: 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 - I 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; i 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 " C' -Hk. fd Lmw Sr f & - 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

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