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Fire Ddaitmerit
Acting tq comply with, ; j
all
regulations set fortH in new
Firemen's f Pension ' Fund' ' ,eh-
acted . by1 the ; last Le$slature,
the Hertford Town Board in its
regular meeting ' here last Mon
day night, discussed resumption
of active" direction of the Fire
Department's activities.
" While the Fire . Department
has ' always . been under direct
" control of the Town Board, in
recent years a tendency has de-
veloped whereby the volunteer
department has instigated some
rules - and regulations which
conflicted with the Board's
control.
' A discussion of the situation
was '; conducted by the Board
members during the meeting
and it appeared to be the opin
ion of the Board in order to
meet the pension fund require'
ments the Board will again re
sume -direct control of the de
partment's activities including
actual appointment and dismis-
sal of members and regulations
governing' the operations of the
department It was pointed out,
however, the department mem
bers will still retain privilege of
adopting department operating
rules not in- conflict .with : the
Town Board's directives.
Other action taken during
the meeting Monday night in
cluded the tabling for 60 days, of
a request submitted by G. R.
Matthews to rezone a portion of
his property on East Academy
Street from residential to busi
ness, v :: i ' "' 'i:,-::
Mayor V. N. Darderi reported
to the - Board that -a - town - dog
pound had been established on
the Stokes property adjacent to
Ctdarwood Cemetery and police
officers jhad been Instructed to,
rigidly Viforce -the do ordi-
July . , whereby dogs , are re
quired ' to be, kept .penned up
at nighU. Stray dogs are to be
cugh;;nd niroulddfcMh la
ing1 dogfc frdfni the dbg pouridi
' The Board appropriated .the
: sum of $100 to defray expenses
of town delegates to the State
Firemen's Convention to - be
held in Durham August 10 and
11. Fire Chief R. C, Elliott is
one. of the . delegates and the
Board Monday night . named-l
' Henry Sullivan as v a- delegate
and W. A. White as alternate.
The department wilT also- select
one delegate to the convention.
County Delegates
To Attend Annual
4-H Club Event
Some , 21 Perquimans County
4-H boys . and girls will attend
State 4-H Club Week at North
Carolina State College next
week. " " '
! And , this' year, for the first
time, two volunteer 4-H leaders
are invited -to go along on the
expense-paid , trip. The volun
teer leaders -are Mr. and Mrs.
Charles' Thomas Rogerson, Jr. '
. The Perquimans ' delegation
will help swell total attendance
at State 4-H Week to an" ex
pected 1,400 according ; to Rich
ard Bryant, county agricultural
kagent iv''J !: '
' The boys and girter will be
celebrating 60 years of 4-H Cliib,
work in North; Carolina at : the
event this year. 'It was on Jyly
1, 1909, that - club j work yith
rural youth ..'was v; formalize.
North Carolina was the-1 first
state to sign an agreement' with
the U.' S. Department of Agri
culture to get the work Ader'
way on an official baa. - '
The 4-H'era will register at
Reynolds Colisum Mondi'yj July
, 20, .beginning at. 10 A. ,M. For
mal opening -will be thai night
at 7 ;30. .. (Other activities sched
uled,, for the first day" include
statewide contests ; in livestock
end dairy judging, and v?netBbl
T'rz, 6"- ''n2 B'd i" .Uifica-
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Regulate
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The Rev. R. L. Jerome, recent
ly assigned as superintendent of
the Elizabeth City District of
the - Methodist' Church, will
preach at the Hertford Metho
dist Church at 11 " A. M., on
Sunday, July 19. . . ,";
Mr. Jerome has held a number
of ' successful pastorates, includ
ing those at Elizabeth .City tind
Roanoke. Rapids. : v
l!o!!ovEil Named
To Daeler Post
R. L. Hollowell of Hollowell
Chevrolet Company, Inc., Hert
ford, " has been appointed an
Area Chairman of the North
Carolina Automobile Dealers As
sociation. hollowell will be tne liaison
man between new car and truck
dealers in 4 Perquimans County
and? botji the , , state organization
atHeationaTAultdmcillef
Dealers Associatioh,iJ said , PresJ
dent C, Odell Sapp of Salisbury
fill annundrtg VthG appointment.
Spp said Holiowell j wiil! ! 'ad
vise the two associations on lo
cal matters and keep, local deal
ers informed on state and , na
tional affairs affecting the retail
automobile business. He also
will conduct a joint membership
campaign of both organizations
in the fall. :
: "We feel fortunate to have his
services," Sapp added, "for this
is a vital position in our organi
zations."' contests " '"will ' be-- held in " the
afternoons. ' ' '
. Also scheduled for Tuesday is
the annual 4-H Honor Club tap
ping ceremony. - ' 1
The annual 4-H Dress Revue
will be hejd on Wednesday. The
Health Pageant is scheduled for
Thursday, - Friday will be a big
day, with a special recognition
and awards ceremony .for . state
demonstration winners,1'- final
election "of state 4-H officers and
the annual Parade of .Talent,
v The talent show ,will be tele
vised from U5 to 9:45 P. M.
Friday over .WUNC-TV, Chan
nel 4. '
Thef . Perquimans group will
leave . from . the Agriculture
Building at 5 A. on July 20
and includes Ann Benton, , who
will give - her s electric dem,on- j
str'atibn;' Eva Ann 1 Smith and
Phyllis! Hendrert will 1 present
their fruit - and ' vegetable juse'
derfOnstrf.Uon; Billy Nixon, Ed
Nixon, Vayne Howell and Ver- ,
non.Winslow will represent Per
quimans . County in the live
stock judging contest.: There
will -also be several' other 4-Hj
Club members who will attend
as official delegates; '
R. M. EVANS DIES
Word was received there late
Wednesday afternoon of the sud-.
1 . x at Chesr?eake4 Beach,-,
.,". : '.1 M. r.-s-.s, br 'er of
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Hertford, Perquimans County, North
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Payments to Perquimans
County J . wool producers' ' t were
mailed July 9, announced George
j Bellmon;i 'Perquimans ''i ' County
: ASC office manager. '! iu .'
These payments were made
on shorn , wool and unshorn
lambs which were sold between
April 1, 1'' 1958, and March 31,
'1959. Shorn wool payments for
j the 1958 marketing year were
1 based on 70.3 per cent of the
, net return each ; producer re
ceived for his wool. The pay
ment rate on the sale of un
i shorn lambs to compensate for
me wooi soia witn the lambs is
$1.02 per hundred weight of live
animals sold.
; .The shorn wool payment rate
is- the percentage required to
raise the average price produc
ers receive for : their wool dur
ing the marketing year to the
incentive level of 62 cents. This
method of payment is designed
to encourage producers to do a
good -job. of marketing' their
wool. ;
' Payments- were mailed to 41
wool producers amounting to
$1,180.26 and to ten farmers
who sold unshorn lambs, total
ing $109!oi.
Farmers who , have sold wool
or unshorn lambs since April 1,
1959, arid have not applied for
this "incentive payment should
do so at the ASC office in
Hertford.
State Corn Crop
Below 1953 level
Based on condition reports
from farmers as of July 1, pro
duction pf corn in North Caro
lina is forecast at , 76,646,000
bushels by the North Carolina
tardp Reporting Service. A crop
of 76,646,000. bushelSi it. realized,
would be 6.7 per "cent less; than,
the record. 1958 crop of 82,192,1;
OO0bushW Acreage for harvest
is estimated at 2,017,000 .acres,
which1 is 8.0 per cent above last
year, 1 Discontinuance of the
5oil Bank 'Acreage Reserve Pro-
32 ' commercial ' corn counties
gram ul areag? a!lotments .ta
part fOf the increase in acreage,
Average yield per acre is
forecast at 38 bushels 6 bush
els short of last year's 44
bushel record yield.
On July 1, droughty conditions
prevailed in several of the heavy
producing counties, especially
those 'in the northeastern area.
Early planted corn in the tas
selling and silking stage received
the moat damage from the pro
longed dry. weather and abnor
mally high temperatures. , Gen
erally, pospects were relatively
more favorable " in Mountain
counties where rainfall had been
more " plentiful than in other
areas' of the State. x , :
Schedule Change
For Bookmobile
The Perquimans County Li
brary 'announces that the book
mobile, because . of unavoidable
circumstances, will not go on its
regular' trip through Sandy
Cross and Chapel Hill communi
ties on Tuesday, July 21, but
will go on other routes as us
ual. These bookmobile patrons
are asked to come to the library
if possible to exchange their
books until the bookmobile re
sumes that route on, ' August 4. '
The library at the end' of its
year," June 0, reports ' that the
circulation for ' the year totaled
28-101 books. The library added
842 . books during the year bring
ing ts total took stock to 13,420.
I Since uly 1 fifty seven new
books have been added. These
indude, ,thfrCurref4 Bopk-of-iflhe-Month
, seiectipns, the Literary
Guild ' books, two westerns, two
mysteries and two light romanc
es. " The rest are teenage books
and books for dhildrau
ASSIGNED POST WITH .
FRONTIER AIR LINES ,
George Chappell, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Cbapell of
Tyner, has been assigned a po
sition with Frontier ' Air Lines,-
'as'1trSTWpOrtatiOTt'','agef1lt; follow
ins comf;lc';ion- of M ctfursevwil!h
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CARNEOJE MEDAL FOR HEROINE-Shirley O'Neill, left,
counselor with a San Francisco children's youth organization,
will receive the Carnegie silver medal for heroism. Her feat:
pulling a companion, mortally wounded by a shark off the San
Francisco coast, to shore. With the medal goes a. $750 cash award.
Plans
For
Day Developed By
County
A Mr. and Mrs. Farm Festival
will be chosen at the 1959 Per
quimans County .event August
26. It was decided- at a 'com
mittee meeting Monday night,
that the ' individual man .and
woman winning the most first
premiums (blue ribbons) would
be named in honor of the festival.-
The winners will be an
nounced Wednesday night at a
fish- fry sponsored by the Jay
cees and other civic clubs. An
advanced ticket sale will begin
in July with Home Dcmonstra
tion Clubs, Ruritan Clubs and
other civic organizations . dis
tributing tickets. , -;
;..Mon,wjndell, presftenixof
the ; Junior lCThambe,r-,of:Com-iherce,
announced ' that "the pro.-
fits from the supper ' will be
used for the :PerquimanS recre-
atioii ' lot. Other entertainment
Is being planned ahd will be
publicized later.
The women will have the op
portunity to enter articles in 15
classes, and the men have three
classes with a large selection
under each class. The following
rules have been established in
order to insure quality pro
ducts on exhibit:
1.; Entrees will bo limited to
the following list.
2. Any article which has
been judged in State or county
competition cannot be re-enter
ed.,, ..-v-.';, ;
3. Person entering articles
must be residents of Perquim
ans County. .
4. ' Entrees must be under the
name of the. person? who made,
produced or, raised the produce.
(Men, women, boys and girls
must claim, their own work).
Women's Section:,-Department
"A". 1. Infants Clothing, dress,
gown, slip, jacket cap. ,2. Chil
dren's , clothing: . Best;, dress,
cotton dress, ; boys' ; cotton suit,
child's wool suit. 3. Women's
clothing: - School - dress, best
dress, wool suit, house dress,
apron, handmade pocketbood,
skirt, evening dress. ; ' ,
i Department "B" 1. Loaf cake,
angel food, sponge,- pound. 2.
Layer cake, devil's food, Choco
late, caramel, cocoanut,;. spice.
3. Best decorated cake. 4. Cook
ies, brownies, cup cakes, dough
nuts, cheese straws, 6 cookies
(any kind to be judged to
gether). , -5." 6 - pieces, - fudge
(chocolate, caramel, ' cbeoanut,
peanut), .-sea foam or divinity,
peanut r .brittle, unlisted, candy
(U be jtjdged .together) ex
ample, milfts". '
Department "C." 1. Canned
fruits and vegetables, apples,
apple sauce, figsi peaches, pears,
tomatoes, beets, string , beans,
green peas, corn, lima beans,
cornfield peas, pimento. 2. Pre
serves, peach, pear, fig, straw
berry, apple, blackberry, grape.
3. Jelly, apple, crab apple, black
berry. : 4. . Pickles, ; cucumber,
bread and butter, peach, pear,
watermelon rind, beet, relish, '
' Department "D." 1. Cut flow-1
era, specimen rose, collection of
roses, arrangement - of mixed
flowers, collection of marigolds,
display of 'xinnias-. 'BrranKement
of dried materials, - collection o4!
dahliasi collection- of. -glads, t.
Carolina, Friday, July
Farmers
Comm
ittee
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The Big Four foreign minis
ters' conference reopened in
Geneva this week hopeful at ar
riving at a solution over Ber
lin. However, Soviet Minister
Gromyko soon dampened the
optimism by demanding German
delegations be included in the
private sessions of the. " confer
ence.' Western officials rejected
the proposal- which resulted in
the conference being stalmated
Senator Herbert .. Humphrey
(D-Mjnn) formally - announced
Tuesday', that' he is a candidate
for; "the ; Democratic nomination
for the Presidency. ' The senator
frequently has been mentioned
as a possible candidate but is
the first to say he is actively
engaged in seeking the nomin
ation. Humphrey said he will
begin active campaigning in
September.
A $40 billion defense appro
priation bill, 346 million greater
than requested by President
Eisenhower, was adopted by
the Senate Tuesday night. The
bill is now being considered by
the jojnt House-Senate commit
tee to iron out differences in. the
measure as adopted by the two
houses of Congress.
The vast steel industry headed
toward a shut down Tuesday
night as negotiations over a
labor contract broke down de
spite governmental requests
that management and labor con
tinue to negotiate without a
strike. Union spokesmen pro
posed a 15-cents per hour in
crease in wages which was
turned down by the industry.
The Labor Department report
ed this week more Americans
than ever had jobs during the
month of June when employment
rolls reached 67,342,000. Quick
ened factory, farm and housing
activity was cited' as the rea
sons for the big jump in jobs.
However, the department also
announced unemployment fig
ures rose, too, due to closing for
schools for summer vacation.
Breakin Reported
At Hollowell's
Hollowell Chevrolet Company,
frequent target for break-ins,
had another robbery last Satur
day night.
R. L. Hollowell, manager of
the company,, stated, the breakin
was discovered Sunday morning.
Thieves' gained entry to the of
fice by breaking a. window in
the garage part of the building, J
went Into Ithe office and took 1
about $2.80 from A desk drawer. Russell WiM is the new presi
A safe in the office, containing dent of the local club, which
$1T, was unlocked but the rob- meets at Hotel Hertford. '
bers overlooked this money and Glisson was elected to the dis
before leaving the scene locked I trict governor's post at the state
the safe. . m- I convention in-New Bern last
; rSheriff J.r K. White Is Investl-
17, 1957.
Eleven Cases On
Recorder's Docket
AtSeisionTiies.
.' - "'
Eleven cases were disposed of
during Tuesday's session of Per
quimans Recorder's Court presid
ed oyer by Judge Chas. E. John
son and one defendant, William
Askew, Negro, charged with
driving on the left side of a
highway, . was ordered held for
a $50 bond when he failed to
appear in court to answer the
Charges.
Fines of $25 were paid by Les
lie Rhodes and GA Wells after
each had submitted to charges
of speeding.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued in the case in which
James Winslow, Negro, was
charged with failing to sound
his car horn when passing an
other vehicle.
Sawyer Brumsey, Negro, paid
a fine of $100 and costs of court
after he entered a plea of guil
ty to a charge of driving drunk.
A fine of $2 and costs were
taxed against George Butler who
submitted to a Charge of being
drunk. John White, Negro, also
submitted to a charge of being
drunk and paid a fine of $2 and
costs.
Verdicts of not guilty were
returned in the cases in which
James uverton, Negro, was
charged with trespassing and as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Costs of court were taxed
against Ella Wilson, Negro, who
entered a plea of guilty to charg
es of destruction of property.
Julian Lowe, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to charges of driv
ing without a license and driv
ing drunk. He was given a 60
day road sentence suspended
upon payment of a fine of $125
and costs of court.
Lawrence McKay, Negro,
pleaded guilty to charges of
driving in violation of a restrict
ed license. He wa9 given a 30
day sentence to be suspended
upon payment of a fine of $25
and costs of court. ' !
Leaders
Hold Supper Meet
The annual ice cream supper
was held for the Perquimans
County 4-H adult leaders on
July 14 at the Agriculture
Building. Charcoaled hamburg
ers, potato chips, " pickles, ice
cream, cake and lemonade were
served by the hostesses, Mrs.
Charles T. : Rogcrson and Mrs.
Claude Williams.
Vernon Winslow and Ed Nix
on opened the meeting ' with a
devotional. Mrs. John N. Wins
low, president, appointed Mrs.
Ervin Hudson, Mrs. Floyd Mat
thews and Mrs. Houston Edwards
to serve on the October supper
committee. :
Richard Bryant, assistant agri
cultural agent and Ila Grey Mc
Ilmean, assistant home : econo
mics agent, v made announce
ments concerning 4-H Club
camp, 4-H Club Week and the
county 4-H picnic. Leaders
were urged to encourage boys
and girls to attend the events.
Mrs. Winplow recognized
guests, . C: Woodard, John T.
Biggers, Mrs. Ned Nixon and
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Turner.
Miss Mcllwean announced the
outcome of the District Demon
stration Day ; and introduced
Ann Benton, winner of Eastern
District girls' electric demon
stration, who presented her dem
onstration "Out Door Lighting
Pays Off."
Recreation, to be used at 4-H
community meetings was led by
Richard Bryant, Ila Grey Mc
llwean and Pete Thompson.
Tips on recreation leadership
were discussed and recreation
booklets given to all members.
Lions Governor
Visits Local Club .
. Don Glisson of Nashville, newly-elected
governor of Lions Dis
trict 311-J, will be guest speak
er at the regular meeting of the
Hertford Lions ; Clulb . Friday
night, July 17. ; ' ; 3 1
month. He succeeds Phil Sawyer
4 H Adult
5 Jffoft City,
P. O. Department
To Seek Bids For
Hertford
J if..'
Brenda Stallings, daughter of
Mrs. Evelyn Hurdle of Route
three, Hertford, and the late Si
mon F. Stallings, has been
awarded a' four year scholarship
to attend East Carolina College,
under the War Orphans Educa
tional Act. She is a 1959 grad
uate of Perquimans High School
and plans now to prepare her
self in primary education. She
will go to Winston-Salem on
July 21 for counseling on her
educational plans.
Winslow-Jackson
Vows Spoken At
Baptist Church
The Hertford Baptist Church
was the scene of a wedding of
dignified simplicity on Saturday,
July 11, at 3 P. M., when Miss
Alice Jeanne Jackson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Morgan
Jackson, became the bride of
John Milton Winslow, son of
Elmer Roy Winslow and the late
Mrs. Winslow of Belvidere. The
Rey. J. O. Mattox officiated,
using the double ring ceremony.
The church was decorated
with all white gladioli and mums
with palms and fern and lighted
by tall candles in silver can
daabra. A program of nuptial music
was presented by Mrs. F. T.
Mathews, organist, and Wendell
Mathews, Jr., of Elizabeth City,
soloist.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a wedding
gown of Chantilly lace and ny
lon tulle over satin, fashioned
with a snug lace bodice button
ed up the back to the sheer,
screened yoke. The long lace
sleeves ended in wedding peaks
over the hands. The tiny waist
Continued on Page 6
Farm Safety Week
O b s ervance Will
Be July 19th -25th
Suppose you heard a news
flash reporting that Albemarle,
Reidsville or Elizabeth City
had been wiped out without a
survivor.
What a horrible thought, and
yet the population of any one
of these cities just about equals
the number of deaths from farm
accidents in the United States
last year. To make this need
less loss even more staggering,
for each one of these deaths
there were about 80 time-loss
injuries and many of these were
permanent
Now, do you wonder why we
need so many hospitals? .
July 19-25 has been proclaim
ed by the President as National
Farm Safety Week. Let's ob
serve the week as the highlight
of a year-arouhd program, sug
gests H. M. Ellis, in charge of
extension agricultural engineer
ing for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service, because just
as sure as the old saying that
practice ' makes perfect, safe
practices ' can cut down on the
number of accidents. ' '
. The theme for National Farm
Safety Week is "Safety Makes
Sense.' Let's think about ;that
for a minute, Ellis urges..,--i 1
- When . accident occurs,
5 Cents Per Copj.
Building
A new Post Office building for
the Town of Hertford appeared
step nearer reality this ; week i
with an announcement that the .
Post Office Department will, on
next Monday, issue invitations
for bids for the construction of
the building. '
W. W. White, Hertford Post
master, reported ho had -been
advised by Marvin W. Clem,
Post Office Real Estate Officer,
information concerning the invi
tations for bids will ba received
here within the next day or two.
Plans for the building, accord
ing to Mr. White, calls for a
structure of brick and cinder
block approximately 70 feet wide
and 60 feet in depth. The Postal
Department has already secured
options on a site for the build-,
ing, these lots being located on
West Grubb Street, next to the
Norfolk & Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph office.
Mr. White also stated he had
been advised the new building
will be modern in every respect
including air-conditioning for the
interior of the buildng.
Consideration of the new Post
Office building for Hertford has
been under way for a number
of months; the need having been
ascertained by growth of the
community and the advent of the
reactivation of the Naval Air
Station at Harvey Point.
The new building will be con
structed under the Post Office
Department's Lease Program.
Under this program, the Post
Office Department is granted an
assignable land option on a piece
of property and advertisement is
posted inviting bids for the con
struction and lease to the De
partment of a post office build
ing thereon. If satisfactory bids .
develop, the option is assigned
by the Post Office Department
to the. successful bidder, who
purchases- the, ptoperty and con
structs the building -for leaae to
the Department.
Named Manager
Of State Theatre '
Glover Jackson of Elizabeth
City has been named to succeed
B. L. Gibbs as manager of the
State Theatre in Hertford, it
was announced here this week.
Mr. Jackson assumed his new
duties Tuesday in replacing Mr.
Gibbs who recently was appoint
ed as Perquimans County Depu
ty Sheriff. Mr. Gibbs assumed
his new duties on Wednesday of
this week. j
there is bound to be a reason.
Careful investigation practically
always reveals that the cause of
the accident is human failure.
Do you want to argue with
that? The person Wiled cross
ing the street might have been
100 per cent right, but the
driver of the death car failed
somewhere along the line. This
simple explanation won't solve
every case, but statistics defin
itely prove that human failure
and not motor vehicles, not
farm implements or animals is
the basic cause of accidents.
Immediately many of us will
say that to fail is , only human,
and that certainly is true; but
let's take a good look at these
human failures and when we
do, we find we can do something
about them because human fail
ures include: Hurry, lack of
common sense, improper equip
ment, improper care and use of
equipment, procrastination (a
Sunday word for putting things
off), false confidence, lack of
knowledge. .' i
"We can cut s down on thia
needless waste, of time, live!1
and --"suffering- by .developing'
proper v-attitudes," : ; Elir, ,a con
cludes. ihAThe future , pinesa
of your family: could 1 lung
Ott jour Attitude." .