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' v "-"-1 ' ' . : - - , Tu'IE. PERQUIMANS WEEKLY AC .nine Xm Number 4 32&emeDitOf -1954 i.-! i J I,-,, .. r. GoncludedM 1 1-lk.T 1955 Books Now In , Hands of Sheriff ' For Collection t ; A settlement for the- collection f 1964 taxes due Perquimans ICounty was made here last Monday between the Board of County Com missioner and Sheriff LK. White. after which authorization was made for Sheriff White to receive the new tax books for 1958, : i The settlement concluded after '. an audit of the books Jy;R. E. Ai : ; ken, Jr., revealed the total tax levy ', for 1954 was $138,865.46,, including y penalties charged and discounts al- lowed on prepaid taxes. . , total of $112.36: was deducted ; froWtbe levy, having been listed: : i ,thrpugh error; cash collections, re . biitjted by Max Campbell,; County . Accountant, f ormeri ; Sheriff M. G. Owens and Sheriff; J. K. White amounted to $129,448.65; a credit of ' $5,850.74 wag allowed, being the . amount of tax lien certificates sold during July. Taxes remaining un ' collected the, time of the settle ment amounted to $2,923.82 . Following the settlement, the 9ard Jiamed Mrs", Pattie,L)ng as i; - collector of ' 'delinquent 1964 ' taxes - sitd authorized the 1964 books to ; be turned over to her for eollec- ; . M- - W , '''The Board went on record refus : irta request for the bounty to. pay'. Jthe qosts of extradition propeed- ings against Joan Earljen1 Darden,' sought in connection, with making s false affidavit .in this county. ' ! ' On motion paaSed the Board vot d to pay the county tax supervisor the mm of $50 perstownshjp for 1965, taxes. ' ' jf f 'r A report on aw Inspection of the i -: Morgan; Boardintr Konie. formerivl thi county home, as filed by the. District Health Department,' was read' by Board Chairman- A. T. Lape. The report commended the management of the home and the county on improvements, complet ed since the last inspection, AtBnlistCi:b-cli , Mrs. Lillie- Harrell Johnson, 70, died at 7;50 o'clock Monday morns; inff .at the ' Chowan Hospital -at Edenton after an illness of one mojJth, - She; was a native of Chowajt . Ctnty but had beei living ht Hert ford for he past 48 years. She was a daughter of the late. Them-: as and Sarah Evan Harrell 'and asvand barah ISvana Harreil ana widow of Charles Johnson, I She was a member of the First Baptist Chsrch, Woman's Missionary So ciety,' Sunday School teacher and an Eastern Star. - Survivors include "two sons, Charles E. Johnson of Hertford and Dr. Harrell Johnson of -Southern rines; live granacnuaren,, two sis ters, Mrs. Olivia Hobbs of Hert ford and Mrs. C. N. . Griffin of E Jen ton. , ' ! The body was taken front the I mch Funeral Home to the Hert f 1 Baptist Church Tuesday mom. 1 i at 11 o'clock for services con 'cted by the Rev, C.. W DuJing, f rmer pastor and the Rev, James O, I'attox, pastor, ? ., '. y " , During the services the church f Jr sarg "Iar-r, SlZl I.-aarer." pall was of white r ms and r j. , , . ' rers were the members of 1 of T aeons of the Eert ' t C"urch. . ' t was ta Cedarwood ' -y. 1 ans County , Recorder's 3 in jreip;.'3n Tuesday of t t- ' i ct Hre'. ' t cf t V ... ... j' .... . w : onday Nfltnlw! Cfinimrmri Of! Local Polio Chapter ; Mrs. Eva James Dozier, Hert ford, has accepted the chairman ship of the Perquimans Chapter of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis, it' was reported by Jack E. McGee, Field Representa tive for the Foundation. Mrs. Do zier will succeed Mrs. Jr T. Big- gers, who resigned last month after serving as chairman for several yearB. -. .' A reorganization - of the local chapter," under direction of Mrs. Dozier ia expected at a meeting of the' committee within a short time. ' irv kt rsvn .'ovcmbcr Term Of Superior Court A jury list consisting of 50 names of county residents wag drawn, for service at the November term of Superior Court during the meeting of the Board pf County Commis sioners last Monday. ..i These ; jurors, .along .with . nine4 members of the grand, jury of the April jterm of court wjll comprise the jury, for the coming term. " Superior Court will convene here later this fall than usual, the term having been changed front the last week in October to Thanksgiving week in November, Names of t grand; Jurors, held Banks foremah,' C.'C. Godfrey, George HcdlowelK E. Le Hurdle, W. E. Barley. Lmwddfl Twine, kJ. P. Ward, M. H. ChappeB ahd fear- land Stallings. The names of those draWri for jury service on munuuy were. tu. N. Miller, James P. Dail,' Thomas Proctor, ; Harvey Chappell. E. L: Hurdle, Jr., Lloyd Stallings, Mrs. Effie Layden, Nathah N;' True blood, W. E. Matthews, Sr., Trot man Miller, Maurice Byrum, John Donchise, Ben Owens, Nixon Hol lowell, Walter Cartwright, James Wilder, Jarvis G. Ward, Adrian Smith, Sr.; Mrs. Winford Riddick, Chartie Elliott, Robert Bobbins, O, W. Winslow. Mrs. Nora Smith, Ju. lian C Howell, Leg E.Jtiddick, Wil son HolloWfell, Lpnnie-Proctor. 4 J. Charles . W&islo.l J.-'M. Mat-1 Overton, iinwood Lamb, Thomat lfnilr Jt Va -fiJ UV.n ,MUD mh.bv, ..www Coneland. W S. Evans. William C. Jne, Mrs. (Nellie Sumner, Lucious appell, Howard E; Copeland, UWilliam E.iHobbs, Jarvis D. Wins- low, T. - Julian Long, . Wayland (Cartwright, Joseph I. Barclift, A. R. ; Winslow, Jr Murray ' Moore, Icharlie Starlings, JtH and Etnmett Landing. f'j!;-j!toFroi:ct ToG2tl'rU7 ... j. A project to eliminate a mos (jiiito problem in and around Hert ford will' get under way this week, it was reported by Mayor V. N. Darden, who has announced the Town's petition for Federal emer gency funds to help finance the project' has been given final ap proval t . A. -praying machine to be used in the project has been secured and the program mapped for the pro ject, which will include ; spraying of lawns and yards throughout the town, and the areas near the cause way and Walter's Bridge. Employ ees will also drain and oil all dutch es within the town limits in the attempt to' rid the area of mos quitoes which have become such a problem since the visit of Hurri car 3 Connie,' Diane and lone, I ;or rar n s'n' i tt the to t ' r - i f f i r ', ' w: 5 be ap- t Hertford, Perquimans County, North HEAVY "DOUGH" KNEADED FOR BREAD OF KNOWLEDGE Importance of endowment and gift funds in financing the college student's education is checked by Dale Conley, Oberiin Col lege, Ohio, senior,, as he hands freshmen Daphne Michaelides, center, and Carol King a reminder of the debt their class of 560 would have to assume if the gift 'monies were not available. The whopping $1,040,000 represents about half the academic expense of putting the class through a four-year course, according to college actuaries'. . i WMU To Meet Friday ! At Aulander Church The annual meeting of the Eliza. both City Regional Woman's Mis. sionary Union will meet at the Au lander Baptist Church on Friday, October 7th, according to " state ment of Mrs. Ernest Sanders, Keg- ional Chairman.; The meeting will begin at 10 A. M. ' The theme for the meeting is "In Royal Service" and the following persons will be guest speakers: Miss .Miriam Robinson, Executive Secretary of ,North Carolina Wo man's Missionary Union ; -the : Rev. B. W.: Jackson, Chairman of Royal Ambassador Work; and Mrs. Dea ver Lawtqn,' Southern Baptist Mis sionary on furlough from Thail and. ,',''.' i -Si' ;,''.", I V - All Tnembers of Woman's Mis sionary Union groups within tbe Elizabeth Gftyjlegiori are invited tional meeting JfPr ':- '' Annuel Meeting Of Ml Corporation The annual meeting of the Al bemarle Electric Membership Cor poration will b9 held Saturday, October 8,. beginning at 2:30 o'clock on Memorial Field at Per quimans High School, -it was an nounced today by ' A. 'T; Lane, president of the organization. In the (event of . inclement weather the meeting will be held 'in the audi torium of the school.! , All members of thj corporation are urged to attenH the annual meeting' and participate.' in the election of officers' foS the! coming year. Nine directors jjwill be elect ed at the -meeting, and reports of the organization during the past 'year will be made by the secretary, Floyd Mathews.-. . - Thjrteen members 'have been noTtaipated for! the' post as direc tors, including A. Whitehurst, Joe' W. Hastings, L. M. Sawyer of Camden County; A, ,T. Lane, Chas. E. White, Floyd Mathews of i Per quimans County; John Bunch, J. A. Wiggins and I. L. Harrell of Cho wan County; Tommie'' Temple, W. R. Lowry and S. D. James, Jr., of Pasquotank , County.'' 1 William Crisp, executive manag er of Tarheel Electric Membership Association, will address the meet ing. ';"'.:::. '" A musical program,- featuring a radio group, Garland Abbott and His Playboys wjll precede, the business session of the meeting. As. has1 been the custom, in the past, a number of attendance prizes will be awarded during the meeting to those attending, ... ; ' j ,r . ' . 1 , i i j-.V. Ruritan Club Hears Talk By 4-H Member - The Durante Neck Ruritan Club, at its recent meeting had Misg Ra chel Spivey. as 'its guest speaker. As a member of the 4-H Club Miss Spivey told of her club activities and gave a lecture 6n the use of petroleum.-.,' The dub ' sponsored Miss .Spivey as, "Miss Durante Neck" in the Regatta beauty, con test held in EKzabeth City last Planned Saturday v4jweek. ' C5S. HHntz,' District Farm; ep-lAront, was also a guest at the.tion passed a rjolution on rMon insp at, 'J Indian Grid Team To Play Plymouth High Friday Locals Dropped De- ! cision To Tarboro 4 Eleven 19-7 The Perquimans Indians will be gunning fo their first football vic tory" of the season . Friday ; night when they travel to Plymouth to meet the Panthers in an Albemarle Conference ' contest. '-4 ; 'i Dope sheets rate .the two tesms as being about evenly matched and ,9meJUMy-wilL;;.4y mwar.oy uie team which taKes ad vantage of the breaks of the game should any occur. t Coach Ike Perry's cliarges "drop ped their third straight' contest last Friday night when the Tarboro eleven scored a 19-7 flerisirm nver the Indians. Tarboro did all of its! scoring in the first half after which the Indians tightened up their de fense to maintain Tarbor. Tarboro scored first on a 12-yard pass play from Allen Hornthal to Bobby Hawkins. The second TD came on a two-yard plunge by Tar boro's Livesay; these TD's being scored in the first period. In the- second "quarter Tarboro ran : its total to 19 points when Cooper recovered a fumble on the 'Indians' 20 and Hornthal passed to Kaynor for the score.' ; ii . j j,, Perquimans' Toinmy if Matthews scored the lone TDjjfor the Indians when he broke away for a 78-yard run- in the second quarter. ''1 This was the outstanding run ' of the evening. : "'':,'".' . '."'! - The Indians bad trouble during the first half attempting to stop the Tarboro offense, and at times looked bad.' However, the team began to show improvement as the game progressed with Wayne White and Johnny Miller 'looking best on defense and Tommy Mat thews outstanding on the offense. Board Of Education The Perquimans Board of Edu cation met in- regular session here last Monday night and heard a progress report from Silas ' M. Whedbee, on the activity ' of the Perquimans County Education Ad visory Committee.' I . i , Mrs. T. P. .Brinn and D. H. Eure were named as delegates to the conference of the State Board of Education to be held soon at Chapel Hill. . Mrs," Frank, Bray and Clin ton Eley were named as alternate delegates. , r , The ' Board passed a resolution requesting all students, to ride school buses assigned them by the Board in accordance with' state reg ulations. The resoluti6n as adopt ed reads: .', , ' ' , ' "In order to prevent the over loading of certain school buses Ijy pupils riding buses to. which they have not been assigned the Per- quimans County Board of Eduoa- In inGCting Monday - Carolina, Friday, October 7, 1955. . -i A Night rid 11 "The Role of Rotary in a World of Tensions" was the theme of an address by Dr. H. Broadus Jones' of Wake Forest College, Governor of District 278 of RWnry Internal iuhui, to ine notary wuo; oi vert ford Tuesday oh thie pcieasijih Mjhjis annual official yisit. f . ! ;"That tensioh is the cause of most physical and mental diseases, or a powerful contributing cause, is now generally admitted." Dr Jones declared- "We live in a world of tensions, against which we must battle for our very lives. He who does not find a way to break theje tensions and live calm ly in peace of mind lives in peril." Turning to international tensions, Dr.'JoiUJs; asserted that the entire woigdjis imperiled by the tensions thaf exist today. Fears on inter national scale grip the nations, sus picions are rife, and hatreds sim mer. "Cold wars," he said, "make hdt heads, diplomatic language is uijjknownj to hot heads, ; and inter nitionali bickering reaches tbe level of j street' braws." '' ; j : ' j : iRotary 'clubs in 92 countries and gepgrapnioal regions , throughout th.e worldi the'' District! 'Governor explained, are united in the ef fort to promote international un derstanding, good will and peace. In addition to the activities of Ro tary's 8,700 clubs within their own communities to promote this objec tive, Rotary , International ; has spent more than $1,750,000 in re cent years through its program of student fellowships, he continued.' -.These fellowships, he stated, en able outstanding college gradu ates to study for one year in coun tries other than their own,, as am bassadors of good will. These stu dents are among the most valuable envoys abroad, helping other young people to understand us' and our way of life, and then returning to help Us to understand the people among whom they - have - lived . and worked for a year, Dr. Jones told the group.,' . i " r Hazel Matthews, Jr., t Injured In Accident ; Hazel "Skip" Matthews suffered serious injury to his foot Tuesday evening at his home In an accident with a power lawn mower. He was taken to Chowan ' Hospital . for treatment. . ':' . The accident was a blow to Per quimans High School football team as it is expected Skip, a linesman, on the Indian squad, will be lost for the season. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Matthews. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ike Perry announce the birth of a daughter, born Tues day, October 4, in Chowan Hospi- Rotary AndVo Tensions Tonic At Local meeting Harvey Point Under Study By Navy Departmen t As To Feasibility As Air Base Nominations Are Announced For ASC Elections Oct 18th The nominations of ten men from each Community have been made for the Community ASC Farmer Committee elections was announced today by L. L. Lane, Chairman of the Perquimans County ASC Com mittee. Community elections will be heOd in the county's six designated agri cultural communities on October 18. Polls will remain open from 9:00 A. M., to 5:00 P. M. The follow ing farmers were nominated for election as Community Committee men and Alternates, and Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the County Convention: Belvidere Com munity, W. Savage 'Joliff, Charles T. Rogerson, Jr., Harold H. Cope land, Joseph W. Nowell, Jr., Emer son R. Asbell, Elwood Nowell, Lin- ford L. Winslow, Estes O. Cone- land, Rudolph Perry. Nicanor Community: Percy Win slow, Jr., Lester J. Baker, Elmer Lassiter, Ellis Stallings, Elisha S. Winslow, Ira Stallings,. T. M. Twine, Claxton Stallings, Asa E. Stallings, Rollo .P. White; Bethel Community: "William A. Stallings, Charles E. White," William E. Hobbs, Charles E. Matthews, Win ston E. Lane, James R. Sawyer, W Dewey Perry, Jr., Jake L. White, Jr., Joel B., Perry, pje Harrell, Jr.; Hertford Community: Louis 6k Howell, . Perc i , Rogerson, . Jake ;L. -White, Sr., .Clarence J. Bail, Qrds W. Winslow, Freeman Mans field, Carroll R. Wiliiamsi .lrvin C. Long, Johnny Hollowell, Freeland Elliott,-! New Ho pe 'Community: Nathan C. Spivey, Carson D. Spi vey, Belvm Kure, Kalph Harrelll, T. Hoyle Jones, Jack T. Benton, Seth W. Long, Jr., Ray Morse, Mar vin Caddy, Charlie Lane; Parkville Community: W. Haywood Smith, Louis D. Lamb, Sr., Johnnie A. Bray, Calvin M. Bundy, George T Roach, J. Lawrence Perry, Winford Smith, Odis J. Lane, Ernest W. Long, Ralph L. Layden, Additions to the above list of nominees may be made provided such addition is requested in a pe tition signed by ten or more eligi ble voters and presented to the community election board not later than! Tuesday, October 11, 1955. '( Any farmer who as owner, opera. ,tor tenant, or sharecropper, is par ticipating or is eligible to partici pate' in any program administered by the County ASC Committee is eligible to vote in his community. ' Announcements will be made to the Community Committeemen elected as soon as the ballots are counted on the afternoon of the 18th. Delegates elected by .the farmrs will meet on October 27 to elect County Committeemen. ASC County and Community Committee men elected will take office Novem ber 1st. NewCommitteeTo Direct Activities OfCub Scout Pack The PTA of Hertford, sponsors of Cub Pack 155, announced fol lowing their annual charter review meeting this' week that they had appointed a new committee and leaders for the pack for the com ing year. r ;;' y' : : ; .'W Pack 155 has had a very suc cessful year under the leadership of Cubmaster Edison Harris.' Cub- master for the coming year will be Clinton Eley; Assistant Cubmaster will be Edison. Harris; Institution al Representative, E. C. Woodard; Chairman, Joe Perry, Jr.; and mem. bers of the Pack Committee in clude Francis J. Henry, Riley S. Monds, Jr., Henry C. Sullivan and Howard W. Winslow, Den Mothers will ' be Mrs. Frances F. Monds, Mrs, Bonnie L. Nixon and Mrs. Ethel B.'Whuilow. ' - (Cootinned on Pag Five). Chairmen Named For Seal Drives Mrs. David Fearing, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. Vincent Leary and Jarvis Ward will head the District educational drives in the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden and Cho wan Tuberculosis Association, it was announced by the President of the District TB Association, W. J. Taylor. The Christmas Seal Sale, a dual educational and fund re is .:ng project will be headed by these four chairmen. This is th8 only District in North Carolina that has a chairman for each county. Christmas Seal funds, Taylor pointed out, conducts a year around education program besides the Chest X-ray program that has been so helpful throughout the District. Delay In Polio Vaccination Seen Dy Health Officer "It wifl be some months before enough Salk vaccine will be avail able to vaccinate all children under 20 years of age," it was reported this week by Dr. B. B. McGulre, District Health Officer. Dr. McGuire stated that within a few days, the Health Department will complete the second dose of vaccine to last year's 1st and 2nd graders whose parents have given a signed request for it. He said that of the. vaccine re cently released by the National In- gO-lAm'lilKg ib ' ;Btative nature-?t.. j allocated to" North. Cardlinal' Of this? -168,000! tec. were i released through the drug trade and to pri vate physicians and the balance of 59,000 c.c. was purchased by the State Board of Health with federal funds. The Health Department, Dr. Mc Guire said, recommends citizens see their private physician for Salk vaccine; it is now Deing received by practicing physicians from the manufacturers. direct Perquimans Club Hears Director -At Dinner Meetin Miss Kathleen Jackson of Eliza beth City, Eighth District Director of the North Carolina Federation of ..Business and Professional Wo men's Clubs, was guest speaker of the Perquimans BPW Club at its dinner meeting held at Hotel Hert ford Friday night to climax the observance of National Business Women's Week. The members and guests were greeted by Mrs. Essie H. Burbage who presented each with a golden key corsage. The president, Mrs. Emilie T. Harrell, opened the meeting with "America The Beautiful" and the Club Collect. Miss Thelma Elliott and Mrs. Atha E. Tunnel! had charge of an interesting program using the theme, "The Golden. Keys to Achievement," ... Gold keys were used as place cards and an arrange ment of yellow chrysanthemums and golden keys centered the table. Other decorations were the golden keys and emblem which had been on display in a store window to ad. vertise the club's work during the week. !.' . . ";' ...'-.' Mrs. Mary Dale S. Lane sang "The Golden Key" accompanied by Miss Kate Blanchard at the piano. Mrs. Alice M. Towe introduced the guest speaker, Miss Jackson, who gave an informative talk on "Membership." She also outlined the plans for the Mid-Year Coun cil Meeting which will be held in Rocky . Mount November 12-13 when the 8th District will be hos tess. The Perquimans Club will entertain with a coffee hour on Saturday. A gift was. presented to Miss 5 Cents Per Copy Navy Spokesman Says Site Is Tentative , Only At This Time Some light was cast upon ru mors, which have circulated in and around Hertford for the past sever al weeks, concerning the Navy's plans for Harvey Point when, on Monday afternoon, a spokesman of the Fifth Naval District reported the base is being studied by Naval experts as to its feasibility for the establishment of a seaplane base. The site which had been under lease to the Town of Hertford for several years, following its inacti vation after World War II, was re claimed by the Navy last April, but until this week the Navy Depart ment had made no announcements as to its plans for the tract. Possibilities that Harvey Point may again become an active base was seen from an interview pub lished Tuesday in the Norfolk-Vir ginian Pilot which reported A Fifth Naval District sp- , nt n v do tA tirnc-f sy-1q t 4rlie4' m 'w study does not impty tojr j steps toward r eons-tr v j base, but is't&2 f! . v" plan-.'iut'y"' ' wi inui'e Navy is eonai i the Percp sector as a ceapiaM facility, exact area to be studied b engineers in Harvey foint, a the east of Hertford and at at land port of the river. Tlic V quimans empties into AlBCauawmC Sound. ; r No details of Navy plans f on the. base were available yesterday be- current plana A spokesman "said further details would be available ,r latef, if the Navy decides to' tse the area." . According to the report the study a of the Harvey Point area is be , 1 ing made in connection with a Navy 1 expansion program in Northeast : North Carolina, including enlarge- S ment of the base at Edenton and i establishment of auxiliary fields possibly in Camden or Pasquotank! t County. n. Jackson and Miss Hulda Wood drew the attendance prize. Each committee chairman pre sented her plans for 1955-56 and were as follows: Membership, Atha E. Tunnell; Program CoordU nation, Roxanna C. Jackson; Edu cation and Vocations, Grace Coston; Health and Safety, Miss) Dillwyn Denton; National Securi ty, Betty .T. Swindell; Public Af fairs, Miss Thelma Elliott; Fi nance, Mary Dale S. Lane; Radio) and Television, Betty T. Swindell, and News Service, Alice M. Towe. " i Other members present were. Mrs. Viola D. Nachman and Mrs, Margaret W. Bagley. - Guests pres ent were: Miss Jackson, Miss Val eria White, Mrs. I. A. Ward and Mrs. J. B. Mills, Sr. . .. Hare Rites Held Last Thursday t Lizzie Johnson Hare, 77, died last Wednesday night at the True blood Convalescent Home after i long illness. She was the dav1 ter of the late Edward and Kj1 leen Ward and widow of the, lata William N. Hare. She was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors tndudej one son, William N. Hare of Eden ton and two nieces and two nep hews. . . ,y. .... ' Funeral services were conducted last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock! at the Lynch Funeral Home witli the Rev. James O. Mattox. officiat ing. . Burial followed in the family cemetery in Perqiilmana County; ffF .1 TXT V