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Tovn Dcora S3 to Date For:
Special Election Seeking
:j1
, Meeting in special session here
last Friday afternoon, Commis
sioners for the Town of Hertford
adopted a resolution setting
Tuesday, September 29, 1&59, as
a, date for holding a special elec
tion: in which the , Town will
seek' approval of ithe voters to
issu bonds in the amount of
$100,000 to be used !for install
tog a new water system in Hert
ford,;.
A copy of the notice of the
" said, special election is' published
elsewhere in this edition of The
Weekly.
The approval of the bond issue
by the voters will enable the
Town Board to proceed with fs
water improvement program
.which got under way, last year
, when the Town drilled, .a new
deep .well to supply water to
the community. The well which
was brought In , will provide a
water supply which tests show
to be vastly improved over the
present supply and also almost
doubles "the capacity furnished
by the present system.
In announcing the date for the
special, election Mayor V. : N.
' Darden stated the Town Board
will hold a public meeting, jn
the Court House in Hertford, on
the night of September at which
time the entire program will be
outlined to the residents of the
town And all questions concern
ing the program including issu
ance and repayment of . the
bonds; 'Will be explained.
, l He also stated the program has
net with the Approval of the
i ' i lUcal ? Government . Commission!
ntd according to a schedule of
, j fa yment f bonds over period
jl tamp 20 years no increase, in
t&xes will. be necessary. to ti
I 2ytlWJfc . - . VJ ""t -an!, wery ctitizf1. -iSSSJfprth .Carolina and in Virginiai
1 nrcJmects . and engineers' con-lut for the discussion 'of $he pro-J 1 At present Mr.' Evans, is serv-
ducted' survevs of the needs of
iri5t fer On, jg
For Sfo.:;it$
y Perquimans County School of
ficials, facea with a number of
disciplinary problems arising as
m result of students driving per
sonal cars to Perquimans High
hool, have adopted the follow-
ig regulations to .be observed
y students desiring , to drive
eir cars to the school.,
j To qualify for trie privilege
students must; Maintain passing
grades on all subjects; have writ
ten request from parents, Stating
leaona for using other " than
pchooL bus jtransportatipn; - re
uest to .be approved by the
jjrincipal and list' submitted to
, fte Board of Education; cars to
be parked in assigned places and
teys filed in the office of the
Irincipal; no sitting in cars or
ksing cars during school hours;
. o student cars to be driven on
school grounds , during - school
iours ' and car. permits will be
ncelled by the principal if any
, aJiool regulation is not followed.
. j This action was taken after
wreful study by the local school
ficials and is in line, with ac--.
Kon being taken by school au
thorities elsewhere in the na-
oa
31 According to an article- pub
' hed .by the National Educa-
',' n ociction, surveys reveal
1 i achieve higher schoJas
k j s'r.Uines when they' doi not
"rol cars to school;
tr lc conditions a'so enter
i e p5r""ra r'"bg handi-
i ii certain stuJ...ts. Olher
1 m whkh larL y include,
r- 'Icle stated, Joy-i " dur-
I l t '.ooJ hours, hot-i iing t-
' ? t ool and even bear drink
; ' i i tl.e cars.
,i article Frd cit many
. 5 j schools, but few pisTilic
e, Inve cr'olute pre" "li-
t ' i t s'. ' -t drivl..if.
1 i.i.w.jrif.i s L-i'-e i
l.ave alrt;i f r
; t .)ci tj'.i :i i
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;e ruJas
e c; d
i pre-1
;sr 35.
the town for modernizing the
water system, and reeommenda-'
tions submitted will be carried j
out ,in the event the bond issue
is approved, and the program
goes forward. I
A finance report, given the
Commissioners by CPA auditors
on Monday night, revealed the
town's present total indebtedness
is around $35,000 and of this
amount $15,000- is ' due during
1960, leaving the town with only
a $16,000 debt,
According to a survey submit'
ted by Wm. F. Freeman Co., of
High Point, the current capa
city of the town's water system
is 250,000 gallons per day while
demand is running at about 215,
000 gallons per day. The maxi
mum capacity is based upon 24
hours operation of the system,
Which is supplied from some 80
shallow wells. The new deep
well, located about of a mile
south of Hertford, has a capacity
of supplying 300 gallons of water
per minute or a total of 432,000
gallons per day.
The survey points out, how.
ever, in order for the town to
Utilize this new source there is
need for working over and' ren
ovating the present filter plant
Costs for drilling the new well
have been paid but the needfor
additional funds to complete the
project makes it necessary for
the Town Board to seek authori
ty to issue the bonds, since the
estimated cost of piping the .new
water supply to the filter plant
and renovating the ' plant is a
greater sum than the town can
finance Within one year. -
. Mayor Darden urges each resi
dent of "" the town : to remember
the date for the public meeting
on jhis program and he. requests
ieci
'CtujTd Sponsor
ICircus Scat 8th
, The elephants are 'coming to
Hertford . ; .' Circus Day in Hert
ford will be Tuesday, September
8, with th aitival of the Beers
Barnes Ch-cus, oldest tented cir
cus in America today, , and one
of the surviving dozen Big Top
Trained Animals Shows "on the
road.
" The . circOs - Is being sponsor
ed by tiie. Bethel Ruritan' Club
and will locate at the Harris lot
on' Grubb Street .for la one-day
engagement with .performances
at 3 and 8 P. M. " V :
Presented this season under a
.new, white circus ient, the Big
Top Show from Florida offers' a
program of 25 trained animal and
circus acts, including two acts
formerly with the late RinglingJ
Bros. - Circus Big, Top perform
ance and the Tonv Packs Shrine
Circus. They are, "Harold,
World's finest backward somer
saulting wire artist, and Don
Maurico and Julie the famous
Chilian jugglers. The largest of
the Beers-Barnes -Circus ele
phants Is four-ton Congo Alice,
the biggest performing elephant
in AftVeficia who Obliges with her
interpretation f ' the "Rock 'n
Ron".: Capt. Walt Davis is also
featured with his Liberty Horse
Act, and Cap ' "Willis wMi . his
bicycle-riding chimps.
' Members of the Bethel SRuri
tan Club are now conducting, an
advance sale of General Admis
sion tickets and will receive a
substantial portion of all sales
mad before Circus Dav, Dewey
Perry, Jr.", president of the club,
said. 'The Beers-Barnes Circus,
billed as America's favorie fam
ily circus, recently won the dis
tinction of receiving the only
blanket endorsement accorded a
traveling show bv . a National
Svice" Club organization. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jordan' of
' -I r .r.- nee t!i bir'.-! of a
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Hertford, Perquimans County; North Carolina, Friday, August 28, 1959.
Rev. V. V. Evois To
Preach At Bethsl
Church On Sunday
HEV. V. W. EVANS
In commemoration of -'the
tenth year since the ordination
of the Rev. V. W. Evans to the
ministry in the Bethel) Baptist
Church, the church members
have invited him to occupy the
pulpit thisi Sunday, August 30.
Mr. Evans is a native of this
area. He graduated from Per
quimans High School in 1947 and
was ordained a Baptist minister
in 1949. He received the BA
degree from Wake Forest College
in 1952 and the BD degree from
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary in 1957. He has held
pastorates in central, and eastern
ing as pastor: of the ; Riyerside
Baptist'.. Church ; in j Pjirtsmouth,'
V. Djirlhg. his brief i ministry
at Riverside he has enjoyed the
brlvilege, i ,0f seeing the ,' Active
church ' membership ; more;1 than
doubled and there , has j been
considerable growth in the over
all church program." '
' The Rev. Bryan W. Holloman,
Jr., church pastor, states that
the. public in general and Mr.
Evans' many friends and ac
quaintances , in particular
invited to attend and take part
in this day of recognition. Mr,
Evans will speak at both the
morning and evening services.
His topic for the 11 A,'. M- ser
vice will be "Is God There?"
and the message for the 8 P. M.
service will center around "The
Point of No Return.'i
Rotary To Provide
Athletic Bleachers
Members of the Hertford Ro
tary Club, meeting at Brown's
Restaurant last .Tuesday , night,
voted to contribute $200 to pro
vide additional . bleachers for
Perquimans High School athletic
field. A number of the Rotar
ians have volunteered their ser
vices to assist in the construe
tion of the new bleachers.
The project is planned, to be
completed In time for the first
home football game on Septem
ber 25.-
Local Store Joins
National Retailer .
Gregory's 5-10 & 25c Store in
Hertford recently became asso
ciated with htiAdreda. of other
independently v owned variety
stores by joining the United Va
riety , Retailers, it : was an
nounced, by M. J. 'Gregory.; i--
The association will enable
the local store, working together
with others of the organization,
to make purchases enabling it to
offer many exceptional values
that it was .unable to do before.
The store plans an advertising
program to acquaint the public
with these values.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Skin
ner of Norfolk, Va., announce
the birth of twin .sons, Larry
Uarvey and Carry Wayne Skin
T r, hrrr J "7 ?I pi LOlfiB' Me-
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Farm Census Report Reveals
Soybeans Top Croji Harvested
'In County; Corn Is Second
Results of the January, 1959,
farm census survey , . for Per
quimans County as reported by
the Crop Reporting Service, Ra
leigh, showed J 08,729 acres, of
'and in farms, which was about
the same figure reported for the
previous year. , y . ; f
The report showed that Of the
total land 42 percent was in
harvested crop land, 2 percent
idle, 2 percent improved pas
ture and 54 percent all ' other
land, woods, waste, etc. Of the
harvested crop land . 45; per
cent was devoted to soybeans,
making this the top crop in
Perquimans, while. 39 percent
was in corn, 8 percent in pea
nuts and 8 percent in other
crops. .
20,984 acres of the land was
used for harvesting soybeans
and 18,030 acres devoted to corn.
Cotton dropped from 1,089 acres
in 1957 to only- 611 acres in
1958. Total acreages' to pea
nuts during 1958 was reported
as being 3,611.
Summarizing the census taken
during the 1959 list taking period
the Crop Reporting Service
stated: .
Of the 108,729 acres of farm
Perq
uimans
Football
Elizabeth City
Although school will not open
for another week, football!' is in i
the air at . Perquimans , : High
School, where Coaches Perry.
Williams and Gilliam are put-'
ting candidates for the 1959 In-j
dlan squad through preliminary
drills in preparation for a.19
game grid' khedule ; which the
Indians will play this fall.
Coach Perry is anticipating a
successful, season; having a large
numoer : or veterans-1 returning
arpdrid whicK1 he will build this
year's team. Some ? 50 candi
dates signed up for -football this
season but the pre-season drills
have eliminated a few of these
contenders. -1
"Candidates for the team,
which opened practice drills On i
August ; 15, included Tommy
rkingon' Tommy TiUey Glenn
White, Jimmy Sullivan, Johnny
Winslow, Preston Winslow, Donr
aid . Madre, Tommy Anderson,;
Freddie Coflson, Ben. Gibbs, Bil
ly White, Carson Spivey,' Earl
Owens, J. Ci Spear, Julian Nix
on, Reed Matthews, Billy Willis,
Franklin McGoogan, Charles
Banks, Ed Nixon, Jerry Chap
pell, Charlia Fowfter, Jim Rob
ertson, Riley Williams, Tommy
Lane, Waldo Winslow, Buddy!
uoooman, uianes iiiey, Jimmy
White,; Tommy Riddick, Hubert
Burden, Harold , Byrum, Johnny
Byrum, Richard' Auman, , Larry
Corprew; Frank Ainsley, Larry
StaMings, Wayne Winslow, Billy
Winslow, David Brewin, Harry
Winslow, Bobby Overton, Carl
Overton, Pete Ward, Alden
Bray, Lenny Hurdle, Harry
Russelt Fenton Eure, Vera Jor
dan, Billy Pierce, Jerry Stokely,
Douglas Sawyer and 'William
ChappelL '
The Indians, will open their
1959 season on Friday night,
September 11, in Elizabeth Cty,
meeting the , Yellow Jackets,
The 10-game schedule for the
season; was released vby Princi
pal E. C. ' Woodard -as foMows
September 11 Elizabeth- City
there. 4,;':-y.'--' ': .-'-'
K September' i8-enfralr?therei
1- September ' 25-AnOskie, herei
' Oct 2 iTarborov 'thereV ;
' Oct. flPlymouth; here. ;
Oct. r6-i-Willimton, there.
,Oct' 23-Edenton,' there..
Oct.- 30 Mamteo, here.
Nov. 8 Scotland Neck, here.
Nov. 13 Camden, here.
Winslow Named To
State Commission .
Governor Luther Hodges has
announced the appointment of'
State Senator 3; E. Winslow of WATTS HOSPITAL GRADUATE
Hertford, to membership on, thej Miss . Jo Pat Stokes has corn
Carolina ..Charter n Tercentenary, p:.ed her training a the School
Commission,' according' to 'anitof Inirsmg at Watts Hospital in
- r .'icd I.re.t7
, ' . " ft v. m ... I . A i
land reported ' in the January
1959 census . survey for Per
quimans County, 45,816 acres or
42 percent were used to har
vest crops in 1988.- This was
2,482 j acres or 5 percent less
less than the 48,298 acres used
for the crop year 1957. Crops
indicating the biggest acreage
cuts in 1958 were corn, cotton,
lespedeza seed and soybean hay,
while some increases were re
ported in wheat, oats, milo, soy
beans for beans and vegetables
grown for sale other than Irish
and sweet potatoes. The year
end livestock inventories showed
an increase in the number of
sows kept for breeding and also
beef cows, but milk cows were
fewer than the year before. All
townships except Hertford re
ported some sheep for a total of!
934 sheep and lambs on farm
tracts in the county. Of the
4,273 people of all ages report-
ed to be living on farm tracts
as , of January 1, 1959, there
were 377 who worked 100 days
or more during 1958 on off
farm jobs. Included in the farm
population were 340 people 65
years of age and older.
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4
n At
. v:A.JisM docket consisting of m
cases .. was ; disposed of during
Tuesday's session of . Perquimans
Recorder's Court presided over
by Judge .Chas.j E. Johnson,
't- Geotge lEiifaetiek" paid a fine of
$10.25' and . costs of court after
he submitted to a charge of
speeding.
Sidney Curtis entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of being drunk
and resisting arrest He was or
dered to pay a fine of $5 and
costs..,
William Brickhouse and Clay
Carter, Negroes, were found guil-
Jty on charges of disturbing the
peace, prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment of fines
of $10 each and costs of court.
. Terry Walton, Negro, entered
a plea of guilty to assaulting hi?
wife. He was ordered to pay the
court costs.
Julius Lowe and Tyler Vick.
Negroes, charged with assaulting
each other with deadly weapons.
entered pleas of guilty to the
jChargegi Each defendant was
(given a 60-day road sentence to
be suspended upon payment of
a fine of $50 and costs of court.
Vick was also ordered to serve
sentence invoked in a previous
case for having failed to pay
court costs in. that case.
Malaria Control
Funds Allocated
"The State Board of Health has
allotted a total of $1,584 to the
Town of Hertford for carrying
out malaria control, it was an
nounced this week by Mayor V.
N. Darden. $1,000 of the amount
which helps to finance the op
erations of the mosquito control
machine,: was received late last
week:;-::;'.; u";0: '-
CHAPPELL HILL REVIVAL
.BEGINS SUNDAY. AUG. 30
The Rev. J.i Paul Holoman,
pastor of the Chappell Hill Bap
tist Church, announces that the
annual faH..revival of the' Chap
pell Hill Baptist Church will be
gin Sunday morning, August 30,
at 11 o'clock and will continue
each night at 8 o'clock through
Saturday night. 4 i
The Rev. Bryan W. Holloman,
Jr., pastor of the Bvihel Baptist
Church, will be the guest evan
gelist. ;-V.i';,. fflH",
upe
oeaso
Light Docket In
-i a, i i siwidintf a Vara-1"""
Armed Service Chairman
Tells Navy To Reconsider
DecisidhOn Harvey Point
The powerful Armed Services
Committee has entered the pic
ture concerning cancellation by
the Navy of the Martin P6M
Seamaster Program and inactivi
tion of NAS Harvey Point.
, Rep. Carl Vinson, chairman of
this, committee, acting in behalf
of Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner, has demanded the Navy
supply him with full details
why the Navy proceeded to the
extent it did without descover-
ing that the aircraft either
would not perform as planned j
or for some other reason would
not be a desirable addition to
the Navy. .
News reports Wednesday stat-i
ed action being taken in Wash
ington applying pressure on the
Navy Department may bring
about a reversal on the decision
' to terminate the program and
the local base.
The letter written by Mr.
Vinson to the Secretary of the
Navy was received here Wednes-
day afternoon by Mayor V. N.
Rebecca Lee Cox
Becomes Bride Of
FentonC. Hurdle
The marriage of Miss Re
becca Lee Cox and Fenton Har
rell Hurdle was solemnized in a
candlelight service Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock at the Hert
ford Baptist Church before a
large group of friends and rela
tives. The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cox
and the, bridegroom' is the son of
Mr. "and Mrs. Fenton Hurdle of
Hertford.
; The Rev. J. O. Mattox, pastor,
performed the double ring cere
mony ' in a setting of mums,
gladiolus, fern and palms, all
softly lighted by
candles.
cathedral :
Mrs. J. E. White, organist,
presented a program of nuptial
music and accompanied Miss
Shelby Jean Overton and Bob
bv Overton who sang a duet.
'Oh Perfect Love," Johnny Phil
lips who sang "Because" ' and ;
Miss Overton singing "The
Sweetest Story Ever Told."
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, was lovely in a
gown of chantilly lace designed
with an Empire bodice with
scalloped neckline trimmed in
seed pearls and sequins, long
sleeves ending in points over
the hands and the bouffant skirt
falling softly into a chapel
length train. Her fingertip veil
of illusion fell from a medieval
hat made of seed pearls and se
quins. She carried, a bridal bou
quet of sweetheart roses cen
tered with a white orchid. She
wore tiny pearl earrings, a gift
from the bridegroom.
Miss Linda Bass, cousin of
the bride, was maid of honor.
Continued on Page Three
Town Board In
Special Meeting
Hertford's Town Board held a
special meeting Monday night for'
the purpose of hearing a review
of the audit of the town's books
for the fiscal year which closed
last June 30. The audit, made
by A. M. Pullen Co., "revealed
revenue during the year exceed
ed anticipation by; some $16,000
while . expenditures were some
$12,000 greater than those an
ticipated when the budget was
adopted, leaving a net balance of
$4,000 for the year.' , A summary
Of the audit is being compiled
by the firm and will be publish
ed when returned to the Board.
The Board also reviewed, the
local awning law and ascertain
ed the law provides the board
with authority to issue a tempor
ary license, not to exceed one
year, to a person desiring to
operate a business within a resi
dential lone. Under this pro
vision . the board voted to Issue
a temnorary license to John Rid
dick, Negro,, .to operate a wood
'". .." "k'""
Darlen from Congressman Bon -
ner, who advised the Mayor he
will continue to axert efforts
have the local base placed in
use.
Concerning the base at Harvey
Point, Chairman Vinson wrote
the Secretay of the Navy:
"Second, I find from the ma
terial accompanying the letter
sent to me that over $12,000,000
has been expended at the Naval
Air Station, Harvey Point, North
Carolina, and that- the facility
wiK1 apparently now be placed in
an inactive status in partially
completed condition and will
perform no function whatsoever
for your department.
"Neither the letter or its en
closure refer to another very
important aspect of the
con
It is
struction at Harvey Point.
my understanding that your de-
1 partment urged the State of
North Carolina to construct at
least one bridge and two roads
on the assurance that an instal-
lation costing in the order of
Navy Calls Conference To
Determine Action On Work
Contracts At Harvey Point
Final decisions concerning the ,
status of current connection
contracts now under way at the!
Harvey Point Naval site will be
made at a conference of high
Navy officials in Washington
Friday morning.
This is the information sup.
plied to this newspaper by the
Public Information Office, Fifth
Naval1 District, Norfolk, at noon
Tuesday.
Reports issued by tne Navy
following cancellation of the' Sea
master program Friday of last
week indicated the Navy plan
ned to, complete all. work at the
site covered by contracts already
awarded '. to contractors. How
ever Cdr. Ernest C. Harris. Jr..
Assistant for Public Informa
tion, informed this reporter
Tuesday that a conference had
been cabled for Friday morning
at which time the Navy will
evaluate contracts now in force
for the purpose of determining
Baptist To Honor
College Students
SONNY MATHEWS
Sunday will be "Off-To-Col-lege"
Day at the Hertford Bap
tist Church. College students
will be honored at a special
supper at 6:30 then they will at
tend a special "Off-To-College"
service at the evening worship
hour. , Bev Tucker, will preside
at ; the service, Bobby Overton
will lead .the singing and be in
charge of the special music and
Sonny Mathews Will bring the
message. At the conclusion of
the service, Sonny Mathews will
be presented his license for en
tering ; the ministry by . the
church. Sonny is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. ' Howard B. Mathews
and will enter Campbell College
in September to begin his .prep
aration for the ministry.
Mrs. G. R. Tucker is in charge
of the supper. : Between 45 and
50 students and . their guests are
expected to attend
The evenine service betnns MM
8 o'clock and interested friends
In the community, are cordially
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5 Cents Per Copy
1 $50,000,000 would be built. The
State proceeded with this work
to. and has, I understand, complet-
ed one road and a bridge and is
even now proceeding with work
on the second road.
"I feel that it is essential that
a profitable .use be made of the
Harvey Point facility either in
its present uncompleted condi
tion or after whatever addi
tional work is done to make it
a useable installation. I would
consider it completely inde
fensible to permit the facility on
which are located $12,000,000 of
structures so recently construct
ed to be abandoned. I must in
sist that a study be initiated im
mediately to discover to what ,
use NAS, Harvey Point, can be
put and I will expect a prompt
and profitable conclusion of this
study.
"I will ask that your response
relating to both the cancellation
of the contract and the status of
NAS, Harvey Point, be furnish
ed at the earliest possible date."
hlch contrac S tlf any' ". t0
earned out to completion.
1 afTS lf tae, Can save
1 iunus uy cancelling uui sunic
of these current contracts the
action will be taken.
Following the announcement
last week that the Navy Depart
ment had cancelled out the
P6M Seamaster program, includ
ing reactivation of the base at
Hertford, officials of the Fifth
Naval District were of the
opinion contracts 7 now under
way would be completed, calling
for activity at the site for sev
eral months to come.
However, the decision made
Tuesday to hold a conference on
this matter later this week in
dicates some if not aim of the
work will be terminated imme
diately. Cdr. Donald F. Dalton, resi
dent officer in charge of con
struction at Harvey Point, told
this reporter earlier this week
about 75 per cent of the work
under current contracts had
been completed but the remai
ing 25 per cent of the projects
might require another six to
seven months to complete. He
stated present employment fig
ures for the site runs to about
200 persons. Many of these will
be retained in the event the
Navy decides to finish the con
struction covered in the con
tracts' in force at the present
time.
Admiral F. Massie Hughes,
Fiftn Naval District command
ant at Norfolk, was quoted
Sunday as stating no new funds
will be allocated to the project
and present Navy plans were for
the site to be placed on a care
takar basis when authorized con
struction was completed.
Renidentsof Hertford accepted
the Navy' cancellation announce
ment with some regret but not
surprise, since rumors had cir
culator1 for some time predicting
the action taken by the Navy
Department. Due to specula
tion over the future of the base,
residents of this community had
adopted a wait and see attitude
before plunging into an expan
sion program in anticipation of
community growth resulting
from the base activity. :
., This conservative action on
the part of local residents will
permit a readjustment to the
loss of the prospective base with
out undue hardship or burden.
Speculation has . arisen, in a
number . of . places, including
Norfolk, concerning future sta- .
tus of the site located at Har-
vey Point but other than stat
ing ' the site will be placed in
reserve, the Navy isn't, talking.
However, 1 one source in Nor
folk close to. Naval operations
is of , the; opinion that after a
period of time the Navy will
make an attempt to utilize the
instaSlatio r nfor . some purpose,
thus putting to use the projects
which have cost some lHi mil-
tlAn" aAniM""' m
"The money expend?! at the
local sitj r"s only a r -"l
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t