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THE PES'OUE Volume XXVII. Number 27. jrtforderquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 8, I960. 5 Cents Per Copy. BoardOf Education Fiscal Year With uests $265,000 County Closes Out - ff, uv ' "M mm . !, . 2 k' " - $ Ss,'5. t, yr,: V i , ill' Jih v J v Req $OXED IN Tear off this box top and you'll find actor Paul '.Newman inside; He taking shelter from the sun while film ing "Exodus" -on ttte jaeaiiexrgneon island of Cyprus. -u-z:zz:'. - -jr j . Students Assigned Tfb County Schools Hbr Coming Term Tliis peek's J I Headlines I AH eyes are focused - this weekend ; toward Los Angeles where the national Democratic convention "meets next Monday to select the party nominee for the Presidency: Much second- guessing is under way concern ing the outcome but all reports, at this time, point toward Sen ator Kennedy receiving the nom ination ' ' Senator Johnson is , making a determined effort to Johnson lacks support in the ' Congress recessed Sunday un til aftet 'the 'national conventions, to -give! "the; lawmakers- an op portuniftr to take an active part in -tho irnnvprrfirtn . : A Int. of major legislation was temporari ly shelvfed to permif the recess; howeveH 'before closing theses siontealier th,i ; week Congress aijted tf . retain the present tax structure '.and- .voted powers to the President to cut Cuban sugar allotments. . . i .1'. i , :. . -Nevv reports Stated President Eisenhower is expected to- take some action to curb,' the U. S. financial support for Cuba' in face df recent action by the Ctjban, Dictator Castro, in seizing more American property located wlthihrthe' island.' Recent elections, 'heltf 'in Japan following the anti-American riots resulted in pro-American Japan ese bing' selected' t for ' office. Tokyo1 reports elaim ? these re. suits are an endorsement of the Japanese cooperation' with the Uj S.,f and especially judicative the Japanese people favor the recently ratified treaty signed iy the two nations. Accidental deaths., in the Unit ed States duringthe long FourUi of Juty, holiday soared V near record! highs according to re ports published Tuesday. High way accidents resulted 'in 352 deaths, boating accidents caused 29 1 deaths, while drowning; ac coqnted for 77. Commission Allots $58,636. For Roads ' Officials of the State Highway Commission met with- the Board of Counts . Commissipners In" a special j meeting , Wednesday of last week and advised tree local board of highway projects pend ing for iPerquimajns County dur ing the', coniing.iwo years.,..-, - The officials. pointed:out tp- tal of $58,636 had been allocat ed to this county 4or . the pur pose . of inproyingand paying twto mites of secondary . roaas. Th first - project-wilUbe-1 4 miles on ithe Morgan , road,, in Parkville v, Township, and. , will .cost $27,000; the second ..project Is the Swing Gate ,road; in Parkville Township'.! for a .dist ance of .9 of one mile to cost $22,500. The sum of $9,136 was undated, for "supplementary .work, on all' pemelniRf fda toj11 Uhm county. f " I Perquimans County Board of ' Education, meeting here in regular session last Tuesday, as signed county students to schools for the next term be ginning in September. Under a resolution duly adopted each student was assigned to the same school attended last year, and pupils beginning school for the first time was assigned to the school where the child at tended pre-school clinic and was accepted. " The board also voted to pro ceed ' with a building program which includes construction at Perquimans Union School and Perquimans High School, and a request for funds- for the pro jects-: -we.' 'presented to ? --the Board of County Commissioners. Two vacancies in the faculty at Perquimans High School were filled when the board elected William E. Byrum as teacher of English and Miss Nell Martin as teacher of math. Janitors' at .the five schools in the county were reappointed to their jobs for another year and W. O. Elliott and Lloyd Riddick were reappointed as school me chanics. Mrs. Lillian Elliott was named as cost and property clerk for the coming year, The board adopted the school palonHar for the vear 19B0-61 and announced county schools will open on September 6 How ever, teachers are to report for work on September 1. : Due to increasing enrollment of the 8th grade at Perquimans ligh School, the board voted to enlarge this grade from three to four sections effective with the opening of schools this fall, Wool Incentive Rates Announced Payment to wool producers Under the ASC wool -incentive program will ' begin soon.v Ac cording to George Bellmon,; Per quimans County ASC office manager, - shorn wool payments for the 1959 marketing year will amount to 43.2 percent of the net return each producer received from the sale of wool during the 1959 marketing year. The payment rate on the sale of unshorn lambs to compensate for the wool sold with the lamb' will be 75 cents , per hundred weight of live animals sold- According to ' Bellmori, these payments w.iJJ4 b.e made pnly on shoriL'wool nd'unshorn lambs for - -market between .April 1, 1959, and March 31;. 1960. The shorn wool payment rate is ; the ' percehtage required to raise the Average price ' produc ers received for their wool dur ing the marketing year lip to the incentive level pt 62 cents. This method of payment is designed to encourage producers- to do a -good job of marketing their wool as well as to increase domestic wool production.'., ., ; ". .. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT. ' Mr. and Mrs. -Linwood Hurdle announca, the birth of '. daugh-,1 ter, :borft June in Albemarle' Hospital." Mrs.' HurdW V ia ' thee or jisg 'Betty BrowUi "' ( j Perquimans -County completed .1959-60 fiscal" year on June 30V: With; a balanced'; biiHeet. nc cording to a financial report! u Tt i i . ' , n ' eiYcii me ooara 01 vouniy com missioners by County Account ant Max R. Campbell. 1 ' : Income during the year ex ceeded expenditures by $7,603. Total income from all tsotlrces amounted to $444,459 whiie5 to tal expenditures, which included an item of $18,731 for capital Outlay for schools, amounted to $436,856. Tax collections during the year amounted to $181,795 andi income from sources other than! ilti vnlnrpm tavoe hmic in tltA amount of $264,326. The county .closed out the fiscal year with casn Daianccs in the amount of $107,527. Total income for the various departments of the county gov ernment was given as follows: uenerai tunct, ?H5,04U; poor fund, $8,026; debt service fund, $95,738; general school fund. $93,738; school supplement fund, $8,499; welfare administration fund, $13,244; OAA fund, $78. 004; ADC fund, $39,825; APTD fund, $31,790. Expenditures for the various departments were: General fund, $98,169; poor fund, $6,211; debt service, $49,276; welfare admin istration, $12,769; OAA fund, $80,595; ADC fund, $40,857; Inmn i An. nnt. debtcdness and paid a total jf $18,376 in interest due on the county Donas, uonaea aeDi or. the county new .totals $428,100. Vhitestoh Bridge By-Pass Between 50 and 75 residents of the Whiteston community ap peared before the Board of County Commissioners here last Tuesday seeking a., temporary by-pass for a county road in the area which will be blocked dur- installation of a new bridge a .location jusi norm oi me R-M. Baker store, Replacement of this Up River bridge, it was reported, got un der way Tuesday , morning, and the delegation sought assistance from the Commissioners to have the' State Highway Commission install a by-pass thus saving the residents from having- to use a long detour for traveling within the area. . ... j Commission Chairman R. L. Spivey told the delegation the Commissioners, were powerless to order the Highway Commission to, install by -pass, , and at a meeting with highway officials Wednesday .of last week had been advised .no by-pass would be installed since it was the pol icy of the Commission not to do so in such construction projects. Spivey also pointed out if such a by-pass were installed the Commission would use the money for such purposes which .had already been alloted for sec ondary road work , in the county, thus depriving others of road improvements.' . v The' large .delegption 'requested the Commissioners to further in-l vcstlgate the possibilities of se .euring the by-pass for the con venience ; of the people of the Whiteston area, ' Construction work on the new bridge is expected to run until tl early part of September. Bridge Project Bid Is $43,501 r A low biof $43,501.12,Vub- mitted by Kitchin Cqnstruction ou ayeueviiuj, was receivea by the State Highway Commis sion for the bridge project over Raccoon 'Creek, to replace the old "skinner s onage Work on tha , project Is ex- pected to begin just as soon as the Commission accepts the bid aad word the watrwt ; " ' flrlu luna- general, flowers, palms and cathedral school fund, $91,005; school sup-l candles. plement fund, $8,223; capital! Miss ' Lctitia McGoogan pre outlay, $18,731. Isented the nuptial music and ac- During the year the county jcompanied the soloist, Bobby retired $30,900 in bonded in- Overton, who sang "Because". Group Seeks Temporary ; MejhQdlSt I aStOJTS ' I AssltrilPd 'T Pftlintw .'jlrti ;.?'' .- ' ,! All j pastors:-serving Methodist nu u : j u t r . . : L churches within Perquimans County were reassigned to their church for Another year last Thursday at the axmuat Metho dist Conference which was con-1 ducted at Rocky Mount. Reasrigned to this county were the Rev. James A. Auman, Hert ford; Rev, A. N. Gore, Perquim ans County; Rev. Dan Meadows, New Hope-Woodland; and iRcv. Frank Fortescuc, Bethany. The Hertford Baptist Church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Gloria Williams Stalling., to Loycl Ray Morgan on Sat urday, June 25, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The bride is the daughter of Mr, and Mm. J. S. Stalling of neruoro. ine Driciecroom is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mor gan of Winfall. The Rev. Norman Harris, pas tor. Dcrformed -the douhle rinc ceremonv in a sottinit nf vAiio and 'The Wedding Prayer" as a benediction. Th brid eivcn in marriaflC by her father, wore a wedding gown of silk taffeta designed with, .a fitted bodice of lace with! scoop neckline fastened down the back with tiny self covered but tons and long sleeves ending in I points over the hands. The full skirt, beautifully appiiqued with: sprays of lace and seed pearls, extended into a chapel length train. ; Her veil of imported il lusion was arranged from a ti ara of seed pearls and Jridcs cehts. She carried a prayer book covered with an orchid and showered with lilies of the valley- . . Miss Carolyn Miller of Eliza beth City was maid of honor. She wore a dress of pale yellow rganza over 'taffeta, fashioned wiui fitted bodice, puffed sleeves and full length bouffant skirt, with matching bandeau of or ganza and ribbon and carried a cascade bouquet of Orange De light roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Shirley Tarkington and Miss Di-I anne Divers of Hertford, (Miss I Patsy Williams of Deep Creek, and Mrs. Frank E. McCloskey1 or Norfolk, va. ihey wore dresses of mint green organza with matching bandeaux styled like that of the honor attend ant and carried 'cascade bou quets of yellow roses, John Stallings, brother of the bride, and Newton ISharber, cousin of the bride, lighted the candles. The ririgbearer ' was Continued on Page Three Cotton Penalty Rates Announced The marketing quota penalty rate on "excess" 1960 rop cot ton will be 19.4 cents per pound, according to George Bellmoa, Perquimans County ASC office manager, Controlling legislation provides that , the marketing quota pen alty rat? "be set' at . SO -percent 6t the' partly price -per pound of i cotton 1 effective June 15.-: The parity price for upland cotton as of June 15, 1960, was 39.89 cental per pound. At a referendum .held in North -Carolina December 15, last year, growers in this state approved, quotas by a 97 percent! majority, ... : , l -' : , - When cotton marketing quotas are placed in effect at the re quest of the farm voters, a far mer wjio does not comply, with his cotton acreage allotment is subject to a penalty on his farm Morcan-Stallinre Vows Spoken In Baptist Church marketing excess, t The . cotton; Miss Newby will represent is crop from the farm is also in-vtsict 1 ar e delegate to the meet eligible for, price -support under tog; Nerla Caroline has eight ASC'i cotton loan program,: dtotriotl to .Association. - wutcra AIVU -KtllNUt Mrs. Hoscmary .Murphy, 31, of Kentland, Ind., is greeted by members of her family upon return from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she was chosen Mrs. America for 1961. Presenting kiss is Cynthia, 2. Left to right Steven, 10; Michael, 8; Patrick, 6; Jeffrey, 4, and husband George. Recorder's Court Had Va At Session Tuesday Thirteen cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court and four defendants, all of whom! failed to appear in court to answer to charges brought; aouint ..,i ap prehended and held for cash bonds pending court appearance next week. Four defendants entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and paid fines as indicated fol lowing their names: Russell Sheets $24, Jessie Anderson $22, Carl Larson $33, Robert Trout man $32. Otis Jennings, Negro, submit ted to a charge of driving on the wrong side of a highway and paid the costs of court. ! trank Ives paid the court costs on a charge of failing to Observe a stop sign. Edgar Moore, Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge-of parking on a highway without lights. He paid the costs of court. William Gutting, Negro, was taxed with court costs on a charge of driving with an im proper muffler. Vandy Parks submitted to a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs. James Chapman, Negro, who was charged with driving with out a license, was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs or serve a 30-day road sentence. Elsbury Whedbce paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of failing to dim his car lights. Melvin Hill, Negro, was giv en a two weeks jail sentence uf ter being found guilty on a charge of being drunk. The sentence was suspended upon payment of a fine of $2 and costs Jessie East, found guilty on a charge of driving without a li cense, reckless driving and tern porary larceny, was given a six months sentence, to be suspend ed upon payment of a fine of $100 and costs and to pay the sum of $50 for damages to an automobile. Polio Clinic Termed Successful Hertford Jaycces and the Per quimans Polio Committee were well pleased at the success of the poi'o clinic- conducted here last Friday night. A total of 82 persons ' received vaccine ' shots under the supervision of Dr. C, A. Davenport, who was assisted by Jo Pat Stokes, RN. Shots were given' to 45 adults and 37 ' children. Six ' persons received their first shots, 14" got second shots, four received their third shots while 57 persons re ceived fourth shots of the vac cine, " ; 1" ' to Attend convention MisS' iFrances Newby, Home' Ec teacher at Perquimans High School, - will leave this week for Raleigh where she will join oth er - delegates . to the national meetinff af the Future Home makers of America, to be held in Washington, D. C, July 11-15. J TV l - iLiimv nunc LmiG ried UOCket!D0nnm0c PriHn nf 4-H Club Members Home From Camp During the week of June 27 to July 2, thirty-six Perquim ans County 4-H Club members attended 4-H camp at Swan nanoa, N. C. These 4-H'ers dis tinguished themselves in many ways during the week with highlight being the selection ofj Ed Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs Preston Nixon, Route 2, Hert ford, as the outstanding boy ccmpcr. Ed was seiected for his leadership ability and over all camping enthusiasm. He will return to Swannanoa during July 4 to July 9 to help in- struct in the handicraft class. Freddie Comb, son ' of Mrs. Alice Combs, was selected as honorable mention for the out standing boy -camper and Susan Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cox. was selected as honor able mention for the outstand ing girl camper. On arrival at camp the boys and girls were divided into four groups: Head, Heart, Hands and Health. The dub members se lected a boy and a girl as group leaders. 'Of the eight boys and girls selc'ed, seven were Per quimans County 4-H Club mem bers. They were: Ed Nixon, Freddie Combs, Barbara Harri son, Beth Hurdle, Gene Nixon. Susan Cox and Tommy Harrcll. Those receiving handicraft awards were Ed Nixon and Mike Matthews. These boys were judged to have been the best in their handicraft classes. This year they made pin-up lamps. The 4-H'ers from Perquimans County who received swimming awards were Bobby Harrell, Freddie Combs, Wilbcrt. Kemp, Ellen Wood and Vernon Wins low. Along with the assistant home , ogent and the assistant agricul-.cadc cf pink feathered carna -tural agent. Mrs. Wallie Knight, I ti0ns. 4-H adult leader, attended thei Miss Katherine Sawyer, school camp with . the 4-H'ers. Mrs. mate of the bride, and Mrs. Clar Knight has been an adult leader ence Chappell, Jr., cousin of the for four years and holds local bride, were bridesmaids. They 4-H Club meetings with Mrs. J. wCre gowns fashioned identical E. Wood, Jr., in the Snow Hill- to that of the honor attendant White Hat section of Perquim- jn jme green and pink soie ny ans County. ' The boys and girls ion organza respectively. They were very fortunate to have such ; a fine leader attend camp with them and they were very ap- preciatiye of her time and ef-J forts in this part of the volun tary adult leader, program. 4-H'ers who participated in the banquet, on Friday night, were Tommy Harrell, master of ceremonies,. Ed Nixon, Pam Perry, Mary Beth Hurdle and Barbara Harrison. Many 4-H'ers were in the ves per program on Friday, the stunt night on Wednesday and the other events, The other 4-H'ers attending the Swannanoa 4-H camp this year were: Peggy Ambrose, Frank Winslow, Ann Nowell, El ton Chappell, Linda Sutton, Mike Winslow, Francis Combs, Joe Haskett Carolyn Willis, Sandra Jennings, Becky ' Roberson, Nan cy Bateman, William Hollowell, Judy Long, Clark White, Juanita White, Brenda Byrum, Amy Nixon,- David Boyce. Diana McDon nell, .Johnny Perry, Melvin COX. - ' Danchise, Pam Sure end Pam1 Lightning Strikes Court House Here The roof of l-he Pprouimiinsl County Court House was dam - j. ., .. Wednesday night of last week when a bolt of liahtninc struck ' the building during an electrical storm. The lightning hit the roof and chimney on the .south side, just above the office of (ho Board of Education, and also caused some damage to that office. Work on repairing the damage is rncctcd to be completed this week. rmilu A nnn I inn Wilbur Ray Bass Burgess Baptist Church was Board of Commissioners pointed the scene of a wedding charae-l out securemcnt of a large sum tcrized by simplicity and charm ' of money can be obtained only when Miss Emily Anne Lane be- through a bond election, and came the bride of Wilbur Ray that the Commissioners will seek Bass. authority for holding such an The bride is the daughter of! elec,ion f 'he Local Gov Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Walton' c'nnlcnt Commission. County l.anr of Hnrtto.H Th h.-idp. groom is the son of Mr. and Mis. Carey A. Bass of Edenton. The Rev. A. J. McClelland, pastor of the bride, performed the ceremony in a setting of white gladiolas, mums, chrysan themums, palms and ferns, light- led by cathedral candles. Mrs. Rufus Marion Riddick of Hertford presented the nuptial music, using the traditional wed ding marches and accompanied Johnnie Phillips, soloist, who sang "Because" and , "The Wed-dtng'Prrtyel-3' asa berifediction. The bride, given in marriage by her father, was lovely in a traditional wedding gown of pL-au dc soie taffeta and chan tilly lace. The empire bodice, designed with a sabrina neck line fastened down the back with self-covered buttons and rc- cmbroidered with seed pearls, j The long sleeves ended in wed ding points over the hands. The voluminous skirt swept grace fully into a chapel length train. Her fingertip veil of imported silk illusion was attached to a cascade pearl scalloped crown with sequins and pearl high lights. She carried a white Bi ble topped with a purple-throated orchid and showered with stephanotis tied with love knots. Mis. James Jordan, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. She wore a ballerina length gown of blue, soie nylon organza over taffeta, fashioned with a very bouttant sKirt. a sasn oi matching taffeta formed a cum merbund in front of .he dress and tied in the back, reaching thq hemline of the dress. She wore a matching headpiece of sheared tulle and carried a cas- carried cascades of painted mar- guerite daisies. Willis Bass of Merry Hill, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Ushers were Winston Continued on Pag 3 Tripp promoted . w 10 oergeant R. A. Tripp, , member of the Slate Highway Patrol for the past 19 years, was promoted to the rank of sergeant last Tues day. He was sworn in at Ra leigh when his wife pinned on his new badge. Sgt. Tripp has bean assigned to this district for the past several years but with the promotion came orders as signing him to Graham, where he reported for duty on Wednes day. Mrs. Tripp and their child ren will remain in Hertford for the present, but will move to Graham in the near future. , Sgt. Tripp will be replaced in this district by CpL R. S. Meiggs who had been stationed at. 1 MeyiviUe, A 'request for funds' to pro vide a $265,000 school . building program was presented to the Board of County Commissioners ! Ist Tuesday by the Board of I it ,),..,.; A formal resolution adopted by the Board of Education pointed out a need for a 10 clas. room high school building for the Perquimans Union School; construction of a lunchroom cafeteria at Perquimans High School and installation of an 8 inch water main serving Per quimans High School, the latter being a necessity to provide in creased fire protection for the building. The request for the funds was made by Clarence C. Chappell. Sr., chairman of the Board of Education, who advised the Commissioners the Board of Education had made a thorough ytudy of the county situation :nd is of the opinion this build ing program is csscntal. Acting on the request, the Attorney suas m. wnedbee was instructed to confer with offi cials of the Local Government Commission, seeking permission to call the electtion. In breaking down the fund request. J, T. Biggers. superin tendent of schools, stated archi tect's estimates for construc tion of the buildings are $250, 000: while Sfi.ODO is needed to install the water line to thd Perquimans High School, and a contingency fund of $9,000 will be included in the proposed bond election -ouestioilt .5 " - Other matters 'handled durig the meeting of the Board of Commissioners included adop tion of a petition to the N. C. Public Empliyees' Social Secur ity Agency to include the em ployees of Perquimans under social security coverage. CP. Deyton. assistant director for this agency, was present for tne meeting and advised the board on the operation of the system, which provides a retirement plan for county employees. The board also adopted the budget for the current fiscal year after amending the budget as proposed on June 6 in the pmount of $1,500. the funds to come from sources other than ad valorem taxation. Mrs. Cyrl Swicegood, district home economist, appeared before the Commissioners and recom mended Miss Ila Gray Mcllwcan for the position as county horn? agent, succeeding Mrs. Pnlee Underwood, whose resignation is effective this month. The board voted to appoint Miss Mcllwean as home agent. Corn Producers Of Area Are Called To Meeting In L City Perquimans County farmers j will have a big stake in a meet ing scheduled for Elizabeth Citv Friday, July 8, according to R.. M. Thompson, County agricul tural agent. "The meeting has been called to help meet a serious threat to our early corn market," Mr. Thompson said. Corn producers, grain handling equipment dealers, grain market ing firm operators, and other agricultural leaders are urged to attend. For several years now there has been a trend toward earlier harvesting of com in Perfquim ans County and other counties of Eastern North Carolina. Farm ers are trying to beat fall storms and get in on the high, late summer prices. "A serious problem has arisen, Continued on Pag BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Benton an nounce the birth of a son, pref-.' ory Lane Benton, 'born June 17. Mrs. Benton to the former Miss G$9 taw, ; . V. ' ,
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