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;3orfc bint. Confusing 1 IAS- Cmcial "A news report published in a! Raleigh newspaper last Sunday concerning construction plans at! , NAS Harvey Point - was termed somewhat confusing by : Lt Cdr. D. P. Dai ton, resident officer in charge of construction at the Ideal base. a . , ' ' - Mr. Dalton adv'.sea thjs hews flfliwr nn fjfnntiav- that fin haA riiecked out ' th Pnort with1 Fifth Naval District ofriceg and'te! Eastern North, Carolina learned no changes had been j will highlight the State Highway ifiade-in the proposed plans Comm!ssion meeting, to be held , since last March when it was announced the Navy had reduced the order for trie number of P6Ms to be constructed and cur- : ; tailed operational plans for the Station. , , " .. . -Much 'of the report published Sunday 'was a rehash of infor mation previously announced by the Navy, especially concerning . sums to be expended for facili . : ties at the air station. These . cuts ' were in line' with the ' Navy's- plan in reducion of the number of planes , to be based at Harvey Point. 4vLt Cdr. Dalton . told this re porter some $4 million worth of . contracts are now - being pre pared for letting ' during the month of June and this sum ' .represents the remaining balance of funds appropriated and alio-, cated for construction at the A station during fiscal year 1959. ', V 'He stated present planning by the Navy calls for between one half and one million dollars for. construction ' during fiscal year, staffing July 1, which is fiscal , year1 1960. It was Mr. Dalton's; opinion the reported slash from ,$8.6 million to $1,7 million in funds for- the base represented proposed amounts for . the. I960 fiatnl vflor fliA Kama haxrlrttr nl. k ready been slashed'Jdue to-the rut in -the order for planes. i ' A" number of Mings,"' tfeces" tary wj wic upeiguion oi uie station are not yetjincluded in construction plans .for this " year I and will be sought during the nexv nscai year, a Tnese meet approval, men uuuiuonai iuiius, to the four million dollars, will' be needed to complete the pro gram. , , Polio Clinic . . Next Thursday .The" Hertford Jaycees, in co operation with the County Polio Committee, "will conduct another - anti-polio clinic at the municipal building in Hertford on .Thurs day njght, May 21, it was report- ei W D. F. Reed, Jr., chairman of the' projject 'the 4-H picnic. - . JUr. Reed stated ' Dr. T. P.; Ha Grey ,. Mcllwean, assistant Brinn -will be! in charge of the cluiw which will operate from t to 9 P, M. for the purpose of giv, V irig. polio vaccine -shots to indiyi- i Arrfg m P dijals who received first shots t the. clinic last month; and-to give booster shots to individuals wtio have had previous shot Vi r Eidbno 'In::Playoff VJiih - Winterville LtorlPlbtrictSIEtle ' "Perquimans: High School, AN bcmarle Conference baseball c": ; mps, are in a two best out of i' ,-e series this week with Win t ville High . School from Pitt C nty for-the District One title, ; winner will advance in the ohm ination' playoff for the cl,r ' ior ;p. ' ;,a I - u wrn the '.right to I WLm-TV T.Ie by debating 'j.i 2-0 i l a ore ne series .1 1.- t I . ' -y rquiir ', ' .ter- . 5 to C : ct ii HarveyiTB Assccialb bays Cod Commission Toi:c:dll3uing Atd3ntGnr.1sy23 Public hearing on. road mat .M.wwam vv VII lltUi-UH f 1I1UJ Vi The hearing will be held in the Chowan County Court- House beginning at 2 P. M. 'The .State Highway Commis sion . has : announced . that - 15- minute appointments ' will be made for any group or individual wishing to present a road re quest to the full seven-member Commission. Requests for ap pointment should be addressed to Sam ;.- Beard, public relations officer for the Commission in Raleigh. These appointments are jnade to avoid long waiting periods for those wishing to be heard and as a means of expe diting hearings. , . The Edenton public hearing is the twenty-ninth such meeting held by the State Highway Com mission in recent months. , The business session of the Commission ' will . be held in the court room of the Chowan County Court House on Friday morning, following the Thursday meeting. 1 Bids from the May 23 letting : will be reviewed by the Commission and routine busi ness will be brought before the group. County Council Plana 4-H Events A"Sumnf''-'' acJtvH&s were cussed at the Perquimans' 4-H Club County Council meeting May 7. , The following dates were announced: Junior Demonstra won uay, .May 10; uress nevHe ana x-uduc opeanmg, . vune t; Health Pageant And Talent Con- test, June 5; Senior Demonstra-10. tion Day, June 6; District Elimi- iw. ,.iw 1." c a . """ saj , uutjr f i '-" rinh w.k Juiv an.as- r.n,irtv. j - vx. , vuuiicu ui wainucii,' iciiau- wide 4-H pknic, July 31; ,4-Hlitation, Francis Griffin chair Club Camp, August 10-15; and man with Mrs. Melviri Wright record workshops throughout the summer. ' , , Ed Nixon, vice ' president, ap pointed Carroll McDonnell, Mary Beth Hurdle, Sandra Jennings and Vernon Winslow to plan for ibrne . economics agent, "Tepdrted that the 4-H Club made $115 above, expenses at the barbecue qhicken supper , Aft PC Hip Viimirl! After the businesi meeting, 4-H members played games and were served refreshments by the Ex tension i Agents'. Pete Hunter pitched a perfect game of ball here Friday night as the Indians blanked the Cam den High School Rebels 2-0 in a semi-final contest for ihe cham pionship of District 1. - Supported by an errorless ball club, Hunter allowed no one- to reach first base as he struck out .15 Camden batsmen. He 'also led his t'-srn mates in the hitting de-1 oartment,' getting two of the five smr-'es made cy Indian players, t K. lard'M.. afield hurled the j High School a their escorWat ent. s game - for tl.e visitors, ! tended a private party at Roller pit- '.irg some Tine ball, too. Bothl Land May 7 which was 'given by of Hertford's runs were made on , their v mascots, Pattie Harris, errors, ." e c 'y two errors cr' daugh'ter of Mr, and Mrs; Edison f i ' i.i ' a n . Ich. . , Harris arid Rodney Lass iter, son -' i ' r by Per-'jof Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Lassifer. i ' i ? second Delicious refreshments, , potato i a ' f.r t " IfeiKs Officers riMtom.ii.uuS . John , H. . Moore was elected president , . of..the j Pasquotank . Perquimans -Camden Tuberculo sis Association , at a meeting 'held Thursday night. He, sue- iceeds Mrs. David Fearing, who I has served for the past two years. - winer otiicers named were Dr.. William Wassink, vice presi dent; Edward Davenport,- secre tary; Dennis Morgan, treasurer Dr. A, B. Bonner, Dr. J. H. Bon ner1, Everett Burgess, Mrs. David Fearing, Archie Lane, C. C Meiggs, H. A. Reid and Robert L. Spivey, members of the exe cutive board and Roland Gar rett, representative director. New members named to the board of directors are Mrs. E. O. Baum, Mrs. ' - Emma J. Ed wards, the Rev. Maurice Gris som, Mrs. Melvin , Wright, the Rev. J. O. Mattox and Mrs Fufus K. Benton. , Mrs. D. M. Jackson of Per quimans County was chairman of the nominating committee which included Roland Garrett and Mrs. C. R. Foster. 1 Tommy Maston, chairman of the Christmas Seal .-.sales ' for Perquimans County, reported that $8,000.48 which was rea lized from the drive for the dis trict. , .. Reports for the various activi ties ' during -the year were pre sented, Mrs. . Fred Haney, chairman of 1 ,1.1. iieauui eaucauon,, participated in health oration programs; Mrs. L. A. Wood- house repored on the workshop, the first of its kind which was held at the Marion Anderson School. The theme was "Fam- , ily- Life," She said state and I local agencies cooperated r in I making it a big success. . Ttennis Morgan, treasurer, re - ported a balance of $6,674.11 to dis- be used for 1959-60."' ' noianq .oarri presented:.. the, new year's budget to the'.bbard which . was accepted Committees' for -the coming year fWere- Appointed including health 'education. Mrs Fred Hanev. .chairman , wit.h -Mra.vy3F!.'i... ...v..., . . ... , - Baum . of Pasquotank; ' Mrs. I D. M. Jackson of" Perquiman I .:..- . ... '. ivirs.. j. k. j; osier ana Mrs. a. n u.u Mrs. Sadie Griffin for Pasquo tank, Mrs. R. C Baker and Mrs. M. B. Taylor - for Perquimans; Mrs. Marie Jordan and Mrs. Ru fus Benton for Camden; social committee, Mrs. Victor Finck, Mrs. C. R., Foster and Mrs. Howard Whaley; calling com mittee, Mrs. Ray Jones, Sr.', Mrs. Howard Whaley, Mrs. Charles Payne and Mrs. George Jordan. Miss v-Addie M. Darden of Raleigh, field consultant of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association, attended the meet ing. , ' Business Houses Donate To Scouts A one-day fund drive for the benefit of the . Hertford Troop of Boy Scouts was conducted here last Saturday . by C. C. Shouse and i local business men contributed , $126 to the Scout treasury for current expenses and to help defray camp ex penses for the troop, , The . Scouts will conduct a house, to house canvass on -Sat urday, May ,23, to collect bottles and coat hangers: Residents de siring to donate these items to the Scouts are requested to leave the items on front porches. ' PCHS Seniors At Roller Lend Party . The Seniors of 'Perquimans chips, pmels, s-Ited nuts, home- c-JaJa c -' 1; s, t s and bottled IcViil s were s buffet style ! ' I i" ' n. i -i ! : ree'v- THIS WEEK'S IIEADO -. National-.... Guardsmen ..were moved into Henderson : earlier this week to maintain order in the strike-tense 'town, -replacing State Highway . patrolmen who had been on duty there for sev eral weeks.' .According to reports from Henderson, little progress has been made 'toward a settle ment of the labor dispute involv ing two textile plants. Legislation setting up a point system for determining habitual traffic law violators was intro duced in the General Asspmhlv this week.- Under the hill driv- ers who accumulated enough points could have their license suspended for one year, The Big Four foreign ministers rnnfprpi-wo nnpnoj in - Henevn early this week with the usual $200 scholarship. The district, 1NOrm V"01 Montn by fea disagreements between the West ! scholarships are being provided ""S a special "Variety Vaca and East over preliminary mat-1 by Pilot Life Insurance Company , twnland' travel display and ters pertainine to the conference I and Hackney Brothers Body Co. mak'ng a new reference file of itself. Reports from Switzerland do not indicate "the conference will achieve satisfactory results but point out the1 discussion may lead to a summit meeting at a later date. Efforts to revive dog racing at Moyock were started this week when Rep. Norwood Ansell of Currituck introduced a bill in the Legislature calling for organiza tion of a . state racing commis sion, with each county having an option to vote for a similar-op r" ' nr,.;t: .' tu posal is being voiced from many areas, including Norfolk County, Virginia. r HD Clubs Hosts At Board Dinner .. Members of the Board of Couni Were entertained by the County Home ' Demonstration jlubs at a dinner held last Friday night at the Community House .In Wln- fan yJ' - w 7 J! T" "ZZl tress - of ceremonies. Warner ' j .. .Madre gave the invocation and Mrs. Bill Stallings welcomed thels conducting a grand opening guests. Response to the welcome was - given ' by Commissioner Chairman R. : L. Spivey. An in spiring devotional was given by Mrs. E. B, Hollowell and Miss Janice Raye Stanton sang a solo. Guest speaker for the occasion was Wade Marr of Elizabeth City who, using the week's tJieme "To day's Home Builds Tomorow's World.'V cautioned the members and guests to achieve this goal we must cast ' out some of the self-made and inherited prejudic es which often cause an individ ual to down-grade his fellow man. The meeting closed with the group singing "God Bless Our Homes.'' ' ' . RECITAL TUESDAY Mrs. Georgia Roberts will pre sent her advanced music pupils at a recital to be held next Tues day night, May 19, at 8 o'clock at the Hertford Grammar School. The public is invited to attend. Peanut Farmers Mvicsd Cf Change lil59l3Wulatidnl ' Perquimans County peanut! farm. . If the persons to jhare in farmers are reminded of changes Hhe-peanuts produced on k farm that will affect their operations beginning ; with ! itihe ' 1959 crop. George'- r Bellmon,. Perquimans County ASC office, manager, ex plained . that the j change was brought about by legislation pass ed by the 85th Congress and ap-, proved by the President-, :.;;: ' According to Bellmon, the law provides that production of one acre or less of peanuts on a farm without n allotment will not in cur a rriarketirg .quota : penalty ' . ' r --rs to evare in ; t r" ' t' e Scholarships To Be Awarded Bus Roatleo Winners There are $100 scholarships waiting for some lucky boy and girl bus driver in the District II, Mrs. Alice E. Futrell said this week. : Mrs. Futrell, who is driv er education representative of the State Department of Motor Ve hicles, had reference to the forth coming school bus drivers' road eo, scheduled to be run off on May 21, at the Maple Air Strip in Currituck County, beginning at 9:30 A. M. The local contest will eliminate j a11 but a Pair of drivers- boy !and a Sirwho will then be eli- Be ior ;ne state nnais in Lhap el Hill June 12-13. Mr. Futrell said the state champions will each get a $500 i scholarship and the runners ud a ! The annual school bus drivers roadeo was organized four years ! ago, under the auspices of the Governor's Traffic . Safety Coun cil to provide, as Gov. Hodges commented, " a stimulus for greater safety and skill on the part of the 7,500 young people who drive buses." Mrs. Futrell remarked that more than 90 per cent of the. state's vast school bus fleet was operated by students themselves. Among the contestants Will be four Chowan County school bus drivers, Jackie Asbell and Baker Hollowell, Jr., of Chowan High School, Ronald Perry of Eden ton Junior-Senior High School and Kermit Fleming of the Eden ton colored high school. Representing schools of Per quimans County in the roadeo i will be Don Baker of Perquim- ans High School and Charlie Small of Perquimans Union School. Opens New Store .Landing Supply Company, celebrating the opening of their new store at the corner of Edenton Road and Grubb streets, sale featuring a complete line of Glidden paint products. Tree favors are being given customers attending the opening of the store, which is modern throughout. . In addition to carrvine a com plete-line of house and interior! decoration material, the - store will feature a "hobby hop" of fering beach and, playground ar ticles, for: both children and adults. - ; . j The public is invited to at tend the opening of the new store this week-end. Merchandise Taken From Winf all Store Merchandise, reported as 7.5 cartons of cigarettes, was stolen Landing Supply Co from Fred's Grocery on Fr,day.be bMed at Harvey Point, are night of last week when thieves now und oing te9ts at a Navy broke into the store through the . . tA,, front door. An investigation ijt.the miarians he had reasons to the break-in is being continued. ,ol ,: ho where -the acreage is one acre or less also share in . peanuts pro? duced on any other farm the pea nuts produced on such farm, if any, shall be considered as ex cess peanuts and shall be subject to the marketing quota penalty. Bellmon said, "it is the desire of the Perquimans County ASC office that the change be thor oughly understood by every pea nut producer in the coiinty." , If peanut farmers have questions as to how these changes Will affect 'r f.-ming 'operations' they ' 1 c- ' ct .the o'flce before r3 crop, le said.' Town Board Seeks Authority To Issue $100,000 In Bonds To 'Finance Water Svstem library Offers " is "See North Carolina and the Perquimans May Month' County Library can help you with plans to see North Carolina on vacation trips now and dur ing the months to come. With other libraries through out the State, the Perquimans Li brary is participating in "See! w,u""a !lavel P"oca- j ns available to library pations. ." uw'e''s me n brary s permanent collection of books about North Carolina. Available to club program chairmen is a new directory of films, slides, and other visual aids for use on programs about where to go and what to do on a trip within the State. "See North Carolina Month" officially proclaimed by Govern or Luther H. Hodges, is a pro ject of the 1 ravel Council oi North Carolina. The Travel Council, a non-profit organiza tion with members from ever section of the State, sponsored the first "See North Carolin: Month" in August, 1958. Witt cooperation if libraries fro ir mountains to coast, thn Di-oierf Was so successful that it is be J inS repeated, with the librarief ' aSain servmg as information cen ters. Meeting Tuesday Cdr. Ernest C. Harris, Jr., as sistant for Public Information foi the Fifth Naval . District, was guest here Tuesday of Mayor V N. Darden and the Hertfon Rotary Club. Giving a brief talk to the Ro tarians, Cdr. Harris stated, inso far as he could learn, reports published during the past week concerning a reduction in fund for NAS Harvey Point, Hertford was nothing new but a report o! action taken last year. He said present Navy plan: call for the ah- station to be com missioned some time during March of 1960 and that a Public Works officer is being assigned to Harvey Point to process em ployment of some 100 civilian employees starting y about Janu ary 1. '-. ' Cdr. Harris said the Martin SeaMaster planes, scheduled to sidered for other Use should the seaplane program be washed out. Agent Gives Advice On Laml? Pool Plan County Agent R. M. Thompson announced today there is a possi bility that two lamb pools will be held ity Plymouth this year; one the last part of May and the second about the middle of June. He stated, due to an early Eas ter, many lambs were not sold this year and this is expected to increase interest in the pool. ; Thompson said farmers consid ering putting lambs in the pool will benef jt by ' feeding them cracked corn to add weight and finish these lambs out to bring the high dollar at the sale. ' He, also said it's time to con sider having sheep sheared,', and if one plans to sell wool at the pool it should be tied with paper string. ' Names of sheep shearers may be obtained et 13ie county ageht's office if you want help for the shearing job. Navy PI Officer Guest At Rotary Road Project The State Highway Commls mKa,J Ja sion nas appioved and set up funds for resurfacing U. S. 17 near Hertford. I ' M.-neumea aurag V. S. 17 f.xm Hertford south t, the Chowan Coutuny line, for a distance of 8 miles. Approxi-j Mayor v. N Darden and mate cost of the project is $45,000 Town Attorney Chas. E. John and completion is scheduled dur- ' son have ahead v sw,, ing the construction season. Cases On Tuesday Fourteen cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court presid ed over by Judge Chas. E. John son. ' Costs' of court and fines, as in dicated were assessed against the following defendants, all of whom submitted to charges of speeding. Alice Robinson $14.25; charees of rictr.r. n..si,u n-inos. t- , v.uc 4,., i i-,uiit; vo.&o, oeui ge wigguis, T., iAoe.-rt l- n....A ,T. .,..-TKlbBi!i the turlent town water oacn moisa jiu.iJ, ticon Stalls $10.25. Frank Morris was found guilty in a charge of speeding and he was given a 30-day sentence sus pended upon payment of a fine if $35 and costs of court. I BinIier this year the Town Mrs. George Trueblood, charg- j Bolll.d after investigation, had ' -!d with carrying a concealed ; the Heater Well Company drill veapon, was found not guiltyJa new water well which provea 'lowever. an automatic, discover- a successful venture. The dril by Sheriff J. K. White in the ers discovered a water fiH "love compartment - of her ear;anc. instulled the wfcll capable" was confiscated because it had of supplying 432,000 gallons of not been listed for taxes. water operated on a 24-hour William Brickhouse, Negro, was basis; the well can produce the given a 30-day sentence suspend- present town demand by being ed upon payment of a fine of $10 operated ori an eight to 12 hour and costs after he was. found basis. guilty on a charge of assaulting Plans for developing this wa his wife. jter system was then tabled by Fines of $2 and costs of court i the board pending securement of vere levied against Jesse .East 'permission to proceed with a nd'Claude Brooks after each hadibond election and the issuing of jubmitted to charges of being Irunk. Costs of court wpre taxed laainst Glenn Moore, Negro, and Sdwiri DuBose, each of whom 'ubmitted to charges of using an improper muffler. New Town Officers Assume Duties At Meeting Monday Members of.the Hertford Town G. R. Matthews presented a Board, elected to office on May j petition to the board requesting 3, assumed their duties at a j his property, located on East meeting here Monday night, af ter being sworn into office by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt. . Following this ceremony the board was reorganized with Mayor V. N. Darden named as town manager, a post he has held for the past 20 years; Chas. E- Johnson was named as town attorney and R. C. Elliott was reappointed as town clerk. Members of the new board are Mayor V. N. Darden and Com missioners Henry Sullivan,' A. W. Hefren, Robert Hollowell and W.- A. (Billy) White. : ; During the business session of the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L'pe Harris petitioned the board to release an easement the town holds on some of their property now being used as a water well field. Action on this request. after some discussion of the mat ter,' was tabled pending the out come of the town's plan to in stall a new water system with in the town. S. M. Whedbee, appearing Cor Josiah Elliott, requested y re moval of a sign owned by the Hotel,:: Hertford ' from a town utility pole located " adjacent to Elliott's property at Church and Market streets. . After some dis cussion of this request the board voted to order the siim re- ' moved. , ' . - Hertford's Town Board, act ing to provide an improved and . enlarged water system for this community, voted Monday nignt - ZvmTu ii Z Z . ;Which it will seek authority to iu can a special election in $100,000 to cany out the pro gram of tapping the town's new water d modernizing th . water fi!ter pant ' u-n Mn!1(,- ,t tK mission from the Local Govern liuent Commission to hold such an election and to issue the bonds in the event the residents of Hertford approve the bond issue. Hertford's water supply has been somewhat of a problem for years; the supply coming from 80 shallow wells located near the town plant; some of these wells are located on property which is rented from Mr. and j Mrs. Jesse Lee Harris and the remainder on the same prop erty are located under an eas ment agreement the town holds ironi previous owners of the property. ! ., . . 1 , -"6 te- acturni uy me town last : ' v.-r thp ni-pcunt l ...ill. ; - "U aiu ri.Cviding about 250,000 gallons jni ' r ' vi a "-liuui ifl,.nian j "i running at a rate nf 215,000 gallons per day. Tho engineer pointed out this nar row margin between supply and demand is not sufficient fnp fur.' ther expansion of thp Wn bonds if voted by the resi dents. Much preliminary work must be carried out before the spe cial election can be held, tne town attorney and Mayor Dar Conlinued on Page Eight Academy Street, rezoned from residential to business. . The : board voted to hold a public hearing on the petition at the next regular meeting of ( the. board. Mayor V. N. Darden advised the board of a proposal that , Hertford police authority be ex tended to a radius'of three miles from the Court House; this ac tion being approved earlier this -month by the Board of County Commissioners upon request by Sheriff J. K. White. The Mayor advised the board Rep.j C. R. ' Holmes hud requested applica tion from the town board before any bill be introduced hither Legislature extending this au thority. The town board voted not to extend his request but did apDrove privilege of a po lice officer assisting the sheriff when deputized. The board also voted to amend the town's sewerage ordinance to make it conform with the State Board of Health regula tions. - Action' was - tabled until the next meeting on wmplaints con cerning dogs creating a nuisance within the town; ' The board c? cjded to study this problem f the coming month to try to rive at a solution to the ; lem.