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' ; v t THE PER QUI MAN' WEEKLY '' ' 1 '4 -Volume XXII. Number 12. Representative In V 5 ' , iT" ; ; i ' T t '' ''( ' "T ' - ''Vf' ? ,.U v !i Mittii!aBill uives l erms t or wi drawing Measure As Requested Mar. 7 Carroll R. Holmes, Perquimans County Representative, has tender ed a letter to the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners in reply to two resolutions adopted by the Board in regular meeting on March 7, and which were forwarded to Mr. Holmes relative to action in the General Assembly. The letter is herewith publish ed in its entirety and at the re quest of Mr. Holmes: ' "Dear M. Powell": "This wifl acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 8, together with the resolution adopted by the . County Commissioners' meeting March 7. As to the request that I withdraw HB 303 proposed to re peal Chapter 1026, Public Laws of 1949 relative to the office of Clerk of Superior Court of Perquimans County, I remind you that it was the passage of Chapter 1026, Public Laws of 1949, and the situation it created that resulted in my candi dacy for the Legislature in 1950. I favored repeal of that law in the campaign and my opponent favor ed its retention. The result of that election is well known. Bills pro posing . the repeal of the Chapter ' were introduced by me in the ses sions of 1951 and 1953 and passed v the House f " each session. No word of opposition was received by me . from the Board of Commissioners at that time. The Grand Jury at the November 1952 term of Super ior Court in its repdrt to the Judge 11 recommended that Chapter 1026 of Public Laws of 1949 be repealed. A copy of that report Was certified . t n me", I For my action in attempt- Eyig-t feoftwl th!s?Jlni fc), f)i!45H7 'ment of my campaign pledge of lKfr and lit conformity with 'the recommendation of the Crand Jury i composed of 18 good men and true of our county, I have no apology. . The only terms, upon which I would consider withdrawing HB 303 at this session would be to in troduce a new bill providing for a referendum, in Perquimans at the 1956 primary electron, submitting Two bills, expected to cause con siderable debate, were introduced uv the .Legislature late last week. The first calling for a referendum . for the establishment of dog tracks ' and pari-mutuel betting on a state-1 'wide basis and. the second being an "all-or-nothing" referendum on the sale of liquor. This latter meas ure would provide for a referendum 'which if adopted would permit the " sale of liquor in every county in the J state, and if defeated do away with the local option law, making the entire' state dry. The House Tuesday voted down a proposed measure which called for the State Highway Patrol to op erate its electrical speed-timing de- 'vice In the open, and provide ex pert testimony in court when de fendants were charged with viola tion of the speed law and arrested through operatioa of the whammy. The vote 74 to 35 was an over whelming victory for the propon ents of the timing device. The!?.; S.' Supreme Court Tues day, set the week of April 11 as the ,date ft, .will hear arguments on when, and: how to order an end to. segregation: in public schools. VAV-' guments were' to have "been heard last December but the, 'death' of a Justice,. prompted 'the1 Corfrt to de lay the hearing.nntil a full bench of nine judges was available,"'" ;1' --. - - i ' ..'-t't'' S. i-'.:: ' ".':. '; ,.' The publication this week of ' the . now famous Yalta papers, giving 'details of the wartime conference between President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Joseph Stalin revealed little that had iot already been disclosed. Major con cessions granted among the Allies at this conference were revealed ' months ago, and about the only new subjects found In the publica tion are the personal quotations of the. of-":cittla." " TIIIS MIPS HEADLINES to the Voters of the county the pro position ' whether (' the said law should be repealed or retained. In this thoroughly democratic manner the people most concerned would have an opportunity to thoroughly discuss the matter and make their own decision. I am perfectly hap py to abide by the wisdom of the decision of the people in a referen dum, and I am sure the representa tive in the 1957 General Assembly! would be happy to be bound there-1 by. This will be a public hearing on the matter of highest order "As to the second resolution re lating to the Office of Clerk of Su perior Court I have not received the endorsement of the proposed measure from" the incumbent clerk. I respectfully but firmly decline to introduce any bill affecting any of fice for the term now being served without approval of the person now holding that office. I shall be hap py to introduce any bill affecting the Clerk's office which the Com missioners and the incumbent clerk agree upon. I will consider any proposal for legislation affecting any office recommended by the Commissioners to become effective at the beginning of the next reg ular term of said office without written endorsement of incumbent office holder." Mr. Holmes suggested to the Board it hold a special meeting re garding the matter rather than wait until the first Monday in April. The attention of Mr. Holmes was called, to the fact that the second resolution presented to him by the Board in no way referred to the of. fice of Superior Court Clerk, but did refer to the office of Clerk of Recorder's Court. He stated h had misunderstood the intent of the iWoTesolutjOiv in light f meeting he 'had had with 'the Board of 'Commissioners ' ' Theh in light of this situation Mr. Holmes said: "I don't conceive a Deputy Clerk is needed for the Recorder's Court since a deputy has no authority under the present law to issue warrants of arrest, and the resolution directed to me con tained no request for enlargement of a Deputy's authority.?. Rites Held Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Novella Winslow, White, 57, wife of Way land L. White, Sr., who died Wed nesday afternoon, March 16, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Williford of Rich Square, were con ducted last Friday .afternoon at Piney Woods Friends Church by the Rev. Virgil Pike, pastor. . Mrs. White was the daughter of the late Dempsey E. and Lelia Jol liff. She was a member of Piney Woods Friends Church. Survivors include her husband, Wayland White; two sons, Clifton T. White of South Norfolk, Va., and Wayland L. White, Jr., of Bel videre; four daughters, Mrs. Willi ford of Rich Square, Mrs. Evelyn Rountree of Sunbury, Mrs. Mar jorie Blanchard of Hertford and Mrs. Jewel Wood of Norfolk; three brothers, Percy and Earl Winslow of Betyidere and Worth Winslow of Norfolk; four-sisters, Mrs. Ar ba Winslow andsMrs. Lucius Wins low ; of , Belvidere, Mrs. . Joseph Wiosjow of .Hertford and Mrs. R. M. McCain of Waxhaw and 13 grandchildren. - Pallbearers were Charles Layden, L. C, Briggs, Archie Iayden, Wil-' liain Winslow, Fentress . Winslow and Wink Winslow. '"Interment was in. the Up River Friends Cemetery. r , , -' i -vj ' ' ' . : ' -':'.: (Club Play Termed VeryijSuccessful 1:1 " t A nome-talent play, presented here last Thursday night under the sponsorship of the Perquimans Business and. Professional Women's' Club, has been termed a success by the sponsoring club; Directed by Mrs. B. G. .Koonce the play was centered around a radio, theme and the cast was local youths and adults. : The club expressed its ap preciation to those taking part in the play, and others participating to make it the success it was Hertford, Perquimans County, North .J PEACEFUL PATROL PACKS PUNCH-Freighter seen at upper left plods i along lafuUy under the watchful eyes ol Uncle Sam's air defense network, somewhere off e U. S. coite. Humpbacked plane is a radar-equipped Constellation, and humps on back and belly of fuselage contain radar scanning equipment; under attack conditions plane would radio approach of enemy aircraft to combat-ready carrier, which might be many miles away. Quotaln Sight 1 Sn n nn ri riJVJOK-rLJT-ri-rijijiiii'i riorifir'-r-ii-' Perquimans County is expected to reach its 1955 Red Cross Fund quota by early next week, it was reported Wednesday by Mrs. Jack Burbage, campaign chairman, who stated solicitors' reports made thus far reveal about $900 has been contributed toward the goal of $1,075. Mrs. Burbage reminded solicitors and the public the drive is expect ed to close on March 31 and all so licitors are urged to make com plete and final reports to team cap tains prior to this date. Individuals who have been miss ed by solicitors and who desire to help the local chapter meet its quota are asked to send contribu tions direct to Mrs. Burbage, A. W. Hefren, drive treasurer, or C. P. Morris, chapter chairman. Special Baptist Young people of , the . Baptist churches of the Chowan Association have planned a youth rally for Fri day night, March 25, at 7:30 o'clock in the Berea Baptist Church, just north of Elizabeth City. A very interesting program of music, talks and panels has been arranged and it will be carried out in every de tail by the young people of the Chowan Baptist Association. The inspirational address is to be de livered by the Rev. Junius Foster, Jr., of the Norview Baptist Church, Norfolk, Va., and because of his popularity with young people the Chowan youth will look forward to hearing him. ' This is the first youth rally of this, particular nature to be held in the Chowan Association in re- cent years and much interest and preparation is being made for it as it is designed to bring the youth together in , Christian fellowship and to . lay , special emphasis and preparation for the simultaneous revivals to be held in the Baptist Churches of the Chowan Associa tioh during the period of March 27 to April 10. The rally will be car ried out in every detail by the young people of the association and it has been planned especially for the youth' within the age bracket of 15 through 25 years. : t . All pastors and church leaders are urged to interest their youth in this special rally and to provide a way for them to attend. Registration Books To Open April 9th 7 Registration books, for the 1955 Town of Hertford election, will be opened April' 9, it was announced here this week. . Mrs. B. G, Koonce, registrar, ; will Sit at the Court House April 9 and 16 for the pur pose of registering residents of the town who wish to participate in .the election. . ;'V-: .' ; ,!;' ' Persons already listed in the reg istration books need not register again in order to be eligible to vote, but Individuals who have mov ed into the town; or became of vot ing age since the last election must register to be eligible to vote in the election April 25.' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Henry an nounce the birth of a son born Thursday' Match 17, at the Albe-' 1 marie Hospital. t ' Youth Rally At V' i, mm4 1 - miifi.tmiw V"-- - - Indians - To Open Season Film On Holy Land Shown At Meeting Of Central PTA The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Grammar School held its March meeting Monday night, March 21 in the school cafeteria with the president, Mrs. B. F. Bray, presid ing. "America," was used as the opening number. The president . welcomed h large Tiumber present. The subject for ' the; month was "One Ship Drives East, Another Drives West." The president recognized Mrs. Percy Trueblood, of the Bagley Swamp community, who had charge of the program. Mrs. Trueblood read the 17th chapter of Acts and Mrs. Joseph Winslow led in prayer. Mrs. Trueblood presented the Rev. D. B. Cruise, pastor of the Peoples Methodist Church, who showed, slides made on his recent trip to the Holy Land. His com mentary on the places visited was most interesting. During the business session the minutes were read and approved The treasurer, Arvin Hudson, re ported $750.99 in the treasury. Mrs. Ernest Long, the secretary, read the report of the Executive meet ing which was held March 8. She also read a card from Mrs. Jack Burbage inviting all the woman to See a film on cancer at the Hert ford Grammar School on March 24, Mrs. Ralph Harrell, magazine chairman, reported 44 subscriptions to the PTA magazine and urged the members who had not done so to subscribe before March 28. A nominating committee compos ed of Mrs. Claude Winslow, Mrs. Pauline Webb, Mrs. Charlie Umph let and Thomas Maston was named from the floor. . It was voted by the Association to give the president, Mrs. B. F. Bray, a life membership in the North Carolina Congress of Par ents and Teachers' as a token of appreciation for her loyalty and co operation during her years of ser vice in the Association. Miss Lelie Lee Winslow's second grade and Mrs. Charlie -Asbell's sixth grade tied for the attend ance award, e'ach'havin'g 34 of the parents present., ' :. Town Board Nantes Owens To Police Post In a - -special - meeting, called Thursday afternoon of last week, the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Hertford elected M. G. Owens'. to fill the vacancy on thte local police force, caused by the resignation of Pete Riddick, who tendered his resignation at the reg ular Board meeting to be effective April 1. He later advised Mayor TDarden to make the effective date I last Friday. . ,..' Owens, who served as Sheriff for the . past eight years, has been a law ' nf clrcemeqt jof f icer. for some 21 Vears'. - .' . . 1 t - Carolina, Friday, March 25, 1955. mm " --... Tarboro Baseball The Perquimans Indians, Class A baseball champs of 1954, will open defense of their title Friday afternoon when they will play Tar boro High School on Memorial Field in Hertford. Game time has been announced as 2 o'clock. Coach Ike Perry is expected to use his veteran pitching staff of Paul Matthews, Ted Chappell and Seth Morgan with D. A. Carver do ing the catching Other members of the Perquimans line-up will be either Pierce, Bray or Elliott at first base, John Winslow at second, John Hill or Arnold Chappell at third and Tommy Matthews at short. Chappell and Matthews will likely see action in the outfield when not pitching and. other prom ising outfielders ' include Wayne White, Charles Whedbee. Joe Rog erson and Baker. A pre-season game scheduled to be played with Gatesville last Tuesday afternoon was postponed until Wednesday afternoon because of rain. Following the opening game here Friday afternoon the Indians, com peting in the Albemarle Confer ence, will play games away from home until April 15 when Eden ton will come here for a confer ence contest. Additional home games will be played by the In dians on April 19, 26 and 29th. Local NCEA Unit Nominate Of ficers . The Perquimans County Unit of the N.C.E.A. met in the Hertford Grammar School Cafeteria Wednes day P. M., March 16 with the pres ident, Mrs. Dorothy Barbee, pre siding. The nominating committee rec ommended the following slate of of ficers for the year 1955-56: Presi dent, Mrs. Grace Coston; vice presi dent, Mrs. Atha Tunnel!, and secretary-treasurer, Miss Delwyn Den ton. It was decided to have the an nual Public Relations dinner in the form ,of a chicken barbecue at the REA building April 21, at 6:30 P. M. J. T. Biggers showed a film "Program for Better Schools." He announced that a Reading Consult ant will meet with all the Ele mentary teachers at the Perquim ans County Central Grammar School April 13 at 3:00 P. M. Candidates Seek Hertford Of f ices Two officials of the Hertford Town Board have announced their intentions to'seek reelection to of fice in the, election to be held on April 25, It was reported here this week. Mayor V. N. Darden has filed as a candidate for reelection as Mayor and Henry C. Sullivan has filed as a candidate for the office of Commissioner. The final filing date in the Hertford election has been an nounced as April 14, and all can didates must file their names with the Clerk of the Town Board. , FOOD SALE The members of the Saint Cath erine's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church will hold a food sale Sat urday, March 26, at 10 A, M., at the Perry Electric Shop, Here Today 21 Local Firemen ftledalsThursday Emblems denoting five, ten and twenty years of service with the Hertford Tire Department were awarded to 21 members of the lo cal department at a special event held Thursday night at the Mu nicipal Building. The presentation of the awards followed a barbecue dinner served to about 100 persons, including the wives of the firemen, and a num ber of special guests. During the program words of praise were given to all members of the Hertford Fire Department, which is recognized as one of the outstanding volunteer companies in North Carolina. Presentation of the service em blems was made by J. E. Weather by, chairman of the Elizabeth City Fire Commission and J. Herbert j Small, a member of the Elizabeth City Fire Company. Receiving the honor awards were: W. F. Ainsley, B. C. Ber " ry, Bill Boyce, Mayor V. N. Dar den, Bill Fowler, Jim Newby, Her bert N. Nixon, C. T. Skinner, Sr., Henry C. Sullivan, C. F. Sumner, W. B. Tucker and Silas M. Wh,d bee, 20 year pins; Fenton Britt, Clinton Eley, Edgar Fields, Pete Howell, Tommy Miller and Francis Nixon, 10 year pins; Noah Gregory, C. T. Skinner, Jr., and Jim Bob White, five year pins. Fans Show Interest Summer Baseball A representative number of fans turned out here for a baseball meeting Wednesday night of last week and expressed interest in pro moting a summertime baseball team, composed of local players, to participate in an Albemarle League should such a league be formed for, tory of Rotaiy International, which the coming summer. (is now celebrating its 50th anni- A. W. Hefren, president of the league last year, stated he plans to call a league meeting to determine if there is sufficient interest for a league this year. Local fans se lected Jack Brinn and C. C. Banks to represent the local club at this meeting. A number of players from last year's Indian team also attended the meeting and expressed an in terest in playing again next sum mer. Organization of a local club, however, was postponed pending a decision to organize a league. Peanut Directors Call Referendum The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association's Board of Di rectors in, their semi-annual meet ing in Scotland Neck on March 16 announced that a referendum must be called during 1955 to give the North Carolina peanut growers an opportunity to vote whether or not pounds for each of the next three to assess themselves 2c per 100 years, 1956, 1957 and 1958, for the purpose of financing the North Carolina Peanut Growers Associa tion in promoting peanut produc tion, marketing and consumption. The Board of Directors, accord ing to President C. S. Alexander of Scotland Neck, felt that the as sessment should be increased from lc to 2c per 100 pounds, in order that the Association could expand its efforts in increasing the con sumption of the Virginia-type pea nut. The referendum will be held in conjunction with the tobacco ref erendum, which will be held in July, 1955. The announcement as to the details concerning the polling places, hours of voting, etc., will be made at a later date. Mr. Alexander pointed out that the peanut growers voted in Au gust, 1953, to assess themselves lc per 100 pounds for the years 1953, 1954 and 1955, and that, according to the Enabling Act passed by the 1953 Legislature authorizing the referendum, a referendum must be held once every three years to determine if the assessment shall be continued. The Directors also announced plans for a peanut growing con-1 test,, open to any North Carolina farmer producing peanuts with an A&l, allotment, of which complete Commissioners To Propose New Law On Recbrde To Lead Revival REV. MARK ALEXANDER The Rev. .Mark Alexander will be the visiting minister at the re vival services starting April 1 at the Hertford Baptist Church. The revival is being sponsored by the youth of the church. Anniversary Talk Heard By Rotarians John A. Holmes, Superintendent of Edenton Schools, and former District Governor for Rotary Inter national, was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club last Tuesday night at the Ho tel Hertford. " Mr. Holmes, who was introduced by W. J. Davis, program chairman, told the local Rotarians interesting and informative bits of the his- 1 versary. He said it was nis Deliel that Rotaiy, as well as other civic dubs, has survived down through the years because the clubs have adopted service to the community and fellowmen as the foundation of operations. He related how dinner or civic clubs were organized as early as the 16th century but failed because each adopted selfish motives as aims rather than goals of sen-ice to others which is the prime ob jective of present day civic organi zations. plans may be secured from the of fice of the County Agent. Final entry date for the contest was giv en as September 10, 1955. Local Debate Teams To Greenville April 7 Members of the debate team of Perquimans High School will 'at tend the District contest to be held in Greenville on April 7, it was an nounced this week hy E. C. Wood ard, principal of the school. The PHS negative team, compos ed of Patricia Biggers and Ann Burke Chappell, which defeated the Roanoke Rapids team last week at Edenton, will participate in the District Contest at Greenville. The PHS affirmative team, which lost to. Edenton, is composed of Mabel Keel arid Mary Frances Eure. The local teams were coached by Mrs. Joe Nowell and Mrs. Sawyer. Mrs. G. W. Barbee served as coordinator for the teams. Board Of Education Members Approved Legislative appointment of mem- bers of the Perquimans Board of Education was passed by the Gen eral Assembly last Monday night. Approved for the local Board were J. Edgar Morris, Mrs. Mary Brinn, Mrs. Mabel L. Cooke and Clarence C. Chappell, Sr. MASONS TO MEET . The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. All nn.Knwn n .... i . -rraA (A 1 hmmih, and visiting Masons are invited. - 5 Cents Per Copy Cdiirt Tax Review Worlds; Completed By Board Last Monday ; The Board of Commissioners fot Perquimans County, during its spe cial meeting last Monday, conduct id a discussion of a communica tion received from Representative C. R. Holmes relative to legisla tion concerning the office of Cleric of Recorder's Court. Following this discussion and a conference with W. H. Pitt, Clerk of Superior Court, the Board it was reported, felt this controversial issue will be brought to a close. The conference, it was reported, resulted in a proposal for a new bill to be drawn and enacted by the General Assembly pertaining to the Recorder's Court. ' It was agreed, according to the report, the clerkship of the Recorder's Court will he placed in the office of Su perior Court Clerk; the bill will provide for the appointment of a deputy clerk of recorder's court, with authority to issue arrest war rants and act in the absence of th clerk. - i Hie new hill will provide for fix ed salaries for the Judge, Solicitor, Clerk and Deputy Clerk, and that the salaries will be set by the Board of Commissioners. Resolutions concerning these pro posals are expected to be drawn by the Commissioners at the Board meeting on April 4, and forward ed to the Representative for intro' auction in the General Assembly. The main purpose of the meeting of the Board last Monday was to sit as a Board of Equalization and Review, handling adjustments on property valuation listed for 1965 taxes. , The Board was in session all day although few personal complaints were made concerning valuation. Considerable time was spent by thfe Board placing value on new hous es constructed since January, 1954, and a careful review was given to all affidavits filed by property owners with tax listers during the month of January. Fourteen Cases Heard By Judge At Court Session Fourteen cases were disposed oi at last Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court, presid ed over by Judge Chas. E. John son. Zachrious Barrow, Negro, enter ed a plea of guilty to charges oi driving drunk and driving without a license. He was given a 60 da road sentence, to be suspended upot payment of a fine of $125 and costs of court. Fines of $12 each were meted out in the cases of Robert Wiaririns. Pa- UHIH 1UllfllMIUl, mil HVIIIIltIC Moore, each of whom submitted tf charges of failing to observe a stoi sign. William Heiserman pid a find of $5 and costs of court afteu pleading guilty to charges of speed ing. William Jones pleaded guilt to speeding charges and paid a find of $20 and costs. Paul Thiviergd was taxed with the court costs afj ter pleading guilty to charges pf speeding. Joseph Moore, charged with us ing insufficient registration plates entered a plea, of guilty and paid the court costs. 7 j l ' A fine of $25 and costs were tax ed against Edward Bazeman who submitted to charges of reckless driving. '-' ' 7 I Hilton Eason was orderejd to par a fine of $12 after he entered t plea of guilty to driving on the lef j side of a highway. ' Fines of $2 and costs of couf were assessed against Luther Sul ton, Jr., and Carl Neal, Negroer who entered pleas of jjuilty t charges of being drunk. A fine of $10 and costs Wer taxed against Larry Norman, Nc gro, who submitted to charges; o being drunk on a highway. Clyde Nixon, Negro, was orders confined to jail for. one week' f failure to pay the court costs o dered. ia a previou case. , "j. ;