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Urtfoitdy voters . Me being
rr.'d to attend a puDUc near
.fingf to be j held next Tuesday
"night, September 15, at ' 7:30
'o'clock in Ithe' Court House, at
which ime questions; and answ
ers concerning the Hertford pro
posal to ispue $100,000 in bonds
to promote) , installation of a new
water system will be "explained
to the pubUci ' ,
. MayorV ,N. Darden pointed
out he urgently requests all vot
ers of the town to attend 'this
meeting in order that each may
secure frst . hand ( information
about the program. -t
A.' representative of the Wm.
Fv . Freemari -Company of High
Point, engineers and architects,
Will explain' to the audience re
sults found! from a survey con-
fiucted by the company regard
ing the present and future water
problems. 1 ; ;
." The public hearing will ;be a
wrpt'hiHp to !thp fsnerial election
Which Has (been set for Tues-;
, day, September 29, In which the'
.Jertfora uoara win sees tne
approval of( the voters to pro-?
-ceed with the issuance f the
bonds to raise funds to proceed
w,ith the project,
'' The Board seeks this approval
to secure funds to install a pipe
line from the town's new well
into the filter plant and the
renovation of the plant to com
ply with present regulations of
the State Board of Health. This
. latter part of (!the. project will
require the greater portion of
the -costs of the program. ! j
The engineering survey point
ed out; the twdi main problems
confronted In ! regards, to the
plairf were; . (l?'-to fmrida- n
werly crowded ite 'and (2) , r
; ' novation of tha existing . struck
''tare which was priginally. built
, jo years ago.: v . i
The survey fctyd pointed, Wit!
the town' water )s(ystem, present-
ly supplied by dome 80 shaUow
wells, is operating at near caoa-'iar,
itv nnrt Tprorrltnends installa
tion- of the newt-system which
will ialmost double the present
capacity. It ' f .'
The public is; I urged now to
make plans to atiend the meet-
dng next Tuesday; night to ilearnf
the full details of the program
as t will be outlined by the
survey companyliand town of-j
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Governor Galls Statewide Bond
Eiqctioai For Tuesday, Oct. 27
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lrGv;s S::!:p At
'' lf V l"' 7f The special el
' JlL.ww-.;V - led by Governor
" The Broad ' Street Methodist
Church, ' Statesvlle,- was the
scene 'of the' Sunday wedding of
Miss . Clara Janice Tutterow,
daughpr of -Mn jand Mrs. Wfl
liam Flbyd Tutterow, and Cor
' bin tee Cheity,' son of Mrs.
Wjiiliam Cason ,! Cherry ot Hert
ford and the lane Mr, Cherry.
"' The' Rev. Julian A. LWdsey
officiated, assisted by the. Rev.
Wilbur Jacksd of Ayden. Mrs.
Margu.et Miise, organist,' and
r;iL Benfield , of Atlanta, Q&
vocalist, presented music ' ,
.. Given rt marriage by her
f thrr,' the bride wore a. floor
PAngth gown Of chantilljr lace
tsvei1 satin with finpertip Veil,
f'tached id,, a jewel'.ed' , tiara.
, l"e wrtied gardenias oa A white
'Mils Brenda Tutterow was her
s'ater'i maid of honor. Erids
i' aids were Mrs. JanW C. Al
ley rf Troutman, I" 3. Eon Hol
of Waynrsvillo, TvT!:,s llar
tia Turnitweed and" l-'.'-J Eillie
I..i.;"ey of A "itboro. I'.iua Kar-i-n
I ?errell of Mockxville was
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HEADLINES
Congress, : still trymg. for ari;
early adjournment .this month,
passed." another "pork barrel
bill almost identical .to the one
vetoed by the President. This
measure calls for public works
within . Congressional district,
some of which do not meet ap
proval by the administration'.
Several other important meas
ures also await Congressional
action prior to any adjournment.
. The United Nations Tuesday
named a four-nation fact-finding,
team to investigate the fighting
which broke out m Laos,
The I
ios I government blames the.
Communists for the ; trouble -
wue uie ouviei
contends the trouble is entirely
internal. The Soviet represen-
tative in the UN opposed the
fact finding team proposed by
the U. S., Britain and Franco.
President Eisenhower return
ed to Washington Monday from
Europe and . in a brief talk at
the airpdrt stated his visit to
Germany,- England and France
had been a successful one; ; that
differences which, had existed
between . Western powers ' prior
to hi visit had been Ironed out
and that the West is united n
Ideal for world peaefc'?;.' :
little hope for. an early aolutidn.
Business is beginning to feel the,
effects f ,the strike and reports
jak 'bMLless the strike is settled
by ;hid-October, steeV, using in-
auswy . wm race serious snon-
afies. The reports state, ;, thus
ine sxeei woncer naa suuer-
ed most by a loss of about $1,000
each in earnings. ,
' A Washington report Tuesday
announced new talks on world
tfearamment will begin early
next year among 10 nations
which' will send representatives
to Geneva to probe f ways and
means to achieve the end of con-
stant World armament.
W. A. White, Chairman of the
Perouimans County Board ' of
Elections,"1 call's attention to
special statewide bond election
whiehwiir be held on Tuesday,
I October 27,
election wa$ calj-
Luther Hodges
to decide on nine questions of
whether, the State of North, Car
olina shall issue bonds for capital
improvements for state institu
tion nd agencies and state aid
to community , colleges and for
local hospital construction. 7
Under : instructions from the
State Board of Elections the
registration books for (this spe
cial election" will open on Sat
urday, October 3 tit 9 o'clock at
the various polling places and
remain open until sunset on . Sa t
urday, October 17. ' Registrars in
fee county Will be required to
be f their polling places to reg
ister voters on the three Sat
urdays of October 3, JO and 17.
Mr. White poihts out that this
Is' not a special registration, so
that all persons who are now,
registered on' the general , elec
tion registrat'on 'books wiU not,
have to register again to voe ih
this special e'Sction. However,
any person rwiho desires to vote
and Whose name is not on the
county's, registration books will
be' required to register in order
to 'cast a ballot. , - ,
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r;TH ANNOUNCEMENT
' Mr. and Mrs. ChRr1 E. Wins
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ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND A relic of the colorful past, this odd vehicle is a railway loco
motive once used to haul logs in the wilderness of Canada. The engine, which runs on the
ground instead of on rails, pulled the log train during the 1909-1925 era. The only one of its
kind in the U.S., it was exhibited at the Mitchell County Fair, Osage, Iowa. ..... : ....... .
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The Rev. William Scercy ,of
Charlotte, is guest evangelist at
4. series of revival services how
in progress at the Bagley Swalmp
Pilgrim . Holiness Church. The
Rev. and Mrs. McCray' Holmes
of ; Eastbn, Md., are ' musicians.
The services will be held night
ly at 7:30 o'clock through' Sep
tember 20. M. M. Holmes, pas
tor; invites the public to attend.
ion
To Conduct Annual
Meeting Here Sat
' Members of : the Albemarle
Rural Electric Membership Cor
poration will, gather in Hertford
Saturday; September 12, for their
annual meeting sand election of
directors : for the corporation
during the comihg year, it is
announced by A. T, Lane, presi
dent of s the organization. ' The
meeting will ; begin ,at 2 P. M.
All members of the corporation
are urged to attend; the meeting
and participate In the selection
of directors and other activity
scheduled on the program. ' -
: Members . will select nine di
rectors for the corporation and
nominations for ' the posts in
clude Joe ' Hastings, Charles
Walston, J. ,A. Whitehurst, Cam
den County; W. S. dasa, John N.
Bunch, Curtis -Forehand and J.
A. Wiggins, Chowan. County;
Everett Brothers, ' R. ' Lowry,
P. C.' Meads and Tommie Tem
ple. Pasquotank' County; T. M.
Jones, A. T.N Lane, Floyd Mat
thews, J: V. Rountree end Chas.
E.. White, Perquimans County
Toppirtgv the entertainment
program for this meeting will be
'Cousin Tibbie" of, TY fame.
The . officers of . the corporation i
ufge,all members to be present
for, -this important meeting and1
the public is also invited to at-'
l The off 'cial notice of, the an
nual, meeting of, the corporation'
released figures for ,the opera
tion of the, organization I during
the past year and also reported
assets of the corporation have
grown to V $1,278,682.02. During
the past year the AREM .had a
gross income of $242,323.68 while
operational expenses! ran ,, to
$199.07r.95 leaving a not margin
of $43,251.73.
Eir.TII . ""3t"TCEMENT
Mr. 'and Wi. TVie Haste; Jr.
ouu. v v ' i of a daujzh
t r, To" Lorn at Al-
Education
Studies Plans For
New Construction
Indians To Open
Grid Season At
L City Friday
, With almost a month of prac
tice, .undef their belts, the 159
Perquimans High School foot
bait, team wiU mefl-'atiew'si-s,on
Friday night by traveling
to Elizabeth City for a contest
With the Yellow Jackets. .
I'lCoach ;Ike . Perry. & optimistic
over prospects for this year's
Indian team and is looking for
ward to the team having a very
successful season.
. According' to information from
Elizabeth City, the Yellow
Jackets are undergoing a year
of rebuilding, having lost most
of , the players from last year
when the Jackets won their con
ference , title. This information
gives hopes for an Indian up
, set., and many local1 fans are
planning to follow the Indians to
Elizabeth City for the game
day night.
Chief concern thus far for
Coach Perry has been filling
tackle positions ki . the line since
graduation resulted in the loss
of the two tackles and one back.
More, than SO candidates report
ed tor the Perquimans squad but'
a number of these dropped by
the wayside during the pre-sea
son practice sessions. ; ,
.The probable starting offen
sive team for Perquimans
against Elizabeth ' City will be
Freddie Colson and Billy Nixon
at ends, Tommy Tarkenton and
Ben Gibbs at tackle, White and
Hurdle at guard, Bobby White
at center. Tommy Tilley, Pres
ton and johnny Winslow and
Jimmy . Sullivan 1 in ' the gack
field. ; A number of changes are
anticipated in the lineup for de
fensive play and the coach said
Anderson and William Chappell
will see a, lot of defensive action,.-
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In Advanced Class
f Raymond A, Winslow of Hert
ford, will be. among, 47 of the
most advanced: members in his
cla93 when he enters , the Uni
versity, iof 5 North -Carolina this
fall -as a member., of the Fresh
man Honors Program!, :. ' 1
He ;s tha son of Mr. and Ifrs.
R. A. Winslow of Hertford,
Winslow attended Perquimans
High School.
uThe Honors program, beginning
its fifth year at the University,
last' year received a $100,000
Carnegie Corporation grant, en
abling the" number of students
enrolled in- the program to be
increased from 25 to 50. Fresh
men enrolled in the honors pro-
,ranv receive ' special academic
alteration and are i ;permitted to , Mr.hews and son- have return
f're f':n' rour?-s tSlo:JJ1ed to their home and, are get.
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Carolina, Friday, September 11, 1959.
Board
Faced with the problem of
constantly increasing school pop
ulation, the Perquimans Board of
Education, meeting here last
Tuesday,, spent considerable time
discussing possible needs for
school plants during the next
three to five years.
Although no final decisions
were reached the board was in
agreement it will have to con
sider additional construction of
nor, clasyooms; -provide
space for, the growing list of
students. " Included in the pro
gram Will be replacement of
some classrooms now in use at
Perquimans Union School.
The Board of Education, ac
companied by the County Com
missioners, inspected this site
during the meeting and also in
spected two new classrooms add.
ed to the school during the past
summer,
Other actions taken during the
board meeting included the elec-
i tioh of Mrs. Clara Boswell as at
teacher at Perquimans High
School, and John Wynn as teach
er at King Street School.
A leave of absence was grant-
MrS. Eva H. Ward, clerk
to the superintendent, the leave
to become effective January 1,
1960. " ' : : I
' Superintendent J. T: Biggers
gave the board a summary of
cost of construction of the two
"new classrooms. He reported
costs of construction ws $14,-
187.98 and fixtures and furnish
ings amounted to $919, for a to
tal of $15,100.98. The board vot
ed to pay $200 for supervision
of the construction.
t,on-
To make a further study of,
the needs for Perquimans Coun
ty Schools, the Board voW to
request the Division of ' School
Planning of the State Board of
Education to Visit the county
and assist the local board with
these future plans.
ECC Alumni Plan
Barbecue Supper
. T;he alumni from East Caro
lina College wiW have a district
meeting at a Dutch barbecue
supper at Hertford, September
The Uroup will meet at
White's Barbecue Place on the
Hertford-Edenton' highway at 6
P. M.
. lDirector'1 of Foundation and
Alumni Affairs, Allan Nelms,
from "the college, will be the
guest Bpeaker.
Alumni plarihing to attend the
meeting are requested to con
tact Mrs. Julian C. Powell, dis
rict director, by September 12.
' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
.Mr. and Mrs. Moody Mathews
announce the birth of their first
child, a. son, John Moody Mat
thews III on Spotember 2, at
.the ' Albemarle . Hospital. Mrs.
County Board Ilea
Progress Report
On Devaluation
Commissioners for Perquimans
County were in a day-long ses
sion here last Tuesday, holding
the regular September meeting.
Numerous matters considered by
the 'board consumed much time
and, resulted in a long session.
A progress report on the work
of revaluating real property
within the county was presented
by th Carroll-Phelps Company.
Mr. Carroll told the board that
about 90 of the f.rst phase
of work, that of measuring and
listing ; of property, had been
completed and the firm was now
ready to start pricing the prop
erty. In consultation with Mr. Car
roll, the board adopted a sched
ule of prices to be used in re
valuating land in Hertford and
the county. These prices, like
structures, will be according to
grades or classes, all, of course,
subject to final reviews. It was
the opinion of the board that
all property be revaluated on a
conservative basis, along with
replacement values, in the pric
ing of land and structures.
Chairman R. L. Spivey advis
ed the Commissioners informa
tion is being compiled to be
furnished the U. S. Corps of
Engineers concerning a request
for clearing the Perquimans Riv-
.er, near Whiteston, of debris'
which now clogs the stream. The I
Corps of Engineers inspected the
area about two weeks ago and it
apears, looks with favor upon
the project.
The Board of Education ap
peared before the Commission
ers to discuss Possible future
cuiisirucuuu plans lur cuuniy
schools, especially 10 new class
foi&t M. a; Negro high,, school:
Since the Board of Education
announced it plans to call in the
Sta( School House Planning
Commission for additional ad
vice and information, no action
was taken by. the Commission
ers concerning the program.
Acting upon a request present
ed by the Board of Education
for a supplement to the , educa
tional budget to permit payment
of funds to vocational and home
economic teachers, as voted by
the State Legislature, the Com
missioners adopted a resolution
that since no funds were avail
able the county was not respon
sible for such action as voted
by the State of North Carolina.
For October Term
Of Superior Court
The names. of 50 residents of
the county were drawn for jury
! rfntv at thp October term, of
o.,i- rin rtn
ing the meeting of the Board
of Commissioners held last
Tuesday. ' .' .
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Drawn for jury service were:
M. L. Chappell, C. T. Felton,
Cecil C. Winslow, Joe T. White.
Chester Winslow, Grayson Jor
dan, Paul Stokley, Ben Cham
bers, William C: Barclift, Jack
Winslow, Linford Stallings, Guy
Webb, Jr., John O. White, Jr.
William A. White, L. C, Winslow.
John J. Stallings, Jerry Stokley,
James R. Stokley, Clarence C
Chappell, Sr., L. B. Sitterson,
Oris Winslow, Meador Harrell
Louis Stallings, : Samuet ; Mans
neia, -wniwwra
Also Francis ; L. White, Mar
vin Simpson, David Cox, Jr., El-
lie Byrum, Jr., Melvin Rogerson
Albert D. Eure, Ernest L. .White.
Jack Rountree, Milton Dail, Jr.
Julian Boyce, T. M. 'Stallimrs. T
Shelton Morgan, Charlie L. Dai1
Lorenzo Chappell, John Sytmons,
Jr., Thomas G. Winslow, .Davis
Cartwright U b. uodd, sr., irau
ton Phthisic-, ' William Sawyer,
Jr, Henry F. Ward, W. E.i Lane,
Jrv A, H. Edwards, O. I. Wins
low and Floyd Whaley.
i The names (of the prospective
jurors are the first drawn from
the newly compiled list, which
the law requires the, county
commissioners to make ,upi ev
ery two years. The eW list
was completed only Ictt r.:nth.
Jury List Drawn
Vinson Says Effort
Must Be i Made To
Use ' Harvey . Point
Baptist Leader To
Hertford Church
Fr IVinii- annual "Pall T?aviv1
this" yw "the Hertford Baptists j
will have as their visiting evan
gelist the Rev. George W. Cum
mins of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Cummins, a native of Ken
tucky, received his education at
the University of Louisville,
fjpnrirptnwn Pntlpprp nrl thp
Southem Ba tist Theological
Seminary. Prior to his call to
the ministry he was a public
accountant and auditor in Louis
ville and during his seminary
training he was pastor at Simp-
sonvill and Okalona, ' Kentucky.
'Upon hig graduation from
seminary, he became pastor of ,
the First Highland Park Baptist
Chur6h in loTuisviffe 'anservedl
there until the outbreak of
World War II at which time he
became a chaplain in the Navy
and served aboard the battleshin,
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USS New York, Navy Preflight strongly as i could, mv convic
School at the University of tions on this matter. The See-
North Carolina and at Pearl
Harbor. Upon leaving the chap
laincy in December of 1945, he
was called to the Beechmont
Baptist Church of Louisville.
There he served as pastor until
recalled to the Navy Chaplaincy
during the Korean conflict. He
served with the Marines in Ko-
rea and holds 13 campaign rib
bons and decorations.
Returning to the civilian min
istry, Mr. Cumhiins became Gen
eral Missionary in the San Diefio
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Bobby Smith Finds
New Experienc e
As I F Y E
By BOBBY SMITH
The sloping shores of the
great Irrawaddy in Burma s
delta region has been the set
ting for my home during the
past two weeks. This river
rises in Tibet and runs from the
extreme north down the middle
of Burma and enters the sea 120
miles west of Rangoon. It is
navigable for some 900 of its
1,000 miles. Flowing through
the most fertile part of Burma,
it is considered both the life
line and main highway of . this
country. . Shortly below Manda
lay the Irrawaddy- is joined by
the Chindwin River, which
conies south from the Hukawng
valley in i northwestern .Burma.
Many an erstwhile capital of
Burmese kingdoms Ava, Man
dalay. Pogan, Prome is found
standing along its magic banks.
"The fertile" delta, formed by
the lower Irrawaddy, is a vast
flatness of about : 10,000 square
miles and, apart from its. in-
numerable creeks rippling thru!
thej land, is also a never ending
expanse of paddy and jute tieids.
At the beginning of Burmese
history, twelve or thirteen cen
turies back, it is believed that
much of this lower delta was
still under 'the sea, t
"My host family how is that
of U aung Myats, and he i also
head man 01 our viaia 'bf tfy
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Chairman Carl Vinson of the
House Armed Services Commit-j?
tee conferred with Navy Secre-
tary William B. Franke 4ast
Tuesday concerning Navy pCans
for the Harvey Point' Navy Base '
and Vinson insisted the Navy
explore every avenue to find "
some use of the facility. . "
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner advised this newspaper on
Tuesday afternoon of the results
of the conference and stated he
has hopes that the efforts being
expended by Rep. Vinson will
prove fruitful in having Harvey
Point placed in operation.
Bonner said Vinson had as
sured him the Defense Depart-
j ment will be surveyed from top
vj uuuom 10 una some use tor
the local base in the near fu
ture. In a letter to Mr. Bonner, Reo.
Vinson said he concurred with
the Navy's decision in cancel
ling the Seamaster program due
to the fact this system had been
overtaken by other weapons.
Vinson's letter to Mr. Bonner
relating to the conference on
H P"int said:.
Now the question recurs as
to what we will do with the new
facilities at Harvey Point, cost
ing between $11 and $12 mil
lion to date. It is my firm po
sition that every possible effort
must be made to pvit these fa
cilities to some gainful military
use, Our military establishrr.cr-
is not static. It undergoes con
stant change because of new "
weapons, systems and new de
fense concepts which continue to ,
evolve. So I am not suggest
ing that the facilities at Harvey
Point hp tispri rpparrlleca r,f omr
m:litapv iust,PBt,ftB. ; T '
simply saying that, I firmly Re
lieve that some valid military
use can be found for these fa
cilities. "During my conference with
the Secretarv I emnha
retary has agreed that the Navy
will make every effort to put
this facility to legitimate use.
In the- event the Navy can find
no possible use for the facility,
it is my intention to pursue this
matter with the other military
departments.
"From the foregoing, I am
sure it is obvious1 to you that I
intend to exert every effort to
bring this matter to a success
ful conclusion and you may be
assured of my coninuing cooper-
ation to that end."
Student
aung Mgu. Our farm is some
forty acres and of this five acres
are devoted to jute growing.
Jute, the fibers of which are
used in bag and cloth making,' is
first planted by broadcasting the
seed over the dry land. Later
the young plants are thinned
until they stand four to five in
ches apart and then water (usu
ally the monsoon handles this)
is turned onto the land until it
reaches a depth of six inches.
It takes the jute plants approxi
mately 3Va months to gain ma
turity or reach cutting stage.
After the jute is cut, it is tied
in bundles of twenty stalks and
soaked beneath a water surface
for thirteen to fifteen days.
Once out from the soaking pits,
the outside .'bark' is broken and
the tender fibers from the stalk's
center removed. These fibers
are dried in the sun from two
to five days. ;One acre of jute
. Vds one hundred pounds of
fiber and will bring the Busmese
larmer some
"Weaving of mats from ' a
reed-like plant, called THIN ia
a great pastime in this village.
After the day's labor ie finished,
the young and old and .the men
and women alike gather around
the) kerosene lamps and weave.
Much originality ; and thougVt
are' shown in their designs, whl
, Cc- -ucj ow r-:-, riv