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KEY V Volume XXII. Number 4. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 28, 1955. 5 Cents Per Copy 5B ! Court Term Department Report Shows FireiLiOsses Minimum In 11954 I OUR CI TIZE NS 0 F TOMORRO W i . , . . 1 1--') " Calendar Of '-8 '"i" e.,5 Tin Ml Gases Here . h f .4' THE PERQUIMANS W to- Number of Cases Con- tinned Isy Consent To Later Terms A special term of Superior Court, which convened here' last Monday, with ' Judge ' George Fountain of Tarboro, presiding, cleared the civil calendar of six cases during the -week. : -J On "reading of the calendar nt the. opening session of the court 14 cases listed were continued to later court terms by consent of attorneys and the court. .' Two. actions, those of S. M. Long vs. Norman Elliott and Hertford livestock vs. Andrew Newljy, were compromised and judgments drawn for Signature by the Court.: ', One case, that of Norman S. God frey vsi Hazel Jackson et als, was Btarted Monday and. concluded ttbout noon Tuesday when the jury returned a verdict tavoring the jilsintiff. - Judgment in the amount of ?J825 was awarded Godfrey against Jackson, the C&M Truck - 1 own A lease, given by the Navy De partment to the Town of Hertford Several years ago for the operation f the Harvey Point Base, has been cancelled ,"py authority of the Sec retary of the Navy, effective April 4t .1956, it was announced Wednes day by , Mayor V. N. Darden. .. v Under the terms of the lease the fcfajY iined,,jfeiutljorityi,to revoke NavyC Holds Ve contract atiny,mC, SUDject to due notice,-; According to Mayor -' garden no information concerning ' Vur-JUvrft nlan -fftfth" site has jben releHsed nor has he been able )to 'ascertain any reasoll for the ifi vocatioiiiv. - :. Jhe terms.9f the lease, which ini f reality, set up the TownoxHferM oraas nouseKeeper. f Jpftjps it4, permitted the Town" to sub lea lie some of the buildings on the base ana , also part of the land. These, sub-leases were subject to the. same revocation orders under fr-hich the Town of Hertford leased thdi'entire area from the Navy. ' Mayor Darden announced that all -firms and. individuals holding Sub-leases on any building or por- . f ion. of the base land with the Town have been notified these leases will be revoked effective Anril 4, 1955, ' at the same time the Town's lease with the Navy if concluded. , . f Following the announcement by Mayer Darden there was some speculation as to reason for the ac- lt-L L-! l- -1. . . .1 w iiOK wKen.oy we avy ue-l jK.vw..m B...v oniy recently we avy assigned a contingent of men to the base fo operations in con- neetion with a bombing, program, but there has been no public an nouncement of any plans the Navy lias for the site. -Chorus To Sing t Baptist Church ) .the Men's Chorus of the Up-Riv-r,'Friends Church will be featured at 4he evening service of the Hert- ifoM Baptist Church Sunday. Un- kder the direction of Elmer Lassi- Iter the group contains twenty voic- la. Although it is barely a year old, the Cherus already has a wide I range of experience at singing in )churches ' and civic ' dubs in , sur- J founding communities. " . ;;";;.' ,.. ( a wu Bciwuuns. ytfii oe sung one jvby the ntireehotjjs and one by a quartet" out of..' chionis. .tJMr8, '' Kalph Wnite fs, the orgapjst-aeconi- 4 A&X$iwWv . ft-Ai-'iK'-'The seervk1.wW begin"' at,7:30:and ..the tubUq isJnvlted.'S'The pastor's ssage will be' eontinuation on . i.llfe of 'Jesus-and is entitled "The' Great Firsts of Our Lord's NAKED DELEGATE C" e Cnappell, - Jr., - FFA . r of relvidere, Has been se I 1 i r f resent North Carolina iJt " 1 to the Young Outdoor I ' i rencs jn Chicago ing Co.,' and Raymond Lavee, all defendants in the case. A counter: claim by Mr, Jackson against God frey was allowed in the amount of $327.00. Court was adjourned Tuesday following the 'erdict in the above case,- and reconvened Wednesday morning when .One divorce action was heard in which Nellie James, Negro, was granted a divorce from Elmer JameS, Negro. Following this bearing the court began the cases of L. D. Copeland. next of friend of Linda Copeland and Clifton Copeland against Park er 'Copeland. This matter revolves around an accident which occurred in August of 1953, and the minors, Linda and Clifton Copeland are seeking damages from Parker Copeland ior injuries allegedly sus tained in the accident. The jury in the case was select ed and testimony began just be fore noon Wednesday, and the hear ing was expected to continue through Thursday morning. This lease was the last scheduled for ' - hearing at this term of court. ancels Lease Base on President Eisenhower requested Congress to grsJntMibn authority o. use U. S." Armed Forces in defense t-a(ninwjltn natjnVt Formosa and the House yottt.409 to 3 on Tues day granting this authority. The Senate- was pxpe'cte'd'trt'lirt upon the requet ThursdajfCMf Friday. VTher-President! t1H. Con&ress the SKuatioh'Milhe "Pacific -las... come to the point where the U. S. must deciaee fW'inthtioh t fight in de fense of.fredoni a4i-jiddp he hop. A t United :Nationswtl assume leadership in the matter of settling the problem between Red and Na tionalist China. The State Legislature this week Is conducting hearings on matters pertaining' to the budget and ac cording to reports from Raleigh the tempo of the Assembly will begin to step up next week, following these budget discussions. The flow of proposed bills, both local and state-wide, has already increased and much activity is forecast for the Assembly during the next six weeks. ;. . Willie Cooke, 81-year-old resident f Four OSks, died in Durham'Mon day after having received 400 blood transfusions. . Cooke was a jhenv philiac, a person whose blood! does not clot normally, and his case at tracted much interest throughout the State. . The major part of the blood transfusion was made possil ble through the Red Cross Blood program. Ships of the U. S. Seventh Fleet are standing by in areas in and near Formosa to aid in evacuating Nationalist Chinese from nearby islands threatened by Red Chinese, A report Wednesday from Formosa stated a lull has settled over the area sincfc the President requested authority to use force in restrain ing the Reds from attacking Nat; ionalist positions. . ; Monday Last Day For Listing Property '.Perquimans County property owners who as yet have failed to list property for 1955 taxes are re minded that Monday is the final day for tax listing.' Individuals who fail to list property for taxes with one of the five township list takers,, will be liable for a penalty for late listing. - . . The tax listers have been rushed during this week by large numbers of property owners who waited un til late in the month to list taxes, but the listers estimate the work wil be almost 100 per cent com plete by closing time on Monday, i A , , THIS-WEEK'S HEADLINES Pictured above is another group of the young citizens of Perquimans County, taken from the series being published by your home news paper. Reading left to right, top line, arc Lu Ann Stallings, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Louis Stallings; Jan White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray White; Cheryl Copeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Copeland; Lois Ray Jlnllowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Hollowed ; Thomas Wayne Proctor, son of Mr.- and Mrs. Thomas Proctor; David Fadio, son, of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Fadio. Bottom line. Terry Copeland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Copeland; Janet Dail, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Dail; Carolyn Byrtim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rubie C. By rum; Mil ton Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Long; Bill Monds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston. Monds, and Barry Lewis, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Lewis. Another group of pictures will appear in next week's issue of The Weekly. Indians tose Games Aces And Ahoskie Girls Beat Acelets The Perquimans Indians dropped two conference basketball games during the week, losing last Friday to Ahoskie 45 to 63 and being trip ped by Edenton Tuesday night by a score of 37 to 52. Perquimans girls divided their games, losing to Ahoskie girls "3 to 49 and de feating the Edenton Acelets 49-83. .-- Jo Tat Stokes led the scoring for Perquimans against Edenton, fol lowed by Barbara Russell and Bar bar Edwards. The victory - gave the Perquimans girls a .500 stand ing in the Albemarle Conference, with a record of two wins and two losses. TheEoleirton "Aws. rpushed - the Indians closer to the' bottom of the league standing, the loss giving. the Indians a" 1-3 record for thesfe. son. D. A. Carver led the Indians scoring followed by Paul' Matthews i Inability on. the part of this In dians to find the basket ' range' in the last two games were f actors in the two defeats. ' ;' The Ahoskie boys and girls , won a double bill here last Friday night when Ruby Bazemore led the Ahos kie girls to victory over the Per quimans girls; she scored 25 points for the visitors who hit for a total of 49 points while the Squaws col lected 33. Scoring for Perquimans were Barbara Edwards 17, Jo Pat Stokes and Barbara Russell with 8 points each. In the boys' game Ahoskie, out shooting the Indians, took a. 12-5 lead in the first period and moved to "a 26-15 advantage at halftinie. Ahoskie showed superior shooting ability and handled the ball in clever fashion.' Odum hit or 23 points to lead Ahoskie in scoring, followed by Hall who had. : 10 points; : Paul Matthews scored 15 points for Perquimans, nine of them be ing charity tosses. John Winslow hit for 12 points, Williams 7, Bray and Hill four each, Carver, How ell and Baker got one each. The next home games, for the Indians and Squaws will be Friday of this week when Plymouth comes here for return games with the lo cal teams. ", ; . A simple, but Impressive wedding took place Sunday, January 23, at noon, at the Anderson Methodist Church, when Miss Katherine Good win daughter of Mr. and . Mrs. Thomas Goodwin, of Hertford, and Clinton Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood Winslow of Belvi- dere, were married, with the. Rev. P. M. Porter, pastor of the' church, officiating, using the double ring ceremony. . - . Thtf church was decorated with white chrysanthemums, white glad ioli and magnolia leaves, and light ed by tall candles.' Prior to the ceremony Mrs. Ray Harris, at the piano, played "Indian Love Call". "The traditional wed ding marches were played, and as a benediction, Miss Ruth Tucker sanj The Lord's Prayer. (Continued on Page Five) Moraora Vows Spoten Sun. Dime Drive Slowed -...' .' By Weather Here Solicitors Urged To Complete Task By Next Monday P.M.. Weather conditions during lh past two weeks has hampered the March of Dimes campaign in Per quimans County according to Miss Kimsey Perry, drive chairman, who announced only a few reports have been made to date. A number of solicitors have re ported they may be late in complet ing the canvass of their territory due to interruptions of the work caused by icy road conditions. Miss Perry announced that - ) pnrts- turned jnwere flood, 4nno4 cn$es 'the amounts bei ng grea ter tnan jecejveu, in previous , yea rs, bu t Ifie'pwgYesR of the 'campaign as a LwnQiejjeaiHiot grm due to the smaii nuniueif ojj.iinaitrepons maae at this. time. .With the campaign scheduled' to come to an official close next Mon day, January '31, all solicitors are urged to complete the canvass of their territory -.and make reports to Miss Perry or George Fields, drive treasurer, as soon as possible. The County Committee desires to bring the drive to a dose, and make a full report to area head quarters, as near the January 31 date as it is possible to do so, thus the committee urges all solicitors to do their best in completing the work in the next three days. Individuals who have been miss ed by their solicitors are urged to help the progress of the campaign by contacting the neighborhood so licitors and sending their contribu tions direct to Mr. Fields. II In New York Clinic . Cale White, 63, a native of Per. quimans County, died Friday night of last week in Memorial Clinic in New tfork City 'after an illness of one year. Mr. White spent his early life in Hertford. After graduating from Trinity College, now Duke' Uni versity, he worked with the. British American -Tobacco Co., in Costa Rica and Venezuela. After 20 years with that company he or ganized his own company and for the past 20 years, in addition to his interests in tobacco, he. was one' of the pioneers in the radio and tele vision field in Caracas. ; , Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Cristinia DeMontemayor; three sons,. Caleb Jr., Lorenzo and Ed mond White; two daughters, Cris.' Una and Anita White, all of Ca racas; one sister, Mrs. Nathan Relfe of Hertford and one brother, Charles E. White of Perquimans Ctunty. ' '. . :;.!.. . '; T Funeral services and burial took place in Caracas, Venezuela. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Murray an nounce the birth of a son born Fri day, January 21st, at the Albe marle Hospital. Mrs. Murray, be fore her marriage, was Miss Claire Hunter. . s- To Speak Here Miss Ann Van Andel, an Ex change student from Bussom, HoV land, will be a guest speaker at the meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club Tuesday night, February 1, at the Hotel Hertford. Miss Van An del is a student at ECC, sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of the 278th District. Hertford Rotary Club To Hear Exchange Student The Rotary Club of Hertford will be host on Tuesday, February 1, to Miss Ann Van Andel of Bussum, Holland. Miss Van Andel is spending a year in the United States as a stu dent at East Carolina College. She is one of four overseas students sponsored by the Rotary clubs in Rotary District 278. The other students from Germany, England and Finland are studying at Klon, Duke and Meredith.. Miss Van Andel will tell the Ro- tarians about her home country and about her experiences in this country since she arrived last Sep tember. She is a graduate of the secondary schopls in Holland and studied English for six years be fore coming to the United States. She was born in Indonesia where her father was serving as an army surgeon for the Dutch government Miss Van Andel Is planning to take training for secretarial work in Amsterdam when she returns to her country. Hertford BPW Club In Meeting Thursday The Perquimans BPW Club held its January dinner meeting Thurs day night at the Hotel Hertford with Mrs. Grace Costen, vice presi dent, presiding. The program was under the direction of Mrs. Annie (Pat) Williams, chairman of the Membership Committee. She was assisted by Mrs. Atha Tunnel!. Mrs. Hazel Wheeler, District Di- cctor of the BPW Clubs, of Roa- noke Rapids was introduced by. (Continued en Page Six) Fourteen Cases On Docket Of Superior Court Next Week Superior Court will convene hero again next Monday for the regular January term of civil actions. A calendar listing fourteen cases lias been released by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt. Cases set for heaving are: George Levent vs. Connie 1V--sons. Mack Ward vs. Bank of Edenton. R. B. Touch vs. Washir.h-ton Liu. Company. J. H. Tove vs. If. D. Craddock. Julia Smith vs. Wilhert Wilson. Hoffman Much. Corp., vs. G. Wil son Felton. Pf-ivcM Skinner vs. t'lmrles H. Jernigan. '.'Percy Brother? v. Charles II. Jernigan. H. D. Hurdle vs. Wade" Jordan. Sinclair Refining . Co., vs. Knos Mallory. Towe-Wt-bb Motor Co., vs. David E. Berry. Carroll Williams vs." N-S "Rail road. H. D. Craddock vs.'Wade Jordan. Selected to serve as jurors dur ing tlv regular term of court were thr: following: Thomas Hollowell, W. L. Jessun, jj. L, Delaney, Warren Overton, Emily Harrell, Mrs. Annie Baker, jW. A. Winslow, E. A. -Tumor, I.il 1 lie Mae Lane, Linford L. Winslow, IT. M. Stallings, Mrs. F. T. Johnson, j George A. White, Thomas A. Proc tor, Elihu Lane, Lee Riddick, Thad C. Chappell, Ruth Simnson, Eliza beth Parker, Dallas White, Elmer Wood, J. P. Chesson, Sr., Albert White. Exunv Whedbee, H. Allen Lane, Lcroy Nixon, Katherine Lane, Haywood White, Lindsey Winslow, Jacob L. White. Jr., J. R. Proctor. Blount Eure. J. M. Copeland, J. Quiney Riddick. Mrs. Mabel Cook, Willie Curtis, W. M. Harrell and Charles R. Ward. Holy Trinity Church Board Is Reelected The annual congregational meet ing of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was held Monday night at the Hotel Hertford, preceded by dinner. The Rev. Dan Allen, of Wilming ton, executive secretary of the Dio cese of East Carolina, was present and presided at the business meet ing. He was introduced by Wal ter G. Edwards, junior warden. Following -arious reports and discussions of matters relating to the parish, including a report by Mrs. Frank Skinner, auxiliary pres ident, and the treasurer's report by C. P." Morris, the election of the vestry for the coming year took place, resulting in the re-election of the entire old board, with one ad dition, that of D. S. Darden. The Board, as now constituted, includes E. Leigh Winslow, senior warden; Walter G. Edwards, junior warden; C. P, Morris, Frank Skinner, Ned Nixon, Willis Jessup and D. S. Dar den; ' ' ' -''.' - The church is at present without a rector, but it is expected that a favorable answer by a minister re- icently called by the vestrv will be Iforthcoming shortly, according to information riven hv Mr. Allen nt. the meeting. Bond Sales Report Given For County l". S. Savings Bonds sales dur- iiig the month of December in Per-1 quimans County totaled $lfi,2if).00. j The accumulated Savings Bonds sales for the 12 months of 1954 fori our County totaled. $142,417.2."). ! Sales of Series E and H Bonds in North Carolina for the month of December were 17.4'.; over the same month in !":!. "Nationally, approximately $13, 600,000,000 E Bonds reached their 10-year maturity, dates between May, l!t,r)l and December, 1951. Throughout the period, the rate of holding beyond maturity under the automatic extension terms has stayed fairly constant at about 75',; of the maturity volume. At the 11154 year-end. E bond owners were holding move tbun $11,500,- 000,000 worth of these b is that were over ten years of age. "National sales of Series E and H Bonds in 1951 rose to $4,889, 119,000. This was the largest vol ume on record for any year since wartime 1915. Compared with a year earlier, the gain was 12',; and with 1952, 'XI'',. "In North Carolina the per cent of increase in sales in Series E and H Ronds in 1954 was 6.8c'r," ac cording to Walter P. Johnson, State Director for North Carolina. Mr. Johnson states that he at-' tributes the success of increase.' in sales in 1951 to the patriotic ef forts of volunteers in the Savings I Bonds Program. Johnson praised It. M. Riddick for his outstanding leadership in leading the successful Savings Bonds sales program in his '. county. Robbers Loot Store Of $500 Last Friday Mrs. Ruby Harrell Husband Injured Mrs. 'Ruby Lee Sumner Harrell. 34, of Norfolk, was killed instant ly in an automobile accident last Sunday morning about 11 o'clock when a car in which she was rid ing missed a curve on the Turnpike in Belvidere Township and turned over. Her husband, James Law rence Harrell, Jr., 3!, suffered seri ous injuries and was taken to the Albemarle Hospital for observation and treatment. One of their three children rid ing in the car received a slight foot injury. He was James L. Harrell III. The other two children were Patricia Ann anvil, 14, and San dra Lee Harrell, 7. The family was en route to Hert ford for a family reunion at the home 'of Mrs. Harrcll's brother, W. Leslie Sumner. Mrs. Harrell's body was remov ed to the Lynch Funeral Home pending completion of arrange ments. In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her parents, J. J. and Nellie Mae Hur dle Sumner of Perquimans County; three brothers, W. Tflie Sumner of Hertford. Paul W.. and J. D. Sumner of Norfolk, and one sister, Mrs. J. T, Hall of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Hertford Methodist Church by the Rev. E. R. Stewart, assist ed by the Rev. I. S. Richmond. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday Perquimans County Recorder's Court was in recess in Tuesday of this week, and will also recess next Tuesday because of the two weeks of Superior Court being conducted here. Judge Chas. E. Johnson has ordered all cases on the Recorder's Docket to he set for hearing on February 8th, ... I Officers Reelected At Meeting Held On : 1 January 13th '.s. A report on fire loss in IVimiim ans County during 1951. released this week by the Hertford Kiiv De partment reveals the per capita loss by fire was exceedingly low. The fire department at a meeting on January 13, re-elected ;ill offi cers for the coming year. V. N. Darden is the fire chief, H. N. Nix on assistant chief. Henry C. Sulli van and C. T. Skinner, Jr., captains, W. A. White secretary, and Bev erly Tucker treasurer. According to the report, released by the secretary, the Hertford Fire Department answered a total of 45 calls during 1951, two of these being outside Perquimans County. The department answer ed 25 calls in the county, and trav eled 199 miles to these fires: it an swered 18 calls in Hertford, travel ing a distance of 18 miles to these fires. On the two calls outside the county mileage traveled was 83 miles. Estimated loss and damage sus tained from the '. fires within Per quimans County was given as fol lows: County fires. $1:1,150.00: Town fires, $1,105.00; for a total of $11,555.00. A loss of $22,000 was given for the two fires outside the county. A total of 290 miles was put on the county fire truck during th year through travel to and from fires and a total of 359.2 miles was put on the truck through pump op erations ami service work. The report on the local fire de partment is thought to be one of the best in this entire area, and the result ; ohtained in successful fire, fighting, keeping loss at minimum is outstanding throughout the slate. Sheriff J. K. White reported I Monday ho is continuing an investi igation of a daring robbery which jtook place here last Friday when 'thieves looted the Farmers Feed & Seed Store of between 5U0 and $H00 in cash. According to Sheriff White, it is believed the theft took place some. Uime around the noon hour when j Moody Matthews, an associate in .the business, was at lunch and Os jcar Felton, one of the owners, was i alone at tin; store, j Mr. Felton told the Sheriff at 1 about tin's time, two unidentified , Negro men drove up to the store in an old pickup truck. One of the j men entered the store and request ! eil an item, which required Mr. Fel ! ton to leave the office and go to the rear of the building. The ac tions of the second man was not observed. Sometime later it was discovered that the money was missing and Sheriff White was called to investi gate. Some clues are lteing followed no in the case and officers are at tempting to secure the identity of the two Negroes in the truck. Rotary Club To Entertain Wives Hertford Rotary .Club will ob serve the 50th anniversary, of the foundation . of Rotary International with a special meeting on. Febru ary 22, it was reported today by Henry C. Sullivan, club .president. Wives of the Rotarians-jK'jll .be. spe cial guests at the dinner meeting to be held at the Hotel Hertford. R. S. Monds,"Jr., Robert "Hollo well and J. R. Futrell have been appointed as a crfmmittee on ar rangements for the Anniversary Ladies' Night party. CAR RECOVERED An automobile, owned by George Winslow of Star Route, Winfall, which' wan stolen early last Satur day night in Hertford was rerovv ered by police Sunday morning in Alexandria, Va. The car had been abandoned in the Virginia city. ,.
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