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Volume XXVL Number 32.
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, Friday, August 7, 1959.
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SPELLING IT OUT -Three young California girls, winners of
memories against three congressmen in Washington who they
are Representatives Jeffery Cohelan and Clement W. Miller,
Hechler, West Virginia; Mrs. La Norma Noon an, pronouncer;
Turner, 13, ana Carolyn storts, 14.
Loss Sustained At
Sawmill Fire Is
Estimated $8000
' An early morning fire Thurs
day "of last week caused a loss
estimated between $8,000 and
- $10,000 at the Winslow sawmill
near Winfall., The business is
'- owned by A. R. Winslow, Jr.,
of Winfall. '
. 'Fire Chief R. C. Elliott stated
the cause of the fire remained
..' undetermined. He . stated the
Hertford Fire Department Was
' called to the scene at 'about 5:30
: A.1 M., and the firemen fought
the blaze for about three hours,
. pouring some 12,000 gallons of
'water on the flames.
, A' "5fcentfy purchased tank
..tmekJjtflUght Jpjt wJPaiwns
County v through the .'.offices of
Civil Uerehse, played , a Dig part
- inj supplying water ti tfghjilt&e.
fire, Ijhe chie$ stated.!! -,.
, I Itfiremen were, recalled to ,ithe.
. site on two occasions when the
v.,,fife 'relgnited . -but finaly1 ex
. ,tiftgished the smoulthering em
. , beirs. '
According to . reports, ' Mr.
. , Winslow is now considering the
problems in connection with re
establishing the sawmill portion
of his industry, firemen con
. tained the - Maze to this section
' of ; the mill and ' reports stated
there was ; no damage to the
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Proj2ctCoi;.!jted
L . Dr. yBradshaw. '.N. C. Depart
ment - of Agriculture veterin
arian, 'has been in Perquimans
A'County testing cattle for the past
several weeks. To be classified
' fM'. "Bangs; free county this
-testing has' to be done every
.few- years and is a service that
' is off dred free. .There, have
been roughly 90 of the cattle
tested under this program this
year. Usually it takes about 10
to 14 days after, the cattle are
tested before the farmer finds
out whether Bangs . is present
or not in his herd. , '
i . Most i people welcomed . the
chance to have their herds test
ed as Bangs can be costly and
troublesome to the farmer as it
is a blood disease 'that causes
abortion and sometimes complete
Sterilizatibn'm'the animals. !'U
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would like. to. have them tested
U th near future, Dr.: Brad-1
shaw will be ( working. In this
tni ior. several 'more weexs in
' gounties, and i would be
tot - comef by and test
! 1 Revival
Eevivsl services will be con
ducted at the Oak Grove Meth-
' i,t Church Ausunt through
.!i-:ust 16, it was , reported here
.liy. j The -Iv. Paul E. Moss
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IID Club Members
Instructed At
Embroidery Class
, Eighteen Perquimans County
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers and tnree 4-H Club mem
bers attended the Swedish em
broidery class held by Mrs.
Paige Underwood, home eco
nomics agent, on Thursday af-
UemoonrJuty;,-;.;
, me iacues learneq. ai.,pwcu
jsh embroidery; or SweUislii dariif.
ing Is; an old craft which can. be
used ; to4 decorate many article's.
Guest towels, tea towels, place
mats, curtains, baby bibs, work
bags, . purses, ' stoles, aprons,
skirts and blouses, pillows, and
other item can be made attrac
tive with a Swedish embroidery
design woven on the top surface
of huck or monk's cloth.
The Perquimans Club mem
bers made towels which can be
I used in their homes or will make
attractive guts for any occasion
such . as Christmas, birthdays,
Mother's Day, showers and
church bazaars.
Three techniques were stress-
ed during the class. They were: mushroom lights, telescopic
work from right o left," begin poles, projector lights, recessed
each row in center and divide lights, and other, variations. :
floss; and end row with correct -. At state rvecognition Cere
stitoh. , With these techniques in mony on July 27, Miss Benton
mind the women ' Created de- wag pre8ented with luggage from
signs by slipping a blunt pomted sponsor3 of electric pro
needle under loose threads of am . ; , ; v . v 3 .
their huck cloth. Huck cloth '
can be purchased in colors or
whfte,
Running, circle, offsets and
figure eight stitches were the
basic stitches taught for produc-
in tho Awred Pffpnf In rift -
sign.
The following ' instructions
were given to, all ladies pres
ent: 1. Straighten material by
thread. 2. Establish hem line
(usually inch to 1 inch). 3.
Locate center pair of threads. 4.
Measure floss according to di
rections. 5. Locate design on
towel. 6. Recount first' row.
. Tie each thread at ends, 8.
Continue row after row until
design is completed. , 9. .. Press
on wrong side with damp .cloth
-The craft is one which can be
interesting and entertain-
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Coach Issues
Football Call
"Coach Ike Perry, athletic di
rector at Perquimans : High
School, today issued a call for.
football players of the school to
report for a roll call -session
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between 12' noon and 1 'o'clock' Camden and Currituck counties
on Saturday, September 15. All' are expected 4o attend the meet
players who have enrolled . for . ing hee. , ,
football for the coming season ' , .
are requested to: attend this, ' MASONS TO MEET
mpotinw during which time ' . ' ;
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a local spelling contest, match
spelled to a draw. From left
both of California; Rep. Ken
Mary McFarling, 14; Valerie
Winners of the 1959 State 4-H
Girls' Electric Demonstration'
was Miss Ann Benton of Per
quintans .County, daughter of Mr.
and.-JMSt. i&ob Turner, Route 3,
HertfodT.?-JThet state ' 'electric
demonstrations were ' held at
State1 ,4-H :,Club , Wpek,. Raleigh,
July 23,',
'Outdoor' 1 Lighting : Pays Off
was the title; of .'her - winning
demonstration. 7 She showed how
outdoor . lighting pays' off in
beauty, fun, safety and conveni
ence. She presented a variety of
outdoor lighting equipment, wir
ing, bulbs and fixtures. An out
door table fixure had been con
structed from a discarded hula
hoop. She - showed how the
photo-electric tell automatically
lights up in darkness and cuts
off with enough light. ' A large
drawing of house and grounds
was used to show placement of
a M . ,. r
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I'sxtWcuiiBsday
w Hertford . will play host at a
district meeting , of the Albe
marle Soil Conservation super
visors next . Wednesday, August
12, it -was announced by Georgf
Winslow. chairman.
Some 25 to 30 officials of thr
district ' will gather . at the Ag
riculture Building at 10 A. M
for a morning session, ? which
will ' include demonstrations by
two 4-H Club teams., The-group
wilL. travel-to Belvidere at noor
for a, luncheon to be served by
the Home Demonstration Club
at , the . Belvidere .Community
House. , , i -
During the afternoon, the group
wiirenjoy. a tour of a.' number
of conservation "projects' being
carried out in Perquimans
County. .
Representatives
from Per-
qulmans, Pasquotank. Chowan,
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Crop Yield Cut 8y
Weather Condition
By R. M. THOMPSON
County Agent
Excessive rain has caused I
Hamapp t.n npnnilta nnHrtn atA .
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the dry weather in the. earlier
part of the summer has cut the
corn crop. ;. ' '
Prospects in Perquimans
looked very good ' until three
weeks ago, but during one week
there was about seven incnes of
rain that fell in the county, and
the hot sun shone in between
the rain showers. After look-
nig at ine t;rups 11 is nrogr:ijr
i 1 1 t. ii i 'to.
i T crop11" on
lono yiuius are cui. or in
stance, we figure that there is
VO-Oat, lou unrn Vian in IIIRR
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15-20 less soybeans, 35-40 ; ther matter? handled dunnp
less peanuts and probably 30 th? eing included the ap
less cotton. As you probably I wmtment .of F. T. Bntt asf.re
know, this is a guess, and'and safety PJor for Per
everyone's guess has 'equal, qulmans fcho s' in
weight, and also this does not I Plvin8 wlthua sutate .whl
mean that this years crop will
be a bad one as 1958 Was prob
ably one of the best corn crop
years that we have ever ex
perienced, ' , I
In the cases of ' 'peanuts that
have been airedi'; it t is possible
the tap roots c have rotted oft
though probably the .yield will
be increased some if copper sul-
fur is applied : to keep 'these
peanuts green a week or ten
days longer,
A yield of cotton
will be increased if a good pro1
Jgram is followed tq control boM
weevils A boll weevil count
has-been made, and 'infestation
has been tather; low,!'but this
does hot mean that damage can-
hot, be done over night in cases
where the population of boll
weevils speeds up.
T wn.iiH surest vn,i nWl-
your cotton and peanuts for in
sects and . in most cases it is
possible, to dust them. It will
not be long before time for the
full ormv . urnrm rcr twirl nnH T
would certainly suggest that you September meeting on Tues
f b. nnnM this inBppt nn ' day, September 8, following the
your peanuts along with thrips
and leafhoppers. This can be
done by using 5 or 10 DDT
dust' .; ;
If there are any other ques
tions, please contact your Coun
ty Agricultural Agent. ; , .
Order Blanks Out
For Pins Seedlings
Order blanks from the State
Forest Nurseries are now avail
able at your, county agricul
tural agent's office for those of
you Who wish to purchase pine
tree seedlings. ' Now is the time
to order " those pine seedlings
that you have been thinking
about. "
The ' price . of seedlings runs
from $4.25 to $6.50 '(depending
on species) per .thousand, de
livered.
Applications . may be submit
ted after July 1, 1959. - Order
early to be assured of receiving
species desired. In all eases ap
plications must be received at
the State Forester's v office at
'east four weeks before- ship
ment is , desired, otherwise the
nursery.'; will -schedule t delivery
as soon, as possible.!- Shipping
season.wilI. start from the State
nurseries . December li. r. 1959.
The recommended . 'spacings t for
foresfe plantings, are 6 ffcux 7 ft,
8. ft,.x8 ft. and ,8, it X 8 ft,
requiring 1,000, 900 and 680- re-;
spectively per Mre. Christmas
tree plantings should . be spaced
4 ft. x 4 ft. or 5 ft x 5 ft, re
quiring about 2,700 and 1,700
seedlings per, act respectively.
Applications 'may be sent to
the State Forester, Raleigh. jR.
M. Thompson,! county agricul-,
tural agents suggests that you,
stop by his offict at. your earli
est conveniercftn, and out
, Commissioners for Perquim
ans County,;; Vmeeting , here -j in
regular session last Monday,
adopted 4 resolution requesting
the U. S. Corps of Engineers to
include a Perquimans project in
the current flood control pro
?ram to be carried out by the
Engineers during the present
fiscal year. . '
The Commissioners petitioned
the Corps of Engineers to con
duct a stream clearance project
on the Perquimans River be-
tween the Up-River bridge and
Perry bridge in the Whiteston
section of the county.
During a discussion of thr
proposed resolution Chairman
R. L. Spivey advised the board
this section of Perquimans
River is clogged with debris,
seriously impeding the drainage
of the land in that area. He
tinn . thp sitllaHn lo, WZ
believe the Dr6iect verv ne.
'l sary for the benefit of the land
I owners, not only in the imme
I owners, not only in the lmme
1 diate vicinity but over a wide
area.
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the county to be inspected every
four months.
The board also allocated a
sum of $575 for repairs to be
made , to the furnace at the
Health Center. Landing" Supply
Company was employed to carry
out the repairs.
Also inspected and adopted
was a jury list for the next two
years. The list was prepared by
the clerk to the board and ap
proved Monday. Jurors select
ed, for duty from this list will
serve at courts beginning at. the
.next term. :fr ,. i
R. L. Spivey was' named to
supervjste , ' installation of floor
ing 'and-, i shelves in the court
House attic which is to be wsea
I for storage of county records.
The Sheriffs Department and
Attorney S. M. Whedbee were
appointed to supervise the in
stallation of a parking area on
the Court House Green.
The board also voted to hold
Labor Day holiday on Monday,
September 7.
Recorder's Court
' Eight cases V were disposed of
during Tuesday's session of Per
quimans Recorder's Court, pre
sided over by Judge Chas. E,
Johnson, and "one defendant,
Herbert Steward, Negro, charg
ed with driving with insufficient
brakes and having no operator's
license, was ordered held for $50
bond when he failed to appear in
court to answer to the charges.
Costs of court were paid by
Jesse Winslow, who submitted
to a charge 6f speeding.
Rufus Forbes and William
King, Negro, were taxed 'with
the costs of court after each had
submitted to charges of driving
on the left side of a highway.
George Boyce paid the court
costs on a charge of failing to
observe a stop sign. He sub
mitted to the charge.
'Costs of court were paid by
.Douglas Long,' who submitted to
a-charge of improper parking.
v:FInes fat $2 and costs of court
were assessed' against Octavious
Jones and ; James Collins,' Ne
groes, after ! each ' had pleaded
guilty to charges of being drunk
on the streets of Hertford,
i Jack Weathers, Negro) paid a
fine of $5 and costs after plead
ing guilty to charges of "being
drunk, , .'v . ;-;
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
" Mr. and Mrs. E. J.'Roberson
of Norfolk, Va., announce the
birth of a son, John Timothy,
born Friday, July 17 in a Nor
folk hospital, Mrs. Roberson is
.fc frmifr Miss Nonie. Lou Lane
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NEXT TIME, WITH FEELING Brandishing their machetes, a group of farmers from,
Cuba's Oriente Province seem to lack the proper accompanying facial expressions. They,
marched on Havana for the anniversary of the first rebel attack on the former government,!
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
East-West tensions may be
eased somewhat, temporarily,
due to the approaching exchange
of visits between rresidt n4
Eisenhower and Nikita Khrush
chev. The Russian premier .is
expected to come to the U. S,
about the middle of September
for a 10-day tour of this na
tion. An, itinerary is being com
posed of Krushchev's tour of
the country. Prior to the visit
President Eisenhower is expect
ed to confer with leaders of
Britairii France and West Germ
any concerning
visits.
the exchange
The announcement made in
Washington and Moscow of the
exchange visits was met with
warm hopes throughout the
world that the agreement on the
visits will lead to better under -
standing- between the -world
powers. President Eisenhower
stated he now expects to return
Krushchev's I visit later iri ' the
year, but : no definite date has
been set.
Meanwhile, the visit of Vice
President Nixon to Russia and
Poland and other parts of i-u-
rope has been termed a success
from a diplomatic angle. Nixon
was well received in Poland, as
well as Russia. Newsmen ac
companying Nixon have report-
ed the tour has achieved its,
purposes.
Foreign ministers meeting in
Geneva report no progress to -
ward agreement on the Berlin
situation and now plan an , in
definite recess. Reports state,
despite agreement at Geneva, a
summit meeting may develop at
a later date.
Delinquent Tax
Listers TO Face
Court Action
Some 30 Perquimans County
residents who have failed to list
their property for 1959 taxes face
indictment in the Recorder's
Court, according to action taken
by the Board of Commissioners
during the board's meoting last
Monday. '
The Commissioners instructed
the County Tax . Supervisor to
have warrants issued for the ar
rest of the delinquent listers
for failure to comply with the
state law requiring the listing of
taxes. ;.'-"'' '. .'.
;) The alleged violators were
previously notified by the tax
supervisor of - their delinquent
status and were advised to ap
pear and list their taxes within
a given tinte -or they would face
court action. A number of de
linquents appears following this
notice but about 30 residents re
main as non-listers. -
In ordering the tax supervisor
to have warrants issued for each
of the delinquents the Board
stated the action was ordered to
give equal : treatment to all
residents of the "county.
ROT ART TO MEET v .
The Hertford "Rotary Club will
meet Tuesday evening-at 8:15
o'clock t Brown's Restaurant,
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Education Board
Studies Plan For
New Construction
Friends Church
Scene Of White
Skinner Wedding
The Up-River Friends Church
was the scene of the wedding
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
of Miss Thelma Belle White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Bell While of Belvidere, and
Charles Turner Skinner, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.
Skinner, Sr., of Hertford,
' The Rev. J. Hueh While.
uncle of the' bride; at- Winston-!
Salem officiated, using
i double ring ceremony-
the
Tall
palms
cathedral H Haters, f-areca
and baskets, of '"white
gladioli and
chrysanthemums!
provided a nuptial setting..
A program of music was pro
vided by Mrs. R. Ralph White,
organist and aunt of the bride,
I and the Rev. Orval Dillon, solo
ist, the bride s pastor. ,
The bride, escorted and given
in marriage by her father, wore
a gown 0f white chantilly lace
and nylon tulle over taffeta
Fashioned with a basque bodice
of lace and taffeta the gown
; had a sweetheart neckline of
1 scalloped lace.
The long sleeves ended in
points over the hands. The cost and property clerk for the
bouffant skirt was of nylon : schools, filling a position held
tulle and net with panels ofby th late C. P. Morris,
chantilly lace. Her finger-tip i 'The board was advised a new
veil of French illusion was at -
tached to- a juliet cap orna-
mented with seed pearls. The
bridal bouquet was lily of the
valley , centered with a white
orchid. -
Mrs. J. Frank Casey of Golds
boro, who was her sister's mat
ron of honor, wore a bridal pink
nylon' organza over taffeta. The
fitted bo8tee featured a wide
white band of lace and ribbon.
White gloves and pink illusion
flirtation veil completed her at
tire. She carried a colonial
nosegay of pink roses and car
nations tied with pink and sat
in ribbon.
Bridesmaids were Mrs. Ster
ling Smith of Great Bridge, Vir
ginia, and Mrs. Eugene Dillon,
sister of the bride, of Belvidere.
They wore gowns identical to
that of the honor attendant and
carried nosegays of pink roses. '
Charles T. Skinner, Sr., at
tended his son as best man
Ushers were Lyndon White,
brother of the bride, of Belvi
dere, Billy White of Hertford,
J. Frank Casey of Goldsboro,
and Rawls Carter of Powells
ville. '"':'.;'-;;:.-.:1' ; '.. , '
The bride's mother wore a
dress of mauve lace over taf
feta with white accessories and
an orchid corsage.
A pink lace dress with white
accessories was chosen by the
mother of the bridegroom for the
wedding. She also wore an or
chid corsage. ,,
The bride's aunts, Mrs. Claude
Walker of Burlington and Mrs.
Hugh White of Winston-Salem,
were the mistresses of ceremony.
Following the ceremony Mr.
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Members of the Perquimans
Board of Education spent con
siderable time during their
meeting here last Monday night
discussing future construction
plans for replacement of six old
class rooms at the Perquimans
Union School to complete the
modernization of the school fa
cilities. While no definite, de
cisions were reached concerning
the project, the members voted
to meet with the Board of -County
Commissioners at the
board's September meeting for
the purpose of further discussing
the program.
. Thf class rooms to be replaced
art. Sjrof.f-4W piwt;
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..repmcea wnen
I the new building was construct-
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The Retard ;;of , l!ton also
approved . ,me san,e), insurance
piuKiam tor county scnooi
children which was in force last
year. The program will cost
$2 for each student at Perquim
ans High School and $1.50 for
all other elementary grade stu
dents and students in the Ne
gro schools.
Mrs. Lois Venters of Edenton
was approved as English teach-
cr at Perquimans High School,
! Flection of Mrs. Venters to the
faculty fills all positions open
I in lhe scno1 system,
Mrs. W. O. Elliott was elected
j state law authorizes principals
! to outline school bus routes and
slops. This law is aimed to
eliminate frequent bus stops on
highways as a means to cut
down possible accidents.
Superintendent J. T. Biggers
and Principal E. C. Woodard
were authorized to adopt regu
lations regarding students driv
ing private cars to schoot The
board discussed this subject at
length and instructed the sup
erintendent and principal to
work out proper regulations on
the matter.
MYF Sub District
Planning Picnic
On Tuesday, July 28,' the Cho
wan - Perquimans Sub-district
met at Anderson Methodist
Church. Call to worship was
given by Ed Nixon. The group
sang together, "Fairest Lowf Je
sus." Becky Felton gave the de
votional. A prayer was given
by Jeanette Hollowell. A duet
entitled "Just A Closer ' Walk
With Thee" was sung by Ed
Nixon and Earl Owens. The
Rev. J. At Auman showed a film,
entitled "Make All Things New.1'
A discussion followed and the
program closed with prayer.
The president Letitia McGoo
ean, presided over the business.
At this time plans were made
for the MYF Su!b-districf to
have a picnic at the Elizabeth
City swimming pool on Monday,
August 17. : The treasurer's re
port was given by Billv Whit
and the meeting war adjourned.
Delicious refreshments were twr
vd by tto hctt . j