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Dabby Smith Finds
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By BOBBY SMITH
rrom me eniargea DiacK ana;court and his ruljng v6n in
white photograpns . that were
lying on '. the - table, my host
father 'was studying intently one
which' depicted the use of trac
tors and modern machinery on
an American farm. Then, through
the corner of my eye, caught
him comparing these to his own
three oxen that stood tied to
the edge of our house. I watched
my host mother glance to the
bed of coals that served as her
cooking stove and then back to
a photograph showing an up-to-date
American farm kitchen. My
host sister looked sadly at her
ragged skirt and then with fond
ness to the pictures of teen-aee
fashions in America. My 22-year-old
host brother ' stared
longingly at the snapshot of a
college football team and. then
with- a real questioning tone in
his voice asked, "Are these real
pictures? Is there a land where
such great things as these really
exist?" In all sincerity he had
asked these questions, because
here, high in the hills of the
undeveloped Kayah State of,
Burma, with poverty, filth and
illiteracy still king of the day,
these modern conceptions of liv-1
ing seem as unreal to him and
nis viuiiiuyj as uues a irip 10 '
Mars for many of us.
The Kayah State is one of
many ' valleys and beautiful
mountains. Several large and
impressive lakes are also con
tained in the scenery. ' There
ares , seven . different tribes of
people living ; here and each
speaks their own dialect. These'
dialects will also- differ from
village to village .among people
of ihe same tribe. It is esti
mated that some fifty dialects
are spoken in the staie.nJy
fw'vinagesiave &tf-iyh&at
formal schooling antt the-.illiter-
aVrate U upward 4 75 it The
are. is thembst sparself popu-
lated in Surma with an aver-
lated in Burma' with an aver
age of only six people living to
the square mile and with a to
tal 'etofa vtitiilotn" 1'On AftA
.toil h. tA , m
system of feudal institutions and
there are four sawbwas ' (or
lords) who rules ' the tribes.
These four sawbwas live in
great splendor and have , much
power .over the tribes. Each
village has to pay rent into the
sawbwas' estate and all marri-
U::on Seh:l PTA
Votes To Insfell
i Lahts At School
"The Parent - Teacher Associa-.i
iioif of the Perquimans County
Union School convened Monday
night, November 9, in the cafe
teria with 110 members in at
tendance The total amount of I
$292 v was collected from the j
membership drive;'' The purpose
of the drive was to purchase j
playground equipment" for thei
school - 1 I
: A, Dempsey, the principal J
of the school, spoke briefly to 1
the parents concerning the in
stallation of lights on the school
grounds, price of playground
equipment and the expense, for
operating athletics this year.
He stated that the athletic drive
closed with approximately $800
collected. - It was finally' agreed
by the, parents to' have' another
drive to purchase lights for the
grounds. Volunteer 'captains
were asked 'to get' dbnorrf for
t!Js project 1 ,y"V
- Willie B.'' Moore, president;
:"rs. E. S. Zachary' treasurer',
i)ie next meeting 'will be, De-
ii -t tin 'a'aiwai Im1 w'
i '.ool's cafeteria.
: : J To Hold
"..' T rof J
. A special meeting of the
E.'nrd of Commissioners , for
renp'taans County will be held
I-'Tv.'.-y night, November 16, at
"J 0'c.l-n.k in the Court House,
e purp. e of the mv. ting will
to ma!, j a si 'y c f C ? pro
! of t',? t ' 1 cf r 1
I
. ages have to be approved by
I him. ' ThA cauihwna cpnrno 'bb 4ha
case of condemning to death, is
final. This feudal system of lo
cal government is the main" rea
son why the people of the state
are so backward and so un
aware of the happenings, in 'the
rest of the world., Foirxample,
I asked, one of my host fathers
here if he had heard of Rus
sia's success in sending a rocket
to the moon, and he replied, by
asking, "What is Russia?"
. On my arrival in Loikaw, the
capital city. I was met by the
Governor of the Kayah State,
who is U A. Mya Lay.'L For
four days I remained as his
guest and was really treated
royally. His son, Lawarence
Mya Lay, was an IFYE to the
United States in 1957. I also
spent some time on his farm
where he is doing much work
with ; the improvement of the
Burmese cow through better
breeding practices. In a sense
he is the head sawbwa of the
entire state. His 32-room man
sion, equipped , with everything
including 22 servants, offers
quite a conttast to' the thousands
of one-room huts located in the
villages,
, ,;t shall never forget :my visjt
with the Padaung people, for it
is the women Of this tribe who
wear the many lings of gold
around their neck to give it a
foot: long -appearance. Nobody
knows exactly'5 why this custom
of "neck stretching" started.
Leen! W lt heverT
om thf ese kmgs had a
great desire for the, beautiful
Padaung girls and would bring
in great numbers to ' form their
harems. As the Padaung women
grew few in number, , the men
of "Ihe i 'tribe -ngt a6d:"decided' to
make their women uglyi-and un-
through forcing all
to have long necks
by the wearing of these ring col
lars. In later - years similar
rings. were . added , to the legs
and arms. The women have a
very awkward appearance and
e nbt too pleasing to the eye-
HI least, UUfcmv cjrea.
Ofon September 27 I "attended
a "sticky ripe festival" at Moso.
The festival is given in "hopes
that through making sacrifices
to the gods (the people are ani
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U. S. cranberry producers,
irked by the- .government an
nminpement , that Some berries
are risky to eat, have demanded
that the government take imme
diate steps to locate all, of the
nnntaminated ctod and remove
the public fear surrounding the
purchase of cranberries. The. an
nouncement made early this
wppIc resulted in many outlets
removing cranberries from, sale
shelves.
National production started
climbing again this week follow
ing the, return to work by the
steel industry, but indicators
predict, it will take about six
weeks for depleted steel stocks
to reach the peak held prior to
the strike, .which started last
July. The tiuce in the styeel
strike came by xrder of i the Su
preme Court and , ; lasts until
January 27 'the union., is ex
pected1 to. walk but again on that
date unless ''a contract is,, signed
between1- the union arid, , industry
before the deadhne,-, ,
1 " . ;(,- ((',,.i1.s r
.SeYe1 'men died arid 26 were
inlured' when1 'fire sweDt an oil
tanker' docked at Houston, iex-
as.. ? Firemen battled .the .blaze j
and prevented 'it from spreading
to nearby gas storage tanks.
Among1 the dead was R, R.
Combs of Columbia N. C, who
was captain of the tanker, v
Russia, according to an an
nouncement coming from Egypt
this week, . has perfected . an
atomic submarine. The report
said Piv--: t Khrushchev claims
' f ' ' is ir')rh f sr
T1IIS WEEK'S i!
ii HEADLINES i;
PERQUIMANS
HertfordPerquimans County, North
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SEVENTEEN PASSENCERS LIVED Although the nose of
when it crashed in Santa Maria, Calif, 17 passengers were not
Society Members
Invited To Edenton
. Members of the Perquimans
County Historical Society have
received a speijial,. invitation
from the Edenton : Chapter of
NSDAR and the Edenton His
torical Society to attend the
200th anniversary of the James
Iredell House, to be observed in
Edenton November 22 from 12
noon until 6 P. M. The invita
tion was mailed to the Perquim
ans Society secretary, Mrs. Julian
Powell. ,
Reader? of The Perquimans
Weekly who . desire to renew
their subscription through the
Parent-Teacher ' Association of
Hertford -and --Central Grammar
Schools "and 'thus' help'" these or
ganizations ' to - raise' funds "for
PTA activities, are advised they
roust do so by Friday.'
' Thei two PTA groups have
been . acting a3 subscription
agents for The Weekly during
the past ;. four weeks, seeking
renewals for this newspaper,
but the drive will come to a
close today.
Mrs. W. E. Harrison and Mrs.
Elwood Perry of the Hertford
PTA and Mrs. Thomas Chappell
of Central PTA, who have been
directing the drive, urges their
solicitors to complete, a canvass
of their territory immediately
and be prepared , to make reports
Friday morning; )
Weekly subscribers are again
reminded, , tne management, in
an effort to assist the PTA in
this project and .help the fund
raising drive, has" mailed no no
tices of '; subscription expirations
while the PTA solicitors have
been working. - . No notices of
expiration will be mailed before
January -1. However, subscrip
tions that have expired will be
discontinued at the close of the
PTA campaign : unless renewed
through a PTA solicitor v
In Accident Case
. A three-car accident which oc
curred early last Saturday night
on U. S. 17 south' of Hertford
about mile, resulted in Don
ne Bateman, Route-three Hert
ford, being , charged with' reck
less driving, driving to the left
of a center line and leaving the
scene. of .an, a,ecident ' .: . .i
.; Accord'.Mf to Patrolman R. I.
, Weathersfbee, ; who ' (; investigated
the accident, Batwnsn , was driv
ings car toward Hertford and
struck, pars ..being driven by
Georte , Wrd, ( , Jr,,.v and Jack
Winslow, The dttcet said ''Bate-'
man's; car crossed the center line
and hit the Ward, car which had
been 'driven, onto the shoulder
of the road; then Bateman con
tinued on v the road strikmg
the car driven by Winslow. The
W'nslow car, likewise, had been
driven, off the road in an effort
to avoid a collision.
The patrolman reported dam
ages to 'alt three cars amounted
to about $1,450. ,
Bateman will "be given a henr
Jng on' the ( ' rnrw In Perquim-
Weekly Renewals
To Close Friday
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Indians To Close
Football Season
With Camden Fri.
Perquimans High School will
close its 1959 football season
Friday night of this week when
the Camden gndders come to,
Hertford for a contest with
Coarh Ike Perry's squad. The
Indians are hopeful they can
chalk this game up as their
fourth victory of the season. ,
Perquimans won its first Al
bemarle Conference game of t'h
season 'last Friday night by de
feating Scotland Neck by a one
sided score of- 46 to 6 The win
moved the Indians out of the
cellar in " the league standing,
giving them a 1-3-1 record. ' ; j
The Indians turned the Scot-
landr,Neck
,gajnaJnto. r-a-tracW
meet with" Preston Winslqw ahd
Jimmy Sullivan moving the ball
at, will, accounting for three
TDs in the first period, iwo in
the third and two more in the
final quarter.
Winslow tallied four
of the
Perquimans TDs, running 70, 35
and 20 yards for three scores
and catching a TD pass for the
fourth. The Indian offense had
little difficulty smashing through
the Scotland Neck defense. In
fact they scored 27 points dur
ing the first half while achiev
ing only two first downs.
During the second period
Scotland Neck made its only
threat when Brady scampered 70
yards, returning a kickoff for a
touchdown. '
In :. the second period Ben
Gibbs. blocked a Scotland Neck
punt which was intercepted by
Carlyle ' Woodard, Perquimans
lineman, . who also scored a TD
from about 20 yards out.
Shortly after the opening of
the ,- third:, quarter Perquimans
ran , the score to 32-6 and the
local coachts started clearing the
Perquimans bench, giving the
reserves plenty of game action
and experience. The reserves
tallied two 1 scores in the last
quarter.
Social Security
Talk At Rotary
Hertford Rotarians were given
a detailed analysis of the opera
tion of the social security pro
gram at their .meeting Tuesday
nieht when P. E. Bettendorf,
area representative, .was guest
speaker for the meeting.
Mr. . Bettendorf outlined the
four,benefit programs included in
the. sopial, security operation and
gave! . the j, requirements '' neees-:
sary' :for an individual to qualify
for any one of these benefits."-'-
He! pointed) out there are many
individuals, eligible for social se-
curity benefits but are not re
ceiving : them due to .failure' to
make' application for .the bene
fits. ;He urged the Rotarians to
advise such individuals to con
tact him and make application
in order that these benefits may
be properly paid.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Hathaway, Jr, of Norfolk, an
nounce the birth of daughter,
Robin Lynne, born in a Norfolk
hospital on November Z- ; Mirs.
H.lth'a-wfay-, is the , ,
former .1,'ias
Carolina,- Friday, November 13, 1959.
a. iz ..... : . j
this airliner was demolished
injured. The pilot was killed.
Mattox Resigns
As Pastor At
The Rev. James O. Mattox,
pastor of the Hertford Baptist
Church for the past five years,
has resigned his post here to ac
cept a call as pastor of the Red
Springs Baptist Church.
Mr. Mattox tendered his resig
nation to the church board at a
meeting held Wednesday night
0f -last week- The resignation is
effective as of January.
-During' his pastorate here Mr.
Mattox took an active part in
civic as well as church affairs
and the announcement of his
leaving was received with a
i great amount of regret.
Christmas Checks
Christmas savings checks
amounting to some $32;000 will
be paid out next week to the
more than .5P0 members of the
.. j,
Company, it was , announced"
Monday by R. M. Riddick, presi-
dent of the local bank.
Mr. Riddick stated the Christ
mas Savings Club plan this
year was the most successful
ever sponsored by the bank. ;
The release of . these funds
saved by the members during the
past 50 weeks is expected to be
reflected in early Christmas
shopping in the community dur
ing the next few weeks,
Mr. Riddick announced the
new savings club for 1960 will
be opened within a short time
at the local bank, and the pub
lic is invited to join in this
savings plan, which will run
for a total of 50 weeks. v
Gun Happy
Local police are conducting a
search for a "gun happy" : in
dividual who . broke into the
Pitt Hardware Store during the
early hours of '; Sunday night
and made away with a shot gun.
UHitting , the local hardware
store for the, purpose of stealing
guns apparently' is habit'1 form
ing;: for ithe break-in - Sunday
was the third time in recent
months the store was robbed of
guns. According to reports the
gun . was the . only merchandise
taken from the store Sunday.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Lay-
Baptist Church
Bank To Pay Out
den, Jr., announce the birth of.JayceeS Hold
a son, Thomas Lynn, born Wed- a i T?rtncd
nesday. October 28, at the Cho- Wler JWMol
wan Hospital. Mrs. Layden is
the former Miss Avis Winslow;
BAKE SALE
The St. ; Catherine Guild will
hcftd!k'"bake sale Saturday,. No-
'Vdmfcftv I,' at' Iff 'A;"Jvt, Mi "the
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Hertford Board
Meeting here. Monday night for
its regular Movember meeting,
the Hertford Town Board heard
a financial report by the Town
Clerk on the fiscal operations
of the town for the first four
months of the year. R. C. El
liott, Clerk, listed expenditures
for the period running slightly
higher than estimated by the
budget; this -being due to ma
terial purchases Usually made at
the beginning of each fiscal
year. Income for the period was
about as estimated within the
budget. Elliott advised the
Board that cash balances No
vember 1 amounted to $14,000
with all bills paid.
On request of J. Moody Math
ews, Jr., the Board voted to re
zone a lot of Grubb Street from
residential zone to industrial
zone. The lot is adjacent to the
property owned by Mr. Math-
ews and occupied by the Farm
I ers Feed & Seed Co.
I Town Attorney Chas. E. John
son gave the Board a report on
the progress of the sale of town
bonds, the income from which
will be used to renovate the
water filter plant and install the
new water supply for Hertford.
The Board also discussed the
operation of a statewide fire
men's pension plan and Fire
Chief R. C. Elliott advised the
Board that Hertford's assessment
for this plan is now paid
through June, 1960.
Questionnaires
On Farm Census
Questionnair'es for the 1959
Census of Agriculture are now
in, the mail and will be in the
hands- of local farmers within a
few days, it was announced to
day by Field Director Joseph R.
Norwood of the Census Bu
reau's regional office in Char
lotte. The farm census questionnaires
are being mailed Irom Chicago,
Illinois, with the distribution
timed so that the report forms
will reach farmers about a week
ahead of the date when census
takers will begin the field can
vass. The advance mailing is
for the purpose of giving farm
operators time to consult their
records before filling in the
answers required by the ques'
. . , A.
tionnaires and getting them
ready for the census takers to
pick up. This procedure is de
signed to insure greater accur
acy of reporting and to save
time both for the farmer and
the census taker when the latter
calls at the farm.
The 1959 Census of Agricul-'
ture questionnaire is designed to
provide information on the num
ber and size of farms, acreage
and harvest of crops, livestock
production and inventories, se
lected farm facilities and equip
ment, selected farm expenditures, ;
farm values and mortgage debt.
On the average, each farmer is
asked about 100 questions, many
of which can be answered by
simply checking "yes" or "no."
Masons To Hold
Annual Banquet
Perquimans Lodge No! 106,
A. F. & A. M., will hold its an
nual Ladies' Night banquet next
Tuesday, November 17, at 7
o'clock in the cafeteria 'at the
Central Grammar School in Wm
fall. ', y:-:
. Guest speaker for the event
will be Ed Rooker, past Potent
tate and present Recorder of Su-.
dan Temple.
AU members of the lodge and
members of. the chapter of , the
Eastern Star are urged to at
ten the dinner meeting, i .
Members of the Hertford Jay
cees, accompanied by five guests
from the Ahoskie Chamber, trav
eled -to Elizabeth City Wednes--'
day; night,, where they enjoyed
n,'oyteT roast at TucVn Driva.
Given Financial :
Rqport At Meeting
Now Being Mailed
:cly
Heavy Docket In
Recorder's Court
Here Last Tuesday
Following a recess of one
week, an unusually heavy dock
et was disposed of during Tues
day's term of Perquimans Re
corder's Court presided over by
Judge Chas. E. Juhnson. Four
cases were continued and two
defendants, Marvin Murphy and
Greenwood Welch, were ordered
held for $50 bonds when they
failed to appear in court to
answer charges brought against
them.
Six defendants submitted to
charges cf speeding and paid the
court costs and fines indicated
following their names: Edward
Johnson, Howard Barrett, Jr.,
$14.25, Leon Huber $10.25, Fred
Wright $10.25, Gary Arity, John
Cannon $14.25.
Buford Graham and William
Rogerson, Nrro, paid the cost'
of court after c;k:'i sulj.i.;;td to
charges of failing to c a
stop sign.
Costs of court were paid by
Carson Spivey, Jr., who submit
ted to a charge of following too
closely.
Kenneth Willis was taxed with
the costs of court on a charge
of being drunk.
Leo Danieb paid the court
costs aiter he submitted to a
charge cf failing to give a prop
er vehicle signal.
Solomon Hurdle, Negro, sub
mitted to a charge of driving
on the left side of a highway
and paid the court costs.
Costs of court were taxed
against James Brown, Negro, on
a charge of failing to grant a
right-of-way.
A 30-day road sentence was
ordered invoked against Robert
Gramby for failure to comply
with a court order for support
of his- child.
Steve Reed entered a plea of
guilty tu a charge of assault and
was found guilty on a charge I upon payment of fines of $25
of assault on a female. He wps'and costs each,
given 6-rronth road sentence til Oscar Shaw submitted to a
be suspended upon the fundi-1 charge of driving with an ox
tion he remain of good behavior pired license. He was taxed
for 12 , months, avoid gambling,' with the court costs.
EinYlnciled TpmiatiiT"
In Post Office
Speed Up Plans
Hertford and Perquimans
County are included in the Post
Office Department's new plan tf
provide speedier transportatior
and delivery of mail in a 13
county area embracing 4600
square miles, it was reported to
day by W. W. White, Hertford
Postmaster.
Official announcement of the
new plan was made last week
by Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield, through his rep
resentative M. R. -Clarke.' at
Norfolk which is the hub of the
operations.
Mr. Clarke had this to say:
"This program for better first
class mail service has been in
tes-t operation in the Norfolk
metropolitan area since July 1,
1959. I feel confident that post
al patrons in the area can be
assured that, barring occas'onal
human errors, first-class letters
mailed prior to 5 P. M., or at
small offices, in time for the
final dispatch if made prior to
5 P. M., will be delivered to
their destinations within the plan
ar?a on the first delivery trips
o the following luisiness . day. ;
"From many points in ' the I
area, it will be possible to give
next-morning delivery in and
well beyond the plan' area even
on. mail deposited after 5 P. M.
However, we would like to urge
the patrons of this area 1 to mail
as early in the day as possible.
The , Norfolk metropolitan area
includes Norfolk, Newport- News"
and Hampton and the counties
of Accomack, Nansemond, Nor
folk, Northampton and Princess
Anne in Virginia, and Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare; Gates,
Hertford, Paquotank and ' Per
quimans in North Carolina.
"Personnel of the ' Washington
postal region and of 157 . post
offices in the area nave worked
U a team to develop" a compre-
5 Cents Per Copj.
vlSitln6 Pno1 rooms or beer P' l
lors, that he be gainfully em
ployed within one week and that
he remain away from property
owned or operated by William
Landing, Jr.
Six months road sentences;
suspended upon payment of
fines of $150 and costs each,
were appealed by Frank Langley
who was found guilty of charg
es of reckless driving, transpos
ing and possessing non-tax-paid
liquor and Raleigh Byrum,
charged with beint; drunk, trans
porting and possessing non-tax-paid
liquor.
Dallas Gilliam, Negro, found
guilty of non-support, was or
dered to pay the court casts and
the sum of $10 oer week for
the use of his children.
Henry Whecibce, Negro, charg
ed with driving a car with an
obscured side glass submiited..
and paid the court costs.
Leslie Wilson,, Jr., and Mane
Wilson, Negroes, pleaded guilty
to charges r' disturbing the
peace. They were ordered lo
pay the court costa
Costs of court were taxed
against Martha Winslow, N: i.,
found guilty on a charge of dis
turbing the peace.
Horace White, Negro, w.i-,
found not guilty on a' charge'. of
assa lit.
Elbert Revells. Negro, pleaded
guilty io a charge of failing t
observe a step sign. He wis
ordered to pay a f ne of $10
and costs or serve 30 days in
jail.
Ersa Nixon, Negro, was found
not guilty on a charge of a."
sault.
Tyler Vick and Winford Jontv.,
Negro, pleaded guilty to ch;;v s
of mutiial alsault"' iith deadly
weapons. Each were given 30
day sentences to be suspended
Ready To Begin
p?! Sale Drive
"Protect the Family Circle" is
the aim of the Pasquotank
Perquimans - Camden Tubeirculo
sis Association as plans co irt'i ;
the 1959 Christmas Seal cam
paign. Approximately 1,000 letrs
will reach the homes of Per
quimans County citizens con
taining Christmas Seals. Many
lives have been saved since thn
first 'Christmas Seals were sold
but not enough, said Tommy
Maston, chairman for Christmas
Seals for Peruaimans County,
This year's 1959 Seal H de
signed by Katherine La Bruce
Rowe, born in Richmond, Va.,
and depicts a tiny girl feedin"
crumbs to the birds, and a smnll
boy feeding squirrels. Mrs.
Rowe thought of children in
terms of health. The seal will
be used throughout the world,
symbolizing a message of hone
and to remind us of our respon
sibility, the right of children to
grow up strong, intelligent and ;
healthy. .
The quota for Perquimans;
County is $1,400. Proceeds f rom
this year's Christmas Seal , must
do- more, than maintain our
present TB control activities,
said Maston. We must expand
our efforts to find all unknown
vases ui xa iiuiviiig 111 Hmc: uum-1
munity and : extend our educ n,
tional program so that people of
all ages learn how to protect '
themselves from tuberculosis nnd
to put more money into medi- ,
cal research to find better ways
of fighting TB.
Central PTA To
Met Next Monday ;
: The November meeting of tht,
Central Grammar School PTA'
will be held next Mondav night
at 8 1 o'clock in the abditorii'H
of the school at WlnfalL. All
members and patrons . of thg