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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume XXII. Number 18. HDClubsofCo 36 iii Celebration National Week Volunteer, Workers ' Doing Outstanding Job In Perquimans Home Demonstration Club mem bers of Perquimans County are joining - this Week with others throughout the nation in observing National Home Demonstration ' Week, the theme of which is "To day's ' Home Builds Tomorrow's World." . ' vUsing this theme is, a founda . tion the members wish to increase the awareness of the importance of the home on character building for -., youth, and bring' about' a better un- derstanding of problems of agricul - ture in relation to local, national and world economy. ,-..' ; To achieve this program Per quimans County volunteer leaders ,. are doing a splendid job, according to Miss Kimsey Perry, home agent, . carrying out -.programs and pro jects through leader reports and demonstration, i Home' Demonstration Clubs in Perquimans County have had a suc- cessful year. As a part of National Home Demonstration Club Week , they, are publicizing their accom plishments and benefits. Whlteston Club is still working to get its community house in the order that members would like for it to be.' they sponsored a talent show. with a free-will ofering as ad mission. : During the intermission they sold Ice cream, candy and doughnuts. They have bcilt some badly needed steps at the front door of the community house. They have also secured a 48-cup coffee mak er. .' Their big aim for the year is to fix the floors of the building and . i : wmfekt " "Beech Springs is a zlub'smaH'tn number, but they have been large in achievement during the year. This .club lon a '$10:00 prize for the highest number of points per : crob member In the county. The community- service - leaders in this club have been outstanding. Hopewell Club is proud to claim! Mrs.. M. T. Griffin, who was the Perq Win Over Ahoskie And Chowan Nines The Indians of Perquimans High School chalked up two more base. ball victories during the past week to remain in a tie with Williams ton for top honors in the Albemarle Conference. '.-.,' ":' , : Coach Ike Perry's .nine, playing with a revamped lineup; swamped Chowan High School by a score of 18 to 1 in a game played here Tues day night Coach Perry used three pitchers in the .game, starting Paul Matthews, who went three innings, followed by Ted; ChipnelL who gave : way to Morgan. Chowan .scored its lone run in the second then fell to pieces when the Indians came to bat Perquimans scored 11 runs in the second on, five hits, four walks and two errsrs commit ted by Chowan. , " Chowan collected only one hit. that in the third Inning off Mat thews. Perquimans tallied four more runs in the third, two in the fourth and one, , a home run by White, in the fifth. .. . Matthews gave up one hit while pitching and struck out eight Cho wan batters, walking four.,' Chap pell struck out five i and gave ho walks. Morgan struck out five and ...walked none. i-Xi$fr:'474-m':''--'' j . Lane started on .the mound for' Chowan and in three innings gave ; up seven hits and walked three. He was followed by Hollowell, who was relieved in the sixth. He allowed two hits and walked five. Evans pitched the final Inning for Chowan, giving up one walk. ; D. A, Carver was th big gun In the Perquimans attack, getting four hits for five trips to -the plate. White and Arnold Chappell each got two hits. The victory was the 11th of the season for Perquimans, against' one i loss. ;?,;;)?,-. I .,..' -V;:i.' if,!; ? I ' j The .In-'ans rined a 8-1 win over Aho&Lie last F. ' y in a game -.. unty in February the husbands rolled up their sleeves and washed the dishes showing that they had a wonderful time. I Bethel Club is very proud of its largest accomplishmens, which, was completing the payments on- the community building. Members have made the money by serving the lo- cal Ruritan Club. Bethel has also made a donation for recreation equipment for the young people in the community. ' Belvidere Club's miin interest has also been in the community building. Members have' tried to complete the kitchen facilities and they have paid for two rest rooms. A 48-cup coffee makes has recent ly been added to the equipment. Helen Gaither Club is indeed proud of one of its members whose I loiiiuj n no '"g ui 1.1 .iviaoiid x ai ill Families last year. This club ser ved the refreshments when the Madre family observed open house. At Christmastime the Helen Gaith er Club had a special collection and took money and groceries to a needy family. Winfall Club secured for the community building 30 place set tings of stainless steel airing with several odd pieces of kitchen equip ment Members entertained their husbands at a most enjoyable Christmas party. In Chapanoke Club Home im provement among the club members has been an outstanding feature. Bathrooms have been added and kitchens have been remodeled. They have t, entertained their husbands three"' times during tho year. Durants Neck Club members have recently had their piano tuned and they served a delicious meal at the 4-JlcCminty Council banquet. All fht elub .n8mber have been out standing in the work done. Leaders and members in all the clubs have done an outstanding job during the past year and par ticularly the Community Service Leaders. 25th District Chairman for the year. This club boasts that it has the backing of the husbands he- I cause at the joint dinner meeting uimans Gains played at Ahoskie. Ted Chappell was the winning pitcher, giving up three hits, one run and walking one. ,JThe Indians scored three runs on two hits, getting , two in the third inning and one in the fifth. Ahoskie's Bazemore was the losing pitcher. .-' y- Friday night the Indians travel to Edehton for a contest with their old rivals, the Aces, and will play a return game with Edenton in Hertford next week. ; Hertford Voters Choose Officials . Interest was at a low ebb in the election of officials for the Town of Hertford last Tuesday when only 145 voters went to the polls to elect a Mayor and four 'Commissioners. V, N. " Darden : was re-elected Mayor with a vote of 142. Elected 'as, -Commissioners were A.. W. Hefren, who received 139 votes; - Henry C.' Sullivan, 133 votes; ; Ray White, 132 votes and Robert L. ' Hollowell, 130 votes. Three ballots cast in the election were 'discarded as being kvoid and there were two votes cast as write- ins, one being for Emmet' Landing and the other being for D F. Reed, Jr.; as members of the board. The total vote cast in the Hert ford election was greater than four yean ago, following an active pri mary when some 400-plus votes were .cast in the primary.' This year . the primary was cancelled since the five candidates seeking office wei without opposition. , ; A reorganization of , their.Hert ford Board will take .place- at the Board's regular meeting next Mon day night. '""-- -v - v' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 6, 1955. f ) " ' Taking part in the ground-breaking exercises last Sunday for a Church were the church oDicials Carroll Williams. J. S. Bass. Mrs. and Charles Fowler. Construction the church, was started last Monday THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES A peace treaty for Austria, free ing the nation of occupation troops quartered there for the past 10 years, may be forthcoming within the next month or two, according to reports from Vienna. Repre sentatives of the Big Four have reached agreement as to terms for a treaty and it is expected to he ratified shortly. A chnnge in atti tude by Russia led to the agree ment and unofficial sources report this Austrian meeting may lead to a conference of top level officials of the Big Four for easing tension throughout Europe. Unrest and trouble inside Russia, due. to economic v conditions, are given as reasons for a change in attitude 'on A the part of; Russia. Some reporters state Russia hopes to neutralize Germany, as in the case of Austria, thus building up a buffer zone of neutral nations be. tween Russia proper and the terri tory of Western powers. The General Assembly, still seeking sources of balancing an increased budget for the next two years, is expected to take final ac tion on a tobacco tax this week and turn toward other taxes should the tax on tobacco 'fail passage. A pro posed tax on trucks and cars, a hot issue over the week-end, was be lieved dead according to reports from Raleigh. Taxpayers were giv en further good news on the report estimates for money needs may be scaled down again by some 3 to 4 million dollars. Legislators were advised sometime ago of the need to raise an additional .54 million dollars and this figure now has been reduced to 28 million dollars. A proposed law calling ' for the General Assembly to meet annualr ly, was passed by the House on Tuesday and now goes to the Sen ate. If given approval the propo sal will be voted on by the people in the next general election as an amendment to the Constitution. Nine Cases Heard By Recorder Judge Nine cases were disposed of by the Perquimans Recorder's Court last Tuesday .when all defendants entered pleas of guilty to charges for which they had been cited to court.. . , ' l"ines of $5 and court csts were IaVipi nfrninaf Fafolln Mflnn. Hphrv Wilson and Francis McNiff i on i charges of speeding.' Jessie Hig gins; Negri; pald a 'fine of $10 and Jessie ;Hig- costs oni V. speeding -flhtrgo, J and Charles Marine submitted to a speeding charge and paid the costs of court.-'' ''""' ' " '' '' "'. '! A' William Morse, ; charged with driving without a license, paid a fine of $25 and costs after enter ing a plea of guilty and Sandy Eas. on, Negro, charged with the same offenset also 'pleaded 'guilty and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. v-,' .;;;':.' Fred Hudson paid! the costs of court after submitting to charges of having improper lights on a mo tor 'vehicle; '-,w,.wv , Red' Revella,' Neijro''fnta'ii.mtte'WIIwn White, Billy? White' and costs after submitting ' to a j charge pf being 4runk, - -;'- ; J shown above. Heading trom lett to G. R. Tucker. M. J. Gregory, L. N. work on the new wing, which is to and is expected to be completed Church Conference In Hertford Today The Elizabeth City District of the Methodist Church will hold its Conference at the Hertford Methodist Church, beginning May 6 at 10:00 A. M., and closing after dinner with a sermon by the dynamic preachers, Dr. Lem Stokes, President of Pfciffer Jun ior College. The program will consist of a period of devotion, a brief business session, the licen- sjng of local Preacher, brief re ports from the . eight areas of the church's program as follows: Evangelism, the Rev. E. G. Pur cell, Jr.; Missions and Church Extension, the Rev. H. A. Biz zfcll, Jr.; Christian Education, the Rev. O. Kelly Ingram; Temper ance, the Rev. H, M. Jamiesoi& Hospitals and Homes, the Rev. I S. Richmond; Lay Activities, Mr; Fred Ritter; Woman's Work, Mrs. N. Li Mixon; and Cultiva tion and Development, the Rev. N. W. Grant. According to the Rev. C. Free man Heath, District Superinten dent, the program for the Dis trict Conferences this year is a depature from the traditional pro gram. The sermon will be the climax of the Conference. Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II, the Con ference speaker, was born in Songdo, Korea, the son of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Stokes, mission aries of the Methodist Church. His early schooling was pursued under the tutelage of his mother who, at one time had been a South Carolina school teacher. He was graduated from the Seoul Foreign School, Seoul, Korea, in 1926. His A.B. degree was re ceived at Asbury College in 1930, B.D. at Duke University in 1932, and Ph.D. aj Yale University in 1936. Dr. Stokes was admitted to the Western North Carolina Confer ence in 1931, but did not receive an appointment as pastor until 1936 at Randleman, North Caro lina. In 1940 he was appointed to Franklin, and, early in 1944, Winslow Named As New officers for the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce were elected at a meeting of the organi zation held Wednesday night of last week.;- Selected to head the cham ber as president during the corn- in ?ear was Eldon Wjnslow, popu. lar. Hertford young mpn, who is an employee of the Hertfard Post Office..;-; ; ;.'"!:' Other officers nam-id were Chas. Skinner, Jr., vice president; George Fields,, secretary; James ' Divers treasurer; Emory White, State Di rector,. Ray Haskett and J. Moody Matthews, Jr., directors. Installation of the new officers will be made at a later date. At the close of the meeting it was an nounced seven Hertford Jaycees will attend the State Jaycee Con vention being held "this week-end in Asheville. Representing the cham ber at the convention will be Eldon Winslow,' Francis VNixon,..Emory C. T. Skinner, 7r., and Mr, apd Mrs; Henry C Stokes". ' laycee President i It new wing at the Hertford Baptist right are: Linda Bass, J. I'. Perry, Hollowell, the Rev. James O. Mattox be the educational department for in about 9" days. t Klkin, North Carolina. In the fall of 1945 he was transferred to the Upper South Carolina Con. ferenceiand was appointed to St John's Methodist Church, the University Church, in Rock . Hill, S. C. From this church he went on September 1, 1950, to the po sition of Secretary of Religion in Higher Education in the Division of Educational Institutions, Nash- ( ville, Tenn. He assumed his present position of President of Pfeiffer College in July, 1953. . As a pastor Dr. Stokes was active in community affairs. During the war he served as Home Service Chairman and GLupter Chairman of .a Red Cross unit at Franklin. He is a Past President of the Franklin Rotary Club and of the Rock Hill Ki wanis Club. In Rock Hill he served on the Board of Direc tors of the Y.M.C.A., the Red Cross and the Saibation Army. In the Western North Carolina Conference Dr. Stokes was vice president of the Board of Mis sions and Church Extension. He has taken part in religious ac tivites upon a number of college and university campuses in vari ious parts of the country, as well as in summer youth assemblies and conferences. Other interests have been in sports, music, and flying. In college, Dr. Stokes won letters il: basketball, baseball, track and tennis. Since his college days he has transferred his athletic as pirations to the golf course. Ever since he sang first tenor in his college quartet, he has kept up an interest in music that has -included singing in church and community choirs and on his own weekly radio pro gram.: Dr. Stokes holds a license as a private pilot, and since early in 1952 has met many of his en gagements throughout the country in his own plane. Perquimans F.F.A. Entertain Dads Members of the Perquimans Chapter of FFA held their annual Father and Son supper at the voca tional building at the high school last Tuesday night enjoying a deli cious barbecue chicken supplements with potato salad; slaw, pickle, pic and soft, drinks. A feature of the annual event was a display of wood products I produced by the club members , which included gun cases, ceddr chests, radio stands, lawn chairs and what-nots. Inspection of these products revealed skill among the FFA members in woodwork and cabinet making. Joe Tunnell is the local FFA ad visor and vocational teacher. I Following the dinner, at which special guests included members of the Board of Education and of the school ' committee, the Dads were guests of the sons at the Perquim ans-Chowan baseball ,rame. ,. LIONS MEET FRIDAY The Hertford Lions Club will hold its regular meeting at 6:45 P. M., Friday at Brown's Restau rant. All member are unred to be present Plans will be made for holding the club's annual ladies' night party on May 20th, ' Ground Broken For CcnstructionVork Last Sunday was an historical day for " the Hertford Baptist Church. The 101-year-old church broke ground for its new wing to the educational building. This ser vice came as a result of the church voting to accept a recommendation from its building committee to let the contract and begin immediate ly to build. Those taking part n the ground breaking service included L. N. Hol lowell, Chairman of the Building Committee; M. J. Gregory, Chair man of the Deacon Board; Mrs. Reginald Tucker, President of the Woman's Missionary Union; Jim Bass, President of the Men's Bro therhood; Carroll Williams,' Super intendent of the Sunday School; J. P. Perry, Church Clerk and repre senting the memory of members who served their church faithfully in years past; Charlie Fowler and Lynda Bass, Presidents of the Jun ior organizations and representing "the church of tomorrow," and the pastor, representing the leadership of Christ Jesus. The new wing will more than double the present educational fa cilities and will house the Adult, Primary, Beginner, Nui-fery, and Young People's Departments, as well as the church office, the pas tor's study and church library. One of the outstanding features of the new addition will be a modern nursery, equipped to tak care of babies from infants to four years of age. The Edenton Construction Com pany are the general contractors ivi (.iic uuiiuiiii,) aim iiic rn 1,1 ma icu time of completion is 90 days. Hertford Jaycees Planning Teen-age The Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce has completed plans for a Teen-Age Driving Rond-e-o to be staged on Memorial Field at Per quimans High School on Saturday, May 21, it was announced today by Jarvis Henry, president of the Jay cees. The purpose of the driving con test, according to M. Henry, is to promote better driving und high. way safety among the teen-agers of Perquimans County. The Road e,-o will consist of a written exami nation and a skill te?t involving driving through prescribed exercis es such as parking, smocth stop ping and others. All entries in the contest, which is part of a nation-wida project un der the sponsorship of the Jay cees, must have a driver's license and having had no traffic viola tion citation during the past six months. The local winner in this Jaycee contest will be eligible to compete in the State Road-e-o, the date of which will be announced later. State winners compete for $3,000 in scholarships' in a national contest July 25-29 in Washington. D. C. Mr. Henry said a local commit tee has been organized under the general chairmanship of Talmage Rose to carry out the various as pects of the program. Judges in the local contest will be members of the Hertford Police Department, State Highway Patrolmen and Li censes Examiners, assisted by the Jaycees. "By emphasizing the rules of the road and the skills needed for safe onvmg, we intend to give local yu.ths a chance to Pv that some of America's best drivers are teen agers," Mr. Henry said. GOC Participated hi Alert On Sunday The Perquimans County Ground observer Corps participated in a 12 hour alert Sunday with 13 volun teers observing during the day. The alert was known as "Skytrain 11" and was to test the efficiency of posts in reporting aircraft as well as further training for other phases of the Civil Defense pro gram. Observers participating were Bill White, W. T. Elliott, A. H. Ed wards, Corbin Cherry, Jr., Henry Stokes, Jr., Francis Nixon, George A. White, Sr.,. Ray Haskett, Billy White, Jarvis Henry, Charles Willi ford and Mr. and, Mrs. J. R, Webb, fttDabst Church Driving Contest Tentat Matters Presented To County Board building & Loan To Offer Savings Stock Hertford Building and Loan As sociation will offer for sale its 70th series of savings stock, beginning Saturday, May 7, it was reported today by Max Campbell, secretary of the Association. Individuals desiring; to purchase stock in the local Building & Loan are urged to come to the Building & Loan office to mike arrange ments for the number of shares de sired. The stock is old on the basis of payments of 23 cents week ly on each share purchased and the shares mature at $100 value. Based upon present earnings of the Association the stock will ma ture in 350 weeks, pnying simple interest in excess of four per cent. Voters Of Winfall Cast Record Vote In Election Tuesday Winfall voters set n record for participating in an election last Tuesday when 100 of the town's eligible 107 voters cast ballots for the election of a Mayor and Board of Commissioners. This turn-out represented better than 93 per cent of the electorate. Following an intense campaign among seven candidates for the four offices at stake the results of the election showed Fred S. Wins low winning over his opponent, Nathan Matthews, for th(. office of Mayor of Winfall. Winslow re ceived 53 vojes while Ma'thews re ceived 47. . In the race for the Board of Commissioners the winning candi dates were D. L. Barbr, Sr., Alton Moore and Elijah White. Votes cast for the candidates for Com missioners were as follows: White 59, Moore 54, Barber 500 Charlie Lane 49 and D. R. Tmeblood 47. Organization of the new official board for Winfall is expected to take place at the board meeting next month. Local Board Names School Committees A list of Perquimans County School Committees, as appointed by the Board of Education, was releas ed this week by J. T. Biggers, Su perintendent of Schools. The committee for Hertford Grammar School is composed of Mrs. Henry C. Sullivan, C. T. Eley, J. H. Corprew, Preston Nixon and I. C. Long; Central Grammar School: E. Q. White. Rcy Wins low, Mrs. Charlie Umnhlett, John Q. Hurdle and Georgj W, Baker; Perquimans High School: Edwin S. White, Carson Spiv;y, Roy S. Chappell, Howard Williams, Mrs., Frank Bray, Mrs. A. H. Edwards and Jack Brinn. The committee for Negro schools is composed of E. L. Brooks, George Hollowell, Dewey Overton, Sam Jennings and Haywood Mar tin. In carrying out procedure as pre scribed by a new law enacted by the General Assembly as to the employment of teach 3rs on a one year basis, the committees will hold meetings this week for the purpose of electing principals of in dividual schools. Following this ac tion the principals will make rec ommendations as to employment of teachers from lists of applications, and these in turn will be acted upon by the committees. The Board of Education, under the terms of the new law, has noti fied all teachers of Perquimans County Schools their contracts will be terminated at the conclusion of the present school term, and that the teachers must submit new ap plications for employment if they desire consideration for a teacher position for the next school term. MASONS TO MEET The Perauimans Masonic Lodsre. No. 106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present and visiting Masons jnvjtei 5 Cents Per Copy ive Budget Commissioners On Record Opposing New Auto Tax Preliminary estimates on propos ed budget items for the county's next fiscal year, beginninir July 1, were presented to the Board of County Commissioners during the Board meeting last Monday. Final action on these miitters will be taken at the next meeting of the Commissioners after which the pro posed overall county budget for 1955-50 will he published prior to final adoption by the Board at its July meeting. A request for an additional $9, 000 to be included in the general school budget was approved by the Commissioners to permit the Board of Education to carry out repairs at Perquimans High School during the coming summer. J. T. Biggers, County School Superintendent, told the Commissioners that State funds will be made available for this building to bp rewired, repairs made to the auditorium, toilets and home economics department, but needed plastering of classrooms must be paid for from local funds. Total cost of the repairs at the high school are estimated at $29, 000. Further discussion was held on converting the county home to a board home effective July 1, and Commissioners R. L. Spivey and E. B. Hollowell were named to con- . fer with J. C. Morgan in complet ing certain repairs to the county home in order for the site to meet State requirements for a boarding home. Budget proposals for this fund indicate the county will be re lieved of expenditures totaling about $5,000 annually through this .ennrsion plan., M ' The Commissioners were advised by the County Accountant that present estimates for the 1955-5 budget indicates the . present tax. rate of $1.65 will suffice to cover total expenditures during the con, ing year. ' 'I On motion duly parsed tjto Board went on record requeswig the county's September term of Su perior Court be so changed as to be set out on the calendar to con vene the week following thp regu lar November term. It was point ed out this change in time for this court term will provide convenience for prospective juron as well ag court officials. The Board also went on record , as being opposed to anv new. state tax on automobiles, and so advised Representative C. R. Holmes and Senators A. P. Godwin nnd N. El ton Aydlett of his action. This op position to auto tax was in con nection with a bill now before the General Assembly for considera tion by Legislators this week. Honor Roll Given For Training School Fifty-one students of the high school department of the Perquim- ' ans Training School were listed on the honor roll at the close of the fifth grading period, it was report ed by the principal, R. L. Kings bury. .'.''! Winning scholastic honors for th period, according to the report were: Eighth Grade:, Willie Parker, Lewellyn Wills, Willie Moore, Flor azell Hurdle, Barbara Chession, Libby Billups, Deloris Hurdle, Ber tha Rumber, Charlie Small Ninth Grade: Mae Hollowell, George Hollowell, Hattie James, Barbara Johnikins, Edwin' Tomes, Osia Whitehurst, Aileene Modlin, Jean Perry, Chester Mallory,r Jo seph Hoffler. ' v ' Tenth Grade: Queenie Bogans, Marilene Elliott, Argfe Lamti, Jean, ette Parker, Edna Skinner, Queenie Vaughn, Carolyn Branch, Ethel Eason, Audrey Small. Eleventh Grade: Onedia Felton, Yvonne Burke, Doris Rogers, Wil helmina Rogers, Miry Whidbee, James Griswold, James Riddick, Gertrude Harrell, Edna Zachery, Christine Lowder, Helen Felton, Melsie Parker, Barbara Brickous, Wilma Skinner. ; : v Twelfth Grades Mary Parker, Frances Hurdle, Nora Skinner, Ed ward Harrell, Haywood Mtkrtin, Jr., Lillian Skinner, Shelivg WhitA IShirley Gordon, Joan-Lilly' ; ' J