law enn,-tcd hv Mrs. Futrell told how these stu- tne )ast General Assembly. As ients are put through a series jnspoctor Boyce will inspect each if classes and given tests on 0f the five schools once each -Irivers' safety educational meth-jmonth as a fire prevention pro Tds and finally certified by the cedur'e. iassing of a rigid Porto-Clinic test. The Porto-Clinic test gives ac 'ual results on visual acuity, traf "ic color recognition, depth per- eption. field of vision and reac 'ion time which are a'l import-1 ment by the amount of $162.00 for nt factors in safe driving, v th'e fiscal year 1957-58. Local Farm Bureau Drive For Members Is Now Underway With a goal of 300 members I Legion Units To for 1957 as its objective, the Per- Hold Joint Meeting quimans County Farm Bureau is william p3u stallines in the midst of its annual mem- oersnip uuve mu "' solicitors selling Farm Bureau membership is hopeful the goal can be achieved by Thursday, Oc- tober 24 when the Farm Bureau Will nOlU US UrtlUlJcllgii uaiucvuc dinner for all members at the high school. Representatives of the Per quimans Farm Bureau opened the membership campaign this week, and each community in the coun ty has a membership team solicit ing dues for the coming year. Farmers and businessmen, alike, are urged to renew their mem bership at the earliest possible date in order that the goal may be reached without delay. Results, so far, in the drive in dicate the county Farm Bureau will reach its membership goal, but officials of the county group believe even more individuals should join up than the Farm Bu reau has set as the goal for the coming year. These local officers of Farm Bureau point out mem bership in the organization adds strength to , the securemenlj of farm programs and the more members the Farm Bureau can secure means greater force in achieving these results. The teams soliciting member ships will make a canvass of each community in the county, offer - ing everybody an opportunity to join the Farm Bureau, but in case an individual is not contacted by a solicitor he is asked to contact Claude Williams, Joe Nowell or Floyd . Matthews concerning a membership and these men will, see that the individual receives the membership credentials. tal tax levy was $141,669 27, in cluding penalties charged and dis count allowed on prepaid taxes. A total of S13.20 was deducted from the levy, it being shown this amount was charged through er 1 rors in listing. Cash collections j remitted by Max Campbell, col : lector of prepaid taxes and Sher ! iff White amounted to $132,(163 24 and land sales totaled $6,311.76 Taxes remaining uncollected at the time of the settlement on , Monday amounted to $2,924.77. j Following the settlement the Board named Mrs. Floyd Long as collector of delinquent personal i property taves and authorized Sheriff White to turn over to her th(1 1956 tax books for fultiler coi lotions. Thp 1957 tnv hook are now in )hp hands of th(l Snpriff for col. lection, and all taxes became due on October 1. The taxes may be paid between now and February at par, after which penalties will be added for late payment. Other business handled during the commissioners' inept ine Mon- The Board turned down 'an so plication for a beer license, sub mitted bv Leroy Parsons. Nepro. .The Board also voted to in crease the annual appropriation for the District Health Depart- unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met Thursday night, 0ctf)ber in the hQme o Mrs Ke1 Wnite The mw president Mrs w G Holowell presided Twenty members were present. The program included interest ing reports on their trip to "Girls State" for a week at Greensboro by Becky Cox and Patsy Elliott. The cook book was discussed and members were urged to get their favorite recipes in as soon as possible. Delicious refreshments of lem on pie and coffee were served by the hostesses: Mrs. Kelly White, Mrs. Joe Towe and Mrs. Tommy Miller. The next meeting will be a joint dinner meeting November 11th. . - . - ., , . BPW CLUB PLANNING SHOW TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 10th The Perquimans Business and Professional Women's Club will, sponsor a Talent Show at the Perquimans Counuty High School Thursday night, November 14,' at 8 o'clock. v i Talent will be classified. Prizes will be given to various age groups, participants out of the county, and those participat- j ing in the county according to classification, j Each contestant is asked to bring his or her accompanist, Those interested please contact Mrs. Essie ,W. Burbage or Mrs. Alice Towe Owens, president 6f the club, by November .10, rIv- ing name, address and-type c! talent 'w" 1 v . C - .na on Teyt ?' " J Tuesday mgnt at o ewcKi
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