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Vol. XXXII. No. 37
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 17, 1965.
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Albemarle Electric Mem
i bership Corporation's annual
' meeting will be held Satur
day afternoon, September 18,
I beginning promptly at 2:00
t P. M., it was announced to
day by the manager, John D.
Coston, The meeting will be
held in the ball park of the
Perqunimans . County High
School. In the event of bad
weather, the meeting will be
held i in the Perquimans
County High School audi
torium. . . : .
The meetings are held each
year, at Which time the elec
tion of directors for the cor
poration during the coming
year is held. ;: . r
All members of the corpor
ation are urged to attend the
meeting and participate . in
the election of directors and
other activities scheduled for
the meeting.
Registration will begin at 1
o'clock on Saturday, with the
meeting following promptly
at 2 o'clock. The. meeting
will open with reports of of
ficers and the manager. Fol
lowing will be the election
of members of nine directors
from the nominating commit
tee's following nominations:
Chowan County: John . N.
Bunch, Vance Hare Preston
Monds, J. A. Wigging and
George C. Wood.
Perquimans County: Bel
vin Eure, A. T. Lane, 'Floyd
Mathews, Carson Spivey and
Charles, E. White.
Pasquotank County: How
,ard Banks, W. R. Lowry, Joe
A. Spence and Tommie Tem
ple... . :f -
Camden County: ; W, A.
Meiggs, Everett Sawyer,
Stanley Sawyer, Her sey
Smithson and J. A. White
' hurst. ' ' '
Additional nominations may
'bemadef 'from the floor. .-.
n.--aaM-. hld
each year by Albemarle; Elec
tric .Membership 'Corporation
are most j lJttportah , Offi
cers of the j corporation urge
all members' to be present fof
this meeting. -
Special entertainment has
" been secured. Presenting di
rect from the . famous Golden
: Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada'
one of the nation's most tal
ented and versatile , country
and V western. - personalities
"The Barbara Allen Show",
also featuring Tenrif e Che-
Continuad on Paga Seven
Beagle Oub
Plans Events
The ' Albemarle Beagle
Club will hold a field trial
September 19. Drawing .for
both classes will be at 8
A. M.
Two experienced judges
from Hampton, Va will
judge this trial. The club
has over 50 acres of fenced
in running grounds with
plenty of rabbits to insure a
smooth running trlaL Lunch
will be served at the club
house.
You do not have to be a
"club member to enter these
trials and everyone is wel
come. .
Vote Authorized On Tax
By County Commissioners
Perquimans County Board
, of Commissioners held their
,; September meeting here last
Tuesday , with R. L Spivey,
v chairman, presiding with
' Commissioners W. Wt" Bun
dy, Riley S. Monds, ; Jr.,
. Thomas D. 1 Nixon and Ellis
Winslow and voted to au
thorize a vote on levying
taxes, for Industrial Com
' mission at the November 2,
T. J965 ,lectionv v '-'' J-Mk
, At the November 3 elec
tion there will be submitted
' to the qualified voters Of the
: county, for their approval or
disapproval, the Ouestkm
'; whether It be the will of the
' voters to levy and Cause to
be collected annually, a spe
: rial tax at a rate hot td ex
' ceed five cents on each $100
i. valuation of property' in
Perquimans: County, to be
known a art "Industrial De
' vetopment Tax" this funds
therefrom, if the levy is au
thorized by the voters, to be
used for the purpose cf at
' tracting new and dw -Ified
industries, and for I en
'lragement of new L. Jiess
I induttri-l ventres by
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Jaycees Begin i
Calendar Drive
The Hertford Junior Cham
ber .. of Commerce's annual
calendar drive for the an
nual community birthday
calendar, a project conducted
each year by the local Jay
cees, is in full swing, with
Welly White chairman of
the sales. ; '
Chairman White reminds
the public during the sale of
these calendars, if anyone
should be missed in contact
ing the ; public, please , con
tact one of the Jaycee mem
bers, as it's .. the Jelub's de
sire ,, to get everyone, in on
.his drive.
The picture of the calen
dar this year will be of the
n e w Perquimans River
bridge. Proceeds from the
sale of the .calendars, as
usual, will be used for the
mder privileged children of
this area for clothing and
toys to be distributed at the
laycees' annual Christmas
party.' , .. ... . , .
Rev.
Rev. Moody Lee Chappell,
Sr., 88, a retired Methodist
minister, died Sunday at 4:30
P. M., at his home, Route 2,
Tyner. A native of Chowan
County, he was the son of
Robert S. and Mrs. Margaret
C. Chappell. He was a mem
ber of ; Center, Hill Metho
dist Church.' 1 ';
i , Rev. , Chappell v serve i ap
proximately 42 "years in the
joinistoyii. primaljR;.ln, the
Western North Carqlina, Con
ference. J He had ;tftsdheip
pastorates in Winfal I, Eliza
beth CiryMdrfehead- 'City
unit LevinstOn." '
Surviving " are his Wile.f
Mrs.1 J) annie tineriage vnap
Dell; three sons, Robert Pat
rick Chappell and Moody Lee
Chappell, of Route 2, Tyner,
ind Paul E. Chappell of
Chesapeake, Va.; one broth
er ' Lucius Arthur Chappell
of Route 2, Tyner; eight
grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 in
'he Center Hill Methodist
Church by Rev. George Mill
r, pastor, assisted by Rev.
Claude Wilson, former, pas
or. 't'- 5-
Members of the Anderson
Church ' Chioir'sang ."Never
Grow Old", '"Beyond The
Sunset" . and "Oh, How
Love Jesus". They were ac
companied by Mrs. Noah
Reed Felton, pianist . ; '
The casket pall was made
of red roses, white chrysan
themums, carnations,;, stock
Mid fern. Pallbearers: were
8obby Chappell, William
Chappell, Willie Saunders, J
H. Hollowell, Jerry Chappell
and Sidney Broughton.
Burial was in the family
cemetery.
local as well as foreign cap
ital, ; and for the purpose oi
aiding and encouraging the
location 'of1 manufacturing
enterprises, making indus
trial surveys and locating
industrial plants in Perquim
ans County and ;for the pur
pose of encouraging agricul
tural development in the
county. !
The county auditor, D. F.
Reed, Jr., was authorized to
make ,? a temporary loan in
the amount of $1,500, if ne
cessary, from" : the county
general fund to the welfare
administrative fund.
The board authorized the
conservation and develop
ment budget to be amended
$50. ' ,. ?--. l.y
. Ernest Morgan and Wade
Morgan were awarded the
rental of the County Home
farm as advertised for the
year 1965, for the amount of
$552,
The board also voted to
exercise the option held on
property ov ned by Mrs. Y.
L. Brown a i voied to buy
property adj scent to the
Brown propei .
Chappell
Bicycle Thefts
' Sherman A. Underwood,
charged with take, ; steal
and carry away one bicycle,
the: property of Jeff' Has
kett, was given six months
on the roads in Perquimans
County Recorder's 'Court
here Tuesday. The sentence
to be suspended upon pay
ment of the court costs and
that he be placed under the
supervision of the probation
officer for the next two
years.
Maurice Beals, charged
with assault on Charles H.
Gurganus with a deadly
weapon, a crow bar, was
given 30 days on the roads.
The sentence to be suspend
ed upon payment of a $15
fine and court costs. The
affray took place at the new
housing development on
King Street, where the two
are employed. .
Leo White waived hear
ing on a charge of larceny,
a 1963 Ford, the property
of Joshua Foster.
Jimmy Simpson, charged
With allowing William Tur
ner to operate his car with
out a license, was fined $25
and taxed with the court
costs.
William Turner, charged
without having a valid op
erator's or chauffeur's li
cense, was given 30 days on
the roads. The sentence to
be suspended upon payment
of a $40 fine and court
costs.
Henry Jenkins, charged
with being drunk on the
streets of Hertford, was giv
en a week in jail. The sen
tence to be suspended upon
payment of $2.00 fine and
court costs.
Robert L. Revell, charged
with assault on Willie Mae
Felton with his hand, was
given a 30-day sentence. The
sentence to be suspended
Upon payment of $10 fine
and the costs. '
Willie Mae Felton was
found not guilty as charg
ed of assault on Robert L.
Revell, with, her foot.
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The names : of the fol
lowing 60 residents of Per
quimans County were drawn
for jury service at the No
vember term . of Superior
Court during the September
meeting of the County Com
missioners held here Tues
day. The November term
of court will convene here
on Monday, November 1.
' Drawn for jury duty are:
Thomas Edward Lowe, Jack
Smith Phillips, Rennie Dail,
Alvin G. Copeland, W. Bry
ant Stallings,, Ralph L. Lay-
den, M. B. Dail, Ethel Marie
Elliott, James Willie Hurdle,
Alvah -Madrey, : J. Floyd
Harrell, Corbin Dozier, Sr.
Also Calvin C. Godfrey,
Matthew Smith, - Leslie ' L.
Narrow Herman Small, Ron
ald E. Chalk, Ambrose Long,
T S. Sawyer,! Ralph E. Per
ry, J. S. Copeland, Clyde J.
Layden, Bobby B. Stallings,
William Collins, Albert R.
Chambers, Gilliam Twine,
Willard M. Copeland, Asa E.
Stallings, Daniel (Jack) Bry
ant D. J. White, Marion
Simpson, A. W. Lane, Way
land Howell, Charles Ever
ett Winslow, Winston J.
Winslow, W. P. Lane, Ger
ald W. Blanchard, C. ; T.
Phillips.
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Indians Fall
To Jackets
.The Perquimans Indians
dropped their ' game to the
Elizabeth City Yellow Jack
ets last Friday night 21-14.
The Indians gained ground
in the fourth; quarter, when
they got ; three first downs
in a row with Kent Inscoe
a n d Phil Graham . ' taking
turns . through the . middle.
With about two minutes left
to' play, Johnny Decker hit
miller in the end zone for
the final touchdown of the
evening: . Miller added the
point , .: . .,'o:J..;.;.
Stars for the evening on
the Indians team on both
offense and i defense, were
Miller; Decker, Inscoe, Don
Yohn, Donald Riddick and
Archie Miller.
"The Indians made their
first score midway . the sec
ond quarter ' when , Eddie
Miller ' hauled in a Yellow'
Jacket punt faked a hand
off to! Inscoe and then
scampered 55 yards for the
first score, for the Indians.
OFFICERS OF PERQUIMANS f UNIT OF CANCER
SOCIETY Pictured above are the; officers of the Per
quimans Unit of the American Canter Society, who were
re-elected at a recent meeting to : serve during 1965-66.
Reading, right to left, are Mrs. Marcia Colvin, treasurer;
Miss hulda Wood, secretary; M'.ss Thelma Elliott, first
vice president; Charles Harrell, president. Mrs. Ila G.
White is second vice president, but was not present at
the time the above photo was made.
Miss Herring
Teaching Here
Miss Anna Nicholson Her
ring, a senior from East Ca
rolina College, is doing her
student teaching at Per
quimans County High School
in. Hertford. She is under
the direction of Miss Fran
ces Newby, heme economics
teacher at Perquimans High.
While here, she is living
with the W. F. (Willie)
Ainsley family.
Miss Herring, who is call
ed "Nicky" by her home
community and college
friends, comes from Rose
boro. N. C. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Vinson. She was
born and reared in Sampson
County, Being a member
of the Roseboro Baptist
Church, she is a member of
YWA, BTU and a part-time
Sunday School teacher.
Miss Herring graduated
from Roseboro - Salemburg
High School in 1962, where
she was a member of the
Satin- Club, '" French Club,'
Monogram Club, Glee Club,
School Choir, FHA. FTA and
business . manager . for , the
annual staff.
At East Carolina College
Miss Herring is a member of
the Home Economics Club
and the American Home Eco
nomics Association. She is
also a member of the Stu
dent National Educational
Association. She served as
hall proctor in Umstead
Dormitory during her fresh
man year.
Fred Gombs
Fred Combs,'" sophomore
from ' Hertford and a Per
quimans County High School
graduate, is expected to be
one of the starting defensive
backs when N. C. State opens
its 1965 football season at
Clemson on September 18.
Fred, who can go either way
effectively,,' is expected to
play on defense although he
led the 1964 Wolflet squad in
rushing with a 4.5 average.
The Wolfpack, Atlantic
Coast Conference champions
the. last two years, has only
nine' seniors and 16 lettermen
on'i its roster, , so Combs is
expected to be one ' of the
many sophomores counted on
thjs, . year, .by - State Coach
Earle Edwards, . . .
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Summer Work
"Summer workshops con
ducted for Perquimans home
makers have been most suc
cessful" stated Ila Grey
White, Homp Economics Ex
tension Agent.
A refitiishing furniture
workshop was held in June
by Mrs. Ben Chambers of
Roule X Hertford. Mrs.
Chambers has had wide and
varied experiences in refin
ishing furniture. Six persons
attended the workshop. Over
15 articles of furniture were
refinished at the workshop,
however, humemakcrs refin
ished many more articles at
home.
Mrs. Wallie Knight of Rt.
3, Hertford, held a knitting
workshop. She had five be
ginners to attend. Other knit
ting workshops will be held
in the future.
Mrs. J. D. Gore of Fayette
ville visited Perquimans to
teach . 'Rug Hooking" in
August.' Over 35 persons at
tendedj -Jie : workshop. The
ladies learned to dye ma
terials and use old wool, for
hooking. They worked on
rugs, chair seats, and chair
bottoms. They learned many
techniques in hooking includ
ing "shading" and combining
colors.
A refinishing picture frame
workshop was held by Miss
Jean Black, Extension House
Furnishings Specialist, from
Raleigh. Twenty-five par
ticipants were from Gates,
Camden, and Currituck and
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Called Helpful
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State Gridder
"We are very pleased with
the progress that Fred has
made and feel that. Fred has
an outstanding football ca
reer at State."
Fred, who stands at 5'-ll"
and weighs 178. pounds, was
also a topnotch baseball
player for 1 the 1964 frosfc
squad. He was named the
outstanding player of the
1964 East-West all star game
in Greensboro.
The Wolfpack will play all
seven of its ACC rivals dur
ing . its 10-game schedule.
Non-conference opponents are
Florida, .Florida State, and
Iowa. Duke 'and Maryland
are rated the 1965 'choices to
dethrone the Wolfpack frorr
its ACC title.
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Local Folks
Hurt In Wreck
Jimmy Lee Dilday, 17, of
Woodville, was involved in
an accident last Sunday
which resulted in slight 'in4
juries for two. It is under
stood that Dilday was not
injured when his station
wagon collided with a cai
being driven by Mrs. Nev
ada C. Pierce. Mrs. Pierce
and her six-year-old daugh
ter Patsy were taken to the
Mbemarle Hospital, where
they were treated and re
leased. Last Friday a collision be
tween a Harrell Gas &
Coal Company Butane tank
delivery truck and a loaded
tractor - trailer resulted in
aeavy damage on U. S. 17
just north of Elizabeth City.
According to reports, both
trucks were going in the
same direction. The Butane
gas truck had slowed down
to make a turn, and a car
whese driver was unidenti
fied, saw the - approaching
tractor-trailer n d pulled
out around the' truck only
seconds before a" truck load
ed with corn, being driven
by Noah R. FeltOn, Jr., col
lided with the Butane truck
and jack-knifed off the road.
Damage to the tractor-trailer
truck driven by "Felton was
estimated at $3,000. Dam
age t the Butane truck was
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Jaycees Back
Special Tax
The Hertford Jaycees vot
ed at their last meeting to
actively support and work
for the passage of the in
dustrial and agricultural de
velopment tax to be put be
fore the people Of Perquim
ans County in the Novem
ber election. ; V
A spokesman for the Jay
cees stated that -it; was the
feeling of the. 'members " 6f
the club that this is the
only answer to the . ever
growing problems of veeo
nomic development in our
county. . , . .., v;
We know that it , is al
ways . the first reaction of
the people to be against most
tax increases or levying of
new taxes, but we feel that
if the " people consider the
good that can come from
such a tax they will be 100
per cent in favor of it. It
has been proven in many
northeastern counties in
North Carolina to be a very
effective way of establishing
an economic development
commission which can help
both agriculture and indus
trial development.
It is hoped that many
other organizations in the
county will join with the
Hertford Jaycees to actively
work for the passage of this
bill. If this tax is levied it
' would be possible to set up
i an economic development
ill ' X C11U11U111S
County which would oper
ate under the County Board
of Commissioners. '
It should further be pos
sible to hire a full time
trained worker in the field
of economic development
whose job it would be to
formulate a working plan to
secure industry and to ad
vance our agricultural pro
grams. Short Of Quota
For Bloodmobile
The Tidewater Regional
bloodmobile was at the
First Methodist Church in
Hertford on Monday, Sep
tember. 13. v :
Co-chairmen John Beers
and Sid Harmon: reported
that there were 71 pints of
blood collected and that we
had a quota of 95 pints.
The co-chairmen explained
that the two visits of the
bloodmobile in a 12-months
period are averaged together
to., determine - whether we
have met our yearly quota.
Therefore, if we can exceed
our quota at the next visit
we could still meet ' the
yearly quota.
We i would like to thank
each of the volunteer work
ers who helped out at the
bloodmobile this visit. They
were Mrs. Anse White, Mrs.
rtrude -. Zachary, Mrs
Maude Jones, Mrs. Mattie
Matthews, Mrs. Charles Mur
ray,' Mrs. Ruby , Bateman,
Mrs. Willis Jessup, Mrs. Ray
Haskett, Mrs. Cecil Wins
low, Mrs. Evelyn Whedbee,
Mrs. Sidney Harmon, Mrs.
3etty Beers, Clyde Lane and
Talmage Rose. , ,
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County Scnool Board
Splits Over Minutes;
Lav; Firm Is Employed
Lt;, Gov. Scott
To Speak Here
Lieut. Gov. Robert Scott
will speak at the 80th an
niversary of the St. Paul
A. M. E. Zion Church, Hert
ford, Sunday, September 26,
at 3 P.M.
He is the son of the late
Governor Kerr Scott of Haw
River, N. C.
Dr. D. D. Gross of East
Carolina College will preach
at 11 A. M.
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Local Project
The "Welcome to Hert
ford" project sponsored by
the Hertford Business and
Professional Women's Club.
in cooperation with the mer
chants of Hertford, continues
to be warmly received by
the newcomers to the town.
Reactions and comments
range from "surprise that a
town this size offers such a
warm welcome to newcom
ers" to deep appreciation
that they have been re
ceived in such a way.
Under the chairmanship
of Mrs. Marie S. Elliott
two members of the BPW
act as hostesses for a month
each. They present each
family with a brochure wel
coming them to Hertford and
listing local churches, min
isters, doctors, dentists and
emergency numbers. Thi
$lso present a book of cou-
Kns redeemable for gifts
given by Hertford . merch
ants when presented to their
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A Look Backward
Af Fftmyl 14 iff Perqulmant
Weekly File of Yoteryeaf
' ! SEPTEMBER, 193g
Houses ' Inundated By Ex
cessive Rain: A steady 18
hour downpour Tuesday af
ternoon . had inundated twe
Negro houses in the low
lying section of King Street
The ditches, unable to taki
care of the torrential rainf
of Monday, Monday night
and all day Tuesday, hao
overflowed until water wa
nearly two feet deep within
two houses. Furniture float
ed around inside the dwell
ings and occupants were
forced to move out. The
houses are one-story frame
affairs, so there were no
second floors to move to.
The ' unceasing rains had
covered every level or low
lying section of ground,
sidewalks and streets with
water varying in depth from
three to 12 inches Tuesday
afternoon. Farms were
flooded and work in the
fields ' was at a standstill.
Several farmers took ad
vantage of their enforced
idleness to attend court in
Hertford Tuesday morning.
Grapes Continue To Find
Ready Market: With the
local grape season ; about
gone, a little past its
height, the curb market is
still making its regular Sat
urday appearance.The popu
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PPW Pushing
Long Reports $13,000 In
Building Permits Issued
The Hertford Town Board
meeting in regular session
here Monday night, heard a
report from W. S. (Sam)
Long, Building Inspector for
the Town of Hertford. Mr.
Long reported to the board
that during his first month's
employment he issued build
ing permits amounting to
$13,000. ' He made a number
of electrical . ; inspections
which at the present time
were no cost to the owners.
He presented sample plumb
ing' and electrical permits
and recommended that the
board approve same. The
board approved.
The board approved to
have no parking on the
?oUth side of . West Market
Street beginning at the By
rum Furniture yCompany to
Covent Garden Street, each
day with the exception of
Sunday. This was done to
relieve the weekday traffic
congestion on this street
The purchase of Tarco
The Perquimans County
Board of Education met in
special session on Wednes
day, September 8, with all
members present, Dr. Allan
B. Bonner, chairman and
board members John Dan
chise, Joe Nowell, George
Baker and Delvin Eure.
John Danchise made a
motion that the "addition to
the minutes of the August 9
special meeting of the board,
at which time the board re-
t quested Perquimans County
Superintendent of Schools
John T. Biggers' resigna
tion, not to approve the ad
dition to the minutes of
August 9. The motion ,'was
seconded by Joe Nowell and
Dr. Bonner. Voting against
the motion was Delvin Eure
and George Baker.
Chairman Bonner had
called for the reading of
the "addition to the min
utes of the August 8 special
meeting, which read as fol
lows: At approximately 3
P. M. Mr. Biggers was call
ed by telephone by Dr. Bon
ner and asked to come to
his home for a few minutes.
Upon arrival he was in
formed that the board had
requested his resignation as
superintendent of schools to
become effective immediate
ly. He inquired of the
chairman upon what grounds
the request was based. Dr.
Bonner said on the basis of
a report from the State
Auditing Department. Mr.
Biggers asked him for time
to read and study the re
port. Dr. Bonner again
asked for his resignation
immediately. Mr. Biggers
asked the board to give him
one week to study the-re-port
and to meet with them
again for the purpose of ex
r41nm8,.;.somt t:hj)f -items
from his viewpoint. This
was denied and a third re
quest was made for his
resignation. He told them
he needed time to study the
report and to seek legal ad
vice since his conscience was
clear. He said he would not
resign because he was not
guilty of any wrong doing
and should be given an op
portunity to make an ex
planation to the board."
With Superintendent Big
gers out of the board room
at this point of the meet
ing, the following resolution
was presented and passed:
"Whereas, it having ap
peared to the board that
question has arisen as to
whether John T. Biggers,
Superintendent of County
Schools, had properly dis
charged the duties of his of
fice and as to whether "he
has been guilty of improper
conduct while in office, and
it further appearing to Jhg
board that the State 9ufiej
intendent of Public Instruc
tion and the officer ' of the
State Auditor has. reported
to the board thai thffe-i
evidence that Superintendent
Biggers has not properly
discharged the duties of his
office and has been guilty of
improper and cusruptable
conduct in said office, to
wit:
1. That he has made il
legal use of state materials
and of the county garage.
Z. That he has made lm
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leaf vacuum machine for
the price of $1,981.28 was
approved. The machine will
be used to pick up leaves
from the streets of Hertford
that are left at the, curbs
by home owners cleaning
their yards. The machine
will be painted white like all
of the other town equip
ment. Captain B. L. Gibbs was
ordered to instruct his police
to crack down on dogs 'run
nings at large, even if it
means shooting them.
A "representative of the
Carroll A. Carpenter Com
pany met with the board
and - showed - pictures of
Christmas and holiday deco
rations. The board approv
ed the rental contract up to
$300. .
The board' approved part
payment of $2,000 on the
sewer project contract to' L.
E. Wooten Company, : the
town; engineer.
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