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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 8, 1954.
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licitors Urged to Com-
, plete Their Canvass
Within Two Weeks
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"' Perquimans County's annual March
' ot Dimes campaign, to raise funds for
-the National Foundation to conduct
Tesearch and combat infantile paraly
. vis will get underway next -Monday,
according to Mrs. John T. Blggers,
chairman for the county drive.
.The chairman announced no specific
.. : quota has been assigned to this coun
tv.' to be raised durinsr the rnmnaie-n
but she pointed out the National Foun-
dation-is hopeful more money will be
contributed in 1954 than was donated
) last year. The additional funds will
v V be needed to carry out the study of
1 a newly discovered polio vaccine,
Ijv which the foundation plans during the
: ' coming months. . v.
" Mrs. Biggers is urging all volunteer
complete tne canvass pi tne county
within two weeks, and to make all
contribution reports to the Perquim
ans chapter treasurer, George, Fields,
whose office is located on Church
Street In Hertford. ; i
AH funds contributed to the March
of Dimes will be deposited to the
county chapter treasurer, but certain
percentages of the collections are mail
ed to the National Foundation, which
also may call on the chapter for ad
ditional contributions as in
the ease
of emergencies experienced during the
past two or three yean. .
- The public is urged to, contribute
liberally toward the March of Dimes
fund, and to assist the volunteer so
licitors by making contributions when
first called ' upon, thus saving the
workers a return trip to receive do
nations. C::::rch Attendance
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The members of the Hertford Meth
odist Church are finishing plans to
cooperate in the nation-wide Church
Attendance Crusade that is being pro
moted throughout Methodism in Am
erica. ," More than 100 annual confer
ences, having more than 9 million
members, in more than 40,000 church
es and served by more than 26,000
pastors are involved in the Crusade
which began last Sunday to run
through Easter, April 18.
; ; The Council of Bishops of the Meth
odist Church has planned this nation
wide Church Attendance Crusade and
called upon all members to cooperate
in it. The North Carolina Conference
and the Elizabeth City District have
endorsed it and have set up proper
organization to support it In calling '
for this crusade, the Council of Biah- j
ops said in part, ''A large percentage
of -the members of the Methodist
Church do : not attend regularly the
Sunday services in their churches.
Many attend infrequently or not at
all. It is evident that a new birth of
spiritual life for the entire church de
pends in part upon a devotion to regu
lar and systematic attendance by a
large percentage of those who are
counted as Methodists . . . It is our
earnest conviction that a Church At
tendance Crusade will strengthen the
spiritual life of a countless number of
members of the church and stimulate
many thousands of church members
to begin the regular habit of church
attendance." ..-
This crusade of church attendance
started last Sunday, the first Sunday
in the new year. The Hertford Meth
odist. Church has been so organized
that a record of attendance will be
i fpt at the ii:uo o'clocic morning
r: aching service throughout the en-
e period of the Crusade, for every
1. !-ent member of the church. Ee-
r. is will: be made at the services
t 1 an Honor Boll kept. The pastor
t' tea, "we'plan to let the people all
1 we want to see them at church."
Hz '77 Ford Cars On
: TyThisyeek
T 8 new 1954 line of Ford cars
on display at the . Winslow
' ird Motor Company last Wed-
morning , and C. C.MWinslow,
r of the local Ford agency has
l invitation to the public to
company's showrooms for a
anew cars.
. ' inges, Including an entirely
? in the passenger cars,
: s 1054 Ford line, and may
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'I SALE SATURDAY
. Catherine's Auxiliary will
sale at Perry's Electric
" tarday morning begin
Oliiiss Ca?ign To
A Nay Look
A "new look", is being added to
Hertford streets this week by em
ployees of the town. New street
markers, long advocated by local civic
organizations, finally arrived from the
manufacturer and are being installed
at the various street intersections.,
The Town's electrical department is
also installing the new white-way on
Church Street, and it is believed this
i project will be completed by this
week-end and the white-way will be
turned On to add attractiveness to the
business district.
Many residents are expressing
opinions of praise for the improve
ments which are adding the new look
to the town.
Assets of the Hertford Building and
Loan Association reached an all-time
high of $122,877.06 by the end of 1953
, was announced today by A. W. Hef-
ren, Association rresiaenc
In the institution's annual report,
to be filed with the State Commis
sioner of Insurance, Mr. Hefren dis
closed that net Bavings increased dur
ing the year, to f 102,022.25. This
represented an increase of more than
10 per cent over 1952.
The Association issued 464 shares
of stock during the year, and made
loans amounting to $39,500.00. Of this
amount $22,900.00 represented loans
made to assist in construction of new
homes. , ,.' .
' During 1953 the Association added
$1,033.82 to its reserves.
' Total assets xrf the Association in
;retiserp1i?oxftte1yK"per cent
during 1953 as compared to the previ
ous year.
Commenting on the year, Mr. Hef
ren noted that the home mortgage
market in some sections of the coun
try was "marred by unsettled condi
tions" in 1953.
"Where, money shortages occurred,
they wore largely the result of other
types of financial institutions with
drawing some of their funds from the
home financing field to enable them
to take advantage of more attractive
investments elsewhere," he maintain
ed. Pointing out that savings associa
tions never drop out of the home fi'
nancing field, Mr. Hefren added that
these institutions "are the only eon
stantly reliable source of home mort
gage money."
Preservation Of
Historic Sites
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club, at their meeting held Tuesday
night at the Hotel Hertford, adopted
as a project the preservation of his
toric landmarks within Perquimans
County. "
The action followed a report on the
run-down condition of the gravesite
of Thomas Harvey, first Governor of
the Albemarle, which is located at
Harvey Point, and which was recondi
tioned by men stationed at the Har
vey Point NAAS in 1945.
According to the report given the
Rotarians this historic site is again
covered with heavy growths of weeds
and bushes, and a fence surrounding
the plot has rotted down.
The Rotarians plan action seeking
to recondition .the area, and will al
so make attempts to have the State
Historical Association incorporate the
site, and others in Perquimans County
into the group of historic areas main
tained by-the association. ;-
: The club also voted to entertain the
players, managers and coaches of the
Perquimans High School football
team at a dinner on a date in Febru
ar yto be announced later. - vw; i
C. R.. Holmes, president of the club,
advised the members the election of
club officers for the 1964-65 year will
be held next Tuesday night
Noted Oqaker To
Sneak In County ,r
FrroU T. Elliott noted Quaker of
".Wininwd. Indipna. will -speak at the
Pinev' Woods Church near Belvidere
on Frida ninrht January 15.; at 7:80
o'clock,
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Biding And Loan
Association Report
Shows GobdGrowth
.The public is invited to attend the.JVsse Boyce, Donald Baker and Philip
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Rccordsr's Court ;
llas Heavy Docket
After Veeli'sRecess
Twenty Eight Cases Dis
posed Of At Session
On Tuesday
A heavy docket, consisting of 28
cases, was disposed of by the Per
quimans Recorder's Court in session
here last Tuesday, with Judge Chas.
E. Johnson presiding. .
Fines "of $15 and costs were taxed
against Guy Hall and Richard Helm
kemp, each of whom submitted to
charges of speeding. Fines of $10 and
costs were assessed against James
Layden, John Witmer, Theodore Kol
ish, and Theodore Flood, all of whom
entered pleas of guilty to charges of
speeding. Also charged with speed
ing, and taxed with costs of court
were Martha Mansfield, Harold Baker,
Kenneth Dunn, Gruld Decosta and
Prank Emory.
William Hunter and Thomas James,
both Negroes, entered pleas of guilty
to charges of driving with insufficient
brakes? The defendants were ordered
to pay the costs of court.
John Lane was found guilty on a
charge of passing a school bus, il
legally. He was ordered to pay the
court costs.
Fines of $2 and costs of court were
paid by Jasper Sawyer, Charlie Wil
liamson and Josh Zachary, each of
whom submitted to charges of being
drunk on a highway.
Louis Sawyer and Joseph Nichols,
charged with driving on the left side
of a highway, entered pleas of guilty
and each paid the costs of court.
Fines of $25 and costs, each were
taxed against Carl Wright and David
Douglas, Negroes, each of whom sub
mitted to charges of reckless driving.
Clyde Dunbar entered a plea of jruil
ty to charges of possessing and using
fireworks.; , He was ordered to pay the
costs of court.
... Percy Jordan, Negro, was fined $5
and costs after pleading guilty to
charges $t being 4runk 4 Ji highway..
traraos uidds, negro, pieuueu gxiuiy
to a charge of being drunk on the
streets of Hertford. A 30 day jail sen
tence was suspended upon the condi
tion Gibbs is not convicted of a simi
lar charge within six months.
One half court costs were taxed
against ' James Jones and George
Johnson, Jr., Negroes, after each had
entered a plea of guilty to charges of
fighting.
Fred Gilliam, Negro, was ordered
to pay a fine of $25 and costs after
submitting to a charge of driving
without a license.
Oncil Tanner was ordered to pay the
costs of court on a charge of illegal
ly passing a motor vehicle. He enter
ed a plea of guilty.
FarmSpecialistto
Nitrogen, phosphate and potash are
the three major nutrients purchased
in a fertilizer. Farmers in North
Carolina have recognized the import
ance of fertilizer in securing yields.
Althoujrh many acres in North- Caro
lina are well limed and fertilized, es
timates indicate that much ofv the
cropland needs more nitrogen, potash,
phosphate, and lime than is being ap
plied, according to Ralph Sasser, As
sistant County Agent One is often
impressed with the sharp contrast be
tween the improved farm and the run
down farm. Often the two situations
are divided by only a road, property
line or just a fence row.
Proper fertilizer and good manage
ment practices are some of the sub
jects that will be covered by Dr. E,
R. Collins, and his specialists, at the
Perquimans County Agricultural
Building January 12, at 2:00, accord
ing to Mr. Sasser. Dr. Collins will
have slides showing feeding areas of
different plant roots, this would ques
tion present placement of fertilizer.
He will discuss broadcast versus row
applications of fertilizers, and pre
plant applications of anhydrous am
monia. ;.s ' : ' , . ' .
- Mr. Sasser also states this class
should be very beneficial to the ma
jority of farmers in Perquimans
iCounty.
Perquimans FFA
Wins Tool Contest .
A tool identification contest con
ducted by the Albemarle FFA Federa
tion at Perquimans High School n
December 17, was won by members
of the Perquimans FFA team. Weeks-
ville placed second on the contest
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Members of the local team were
P hilhps. , w ki 4 ,
N?1 School On Soil
And Plant Feeding
County Bperd Holds
Here Last MGiii'ay
Plans For Full Time As
sistant Agent Is
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The I'. Board of Commissioners for
Perquimans County met here -in regu
lar session last Monday, and in addi
tion to handling the usual routine bus
inesstHatters, were advised by Mrs.
Verona' J. Langford, District Super
visor or Home Agents, that plans
previously adopted by the local Board
for employing a full-time assistant
home agent will have to be postponed
until the next fiscal year but efforts
will be" continued to secure an assist
ant agent to be employed part time
m Perquimans and part time in Cho
wan County.
The ! Board authorized Mrs. Lang-
ford and Miss Kimsey Perry to fill
the position with an applicant who
meets the requirements of the State
Extension Office.
Approval was voted to a petition
presented for improvement of the
Yeopim-Bear Swamp road, subject to
final approval of the State Highway
Commission.
The Board authorized the transfer
of $10,000 from the general fund to
the Health Building Fund, as a loan,
to expedite the payment for construc
tion of . the new health center. This
sum will be returned to the general
fund upon receipt of State and fed
eral monies paid to ward the con
struction. Charles Skinner, Jr., representing
the Hertford Fire Department gave
the Board a report on fires fought in
the county during 1953. Mr. Skinner
reported the department answered
calls to '42 fires, 23 in the county, 17
within the town and two outside the
county. ;
The county fire truck, according to
the .report was driven a total of 99
miles to cut of tire county fires and
342.,mtiir lo fires withi JtheT-c&untr.
Estimated losses from the 40 fires
within the County was set at $52,740.
The fire, last summer, at Major Loom
is Cmpany caused an estimated loss
of $35,000.
Members of the Board commended
the local fire department for its effi
cient work during the year fighting
fires, and praised the department for
its spirit of cooperation.
Masons Install New
For the first time in 30-odd years
officers of Perquimans Lodge, No. 106,
A. F., & A. M., were installed in a
public ceremony, held Tuesday night
in the lodge rooms in the Court House.
B. C. Berry, acting as Marshal, pre
sented W. J. Kanoy for installation as
Master. Installation being made by
J. S. Bass. Master Kanoy then in
stalled the following officers for the
lodge for the coming year: C. F
Murray, Senior Warden; Elijah White,
Junior Warden; J. S. Bass, treasurer;
Cecil C. Winslow, secretary; R. C.
Murray, chaplain; John Decker, Sen
ior Deacon; Russell Baker, Junior
Deacon ; Henry C. Sullivan, Senior
Steward; Dr. A. B. Bonner, Junior
Steward, and J. S. Vick, Tyler.
The installation services were con
ducted before a capacity crowd in the
lodge rooms.
During1 the ceremonies a Past Mas
ter Jewel was presented the outgoing
Master, J. S. Bass by Mr. Kanoy.
f ollowing the installation, group
pictures were taken of the newly in
stalled officers, all Past Masters pres
ent and of all Masons and guests
present . .
The program was concluded with
the serving of. refreshments.
White Funeral Held
Monday Afternoon
, Funeral services for Charles Irvin
White 73. who died last Saturday
night at 6 P. M., after a long illness,
were conducted at the Lynch Funeral
Home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
by the Rev. A. L. Chaplain, pastor of
the Hertford Methodist Church-.
During the services the choir sang
In the Sweet Bye and Bye.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs.
J. F. Jernigan of Norfolk. Va.; two
ons, J. Preston White of Norfolk, and
Rufus White of Suffolk; one sister.
Mrs. Estella Fentress of Norfolk and
three grandchildren. .
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery.
' Pallbearers were D. F. Reed, Dr. C.
A. Davenport, L. B. Sitterson, R. C.
Murray, Fenton Britt and Julian
White.- , , .....
Officers In Public
CeremonyTuesday
Special Term Of Superior Court To
Convene Here On
Next Cancer Clinic
Planned For Friday
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic,
postponed on January 1, will be held
at the Health Center in Elizabeth City
Friday, January 8, itw as announced
this week. .
A free chest X-rav will be riven
anyone who wishes it along with the
examination of the five areas of the
body where Cancer is most easily
found and cured.
Each person attending the clinic is
requested to bring a robe or house
coat Indians And Squaws
Win Double Header
From Griggs High
I Opening games in the Albemarle
'Rural Basketball Conference were
played here Tuesday night with Per
quimans High winning a double head
er from Griggs. The Indian Squaws
won from Griggs girls 34 to 16, while
Perquimans boys won a one-sided af
fair 61 to 41.
Coach Ike Perry used his entire
squad in the girls' game, giving his
reserves some much needed experi
ence. White led the scoring for Per
quimans hitting for a total of 14
points during the first half. Wins
low scored five points for Perquim
ans and Edwards also tallied five
points.
The Squaws gained a 14-3 lead in
the first period and increased this ad
vantage to 26-5 at half time. The
Perquimans reserves maintained the
lead 30-10 at the third period final
and coasted to victory in the final
quarter.
John Morris sparked the Indians in
winning the opening game for the In-
Jdians, hitting for a total fit 21 points.
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cellent shooting and passing, moved
into a 19-11 lead -during the first per
iod and increased this lead to 13
points during the second quarter.
Score at half-time was 33-20 in favor
of the Indians. The Griggs team came
back strong in the third period out
scoring the Indians 14 to 10 but Per
quimans led 43 to 34. The Indians
turned on the steam again in the fi
nal canto to hit for 18 points while
holding Griggs to seven.
Woodhouse led his Griggs team
mates in scoring tallying a total of 18
points against the Indians. Zink got
10 points for Griggs.
Scoring for the Indians were Mor
ris with 21, Allen and H. Williams
with 12 points each, Matthews 7,
Towe 6, Williams 2 and Ross one.
Smith Rites Held
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Warren W.
Smith, 80, who died at his home near
Center Hill, Wednesday morning at
3:30 o'clock, were conducted at the
Center Hill Baptist Church Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev.
Carl Chandler, assisted by the Rev.
Lee Phillips.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nellie
Smith; five daughters, Mrs. Willie
Stallings of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs.
Annie Chalk of Norfolk. Mrs. Grant
Lane of Jackson, Mrs. James Ownley!
of Elisabeth City and Mrs. Zack Phil
lips; two sons, Haywood Smith and
Johnnie Smith of Winfall; three sis
ters, Mrs. C. M. Umphlett, Mrs. Laura
Stallings and Mrs. Sidney Pierce and
five brothers, Harry of Elizabeth City,
Gus of Raleigh, Matt of Fremont,
James of Suffolk and Gordon Smith
of Ahoskie.
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery.v TR Seal Sale Lasrs
Behind Expected Goal
Response to the appeal for funds,
made during the annual TB Seal Sale
in Perquimans County during Decem
ber, lagged behind expected goals ac
cording to Mrs. Duke Cropsey, execu
tive secretary of the District TB As
sociation. Mrs Cropsey reported out of the
1,441 letters mailed to local , residents
only 656 letters had been mailed back,
and contributions amount to $782. The
quota assigned Perquimans County
was $1,950. , . .
Inasmuch as the funds raised
through the sale of the seals are used
for health education, case-finding,
medical research and rehabilitation a
final appeal is being issued to per
sons who have not mailed in contribu
tions to do so now. ; ,
.Mrs. Cronsey points out Christmas
Seals are the onlv source of income
for the District TB Association, and
with mass X-ray units coming to the
district next June and July the need
for funds is urgnt
Monday, January 18
Judge Burgwyn To Pre
side Over Term Of
Civil Actions
A special term of Perquimans Su
perior Court with .Ttiriev W. TT. S.
Burgwyn presiding, will convene here
xuonaay, January is ior a week's civil
court, it was announced by W. H. Pitt,
Clerk of Court.
A calendar listing 22 cases for trial
has been released by the Clerk and
reads as follows:
Clifton Hardy vs. Mildred Hardy.
Mary G. Male vs. Charlie Male.
Sarah Lilly vs. Joshua Lilly.
Daisy Manley vs. Howard Manley.
Delores Newby vs. Jestine Newby.
Retha S. Chesson vs. Bruster Ches
son. Evelyn Stallings vs. Joseph Stall
ings. The matter of the Will of Lena
Flannagan.
S. M. Long vs. Norman Elliott.
S. M. Long vs. Major-Loomis Co.
N. W. Chappell vs. Elbert Chappell,
et als.
J. H. Newbold Estate vs. Jesse Phil
lips.
Jack Sawyer vs. Robert Ivey, et als.
Sarah Barnes vs. Ellis Weaver.
Curlee Felton vs. J. H. Lilly.
James E. Skinner vs. Susan Jacocks,
et als.
Ralph E. Miller vs. N-S Railway Co.
Norman Godfrey vs. Hazel Jack
son, et al.
Dewey Stallings vs. Wayland White,
Jr.
John Colson vs. Charles Colson, et
als.
Radio Supply Co., vs. J. M. Spruill.
Wilbur O. Lamb vs. Preston Cope-
land.
Following this week of special court
a regular civil term will be conducted
beginning the week of January 25.
Board of Education
L?st Monday Night
Members of the Board of Education
met in regular session in the office
of the Superintendent of Schools on
last Monday night.
During the meeting the Board ap
proved the employment of Miss Dill
wyn Denton, of Dunn as teacher of the
eighth grade at Perquimans High
School, to succeed Mrs. J. W. Ward,
who was filling the position on a tem
porary basis. Miss Denton began her
duties with the local school system
last Monday.
The Board approved the appoint
ment of C. T. Skinner, Jr., to fill the
position as property and cost clerk for
the Perquimans Schools' transporta
tion system. This position was au
thorized by the last General Assem
bly, to be established in each county
of the State to keep and maintain
records of property and costs of op
eration of school buses.
Approval was voted by the Board
a committee recommendation for the
back-topping of driveways at county
schools, which will provide additional
safety for the children and also more
parking areas at some of the schools.
The petition for the project will be
presented to the State Highway Com
mission for final approval.
The Board also voted to construct
a storeroom within the county garage
to provide space of storing of trans
portation property.
Hertford Cleaners
Leased This Week
The Hertford Cleaners will be un
der new management during 1954, it
was announced today by Bernard F.
Proctor, owner and operator of the
Market Street cleaning plant for the
past three years.
Proctor said that the business was
under lease for the current year to
Chester S. Jenkins of Gatesville.
Although he will continue to spend
a considerable amount of time in
Hertford for the present, Proctor will
begin the active management of his
father's business, Proctor's Store, of
Selma, N. C, the elder Proctor having
recently retired due to Alness.
Jenkins who is already well known
to many in Hertford and Perquimans
County started management of the
business this week.
No change in personnel at the plant
is contemplated, Jenkins said, adding
that "the same high quality service
that has been the standard policy of
The Hertford Cleaners will be con
tinued.', , - ,
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Banks announce
the birth of twin daughters-born Mon
day, January 4th, at the Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City. - i x,
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