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' . .'i . I Jl i T II V , Jli!;;. rr. iMii ' ft. - jlli jM VHi ibor " 7, Hertford Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 20, 1959. 5 Cents Per Copy. Mil! i : ! 1,1 ' 1 0 1I3 At A T7 .. ru; a i The ..Parent-Teacher Assb;ia , i t of the Hertford Grammar , E .ool'met last Thursday riight : ' j,n the auditorium of the- school. V The meeting was presided, over 1 the i president, iMrs.- Robert !; LuIIolloweUV. idi6 welcomed tine ' mL Jdbers aijd ' recognized Mrs, .. Talmadge Ro9e, Jr., who was in charge of the program. Mrs. Rose introduced the Rev. James A. Auman, pastor of the first Methodist Church, who used the - love passage from first Corinth ; ians as ' the devotional. The 'ij film, "Family on Trial", Was the highlight of the meeting. It traced the family life of two ' . boys, and brought out certain . qualities in each. ' Mr. Auman : 'conducted the discussion and summarized the film. . - ' Mrs. Hollowell dispensed with the, ' reading of the secretary's report on the October meeting . and', requested reports from the . chairmen of the standing com- mittees. The treasurer, Mrs. Freeman Long; ' reported a balance of $236.38 in ; the ;. treasury;' Mrs. Hollowell informed the group that the freezer had been pur. chased ; and paid for. since it . was especially needed. 'Mrs.- Emory White, .room rep resentative chairman, reported a V profit of $219.04 from the Hallo ween Carnival. Words of appre ciation were expressed to all of . those who helped in making it successful. The chairmen of the newspa per drive, Mrs. Elwood ; Perry and Mrs. Walter Harrison, re- ported a profit of $339 from the V yrpef drive. , 5?f. i t , - ,'Mrs. Broughton Pail and Mrs. . Jack Brinn, co-hostesses, served the. school masters! banquet aiid received a profit of $58.50 'MagaV.ine chairman, Charlie scriptions -and purchases of the FTA Magazines were quite tow. It was emphasized the fcchoo" . must sell a certain amount of '.J, magazines' in order to ; become standardized. All members Were urged to cooperate in. the niat ter. v ' " - ' Mrs. Ab Williams', membership chairman, reported there are 319 members, $79.75 .was collected ' for' membership dues and Miss Gladys Felton's class was " the . fjrst to attain 100.' The president informed ; the . group that several Wies from Hertford attended the District Conference at Poplar Branch on November 3. Mrs. Walter Ed wards, speaking for the ladies, stated it-was a wonderful meet- 1 S, ipgrand.all Cf them Were : very I t n "Cotilinued en fag m Mrs. C. T. Kogerson, Jr., Named Outstanding Qub Member At ID Achievement Day Program . .Irs. Charle Thomas Roger s: n, Jr.. was named outstanding V1 b member of the yew at the Annans County Home Dem r stion Achievement Day, 1 say, November 10. Mrs. ) .on, a Belvidere Club T, was recognized for her .'..ahments in home dem tiOn and. 4-H Oub work. i clubs participated in the i iti st sponsored by a na r , i chain. The follow ' named club members i ,r from their local : ii I '-thews, Helen '; r-s. John JE. I l-Vhite Hat T. Gin, ITope 5. J. B. L 'ht, ' ; I C9. A, E, Lryden, j Club, and Mrs. T ,r-n'. 1 i in i !T ptO 1 V ,.1- i::3 ti bv r '-r- v Hertford - mi t m ; mill, a i ! Officials of ' the -. 'Carolina Amusement Company of - Eliza beth City have no Immediate plans : concerning - the State Theater which was closed last week. -Residents of Hertford have ex pressed . a lot of opinions about the theater closing and on Wed: nesday a group of local people, headed by Mayo V. N. Darden, went to Elizabeth City ahd con f erred with Levin Culpepper of the Amusement Company about proposals to reopen the theater but no definite arrangements were concluded. :,' , The local officials are iiopeful that witn full local support some arrangements can be made whereby the theater will be re opened for the entertainment of the people of Perquimans County. Library Receives Funds From Trust The 1 Perquimans "County Li brary in October : received a check for $200.50, the first pay ment cn the library's 5 of the income from the Thomas G. Skinner Trust Fund This in come is designated for the pur chase of books, and with it, the library is planning to add to its collection Of reference books and non-fiction in Various fields. A substantial proportion .of State Aid funds and Federal Aid to rural libraries is also Set up in the library budget for books. -New books recently received i the library are: Creative Sci ence Series, in 6 volumes, 1 Ik'l'nJiiCft'':'ipubiJattoi'7 edfWd with the cooperation , of the American Museum of Natural History; Adventures of the Mind, a series of articles by selected authors, originally ' appearing in the Saturday Evening Post; The War Lover, the current Book-of-ihe-Month Club selection; the Fabulous Showman, a biography of P. T. Barnum; and Only in New England, a novel by Ras coe. ' For children, new books are All About the Jungle; All About Archaeology, Pre-historic Cave Men; and The Ice Age. v ' ' v BAKE SALE There will be a bake sale Saturday in Steve, Perry's store at New Hope. The sale is spon sored bv the Durante Neck Home Demonstration .Club. , ' njwn--iprwVrf-r.-iii-.-i" " - cussed using wood carvings and braided rugs with the livable shades of ' brown, yellow and orange. She said the blended shades of pink, blue and char coal Suggested hooked' rugs and more formal crafts. During the demonstration Miss Gordon en couraged members to select a craft because it. is beautiful andor useful. She also stressed that a good craft should be wor thy of one's time and efforts. Mrs. O. C. Long, Jr., of Cho wan County and First Chairman of the 25th District Home Dem onstration Federation, ; installed the new officers: i Mrs.. Warner r.'adre,1 president;. :, Mrs. 0 Willie Lamb, vice president; Mrsv Colon Ja--V -nn, secretary, and Mrs. Ed gar Long, treasurer." During the ca-We -licht installation,: Mrs. Lp z ii ' ncl each,: officer of hfinnew o the spoke-briefly on character courage, culture and citizenship taken from the Home Demonstration Creed. I.Irs. Y.Mi: i V.'ir 'ow presided rv.r t' j r l , ' 1 ' '," the " - :. A -t ' 'vi. i i w s fc'ven i 1 c '. . ; i. d :.-s 1 : I'll . . ; :, :. ,r . mm , : ! A i White , House1 secretary te por,Wd I Wednesday t ; ' President Eisenhower is considering a- sug gestion he request former Presi dent Harry! Truman ; to 'accom pany him on a tour ' to some' 11 nations' early next month.' Presi dent Eisenhower will make the trip io 'Visit' the' heads of 'the governments 'of the small na tions to bolster the U. S. posi tion among the countries includ ed on the tour, v V Further cuts in the spending for defense will be the order of the year if a proposed military budget is adopted for the coming year. The Defense secretary has announced budget requests will be about 41 billion dollars, call ing for reduction in military manpower but a step up ini pro duction of missiles. ine national economy ' is slowly bouncing ' back from the effects of the steel strike, but economists state it will be early 1980 before production regains the position held prior to the strike. Auto manufacturing is picking up slowly, - as is other types of production but insuffi cient stocks of steel still ham per recovery. ' i , V v ; A severe cold wave swept across the nation this week, a month before winter arrives, leaving communications disrupt ed and resulting in a number of deaths. Heavy snows in Western states isolated some communi ties for a short time. Tempera tures in some areas were re ported an much as 30 degrees below normal. pcttfgGnsors SuprToDcnafil .; The: Perquimans (Business rani Professional w 6men'S Club "will. serve a supper at the Hertford Grammar School Friday, , No vember '-.20j from 9 to 8 P. . M., consisting of ' pancakes, syrup, sausage and coffee all the pan cakes you can eat for the price of a ticket So many calls are being made for the hospital beds available, members of the cilub deem it a necessity to -purchase another bed for their project, the Local Loan Closet. " . Get your tickets , for adults and children from - any club member or tickets will be avail able at the .door. Enioy the Community Pancake Day as well as helping a good cause. Entertainment will be furnished by members of the club and members of the 4-H Club. King Street School PTA Meeting Monday King Street School PTA held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, night, .November 16, with G. . W. James, ' Jr presid ing. ' ' ) Mrs. Clarice Newby, a delegate to the District PTA held in Edenton on October 27, gave an interesting report of the high lights of the meeting:'' . -As report from the1 Halloween carnival was given by Mrs. Mary Holley. The event was consid ered a huge success financially, as well as providing lots of fun for the children, .. ; , The next PTA meeting will be held on December 1 15, at which time a Christmas pro gram will be presented by the school. ' '' Ccanty Census , ., Workers Namedl ,'. -j Thomas Gallop, crew leader for the ' 1959 agriculture census, announced-, this week MrsZsno vah(C. White, Ores W. Wins low,' Miss Ruby A. Wijte, Er nest , W. Sutton and Henry C. SuSlivan have been appointed as census takers ' In ' Perquimans County. I". . In preparation for- the '-project the workers attended a tr .!nin? session held -in Eliza b: City this week for the pur- rt firrsTi"' '( temselvos ! 4 $ f 6,. " BREATHING? So lifelike, it appears as if it could breathe, 1 a clay bust of Pope John , XXIII receives finishing touches by Rome sculptor Carlo PisL : Commissioners Make Check On Property Revaluation Program Nearing Completion Commissioners for Perquimana County, meeting in a special session here last Monday withil Eob Carroll, made a rheck of comparison on vn'.ues being placed on rcjl property which is now being revaluated for. tax purposes. Mr. Cam 11, representing the Carroll-Phelps firm, has charge of the re valuating program i He opened the meeting with an 'ex planation to the Board of thef progress of his work, and stated he expected to complete the pro ject in about three weeks, 'i; The Commissioners were ad vised that new appraisal figures for real ' property ' within the county w'll be about four times ( as great as currently carried on th tax records. - : .- Mr. Carroll gave the board es timated figures for four of the five townships, stating an esli- mate or Hertford Townsh'p was not .available due to the,. faf .? Jo be usedcom- work in tKI3 nbwWSWp'" had "hof progressea- sufficiently f or f i an estimated figure. For the four other townships. Mr. Carrot gave the board the following ten-' tative estimates for valuation or County 4H'Chib Achievement Day Program Conflueted Thurs. r Perquimans County 4-n ciuo members held tneir Acn Day at the Perquimans County 5 Central Grammar vSohool kst, Thursday, . Vernon Wmslow, 1-H. County . Council President, pie- sided over , the annual meeting., Tho Hpvrt oral -was eiven by Carroll McDonnell. Ed Nixon '' ovtenrloH fha welcome to the 1 Darents. adult leaders and friends j of 4-H that were present. ' Mrs. Elwood Nowell responded for the parents, adult leaders and friends of 4-H. The minutes ; of last year's Achievement Day were read by County Council secretary, Caro lyn Faye Rogerson. !, .; ' Greetings Were extended by 2. T. Biggers; Superintendent of Schools in Perquimans County, after which Nita Nixon present Ed he District Blue Ribbon Tal ent number. I Nita makes a hoola-hoop do everything except talk. ry. The following 4-H'era reported on 1959 4-H Club activities: County Council,: Carroll McDon nell; District Elimination "Day, Eva Ann . Smith; 4-H Camp, Nancy Bateman; 4-H Church , j t . , ei.ii.. J ti Sunday, Janice Rae Stanton; 4-H rj,.hw.k Phvllw'Hendren: Na- tional 4-H Club ' Congress,, Don' aid Madre; 4-H picnic,' Beth Hur dle, and Electric Congress, Ann Benton. ' -' The program was entitled "fiO YearS of 4-H Club Work'. ,The narrators were; , Ann Lane, Pete. Cook, parson ,Spivey, and, WllisjHotewell('Mrs- Thomas1 Fleet Williams. ., pese..,firty. ye,arsiood,- whiteston, Mrs. Archie were , the , history of . 4-H Clublwhite. winfaii, Mrs., Earl Hollo work in North Carolina and Per- U, Mrs. Joel Hollowell and quimans. Mrs. Maude Lane, thejjjf, N. Miller, first Perquimans County 4H'er; Nlw Hope: Mrs. E. A Tur- to attend . National 4-M Clubn6r Miss ' Carroll McDonnell; Congress was present and was I Hertford, Mrs. Frank Jessup, recognized during the ..program. Horace Layden was the first boy to attend National : 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, Horace was the State Electric winner in 'I, i M , tt n real property: Current Estimated Assess. Appraisal Twp. Belvidere ....$ 760,000 $3,799,480 New Hope .. 950,000 4.300,000 Parkville 1,094,000 4 580,000 Bethel 615,000 2,400,000 In' comparing the work done in the various townships and appraisals placed . on property compared, the . Commissioners were of the opinion new ap praised values - will be on an equal basis for the first time in years. " In view of the estimated fig ures supplied by the appraisers, the board tentatively voted it will adopt 50 per cent of -the appraised values as the assessed i "mC'rits to be used for tax pur poses.;:' .;" AM orooeitv owners will be notified by the Tax Supervisor prior to January 1 as to present assessed vaiues, the appraised Value' and ttte amouht of as- puting the 1060 tax eVy; Hearings on complaints of the revaluation iigvres will be con ducted some time during Feb- ruary, at dates to be announced later, time. The history also brought , that Horace 'was & who have since taken the and Nationai 4H Q g . E c Woodard principal of the conlinued on Pag. r.r. 1 tl U Project Started Starting this week-end, volun teer teams under the direction of the County Cancer Society Will see many ' families in Per quimans County seeking infor mation about the cause and cure of cancer. This is part of a na tional research project to last six years. Only families ' having members 30 years and over, with at least- one 45 or over, With Varying occupations will be questioned. A y " The questionnaire you fill out will he sealed by you and un opened until it reaches New York, where the information will be tabulated. tine xuiiuwuiK leumo, asaiaicu i t. . fin their townships Beech Springs: Mrs. Preston ljlixon; Bethel, ' Mrs. .-. Charles White; Burgess, Mrst Josiah proqtor. j Wpodville, Chapanoke: v Mrs. "A. Jennings, Mrs. C R. ombs' Miss Sandra Jennings; Mrs. D. M. Jackson; Belvidere. Mrs. Claude Winslaw and Miss Carolyn Rogerson. ' '- Mrs. M. B. Taylor will be in charge of the teams canvassing 1 HlCI HWCCIUI Special Services Being Planned At Methodist Church The religious . observance of Thanksgiving will begin in the First ' Methodist Church, Hert ford, 'with the 11 o'clock wor ship hour on Sunday, November 22. The minister, the Rev. James A. Auman, will bring a Thanksgiving message on this : day and the Junior Choir will . present special music. Wednesday night, November 25, will be Family Night. Fam ilies will brin picnic supper to the church at 3 o'clock and will eat together and fellowship to gether. Mr. and Mrs. Archie T. Lane, Jr., family life leaders for the church, will be in charge of Family Night activities. At 7:30 P. M. the group will gather in the sanctuary for the traditional Thanksgiving worship service, which is being led this year by the Junior Department of the Church School. Beginning with a scene de picting the Biblical thanksgiving, the fifth graders w ill demon, strate how the early Jews and present day Jews observe this holiday. Mrs. Edward Barber is teacher of the , fifth grade group which ha3 been studying in the church school about the early life of Jesus. Following the Biblical thanksgiving scenes the rest of the Junior .Depart ment will demonstrate an early American Thanksgiving service. Dressed as Pilgrims, they will present the first Thanksgiving, Proclamation, as well as some of the music of the early Ameri can church. Mrs. Jarvis Henry, Mrs. J. W. Dillon and Mrs. A. T. Lane. Jr., are the other Junior workers. The Family Life Committee of the local church today suggested that those who could not join in the picnic supper at 6 o'clock could still arrange to attend the 7:30 P. M. Thanksgiving wor ship; Service;" to ' which they ex tend an invitation to the public. .:-., "v Public Advised To Check With ASC On Farm Transfers Persons who are buying or selling farmland for which an acreage allotment has been es tablished have a definite re sponsibility for becoming fam iliar with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture govern ing combination and division of allotments and for advising county ASC committees when purchases or sales have been made. According to George Bellmon, Perquimans County ASC office manager, county ASC committees are not in a position .to- know of, all land sales and purchases anct there fore, they cannot make a Change in the acreage allotment for the land involved . until a request for a division or a combination is filed by the interested pro 'ducer.; The Department' of Agri culture has issued definite regu lations and instructions on how allotments may be divided ,or combined. . County ASC com mittees must follow these regu lations in all cases. Many farm ers have had some unhappy ex periences in the past because they did not determine in ad vance how - the , acreage allot ments would be ' divided ' before they bought or sold land cov ered by the allotments. .' Bellmon further brought out i that both the buyer and the seller have a responsibility for notifying the county ASC office as soon as possible after land is sold and f or Teqrestitig the coun ty ASC committee ,to, make, a division ol tne allotment for thi Continued on Page Seven :OY. ' ' ' ;- . ., T i.q . ; V : ',':' ' BAKE SALE" , WWr:"': The; Hertford Chapter; No.' 137, Order of 'the 'Eastern' Star, 'will hold a Bazaar and bake sale Saturday morning, November 21, from 9:30 to 12:30 at Hilda's Soda Shoppe.. ' ' , o CAR STOLEN State Highway officials re ported Wednesday the theft of a' 1950. green Chevrolet owned by Julian A. White. The car was taken from the rear of the Whity ' : home; some time Tuesday- night Court Docket Had Large Number Of 'ST ; Early Next Week In. order to observe ' the Thanksgiving holiday, The Per quimans Weekly will be printed next week on Wednesday in stead of the usual Thursday. All hews copy and advertising copy must .be in The Weekly office not later than 3 P. M., Tuesday., November 24, for pub lication in the issue of Novem- j ber 27. News contributors and advert sers are requested to note this change in printing date and their cooperation will be appre ciated. Work Is Under Way Field Vork in the 1959 Census of Agriculture got under way locally on Wednesday when a force of census takers started visiting every farm in the area. Farm census questionnaires have been mailed to ail farm operators. The census takers will visit all local farms to col lect the questionnaires and, if necessary, assist the farmer in filling out the reDort form. The 1959 Census of Agricul ture is the 17tn in a series of nation-wide farm canvasses, the i first of which was conducted in I 1840. The Census of Agriculture! is taken at five-year intervals' to provide up-to-date statistical information about the nearly five million farms wh;ch supp'y food and raw materials for manufac ture of go"ds used by the peo ple cf the United States, now numbering about -" Wt ''-mtUwn.-The current census will yieM in formation 1 on the number and size of farms, acreage and har-i vest of crops, livestock produc t on and inventories, selected ! firm facilities and equipment and selected farm expenditures. The field director emphasized that all information about in dividuals and their farm opera tions furnished to the Census Bureau is held in absolute con fidence under Federal law. It is used only lo provide summary figures such as totals, averages, Continued on Page Seven Traffic School Bus Problems Topic Of Panel Discussion During Meeting Of Central PTA Mon. The Central Grammar School PTA met in the school auditor ium Mrnday night with the president, Mrs. Harold White, presiding. ' ' The assembly sang "The CM North State," accompanied . by Mrs. Pauline Webb on the pi ano. The president recognized Mr.s Ernest Long, who was in charge of the program. Mrs. Long presented Joe Tunriell who gave a very inspiring devotion al by reading Ephesians 5:20 and reminding the group that there are so many things for which I we should be thankful that every month should be full of thanks- giving. . . I A skit, "Typical Day On The School Bus", 'was presented by Mr.' and Mrs.' Pete Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Byrum, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Long, Mr;, and Mrs. Leo Ambrose,- Mr. and Mrs.: Pete Owens, Mrs.' George Baker and ' Mr.' and ' Mrs. Edison - Har ris. .'"''V; . ''f- :.?;"''. '..;;..'!; Mrs. Elwood Nowell Was mod erator ' for a''fpnel 1 which ' dis cussed the' ! problems on school buses in Perquimans County. The panel members were: John T. Biggers, , suoerintendent of schools; Mrs. Alice Futrell, driv er education representative; E. C. Woodard, 'principal of1 Perquim ans High School, and Dr. A. ;B. Bonner, member of County Board of Education. The panel answered many important ques tions and those who attended !e-)ietingi Were enlightened on iow nmP drivers : ate .-.. tructed iVIidlators I Traffic violations made !Hp; most of the caaas disposed ' of during this week's term of Per- ' quimans Recorder's Court - irt i session here Tuesdaymorning. ? Most of the defendants subf,- mitted to charges permitting the docket to be cleared prior to ! the noon recess. ;- Pleading guilty to charges of speeding and paying the costs of court and fines as indicated fal- . lowing their names were: James Collins $10.25, Archie Smithwick $11.25, Billy Waddell $9.25, Erbe Gallop $20.25, Eston Brickhouse $18.25, Robert Forman $12.25, Carlton King $10.25, Luke Chap man $10.25, E. E. Christie $26.25, Harry Miller $20.25, William Wenbish $10.25, Floyd Jennings, Negro $9.25, Freeman Phillips $10.25, Paul Randolph $10.25, George Baker, Negro $10.25. Luther Credle and. Charles Mansfield submitted to charges of failing to observe a stop sign' , and each paid the court costs. . Wesley Stallings, Negro, paid the costs of court on charges of driving on (he left side of a highway. Edmond Todd was taxed with the costs after he submitted to a charge of failing to sound his horn while passing another car. Costs were taxed against Ethel Warden who submitted to charges of failing to see intend ed movement could be mde safely. C. R. Eure.paid the tos cf court for improper parking. A fme of $2 and costs were taxed against Madison Boone, Negro, who pleaded guilty to being .drunk. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case in which J-ia. Valentine, Negro, is' charged wi.h non support. - :. Costs of ourt , were paid bjr. Charles White who submitted to a charge of using an improper. -muffler. , Prayer for judgment was con-, tinued in the case in which Her-' man Fulnier was charged with speeding. Costs of court wp"e taxci against Luke White and Elbert Revells, Negroes, after each was found guilty of mutual assault Henry Gordon, Negro, charged ; with speeding, failed to appeal in .court, to answer the charges and was ordered held for a bond of $50. and chosen for:' their positions; maintenance and upkeep of bus-', es; bus time-tables; monitors and the duties they perform and : how discipline is handled and by whom. :. . ': During the business session, ' the minutes were read and ap proved and the president an nounced that the usual reports Continued on Page Five County Host At County : Commissioners, county attorneys and accountants from 10 counties were in attendancp '. at a district meeting conducted , in Hertford last Tuesday when ' Perquimans County was host at a district meeting of the Asso- ;' ciation of County Commissioners. Alexander McMahon, executive . secretary of the associatidn, was the principal speaker during' tha morning and afternoon '.'sessions'1 during which fiscal ' Operations (ft. the welfare program and schdo' were subiects for discussion bv : Mr. McMahon, after . which the county officials raised- questions pertaining to f the operations, ; most : of which centered around . problems arisihg In the various counties. ' T R.;.L. Spivev, chairman of the Perquimans Board of Commis- -sioners, welcomed the group to this county, and the county was host at a dinner: sw- ?. t -J,T2thod;:,t C". v, flirinnt llnnfmnr iii.mi ii. i liimiiiiu