North Carolina Newspapers

pig' 1MAHSW 1LJ Ji Volume XXVI. Number 23. . Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 5, 1959. 5 Cents Per Copj County Budget Of j mmimmm ' 1 Perquimans County Commis sioners tentatively adopted a new budget for the fiscal year begin- , ning July 1, calling for expendi tures totaling $424,139 and set a 1 tax rate at $2.25 per hundred dol lar valuation, during their meet- Ing here last Monday. The bud- get is an increase of $46,908 com - pared to the current year and - the tax rate was increased by 25 . cents per hundred dollar valua- turn. , c Included in this new budget is ,jone $13,000 item to help cover ..costs of a property revaluation coming up during the next sev- en months. While this item Will . , not be reoccurring, in its entirety part of the sum will be needed each year henceforth since a new , state . law will require revalua-.- tion each eight years. Makeup of the new budget calls for an outlay of $91,114 for the 'general fund which includes the following estimated expenses: Commissioners, $4,500; listing and assessing, $16,525; Sheriffs dept., $8,350; elections, $900; county ac countant, $2,560; treasurer, $750; Court House grounds and jail, , $4,760; Register of Deeds; $1,460; Public Health, $16,155; Extension 1 service, $12,509; Superior Court, $3,000; Clerk of Court, $1,600; . Recorder's Court, $6,735; blind, $2,190; eonservation, $2,120; li brary,' $5,700; veterans officer, 1 $1,200; fire department, $1,000. A tax levy of $72,000 will be re ' quired for this fund with the bal ance of the funds coming from no ad valorem tax sources. V f The Poor Fund with expendi ' tures running $2,452 will require ' ' ' tax rate of $2 with the' county receiving $520 from rent and $332 "from surplus to balance the ex '( penses'1'v''-''t '': ; ' ,:' County debt service will re quire a tax rate of 60 cents to re . tire $30,900 in county bonds and interest in the amount of $15,- 543, Expenditures for the General' School Fund total $85,280, call ins for a tax rate of 37 cents to raise $29,600 to be added to $55, 780 to be received from non-tax sources.- Thf school supplement tax will remain during the coming year at a 10 cent rate to produce & to tal of $8,qoo.. Expenditures within ;the wel fare department, are estimated. at Perquimans High Students Tuesday f Perquimans High School con ducted its 34th annual commence ment on Tuesday night with the awarding of diplomas to members df the-1 graduating class. Fallow ing .the invocation given by Jo Davis Towej three seniors, Ray Winslow, Letftia McGoogan and Beverly Tucker gave . addresses on. Heritages ' of Perquimans County.' ' . The class gift to the school was ' presented by John Mathews. r Diplomas were awarded , by Clarence C. Chappell, Srv Chair- tamin of -th Board of pfaqui jan medal, Letitia . McGoogan, who al9u received special . Awards frtma'' Mr. : and. Mrsi Fred ) .Wins low 1 and' v Mrs; "B. 'G.; Koonce; sportsmanship awards, Beverly Tucker and Shirley.. Tarkington; citizensbip, high school, Jo Davis Towe, and eighth grade," Richard Auman; dramaticsr E0fh 'Sprujll and jfeharles Elliott; journalism, Ray Winslow;' student , council, Donald Baker; highest grades in high sdhobr,'Ray Winslow; com mercial award, Ddttie Cartwrieht; uk'plaque, Donald- Baka; yifill BDelltawrd(iWdrMorgap;; rVfHistory med-,t-r7'-1:eri"e T;.'be!f)t t s f f tEducation, ' medals, and award; : - j fx i "iwy '.' , ", . $186,140 with the county provid ing $14,159 of this amount an4 the remainder coming from state and federal aid. ' With v the overall budget at $424,139, the county will receive, according to estimates, $243,124 from sources other than advalor- ! em taxation, leaving a balance of $iso,000 to be raised by the jtex rate which for the coming year wjij De $2.25 per hundred dollar valuation. More than 10 million bushels of grain storage capacity was' placed on the nation's farms in the first quarter of 1959 as . a lesult of ASC's storage facility loan program, according to Zenc O. Ratclif f, " Jr., chairman of, the North Carolina State ASC Com mittee. . ' Storage facility loans totaling more than $2,000,000 were made during the January-March period to approximately 2,700 farmers Ratclif f said. In addition, 182 farmers borrowed a ; total of $286,000 to finance mobile crop drying equipment for use in connection .with 'storage facili. ties. 1 , During 1958 nearly half a mil lion bushels of grain storage ca- pacity as added $n North Ca rolintt 1 farms. Storage 'v facility to$hylOTairrigi& during' that period in this state. In addition 61 North Carolina farmers borrowed a 'total of $69,000 to buy drying equipment ; for use in connection with stor- aSe facilities. Loans ,of up to 80 per cent of the cost of grain storage fa cilities ; are . available - through ASC offices to help farmers meet the need for farm grain stor age. , Since this program began in 1949, loans have been used to add 142 million bushels to the nation's farm storage ' capacity and to install drying equipmen valued at more than $5,000,000. A. I. Koonce To Receive Princeton Degree ; Princeton University will con fer a Ph.D. degree In English or Prof. Benjamin . Oranade Kooncf at its commencement exercises on June 11. , ' ".: ." .. l- ". : A member of the Department of English at State College, Dr Koonce is a native of Hertford. He received both Juis. BA and his MA from the University , of North Carolina.. He , became e member of the faculty at. North Carolina State College in 1952 as an instructor' Jn English,. ;-; , ;;- H had, .taugh, previously ;at Tulane ;UniYersir apdiftad.senv- di.;in ,4he,.. United.. States Army during, tWorld ,Ww JL. He, now (holds ithe ffankrpf,;aistah,prof pfessor-of English,. , He is the son -of --Mrs. .B. G. Koonce of Hertford, -"'r - Brown Paving Co. .' Gets Road Award ' The State Highway Commis sion has announced Brown Pav ing Company" of Lexington has been awarded a $104,744.20 con- Ltrafit,i,to grade. . f ndrmrface': 3.20 LS"TT3ij'nBnjl Loumyv ,wne P' i -t Is located in "Tcjwn- Farm Storage Expanded Through Presented IMT:! Will IIIIIIM WIB x a WHAM! Steel ball at right, some eight feet in diameter, is one of several linked with anchor type chain to produce a gargantuan land-clearing device at Kariba, Rhodesia. Balls, honey combed to make them light to tow yet sturdy enough to provide momentum, act as "wheels" for the giant chain. The 100,000 acres being cleared will provide fishing grounds and harbor areas when land behind a new dam is flooded. Summer Schedule For State Ferries The State Highway Commission has announced -, its ferryboat schedule for the summer months at the' three large Eastern North Carolina ferry- service points. Free ferry Service is maintained for motorists at the 'Alligator Riv 3r and at Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. The schedule becomes effective June 1 and extends to September 30. Additional daylight hours during the summer months per mit the. State Highway Commis sion to operate additional ferry schedules and night ferry service Announced By SKC oyer the Alligator .River will.belT J y , ? &.TSi 7w f,W tim'unty Drainage District No. 4 this summer. Eastbound traffic on US-64 will be ab"leNto catch ferries at Sandy Point at 5:30 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10; 10:45, 11:30, during, the mornings; in- the afternoon at 12:15, 12:30, 3:15, A 4:45, 5:3p and'M the?etelngsVatf.:l?j I 9:20,' l0:40, '12;m'icm'igh't and 1:20 A. M. ) Ferries will leave East Lake 'leaded west in the mornings at 5, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10, 1:45, 11:30; in the afternoons it 12:15, 1, 1:45,1 2:30, 3:15, 4, 1:45, 5:30; and in the evenings at 1:15, 7, 7:30, 840, '10, 11:20 and 12:40. The Oregon Iniet Ferry will 'eave the north shore at Nags Head, beginning at 5 A. M., and aoh "half hour, thereafter until; 3:30 P. M. Ferries leave the south shore at Hatteras beginning at 5:30 A. M., and each half hour thereafter, until 7 P. M. ' Ferries ' will - leave Hatteras bound for Ocracoke at 5 A. M.; 7:30 A. M., 10 A. M., 12:30 P. M., 3 P. M., and 5:30 P.; M. Ferries will leave Ocracoke at 6 A. M., 8:30 A. M.,11 A. M., 1:30 P,:M,' 4 P. M., and 6:30 P. M. Applications For Deputy Requested Perquimans County Com missioners during"'-their Monday meeting agreed to employ a deputy sheriff and requested written applications to be filed with the clerk to the board prior to their July meeting by in dividuals desiring to apply for the post'', : Employment will . be ?in; shof tly after i? tbe : appoint ment, with a salary stipulated nishinff bis "o'wh car' rfrtd traiTS- ,..iyAlfE.. FOREST GRADUATE i .Barbara . Ann' Edwards, ' da'ugh- ipje . of Mr, and Ml;s. A; 'ft.' Ed wards pt 1( fleftf ord, ;, was'; gradu -ated fjcb'm. Wake; Forest College June L' She was among 430 who received degrees.' i Miss ' Edwards - majored . in physical education and received a bachelor of scienc degree. She , was president of the1 Wom an's Recreation Association ,'and vice president of J thKi Physical Education " Majors'- j CluW She has also been a .membejt of the Recreation Comtnittee Nn' the (Student ' Union, Creative Dance CTH'B; Tumbling' CTri!tb WStaffe oi ' C-oltJ ' ahd ,."Blac,k,h t aiftpys; ' ew' aeI"",ftld "TK tudenti --- - - - i f -'is .. ftr'f . Landowners Agree To Plan! For Burnt Mill Watershed Landowners voted unanimous ly to accept the watershed plans II for Burnt Mills Creek Watershed ; last Tuesday night at a meeting in the Chowan County Coutl House. L. F. Thompson, SCSI watershed, party leader, pre sented the plans to the groups Landowners voted to include all land within the watershed in the action Watershed is located on the county line between Perquim ans and Chowan counties. It is sponsored jointly by Perquimans and the Albemarle Soil Conserv ation District. Ten thousand tour hundred ninety-six acres is:and the West in turn is de- jncluded in the watershed with I, sanding progress at lower 1,760 acres of cropland, . 240 levels. acres of pasture, 8,376 acres of j woodland and 120 acres of idle . ..... . and miscellaneous land. LArmy J . annouT ,.-.. , , . . Tuesday the death of a monkey . Watershed plan includes nine ollowing flight into space was cost of $34,734 of which $25,023 will be furnished by tile federal government under Public Law 566 and $9,711 by local land- uw"cla- Land treatment mpasurps such as xield diversions, pasture seeding, sod waterways, farm ponds, cover crops, tree plant ing,, farm drainage and erosion control will be installed by the landowners at an approximate idiiaowners ai an approximate cost- of $66,758. This oart of th wtr.ht nl-n wit, e n.rJ ried out on individual farms i . i j . ' . y. . . . uiiei , ine necessary arainage canais are constructed, xoian cost of the watershed project will be $95,130 The , average annual benefits that will result from the in- ! sf-flltatinn nf tVio nlanno Arain- Bp measures WS, t t $3,481. When compared to the average annual cost of $2,360, the benefit-cost ratio is 3.6 to 1.0 or 3.6 dollars for every dol- lu:- spent. Maintaining cost of.a t state aIOcation schdol the canals will be $1,135 an- funds nually. This amount will be collected each year by the drainage district. Local Students Graduate At WCUNC Two Perquimans County stu dents,. Miss Alice Jeanne Jack son' and Miss' Ann Burke Chap pell, i were among the more than 500' students awarded degrees by Woman's Coljegej University of NoVtn; Carolina?' in' 'confmenrt mefjJi excises1 heflpl Bindajj. ' Uk NAME OMITTED . -i' The; name bf Miss f Shirley Byrum was, through error, omit. ted 'from the list of graduates at Perquimans High. School as published last week. She' was among the seniors awarded dip lomas Tuesday night, O. U. GRADUATE Among the 1781 candidates for degrees t' the University of Ok- Tahohfa at mnmBncSinepit'brrl SUfflaV; M;'w JohnBl: Et4wilT rl encouraged to. attend fiott' Hertford whow--8Wrd-lth'..scpoc4,1.TeA:'.' ti a tA 'degre ' "4ir "ut' Th?Jler ! achool -pastor. t . sirs k THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Despite Russian demands con corning Berlin, now being made st the foreign ministers' confer- ence, tensions over the situation have eased and . diplomatic re ports express confidence war will not develop from the present cold war maneuvers. Russian lead ers want a summit conference not the result of effects from that flight. The monkey died while undergoing surgery for rpmnvnl nf a rprnrdini? eler- ,,.. rWtnh haA hon im.ninntPH lur.der the monkey's skin priori " " ,! ."ul . u iuf 1155 of Hertford, enjoye Louisiana Governor Farl Long was committed to a hospital m a p 1 1 . : I. l i I 1Udyrowm8 nibiu iu fcccepi . iredinieiH "a1 i ft j hrpalcHnwn Hurinff !fS: a -5.8 rslMallve n,.eel v V" ll.V requested ine juuiciai at- tion when the governor resisted medical advise at a Texas hos, medi pital Supervisors of Prince Edward County, Virginia, this week vot ed to discontinue levying taxes for operation of the county's schools. The county is under court order to integrate its hrrl cuctpm in Spntpmher. The superv,isors voted to raise tav tnAS fr onhnnW nnr to A Washington report this week stated government -officials will soon seek from Con gress authority for higher in terest rates for government bonds, including the savings type bond, which recently has lost much of its public appeal due to the low rate of interest paid .the purchaser. V'"" : ; .. .- . '. .- Daily Vacation Bible School Opens Friday Vacation ' Bible School plans have been -completed , at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church under the direction of Mrs. Bill Stallings, principal. Preparation Day is scheduled for Friday, June 5th at 3 o'clock and classes will be fcin Monday afternoon, June 8th at 2:30 until 5:30 o'clock in cluding children from beginners through intermediate ages. The five days . of school will be climaxed by ' the commence a W J I 1 A. i mcnt exercises 'na&y iugiii,y -innA. j'ltK .u A'ninnv ah tirnn Atomic Exhibit To Visit Hertford On June Mi The' U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's newest' traveling exhibit will be shown in Hert ford on June 9 from lp to P. M., Keith Haskett of the Hertford Jaycees, has announced. The exhibit is being shown in Hertford as a part of a state wide showing of the exhibit ir North Carolina, Mr. Haskett said. There is no admission charge. The exhibit is a self-container walk-through mobile unit hous ed in a modern bus-type ve hicle that will be shown at the Court House. Entitled "Atoms For Peace," it is the latest in a series of traveling atomic en ergy exhibits prepared by th( U. S. Atomic Energy Commis sion as part of its many pro grams to bring the latest in formation on atomic energy t the general public in a concise, casy-to-understand form. The exhibit is one of fivi "Atoms For Peace" mobile unit? now touring the country undei tne sponsorship of the Nationa Junior Chamber of Commerce Showings throughout North Ca rolina are being co-sponsored by the State Extension Depart ment and the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce. Here in Hertford the showings of the "Atoms For Peace" ex hibit are being arranged by the Jaycees. Visitors to the free exhibit will obtain a comprehensive pic ture of the many ways in which tht peaceful atom is playing 8 more and more important role in our everyday life. The exhibits some of them operated by the spectator himself, explain re search and development in the atomic energy field, ranginf from the mining and refining o' radioactive ores to the con struction of, nuclear reactors de" signed to provide electric pow er. The mobile "Atoms For Peace" exhibit is operated for the AEC by the Museum Divi sion of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Local Scouts Tour Langley Air Base Troop enjoyed a" tour of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on May 30. Tfie Scouts were accompanied by Edwa'd Simpson, Marvin Simpson ar jarry williR Many points Of interest were enjoyed by the " Scouts. A visit to the contr tower, where the Scouts were fhown landing and take-off procedures, then a visit to the GCA (Ground Control Approach) where the Scouts were shown how planes were landed during a storm. A visit was made to the new million dollar service men's club and the most excit ing of all was when the Scouts took turns at the controls of a B-50 bomber. To conclude the tour the Scouts were fed a nice dinner at the military dining room. The Scouts enjoying the tour were: Jimmie Bonner, Charles Bonner, Joe Towe White, Ray mond Lassiter, Billy Stallings, Wayne Stallings, John Stallings, Charles Woodard, Clark Harris. James Hatch, Sidney Eley, Price Monds, Howard Roberson, Paul Gregory, Rickey Gibbs, Neil Coleman, ' Frank Winslow and Clark Henry. Board Of Education, To Meet Thursday A special meeting of the Per quimans Board of Education' will be held in the office of the su perintendent of schools Thurs day night, June ll, beginning at 8 o'clock, it was reported today by Superintendent J. T. Biggers. The board is expected to conclude business concerning the close of the current school term and also proceed with plans for construc tion of two classrooms at Per quimans Union School. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT . Itfa AMJ Uamim Ciarn4a11 . .wumuu ,iwuiuj i BnnniinB r.na nmn m 31 mil I - 1 1 Iter, Nancy Elizabeth, born-June j.t.Alberaarl ttospjtal in hmq- abeth City. ' , ' Winston-Salem For Revaluation Banks Reappointed i c : Aff: I oei vice vernier C. C. Banks, Veterans Service Officer for Perquimans Coun ty, was reappointed to the post :or a one-year term beginning Inly 1 at a meeting of the .'ounty Commissioners on Mon lay. Banks gave the board his an. iiial report reveal. ng the oifice uindled a total of 1,314 calls Hiring the current year. A to il of 322 letters regarding vet vans business were received or written; 2H7 interviews were conducted, he made 93 field tiips and acted upon .86 re-uo.-ts regarding compensation i.r pensions. ?TA Committees Selected For Year The executive committee of '.he Central Grammar School vi'A has announced the followi ng standing committees for the chool year 1959-60: Budyet and Finance, Billy Winslow and Thomas Maston: Magazine a nd Congress Publi ration. Mrs. William Winslow; Hospitality, Mrs. Ned Nixon; Membership. Mrs. Bryant Miller; Program, Mrs. Elwood Nowell: Publicity, Mrs. Tommy By rum; Safety, R. A. Tripp; Legisla tion. R. M. Thompson, Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Paul Smith, Mrs. Thurman Riddick; Cook Books, Mrs. Billy Winslow; Parent Life Education, Mrs. C. T. Rogerson. Building Fund, Arch'id Rid dick; Goals, Mrs. Harold White: Builidng ?nd Grounds, Floyd Matthews, Mrs. Billy Winslow, Mrs. Ned Nixon: Reading and Science, Mrs. Aubrey Roach: Historian, Mrs. Ernest Sutton: toom Representatives. Mrs. Leo An brose: Art, Mrs. Jakp Ches i,n; Ways and Means, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Caddy, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chappell; Procedure Book, Wilbert Kemp; Parlia mentarian. Mrs. Graham Wood; Recreation, Mrs. John Bray. Youth Surrenders License To Drive After Conviction Luther Overton, found guilty' in Perquimans Recorder's Court on Tuesday on charges of reck- tess driving and destruction of property, voluntarily surrender-' cd his driver's license for a j period of three weeks as part of j hc judgment. The defendant ws ordered to pay the costs of ; court and damages to Hertford Livestock Company for windows broken by rocks thrown by a car driven by Overton. A $50 line was suspended providing! the youth surrendered his li cense voluntarily. Costs of court and fines as indicated were paid by the fol lowing defendants, all of whom submitted to charges of speed ing: Harold Merritt $28.25, Charles' Rothans $10.25, Carlos Goodman $10.25, D. Gerardi, Jr. S'2.25. William Anthony, Negro, $10.25, Adrian Mathias $5.25, Willie Drew, Negro. James Fit chett $14.25, Clem Harper $10.25. Costs of court were taxed against Jimmy Parsons, who sub mitted to charges of using an improper muffler. Ella Sutton and John Skin ner, Negroes, paid the costs of court on charges of failing to observe a stop sign. George Bagley, Jr., paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a stop light. Fines of $25 and costs of court were levied against James Hankins and "Willie- Cannady, Negroes, after each had entered a plea of guilty to driving with out a license. " - r Paul 'Bembrft Negro, Pi Co. Coiut racfr After several weeks of negoti ations, during which time they interviewed representatives of live different companies, Com missioners for Perquimans Coun ty on Monday voted to award a contract to the Carroll-Phelps Company to conduct a revalua tion of all real property within Perquimans County. The company submitted a low bid of $16,000 for the project, With the stipulation the work will lie completed by December 1, 1959. The contract was p warded tentatively subject to further ne gotiatinn regarding the scope oj the work to be done. This action by the county boiiid is a .step ahead of bills now before the Legislature which, among other things provides for a revaluation in Perquimans be fore the end of 1960. The bid for the revaluation work was a bit under estimates made by the board. The success ful bidder advised the board the work will be supervised by Bob ! Carroll, partner of the f':m who also .supervised the revaluation program- carried out in Pasquo tank County a short time ago. I The company is expected to begin i ne project sometime about the middle of June and under the terms of the contract will em ploy a count y resident for the purpose of teaching him the me chanics of revaluation procedures. Other actions taken by the board included the reappoint ment of Roy S. Chappell, Sr., as a member of the County Welfare Board. The appointment runs for a period of three years. The Board voted to restrict parking on the Court House Green to space allocated oy th't Commissioners. A land boundary dispute aris ing from the sale of countv prop- erty to W. L. Sumner a number of years ago was discussed by the Board and W. L. Sawyer, the interested party, and it w" agreed that a survev will b'? made as to lots 29. 30 and 31 of the plot with each paying one half the costs of the survev. The Jaycees were granted per mission to exhibit its atomic dis play on the Court House Green on June 9th. fine of S2 and costs on charges of bein? drunk on the streets of Hertford. Bern ice Woodard Negro, wrs taxed with the court costs for being drunk on a highway. Howard Eaves submitted to a charge of driving on the left side of a highway and paid the costs of court. Thomas Riddick, Negro, was placed on good behavior for 12 months and ordered to pay the costs of court after he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case in which Ken Jones, Negro, was found guilty of failing to -observe a stop sign and speeding in Hertford. John Morris Named Coach At Roxboro ' John Morris, former Perquim ans High School athlete star, and graduate of ' Duke University, has been named head football coach fet Roxboro High School, it was announced last Friday. Morris served as assistant foot ball coach and head baseball coach at Eden ton during the current school year. . He', won high praise for his work .under Coach Bill Billings. : 'V, , He accepted, the- Roxboro of fer last Thursday and will stic- cted Coach George Cushwa;.. He is 'expected to report i at R6x- bono around July j t to ''s8unW ; . hir new duties. -y.'r,j ; ' w '.r-'-. : .