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Tlertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 16, 1961.
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Bevy Shaking Bids'
Fp!!.'' Harvey: Point
'Th Navy Department, show;
lng sudden interest in the Har
vey Point Navy Base following
announcement several weeks ago
that the government was con
sidering ' establishment ' of a
- training program at - the site,
Monday requested bids for con
struction work at the base, costs
of which are estimated between
$100,000 and; $250,000, '
According -to fiie report which
was released at Norfolk, Va , the
Fifth 'Naval District mailed out
requests for bids to interested
contractors . indicating it sought
bids on construction of various
concrete, pteel and wood build
ings, in addition to clearing land
and preparing building sites. .It
also has asked for extending
utilities, road improvements, re
modeling present buildings and
related work.
.Contractors "Were advised seal
ed . bids; for the work will be
received until J P. M., June 27
at the District Headquarters in
Norfolk, s , '
The sprawling, 1,200-acre air
station has been Virtually aban
doned since August 1959 when
the Navy dropped its plans to
build the' P6M Seamaster sea
plane. Harvey Point was to
have been the Seamaster's op
erating base. !
Details of the proposed con
struction were v not disclosed.
The iSth Naval District Public
Works Office said it is await
ing word from Washington on
the matter.;.
Congressman Herbert" Bonner
has-feeen after the Navy to use
the base. Bonner's district in
cludes the Harvey Point facility.
About $12 million in construc
tion ftn the $45-million base had
been t completed when the sea
plane plans, were scrapped
fhc' base ; Kal- been' pn care,
taker, status since Only' a hand
ful of Navy personnel is sta
tioned at the base- at the pres
ent time.
Change Ikti In
f!!totRi:!3S
:,Farimers. who sell a portion of
Jheir farms for non-agricultural
use tan ,now keep -their com
modity allotments on the re
maining land, according to A.
Pierson Hassell,- Jr., Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
State; Administrative Officer.
Hassell said that this was one of
the first amendments of regula
tions issued by Horace D, God-;
freyj after assuming office as
Administrator of Commodity
Stabilization Service, an agency
in the United . States Depart
ment, of Agriculture. ' v
J For many years prior to his
appointment ; as Administrator
Godfrey! was State Administra
tive -(Officer of the North Caro
lina i Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation State Office.
During this . time he was re
quired .- to, enforce the regula
tions' which provided that when
ever a farmer sold any cropland
his farm and allotments were
divided proportionately. This
was not only difficult to admin
ister but it greatly Impeded the
Industrial growth tend develop
ment of towns ' and cities, par
ticularly those in Eastern North
Carolina due to farmers' reluct
ancej to sell a portion of their
farms -: which also resulted in
Was 'of allotments.
'"Under the new regulations,
land' may, be' sold for non-agri-'
cultifcral use1' without loss of al
lotment provided the local ASC
County Committee determines,
on the,, basis of an agreement
"'signed by all , persons interested
in the' transfer, that the land
'transferred , is in ; fact V ' be
changed" to Inon-agricultural use
durirtg thef current- orsueceed
iag ' year. If ,the prescribed
agreement between the ; buyer
and seller is not obtained, or if
he land being sold is not to be
retired from agricultural produc
tion, 'the allotments will be di
vided accord.ng'y.
Godfrey's qui- k action to
cha"':e tlie reflations in this
rto, ct v s welcome and look
"1 ' ' 'y ry f r -s,
Driver Education
Program Under Way
Twenty-four students at Per
quimans' High 'School are enroll
ed in the driver education pro
gram, being conducted 'this sum-
mer under the direction of Ike
Perry, teacher.
Mr, Perry said book study is
conducted nightly - from 7 to 9
and driver operations are held
five days each week. The stu
dents receive credit for ' the
course upon completion of : a
passing grade.
I This Week's
Headlines
Barring unf orseen events, the
1961 Legislature will adjourn
Saturday after having enacted
most of Governor Sanford's pro
gram relating to school improve
ments. Tins program and fedis-
tricting congressional areas have
been the major state accomplish
ments. New taxes voted by the
Legislature will become effec
tive July 1.
The U. S. Labor Department
Wednesday announced , employ
ment and working hours mount
ed steadily during May in most
industries,, pointing up further
recovery for - the economic pic
ture .across the nation. Pickup
in sales of automobiles and other
hard goods has sparked the im
proved labor situation. ;
Washington reports state the
national Administration is gloomy
by." thV out look -s f ok. improve
ment in world . affairs follow.ina
the Vienna s meeting , between
President Kennedy and KhrUsk
chev. The reports stated each
stood firm on his position tjver
Berlin, which is '-expected to' de
velop into a i problem late .'.this
fall. ' H
Meanwhile in Geneva talks on
Loas have resumed' but there
appears 'little hope agreement
for. peace in the- small nation
will .develop since Communists
continue' fighting there, despite
the reported agreement between
the President and Russian Pre
mier' for a settlement of this
little war. v
The ' FBI , announced Wednes
day it ' had" arrested a U. S.
State Department employee on
charges of .. spying. The man,
Irvin Scarbeck, Jt is alleged,
gave? top secret documents to a
lady friend in the Polish em
bassy during time he' was sta
tioned "In Warsaw.
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Frank Ainsley
Wins Scholarship
Frank Ainsley,-. who has just
finished his junior year at Per
quimans High School, has been
awarded a scholarship from the
National - Science Foundation to
participate in a six weeks . re
search program in ? chemistry
and mathematics at the Univer
sity of Norjh Carolina, Chapel
Hill. '
He is ' a straight A student.
The summer science institute is
for high ability secondary school
students and is based oft. aca
demic record, ambition, . inter
ests and character. .;.:..-'
Frank is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Ainsley of Hert
ford. He left Sunday for Cha
pel Hill5 to begin his course
ther. - ' ' ' ,
Local Beagle Club
Hells Fun Trials ,
The Albemarle Beagle Club
held its second "fun trial" on the
farm of Charles White, Sr.
Of the 23 dogs entered, ; the
following were ' declared 'win
ners: , '
The winner of the 13-inch
hounds was, Holly .Run ' Red
owned by T. R. Lane.
The winners of the 15-inch
'? ws ijclar 1 a tie.be
U a I . e Tree Jack owned by
' J. : " '!., ' 1 e's Per
1' U. R.
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race classic fail to distract
The-scene is at uosenza,
Census Reports
Pickup In Trend
To Big Farming
ThP - trend toward big farm
ing in the United States, accom
panied by a growing concenua
lion of agricultural production
nH marketinE of farm products,
has picked up momentum since
the middle Fifties, according io
preliminary findings made pub
lie from the 1959 Census of
Agriculture. v .
Some of the lughlignts in a re
cent summary of the U. S. Bu
reau of the Census are:
. The number of farms dropped
by more than a million or over
a fifth since 1954, and by close
to 1 million or nearly a third
for the 1950-59 period as a
whole, with the . predominant
part of the decline occurring in
the small farm.
- Average SUfta Record
f'The average size of farms in
the United States vj Jow more
than; -300 acres -as- agaiiisjt 242
acres in 1954 and 215acres in
1950. . The 1954-59 , rjse in this
resmect was the ' biggest on rec
ord,, and reflected the accelerat
ed trend toward farm enlarge
ment in an era of , increasing
mechanization'' Of farm produc
tion. ;'': '.."'.V' . ."
" The average value of land and
buildines- Der farm exceeded
$23,000 in 1959. over three-fifths
greater than . in 1954 and close
to 2V4 times the 1950 figure.
The number of farms with
sales of $10,000 or more of agri
cultural products , annually in
creased bv more than ' a ' third
since 1954 while there was a
general decline elsewhere, par
ticularly in farms with sales of
under $4,000 a year.
In keepins with this trend, an
increasing proportion of farm
ers have been supplementing
their income with : of f-the-farm
work, tht ratio reaching 45 out
of every 100 farm operators in
1959.- In fact, the Census Bu
reau stated that 36 out of , every
100 farm operators reported that
thd incomcthey and" their fami
lies received from other sources
in 1959 exceeded the value, of
all ' farm- products vsojd. during
the year. The comparable pro
portions were 30 but of every
100 farm operators in 1954 and
29 out of 100 in 1950. ',
. . Rise in Federal Aid
While farms were getting few
er and bigger and production
surpluses of ; principal agricul
tural commodities were increas
ing, Federal ' expenditures under
agricultural programs were
showing a big increase, rising
from $2 : billions in the 1950
fiscal year to a record $6' bil
lions an the 1959 fiscal year.
Reflecting the declining number
of . farms, Government agricul
tural outlays were the equiva
lent of around $1,750 per farm
in 1959, more than three times
the comparable figure In i both
1954' and 1950. , .
A breakdown of the figures on
the number of farms shows that
over half the, decline between
1954 and 1959 came in farms un
der 50 acres, and that an ad
ditional fifth of the drop was in
the. 50-99 acre classification.
Pa?' J this decline was due to
a change In the definition of a
farm since the previous Census.
The only' groups of farms." to
show gains, in the period were
those above 500 acres in : size
and as a result they represented
about one out of every 11 farms
in 1959 as against one out of , 15
In 1954 and arc nd one out of
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Hertford ABC Bill
Enacted Into Law
By Legislature
A bill granting the Town of
Hertford authority to hold an
ABC election was enacted into
law by the Legislature Friday
of last week following a public
hearing conducted by the Pro
position and Grievances Com
mittee the previous day. .. ' ; -
Getting a unanimous ap
proval by the House committee,
ihe bill was ratified Friday" af
ter having been passed the full
House and Senate.
About 40 persons from Hert
ford and Perquimans County at
tended the public hearing con
ducted Thursday. Opponents of
the bill, headed by (the Rev.
James A. Auman, told the com
mittee they, were of thepimpn
if such an election is" held it
should be on a county wide basis
not just by the voters of Hert
ford, ,
Proponents for the bill were
town officials who pointed out
the Board of .Commissioners for
the town had requested the bill
Feed Grain Cdoperators Are
Cautioned About 'Replanting'
Growers who are participating
in the 1961 feed grain program
ing "hailed-out" cropland to
either grain sorghum or corn,
George Bellmon, manager of the
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee, points out. ; :
- The chairman cautioned pro
gram; cooperators that they have
a "permitted acreage" for corn
and grain sor.ghum on their
farmi and any plantings in ex- j
cess of this permitted acreage:
would result in noncompliance
with the feed grain program.
Under the 1961 feed grain pro
gram, Bellmon explained, the
producer of corn and grain sor
ghum earns a special diversion
payment ; by reducing his base
acreage of these crops Dy at
least 20 percent from the farm's
base acreage and diverting' the
acreage to a conservation use.
This means that the farmer must
increase the acreage on the
farm which he normally has in
a conservation use by the same
number of acres that he reduces
his corn and grain sorghum
acreage. The base acreage of
corn and grain sorghum less the
diverted acreage is the f aim's
"permitted acreage".
: If the planting of grain sor
ghum or corn on land where
the original crop' was destroy
ed, as by a hailstorm, increases
the farm's total acreage of corn
and grain sorghflm to more than
the permitted acreage, the farm
er would not be in compliance
with the feed grain program.
'' Corn and grain sorghum pro
ducers will not be eligible for
price 'support : on any of their
1961-crop feed grains unless they
participate in the 1961 feed grain
program. ' .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr; and "Mrs. Norfleet Buinch
of Suffolk, Va announce the
birth of a daughter on Thurs
day, June 8, at i Louise OWci
Hospital. : Mrs, Bunch ; is ' the
former Miss . Barbara Lane of
Hertford. -
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an ancient Norman castle.
alter having received a number
: of requests from residents of
Hertford. Mayor V. N. Dardcn
pointed out his board merely
sought action to permit the peo
ple of Hertford to decide the
issue.
Opponents of the bill pre
sented the committee with a pe
tition, reportedly signed by 794
residents of the town and coun
ty, requesting the town bill to I
be disapproved. '
The bill as enacted provides
the town board with ' authority
to call for an ABC election on or
before October 1, 1961, to deter
mine if the voters desire estab
lishment of an ABC board to
operate a liquor store. The bill
sets forth if established the ABC
beard will operate under state
statute and that profits derived
irom operation of the store will
be divided equally between the
general fund of the Town of
Hertford and the Perquimans
County Board of Education.
Civil War Brochure
Being Distributed
'A neW illustrated brochure on
Civil War "Site" Seeing in
North Carolina has been publish
ed by the North Carolina Con
federate Centennial Commission.
The 'brochure is designed for
Tar Heels and visitors from oth
er States' who wish to plan trips
to these Sites.
A small map of the State
marks all the major Sites of
interest pertaininf to the Civil
War period as well as : major
highways which relate to the
Sites. An introductory synop
sis of the Civil War in North
Carolina briefly acquaints the
tourist with this phase of the
State's history.
i Seven Sites are . described in
detail. They , are Fort Macon,
Fort Fisher, Bentonville, the
Bennett Place, the Zebulon
Baird Vance Birthplace, Averas
boro, and Fort Anderson. ; An
account is given of the Site's
historic significance as well as
what the visitor can expect to
see today, the exact location, and
hours.
The brochure may be obtain
ed by writing : to 5Civil War
Site Seeing," Box 1881, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
N. C. Trade Fair
Planned Oct 12-21
The North Carolina Trade Fair
to take place in the coliseum at
Charlotte from October 12-21,
1961, will be the first of its kind
in the United States, according
to Thomas, B. Broughton, assist
ant director of the North Caro
lina Trade Fair.
Contracts for exhibit space are
planned to be completed by the
end of June. If , there are any
industries in Perquimans County
who wish ' more detailed infor
mation on 'the opportunities ,to
exhibit at this Trade Fair, they
should contact the Perquimans
Chamber of Commerce.
Final Honor Roll
Announced For
liirians
A list of students at Per
quimans High School achieving
honor roll status for the sixth
grading period was released this
week by the school principal,
E. C. Woodard.
Honor, students included:
Eighth Grade: Lot Winslow,
Margaret Ainsley, Phyllis Nixon,
Betty Smith.
Ninth Gratle, Freddis Combs,
rtice Monds, John Stallings,
Reggie Baker, Wayne Chappell,
i'ciry Monds, Sydney Ann
Blanchard, Susan Cox, Faye
Long, Nancy Batenian, Irina
Bundy, -Gloria Miller, Lydia Rid
dick. lenth Grade: Richard Auman,
Vick Roach, Judie Baker, Eu
genia Long, Varna Ferry, Mary
Frances White, Jimmy Bonner,
Betsy Barbee, Becky Felton,
Mary Ella Nixon, Dianne Saw
yer, Janice Stanton, Susan
Broughton, Joyce Proctor, Kath
leen Story, Billy Winslow,
Wayne Winslow.
Eleventh Grade: Frankie Hur
dle, Frank Ainsley, Alton Dan
iels, Wade Morgan, Linda Chap
nell, Pete Cook, Brenda Smith,
Linda Rountree.
Twelfth Grade: Hubert Bur
den, Carlyle Woodard, Linda
Bass, Phyllis Hendren, Carroll
McDonnell, Mary Phthisic, Eva
Ann Smith, Ann Benton, Kath
erine Bonner, Dellie Rae Cope
land, Jean Copoland, Dianne
Hollowell, Faye Wood.
Special Services
Planned At Bagley
Swamp Church
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There will be a service Sun
day morning in honor of fathers.
Gifts will be given to the oldest
and youngest father present.
Sunday night the young peo
ple and children will give an
exhibit and a resume of the Va
cation Bible School which closes
the 16th. This service will be
gin at 7:30 P. M.
Or. Lela G. McCannell, found
er and president of Mt. Carmel
High School, Lawson, " Ken
tucky, will be speaking at : the
Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church
on Monday night, June 19, at
7:30 P. M. She will be accom
panied by Miss'Elma Reed, mu
sic supervisor of the school, and
the high school boys' quartet,
who will present special music
for the evening.
Miss McConnell, a minister of
the Methodist Church, entered
the Kentucky mountains thirty
seven years ago, and with one
or two others began the min
istry that today includes an ele
mentary school, . Mt. Carmel
High School, with about 165 stu
dents and the : Kentucky Moun
tain Bible Institute, with about
100 students. They have their
own 100-watt radio station' and
numerous pastorates scattered
through the mountains, besides
a number of missionaries on for
eign fields. " - - - -
The pastor ' of the Pilgrim
Church, the Rev. A. E. Barefoot,
extends a cordial invitation to
the public to attend these ser
vices. CAMP REOPENED '
The WoodvHle" Prison Camp,
closed last February, ' has been
reopened " temporarily to house
104 prisoners normally assigned
to Currituck Camp at . Maple.
Capt C. L, Sparkman is the
new camp superintendent, ; who
stated the facility, is employing
15 . persons, mostly u from the
area. , , ,
High
Town Board Calls
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ABC Election For
Tuesday,
Firemen Supper
Thursday Night
Members of the Hertford Fire
Department held a barbecue
chicken supper at the Fire Houss
Thursday night of this week
prior . to engaging in practice
drills.
Members of the Town Board
were special guests at the sup
per. Youths Sentenced
For Pilfering
sing
Two youths, Nathan Pipkin of
Camden County, and James
Jones of Elizabeth City, were
given 12 months sentences in
Perquimans Recorder's Court
Tuesday after each had entered
pleas of guilty to charges of
trespassing, destruction of prop
erty, attempted larceny and
larceny.
Judge Chas. E. Johnson sus
pended the sentence of Pipkin
upon condition he be placed on
probation for a period of two
years. Jones was ordered to
serve his sentence, concurrently,
with a suspended sentence he
faces on similar charges in an
other court.
George Matthews, charged
with driving without a license,
submitted and paid a fine cf $25
and costs.
Jerry Wayne and Willie Flet
cher each paid a fine of $2 and
costs after submitting to charges
of being drunk.
James Ausley and John Wick
er, both Negroes, submitted to
charges of engaging in an af
fray and each paid the court
costs.
A nol pros was taken in the
case in which Ashley Fleetwood
was charged with being drunk.
Submitting to charges of
speeding, the following defend
ants paid fines as indicated:
William Spence, costs; John
King, $22; Herbert Hudler, $22;
Euvah Krieghauser, $21; David
Hoover, $23; John Nixon, Ne
gro, $25.
Summer Classes
Open Next Monday
bummer school will open
at
Perquimans High School on
Monday, June 19, it was
And Tresps
nounced today by E. C. Wood-jbeen paid Tne balance will be
ard, principal, who stated class- paid as soon as farm compli
es will.be offered in Remedial j anCe has been checked. It is
English Grammar for those. expected that the first final pay
whose grades were between 60 iments will be made about July
and 70, and U. S. and Worldst
History. The latter class will.
be directed by Mrs. Helen Wood
ard. The summer classes, Mr.
Woodard said, will be scheduled
from 8:30 to 11:30 daily. Pupils
must be present every day un
less detained by sickness. Those
not present will be dropped from
the roll with no refund of fees.
The summer schedule will
close on July 27.
No Progress On
New Industries
Allan W. Mills, manager of
the Perquimans Chamber of
Commerce, reported this week
the chamber is still negotiating
with officials of two industries
which had shown some interest
in locating here.
Mri Mills said the paint fac
tory owner, pending further de
velopments relative to financing
the proposition, is planning to
store his machinery" in Hertford
with hopes that ' arrangements'
can be completed to' set up the.
operation., .
lid,
Chamber officials, Mills said.
are continuing conferences with
the owner of the veneer factoryi The award, given for out
with hopes this industry can be 'standing achievement - was pre
secured for the county. Isented during the Perquimans
v t . .. t . 1 I High School commencement ex-
MASONS TO MEET-, ercises by the Jaycee past presi-
- i ' j ctent, W. A. White. '
Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. : Miss, Bass, is a 1961 1 grs T m'
106, A. F, & A, M., will meet of Perquimans High C '
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. was Valedictorian . 1
August 8
Hertford's Town Board,' meet
ing here in regular session on
Monday night, set Tuesday, Au-
gust 8, as the date for holding
a special election to determine
whether cr not an ABC store
is to be established in Hertford.
The board acted under au
thority granted it by a bill
which passed in the Legislature
Friday of last week setting forth
the particulars for calling such
an election. Public, notice of
the special election must be giv
en for a period of 30 days and
registration books will be open
for this election on Saturday,
July 15 and remain open until
July 29; Saturday, August 5, will
be challenge day and the elec
tion the following Tuesday.
Other matters handled during
the board meeting included a
rejection of a request presented
by the Albemarle Electric Mem
bership Corporation for cancel
lation of a contract entered into
between the Town and REA
ibout seven years ago regard
ing service to electric customers.
The board discussed ways and
means for taking action to force
, propsrty owners to clean up and
, repair delapidated houses, but
action was tabled pending fur
I ther investigation of the authori-
ty of the board.
Mayor V. N. Darden advised
the board arrangements had
be?n completed whereby the
town will remove old piling
along the Perquimans River
bank as a project to beautify
the river front.
He also announced a no tres
passing sign will be erected on
the pier at the foot of Grubb
Street advising the public ' the
pier is condemned and unsafe
for use.
7871 County Acres
In Feed Grain Bank
The signup of farmers in the
1961 Feed Grain Program went
"over the top" in North Caro
lina and in the nation, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Perquimans County ASC office.
The goal which was set at 'the
beginning of the signup by the
Secretary of Agriculture was to
adjust production of feed grains
by converting twenty per cent
of the acreage into scil conserv
ing practices.
529 Perquimans County farm
ers signed to divert 7,871 acres
from feed grain production in
1961 and for retiring these acres
tney will be paid approximately
an-,$33fi000 of which 152.000 have
May Police Report
Given To Board
A total , of 18 arrests were
made during the month of May,
according to Police Captain B.
L. Gibbs in his monthly report
to the Town Board, Arrests
listed were 8 drunks, 2 disorder
ly conduct, one speeder, four
assaults, three miscellaneous
traffic violations. Seventeen of
the defendants were found guilty ,
in court and one defendant was
found not guilty.
The police answered 75 calls,
extended 77 courtesies, found 11
doors unlocked, 5 lights out and
answered two fire calls. The
police car traveled 2,271 miles,
using a total of 220 gallons of
gasoline.' "rJ
Jaycees Present '
leenager, A Ward
The annual Junior Chamber
of Commerce Teenager of the
Year Award was presented this
I year to Miss Linda Earle Bass,
17, daughter of J. S.1 Bass,' and
, the late Mrs. Bass of Hertford.