: VE-ZE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume XXV. Number 35.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 29, 1958.
5 Cents Per Copy.
County Schools To
Begin . New Term
Local Employment
Brighter As Base
Next Wednes
Work
Makes
lobs
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ivity
Summer vacation will come to
a close for Perquimans County
school children next Wednesday,
September 3, whin the 1958-59
school term opens for all county
schools. , J. T. Biggers, county
superintendent, reported Tues
day everything is ready for the
opening of the new term. AH
buildings are in good condition
renovation work , having -.. been
compleeed last week.
School officials believe the
, county enrollment figures will
be about the same as last yeai
although an increased number
of first grade pupils are expect
ed - at ' the Hertford Grammar
School, v
Preliminaries of the new term
are expected to be completed
"Wednesday with full schedules
being observed starting Thurs
day. Aalf day schedule, from
8:30 to 11:30 A. M., will be con
ducted " Wednesday followed on
Thursday by a full schedule
running from 8:30 A. M to 3:20
P. M. Lunch rooms j will start
operation on Thursday.
Students ' are requested to
bring money to school either
Wednesday or Thursday . to pay
annual fees for supplies, and ac
tivities. Principals -of the five county
schoqls met with the superin
tendent on Monday and reviewed
plans - and regulations for the
new term. It was reported by
Mr. : Biggers that Fred Riddick
has ' been elected to. teach at
King ' Street : School, filling the
vacancy of ' Dewey Newby, now
principal of that school.'.
The principals also reviewed
plans for operation of school
buses and these will operate on
about the' same routes as . last
year. - ', . , r -r
. State Board of Education 'that
the King Street School is now
accredited. All schools of, the
county, ; except . the: elemen-tary
, ; division ' of the Perquiman Un
ion School is now on the accj-ed
ited lis.' according .tq ;ttljej su
perintendent. t;
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A strike in the auto industry
few-months. Efforts have fai.
appeared as a possibility as 1959
models get under way at Detroit.
Reports, point to more and more
auto workers leaving jobs under
the "no contract" employment
which has prevailed for the past
few months. Efforts have failed
thus far in producing an agree
ment between car manufacture
ers and the union for the com
ing year., h
a j1 A low. pressure condition, not
associated with Hurricane Daisy
caused some, three to four-ancb
rainfall in this area Monday
night and Tuesday. The storm ,
halted corn harvesting for scv
eral days .and slowed work at
' Harvey Point NAS. Weather
forecasters announced Wednes
day morning the hurricane was
. erratic in movement and it was
. believed the storm will not af
fect the coastal areas of North
Carolina, although they warn
people to keep - informed con-
. cernjng the hurricane. .;
1 With "the " UN working to
""solve the Middle East problems
under a proposal made by 'Arab
states, reports from the 'area 'ln
dkfttd US and British - troops
Lebanon and Jordam ' New1!) "re-
"ports' from ' the two' countries
'state-' improved 'relations' during
'the pasVscverai weeks. '' 1 '-'
Baptist Revival t.
To Start Sept 7th
The annual fall revival at
the Baptist Church will be held
this year September 7 through
the 14th. Dr. R. W. Kicklighter,
pastor of the Blackwell Memorial
ITtiptiPt Church of Elizabeth City
1 I 3 the puest preacher. "
PIsnsFormulatEii
ForlloldingASC
Plans ,are now being formu
lated, for the elections of com
munity committeemen who Will
a&sist in administering the, ASC
farm programs in Perquimans
County during 1959, eorge Bell-
mon, Perquimans Sounty ASC
office manager, announced today.
Each year an election is held
in which, three ASC committee-1
men , and two alternate commit
teemen are elected to serve in
each ASC community in the
county. Three county commit
teemen and two alternate ; com
mitteemen are also elected after
completion of the ; community
election.
As prescribed by the Secretary
of Agriculture, a county election
board made up of the Count
Agent, ' R. M. Thompson; Soil
Conservationist F. A. MeGoogan;
FHA Supervisor W. H. Perry,
Jr., and president of the County
Farm Bureau, J. W. Nowell, Jr.,
will select men to serve on the
community election boards. The
community election boards will
select 10 men from their com
munity as -candidates for com
munity committeemen to serve
in 195.9.
" The county election board met
Thursday, August 21, 'and se
lected the ' following . men to
serye cn the - community elec.
tioif "bOards: -. . ' ..
Brfvidere community, Wijlard
Copeland, . Elton Layden and
Rudolph Perry; Nicanor com
munity,, Wallace R. Baker, Sr.,
Alvin L. Winslow, W. S. Jolliff,
, Continued from Paga 6 .
County Election hr-nmm:4 ,f- .
State Survey Of
Streams Revealed
High Pollution
(Information concerning the
pollution of Perquimans River
and creeks around Hertford was
revealed in a letter received by
Dr. T. P. Brinn from E. C.
Hubbard, Director, Division Of
Water Pollution Control, State
Board of Health. Maps "accom
panying the letter and referred
to in the article, Dr. Brinn said,
will be i pbsted at the Court
House: for .public Inspection.
The report from Mr. Hubbard
follows: 1 . '. ...v.
"Reference is made to . your
telephone call- of ; August 18,
1958, requesting ir information
concerning pollution in the wa
ters of the creeks and the Per-
nuitnana River surrnunHinff the
Town of Hertford, at Hertford I
Beach and at Harvey Point. You
also' indicated .that you wished
our opinion as to the suitability
of Jhese waters for bathing.
"In connection with the above
question, I wish to advise that
we have recently completed a
study of pollution in the waters
of the Pasquotank .River Basin
whiSen4osapasse4 he'Perqulm
ans River. The attached maps'
(one, largi Md jone small) shbw
theljlpjnaflli pltt.ei I various
sampling stations in the area
from which f samples were col
lected and analyzed during the
course i of our Study. The red
dots , on .the small map indicate
sampling .stations ; While the red
arrows 'show the locations, at
which sewage from the Town of
Hertford and two schools is' be
ing discharged into the river
and tributary creeks. ; The large
maps show all sampling stations
in -the (river, including those at
Hertford Beach, Southern Shores
Beach ' and Harvey Point You
will note from these maps that
a Castle ton Creek is not shown.
However, .from the information
,snJs"you fve , me it appears quite
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PRACTICE RUN FOR
above, is an any - day - of -
persons died in this three-car crash near Pardeeville, Wis.,
recently. Third car was knocked completely out of the piq-
Rites Held Sunday
For Benjamin Pike
Benjamin Franklin, Pike, 71, a
lifelong resident of Winfall,
died Friday at 11:45 P. IvL al
his home after a long illness.
He was a son of the late Mor
ris and Mrs. Emma Lassiter'
Pike and husband of the late
Mrs. Martha Jane Pike.
Surviving are three sons, Mor
ris Pike of South Norfolk, Va.;
Wesley Pike of Norfolk, Va.! and
David Pike of Elizabeth City;
three daughters, Mrs. Meadow
Harrell of Winfall; Miss Myrtle
Pike of Baltimore, Md., and Miss
.Hazel Pike of Winfall; seven
grandchildren and one great
grandchild. : .
; Funeral, services- were
dticted Sunday atl4 "ft Mat the
Lynch Funeral .Home by the
Rev. A. N." Gore, pastor of the
Winfall Methodist Church.
Lurial was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery. lation of the results of tests for
oxygen, biochemical
r:ygen demand (B.O.D.) coli
forra MPN values (sewage bac
teria) pH : and chloride oh
samples collected from each of
the sampling stations shownv on
the maps. The values given are
the average, maximum, and
minimum results obtained from
testing three . or more samples
collected on different days dur
ing the summer of .1957. From
these results, you will observe
that the B.O.D, ; and coliform
(sewage) bacteria ( at sampling
stations located in Jennies Gut
and in Raccoon Creek at Station
5 are quite high, indicating the
'presence, of excessive pollution
front the sewage discharged into
it. The stream at Station 43 is
relatively . clean;.; however, there
is a considerable increase in pol
lution at Stations 44 and 45 due
to the sewage being discharged
through several outfall sewers
on the north side df town. , ' ?
"Sampling Stations Nos. 46, 53,
54, and 56 were established for
the purpose of collecting samples
for bacteriological .tests. These
stations, are broken down into
several points as indicated by the
letters following the station num
bers. You will note that the av
erage of the MPN values for coli'
Continued on Page 6
BPW Club Fashion
Show September 5
The Perquimans Business and
Professional Womenit Club will
present a Fall Fashicm Show at
the Hertford Grammar School
Friday night, September. 5, at 8
o clock. . . . ' t . j
Mrs. - Miriam P. Haskett is
chairman of the committee put
ting On the show and it prom
ises to ' be a very entertaining
affair. Tickets' for the Fashion
' f" can be bomtht frorq ,any
LABOR DAY WEEKEND Picture
the - week highway horror. Seve
Highway Commission Adopts
New Policies On
New right of way policies
adopted by the North Carolina'
State Highway Commission re
cently have been described as a
"significant and long-needed step
:n the right direction" by High
way Director W. F. Babcock.
The new highway policy .relat
ing to the purchase of neede"d
rights of way for road projects
prohibits the advertisement for
bids on any project until apprais
a!s have been made on all need
ea properties, property owners
notified of the appraised damage,
if any, and a visit has been made
to the property owner to deter
mine his reaction to the apprais
al offer. ,
Bapcock said the changes hi
right of wav Procedures came af
ter a lengthy study of problerlfs"
in connection with property ac
quisition. '; ' ., ;: , ' : .
The policy is aimed principally
at construction projects on the
"numbered" or primary highway
and the new Interstate network
of roads. In practically all Sec
ondary Road work, owners who
will be most benefitted by high
way' improvements are asked to
give necessary right of way to
the Commission.
In addition to providing more
time for negotiation of right of
way with property owners, the
new policy provides for a com
plete review of each project by
the Chief Right of Way engineer
before it can be advertised.
The Chief Right of Way engi
neer will evaluate each road pro
ject and determine whether it is
ready for advertisement. In mak
ing his recommendation, he will
report how much right of way as
acquired on the status of negotia
tions for properties not acquired.
He will also report all proper
ties where it is probable that con
demnation proceedings will have
to be filed.
The new policy also provides
that, "in no Instance' shall a
erty owner be required to vacate
improved property Jess than 90
days from the time the initial ap
praisal offer was made, and, in
general there will be a time lag
of at least five weeks between the
time of advertising of projects
and' the actual award of the con
tract to a contractor."
Highway Director Babcock
pointed out that many states buy
rights of way years in advance of
construction and, while it will not
be possible for North Carolina to
move into such a program immed
iately it is a goal toward which
the Commission is working.
, Presently, the . Highway . De
partment's long-range planning
and right of way staff are work-?
ing jointly to see that sufficient
right of way is purchased on each)
project for any highway Improve
ments contemplated in, the next
10 to 15 years. - ; r
In a ! preat many instances
enough right of way is purchased
for an eventual four-lane, divided
facility even though present plans
provide for only a two-lane fa
cility. On ay such projects the
two-lane construction is offset
irom the centerline of the right
of way so thai the two additional
lanes can be built alongside.
Babcock said the Commission
feels it makes, good sease to ac
quire right, of jway. far' in ad
vance of construction. as -passible.
In most rases, a considerable
ture. It differs only In severity from run-of-the-road acci
dents. Death will be working over'" n' tli 'Hon's high
ways over the long Labor Day weekerH. Keep yourself out.:
of the picture of holiday highway slaughter.
Right Of Way
amount of money is saved.
"We feel," said Babcock, "that
thi3 new approach will be much
better for persons whose proper
ties are needed as well as' for the
Commission itself."
The effect of the new policy on
ight of way acquisition was wellCemetel'y near Belvidere Mon
demonstrated in the first high
way letting following its adop
tion. Ninety per cent of the right
of way for the projects had al
ready been acquired by that time
and negotiations were proceeding
satisfactorily on the other ten
per cent.
"This is the way it should be
handled," said Babcock.
Conservation Rate
Increased $9.50
Compared To 1958
The annuel average payment
rate under" the Conservation Re
serve in Perquimans County is
$19.50 per acre, George Bellmon,
Perquimans County ASC Office
Manager, announced today.
; This average payment rate is an
increase of $9.50 over the pay
ment rate in effect in 1958. A
farmer who puts all his eligible
land in the program for five I
vparo np trinre urill rappivp annual I
j . vi ' I
payments 10 per cent higher than!"' "c c luou-ruw-
the regular rate for his farm.
As in the past, ASC will con-
f-inno in nrnvido nn n AH npr
cent' of the cost of establishing
new conservation practices.
The Conservation Reserve is be
ing opened early this year be
cause the other phase of the Soil
Bank the Acreage Reserve as it
was known in 1956, 1957 and 1958
will not be in effect in 1959.
: The sign-up period will be be
tween September 15 and 30 when
prop-',farmers w.ul visit the .county Asc
Office to indicate their intentions
of participating in the program.
The county ASC committee will
set a maximum payment rate for
the farm. This will be between
fa and 125 per cent of the aver
age county rate. Between Octo
ber 10 and 24 after he is notified
of his rate, the farmer will re
turn to the ASC Office and make
an offer. The lower his offer in
relation to his rate, the better
chance he will have of having his I
application accepted. ' The county
committee will consider all offers,
accepting some and rejecting oth
ers. , If the farmer is notified that
his 'offer has been accepted, he
then has 15 days to revisit the
county office and sign the con
tract , ."-",;":'
Contracts may run anywhere
from three to 10 years. Only
Continued on Page 6
County Board To '
: Meet On Tuesday
The Board of Commissioners for
Perquimans County will hold its
September meeting next Tuesday,
September 2, instead of the usual
first Monday, the change in meet
ing time being made due to ob
servance of the Labor -Day holi
day. . Residents desiring to confer
with .the Board are requested to
note the. change in date of the
meeting.
ISmiM Rjtpe UplH
iMnnriow Afkrnnnn
Funeral services for Joseph
A. Smith, 40, who died last Fri
day at Chap;l Hill Hor.pital af:er
a long illness, were conducted
at the graveside in the Riddick
day alternoon at 4 o clock by the
Rev. Paul Holoman.
During the services the Chap
pell Hill Church choir sang
"Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My
God to Thee",
Mr. Smith was the son of the
late Henry and OUie Cartwright
Smith. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Nonie Riddick Smith; two
brothers, Edward and Carlton
Smith, both of Winfall; one sis
ter, Miss Elnora Smith of Win
fall. ,. "
Pallbearers were Albert, Eu
gene and Oliver Car'wright, Ra
leigh Ashley, Joe McPherson and
Aubrey Smith.
Heavy Docket In
Recorder's Court
After Week Recess
Perquimans Recorder's Court,
: : l ri-. . J f., 1 1
ing a recess last week, disposed ,
oi a docket consisting ot 4 cases
n jiuuduie tduac iteming; ui
Lloyd Harrell
Negro, charged'
with breaking and entering
dwelling where a person was
asleep, were set for September 9. !
CSt3 ? IT1 7Ze taXred
against Alfred Bryant, Negro, Jo-1
seph Lightfoot, Negro, each of.
whom submitted to charaes of,
driving on the left side of a high
way,' Raymond Lane, T. S. Morgan
and Eugene Farley submitted to
charges of speeding and paid the
court costs.
Fines of $2 and costs were as
sessed against Cecil Parrish, Den
nis Lassiter, Maarl Clifton, Mala
chi Harrell, Negro, and George
Elliott, Negro, each of whom sub
mitted to charges of being drunk.
Fred Rountree, Negro, paid the
court costs on a charge of fail
ing to yield a right-of-way.
Court costs were taxed against
George Geere, Nixon Weeks, Ne-
gro, carl . .Lewis ana cnerry
Banks, Negro, on charges of fail
ing to observe a stop sign. Each
defendant entered a plea of guil
ty to the charges. ,
Moses Blanchard, Negro, paid
the costs of court after pleading
guilty to a charge of driving with
out a chauffeur's license. j
Iredell Hoffler,. Negro, paid the
court costs, after pleading' guilty -
to a charge or using improper
equipment on his car. - ' i
Bill, Lassiter, Negro,- was fined
$25 and costs after submitting to
a charge of driving without a li
cense. 5 :mv . -.; ,-i
i James ModHn, Negro, entered
v, a ? a " Tr 1
reckless driving and paid a fine
of $25 and costs. t - r
Johnnie Shumaker, and Wlliam
Smith, Negroes, were taxed with
the court costs on,-charges of inj.
proper passing. . " J,
' Vera Burnett, , Negro." .was, or
dered to pay a fine eff 'l,6fj and
Bonner Reports
Post Office Plan
Being Developed
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
net, in a communication with The
Weekly, advised he had been in
formed by the Regional Director
of Post Office Operations, Atlanta,
Geoigia, plans for increased pos
tal facilities for Hertford are be
ing advanced by the Atlanta Of
fice. According to W. L. Crawford,
Regional Operations Director, the
real estate officer for th:s area
has been requested to obtain bids
and submit recommendations for
suitable quarters on a lease ba
sis for a term of years.
Mr. Bonner stated: "I feel
confident that adequate quarters
will be made available to take
care of the expansion in your
area."
League Play-off
Delayed By Rain
Inclement weather this week
has delayed the Albemarle i
League playoff between the
Hertford Indians and Camtuck
Three games have been played
n the four best out of seven
seres with the Indians holding a
2-1 advantage over Camtuck.
Camtuck won the opening
game, then Hertford came back
to . win the next -two.- The &vb
game is scheduled to be played
in Camtuck, weather permitting,
and the fifth contest will be
played in Hertford.
costs after she pleaded guilty to
a caa.ge oi possessing uquor -wi
. i - e
the purpose of sale
Herbert Figg? grQ
was
lou, a suluy on a cnarge or as-
a,sauit. Grayer tor judgment was
continued upon payment of costs
of court.
Sanders Forehand, Negro, found
.w . , . ,
of a charSe of assault Wlth
a deadly weapon was ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and costs or
serve 30 days in jail.
Joseph Shambry, Negro, found
guilty on charges of possessing
non-tax-paid liquor for the pur
pose of sale was given a six
, , "r,rn "Vi
payment of a fine of $100 and.
costs- ;
Alfred Bunch, charged with j
driving drunk, requested a trial
bv iurv and his oas( was moved !
to the superior court docket.
As Health Officer
Dr. B. B. McGuire, health of
ficer for the . Pasquotank. Per.
quimans, Chowan and Camden
Health. District for the past sev -
eral years, tendered his resigna -
McGuire Resigns
tion to the District Health Board j tire program was most enjoy
at a meeting held last Tuesday, able states Mrs. Underwood,
The resignation, effective Oc- Home Agent, who expressed
tober 1, 1958, was accepted by .hope that more club leaders;
Tlitftrin Pnmvl
I Mayor V.: N. Darden, chairman
board, reported the de-
partment for the time being will
operate with a part time health
officer, pending .securement of a
suceessdf'to' Dr. McGuire. Dr.
JV "Ai Johnson ' of Elizabeth City
wilP'se'fve'jW.'Ihe capacity for
the' presetii' time.' ' T ' ; ' "
Increased construction activity
at Harvey Point, NAS,. Hertford,
s brightening the employment'
situation locally, according to a
report this week by Charles T.
Skinner, Jr., field representative
for the North Carolina Employ
ment Service.
Skinner stated Monday that his
office, located at the NAS gate,
is handling an increasing numbar
jf applications for jobs at the
base and the tempo is expected
to pick up even more within the
next several week3.
An inspection tour of the base
this week revealed considerable
work has been completed during
the past two weeks and R. R.
Hall, chief inspector, stated about
400 persons are now on the em
ployment rolls at the base. He
anticipates a number of carpen
ters and bricklayers will be em
ployed shortly as construction be
gins on three buildings.
Some eight to nine millions of
dollars in contracts are now in
force and Hall stated most con
tractors are up to schedule on
the work. Congress, prior to its
adjournment last week, authoriz
ed $11,215,000 in construction at
the base during the present fiscal
year but final appropriations for
this was cut at a conference of
the House and Senate and only
about $5,000,000 was actually ap
propriated. Mr. Hall stated this week a
building to house station guards
is now under construction and
guards will be placed on duty the
first of next month. This build
ing is located near the old gate
and the guards are being install
ed to cut down the flow of sight
seeing traffic which has some
what hampered operations in re
cent week. '.'
Members Attend
Craft Workshop
The third annual Eastern
District Home Demonstration
Handicraft Workshop was held
August 19, 20 and 21 at Roan
oke Island 4-H Camp at Manteo,
Mrs. Charles White, Sr., Mrs. '
E. J. Proctor, Sr., both of the
Bethel Home Demonstration
Club; Mrs. Alice Combs and
Mrs. Irma Dorsey, both of Chap-
janoke Home Demonstration Club
represented Perquimans, with
Ila Grey Mcllwean, assistant
Home Agent, and Paige L. Un
derwood, Home Agent.
The Crafts Camp boasted an
enrollment of 181 Home Dem
onstration Club leaders from 16
Easteyi counties, the largest at
tendance of any past camp. The
main purpose of the crafts train
ing was to teach the leaders a
major craft in order for them
to return to their county and
train others in skills and work
manship. Ten major crafts were taught
by qualified instructors, and
three
minor crafts or quickie
crafts. Classes which were most
popular and filled to their ca-
were: Aluminum chas-
ing and embossing, jewelry, cop-
per, jewelry enameling, stool
bottoming and copper tooled
planters and pictures. Other
classes consisted of aluminum
tray etching, , advanced copper
enameling, leather tooled bill
folds, pastel painting, braided
and hooked rugs. The quickies
consisted of paper raffia, plastic
covered coat hangers and the
most popular, Swedish darning.
' Other features on the program ,
were a tea, vespers, - watermelon
cutting, tour, banquet and a
demonstration by Miss Pauline
Gordon, housing specialist, en
. "Crafts In the Home."
l The fellowship, food and en-
will attend the - workshop in
1959.
AUXILIARY MEETING h
. The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Thursday evening, Sep
tember 4, at 8 o'clock With-Mrs.'
Noah , Gregory at 'her home on
Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrsj Vera
B. Batton and Mrs. J. E. Jones
will be co-hostesses, . - 1
County HD Club