1 WEEKLY- ;er 45. Hertford, Perquimans County, i th Carolina, Friday, November 11, 1955. 5 Cents Per Copy: ord Methodist Centennial Next i unday Board Of Commissioners Name Mrs. Webb As Home . , ' ' y ....... ,; i Agent; Accept '55 Audit M-.J' W i I i , ' 1 1 - i 1 r A r' v The Methodist Church of Hert ford will celebrate it 10Q years, of service" in a-centennial -celebration nextSunday, November 13, . n In announcing plans tor the cele bration, the Rev. I. S. Richmond, PUstorsaid, "we are inviting all Y former pastors and members to be t present with us on this occasion; 'y a have the promise of gome both fas tors and members wno wm De . attending the anniversary event. - The Rev. M. Jf. Self; a, former '. pastor of the charch, will be the i 'preacher at the 11 o'clock services 'Sunday morning.' After he preach. ps all former pastors who are pres- ent will speak for a short time. Ministers of - other churches v of Hertford will also , be called tipon . for a short, talk. ( , , y. A basket lunch will be served at the' church following the morning ' services;, and all members- of . the 4 church are asked to bring a. basket . dinner to be served, Friends of ,tha churcft who belong to other churches are invited to bring their baskets' and eat with the members . during the lunch, ' ' ' The centennial program will be -' closed with a religious pageant to be presented Sunday night at 7:30 .o'clock under the direction of Mm. B. G.'Koonce. Mrs!' Charles Sktit tier has written a brief history of the 'church and it; has been made into a booklet which wiM be dis ,tritMted to everyone attending the centennial, i j i (;'.' . - According to the church jhisiqry a mall band of 28 person :colnfc prised Hertford Station Ih 182 33,. which was the beginning of the. " By iCpmmissioner ' The State Highway Commission1 J ill n rt n . . J 1 . - completed ou.s mues 01 ' in the First Highway Division dur. ing October, Commissioner Emmett ' Winslow of Hertford reports, h ; , With" division headquarters in ' Ahoskie, "the iFirst is composed of ; Camden, vCurrituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans,-.Bertie, Hertford,' Northampton, Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Wash ington counties, W. N. SpruflU, is division engineer; J, J. Gilbert Us assistant division engineer. For v road maintenance purposes, . ' the v First is subdivided ' into three dis trict. George & Mack is district engineer at Elizabeth City - in charge of maintenance in Camden, .' Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans. T. C. Liverman Ss district engineer at Ahoskie for ... Bertie, . Hertford, and Northamp ton counties. W. F. Sessoms is dis- tict engineer at Plymouth for Cho wan, " Hydi,. Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington counties. ' ! -'In Bertie', State highway' forces completed & bituminous surface treatment from NO 308, about 1.1 miles southeast of Roxob.d, north for 1.1 miles to a paved county road inRoieobel;The newly-sur-r.u-cd road is 18 feet wide. ' ' A Bertie-Hertford improvement U 2.7 miles of .paving the New J i i 'ire Road.; State highway forei i ea laid a bituminous surface treat . v-rt,. 13 feet1 wide, on the New I j I ; ad from 'a paved county 5, 1.7 nulea west of Powells v, , to a pavoj county ad, 1.6 j 5 south of TJS 13 in Ahoskie. . In Chowan. County, State high v my forces corrp'eted 20 miles of v .' .ilt rlrg surface 'on ; f i TJ .nton nor'h via'Val ; i -"'g CiC . , uig to the in C2"riy l.';ie. Six 1 C C2 . s paved 22 feet i t' e o'!!T 14-miles were ""If t V .13. 1 C ,iiy, zLu h:oh- ' 1 1.4 r - of 'el t O'l "lr.ad. nief.ee- 1 -rf 1 U ft ,14- k,s s 1 1 .r 1.4 Hertford Methodist Church, which now lists a membership of 650. The church became . part of the North Carolina. Conference in 1894. The deed for the land on which the church and parsonage is now locat ed is dated July 23rd, 1838, and is from Robert A. Gordon to the trustees ligted as Joseph Costen, H. B.'Ci" Walker, Isaiah Perry, Cader Felton, Wm. R. Skinner, Wm. Reeft'i Geo. W. Reed, Thos. Costen and Edwin Smith. ''. , . , .- The cornerstone' of the church, miilt In 1855, was placed at the foot of the steps of the present Educational; Building. ' , .: (Tho church , history reveals a steady growth and progress as to both members and church buildings down throusrh the years. . i Pastors who have served the church' include: -W. G. Williams, Jeremiah McMullan, : James ",0. Moss. J. D. Lumsden. James L. Fisher. Maior S. Colonna. George M. Guy, C. H. Greene, James C. American Red Cross has been no Watson, Joshua L. Garrett Willie I tifled by regional offices the Red 0. Wagner and WiBiam Riddick, Cross bloodmobile will again visit assistant. ' Also Joseph H. Amiss, J. B. Askew, T. H. Bogg, E. M. Jordan, J. M. Anderson, J. H. Rid dick, J. W. S. Robbins, F. A. Bish op, J. L. Rumley, Oliver Ryder, J. A. Hornaday, M. H. Fix, M. H. Tuttle, N. H. D, Wilson, R. A. Wil lis, T. A. Skyes, F. M. Shamburger, J. M, Ormond, W. B., North, T. McM. Grant, N.( C. Ye'arbyit tjiS: Massey, M. Y. Self, B. P. Robinson, D. M. Sharpe, R. F. Munns, B. C. Reavis, D. lii' Fouts, Ben 0. Mer ritt, A. L. Chaplin and I. S. Rich mond." -. (;i V , i" ous surtace treannent compieieo by State highway force! on two 18-foot wide secondary roads. The . .... . ., newly-surfaced roads, ! and their lemrthn are: from Pilanda Cross roads northwest for 1.1 miles; andl from the intersection of a paved county road, about on mile south of Tunis, southeast for 1-4 miles. In Perquimans, State highway forces laid a sand asphalt base course, only, on a secondary road which runs from US 17, 1.8 miles south of Hertford, southeast for 2.5 miles to the intersection of a coun ty road, three miles northeast of Bethel. ""The newly-improved road is 18 feet wide.' v- Strings Fuiijrcl CcnctcdLTenday Edward Thomas Stallings, 65, died unexpectedly at 7 P. M., Sun. day of a heart attack at his home In Belvidere Township. . He is the son of the late Reu ben 'and Mary StallingB, and a na tive of Perquimans County, ; i ' - Besides his wife, Mrs. Sallie StaL lings, he is survived by one son, S. E. Stallings of Belvidere ; two daughters,. Mrs. Edward Pell of Shawboro, ' N. C,' and Mrs. Asa Stallings of Belvidere; four broth ers, Alfred Stallings and Charlie Stallings of Hobbsville, N. C, W. D. Stallings and Maxie Stallings of I Belvidere; two sisters, Mrs, Charlie Riddick of Hobbsville, Mrs. Oscar Riddick of . Bedvidere, and eight grandchildren. . i , ' Furieral services were conducted Monday at ,2:30 P; M., at Sandy KCross Baptist Church by the Rev. W V. Brown, pastor. Burial fof lowed in the family cemetery, r EIXTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Layden, Jr., anno- -e t' 3 t ' Ah of a Bon, James T.;il.-. 1. Uin October' 26 at Cho wan V. ' .1. JUNCTMENT; a'.l If " r Keel an - r a ' i; ' ' r, - A centennial celebration 'will be observed at the Hertford Methodist Church, which was founded in 1855, on Sunday, November 13. Principal speaker for the celebration will be the Rev. M. Y. Self, former pastor, who will .preach at the 11 o'clock services. A basket lunch will 'be served following the morning program and a 'pageant will be presented Sunday night in closing the observance. I To Try Again jl i.,.-.-;,l, ......A ' The. Perquimans Chapter of theJ this county-on Monday, December 12, to receive blood donated to the Red Cross blood bank, it was re ported by C. P. Morris, chairman of the local chapter. Red Cross officials pointed out the lack of support to the blood program on the.recent visit of -the bloodmobile when only eight don org donated blood madp it ncces sary for the unit to return td the county for additional blood to as sist in perpetuating the program of providing free blood transfu sions to Perquimans County hos pital patients. , According to Mr. Morris the Jo- cal chapier . is " now mak ing plans for .this visit of the bloodmobile and f 'puWflrsug!d WwljewteitaTomiTsy Matthews '!W4wiaa WatVfarmeVs llad & tuny witn tne-program. Ten Cases Listed On Court Docket Ten cases were listed on the doc-1 ket of Pequimans Recorder's Court this week, with all, of the defend ants entering pleas of guilty to the charges cited, i:-.-:,' . Costs of court wore taxed against Margaret Payne and Eugene Proc to on charges of speeding. John Hobbs, Jr paid the costs of court on charges of driving with an expired license.' ' Emerson Gibbs, Negro, paid a fine of f2 and costs on charges of being drunk. - Walter Edmonds was taxed with the court costs on charges of fol - Iiwlng top closely behind a motor vehicle. , , , " i James Oliver Layden, Jr.,, paid the costs of court, on charges of passing a school bus. " . -. - ' , Frank, Pugh, charged with being drunk on a highway, rwas released after having spent three ' days' in jail, Richard Bunton was fined $25 and costs for driving" without a 11 cense. ,' Gaither Riddick paid the court costs on charges of illegal' pass ing. , ' ,"v ( ; James McKnight, Negro, paid the court costs on charges of assault . Jeart Edwards Wins Speaking Contest The Hertford Jaycees, sponsored a Voice of Democracy- speaking contest at Perquimans High School lasi iuesuuy wim jean being judged as the winnerj'fcnd awarded a $15 cash prize. Charles Whedbee received a $10 prire as second place winner and . Herbert Nixon won $5 as third place win ner "J" " )v . v: '-: -S 3.:C ' , : Eight contestants competed In the final round of. the con test con ducted by the Jayceeg under, the direction of ,Francis Nixon, chair man of the committee and Ab Wil liams, Jaycee school represenU tive.' '.;':i; Vt ib-M ;.5-y BAKE SALE St. Catherine's Auxiliary of Holy iw hnlH d huVp t8 Sutui 1 November.' 12, at 10 L 11, st Ter'y Tlx.Trc Supoly. Indians . Win' From Spring Hope; Play Jackets On Friday The Perquimans Indians scored four touchdowns and converted two tory over the Spring Hope foot- 'ball team in a game played here; laSt Friday night before a small crowd of fans who braved the chilly weather to witness the contest. j The victory was the fist of the season for the Indians-who outplay,, cd the Spring Hope team 'in every quarter of the game.:, Perquimans fumbled on the opening play'o'f the game but intercepted aiSping -Hope pass on their own 2t yard Ijpe. On the' next play Pierce threw avpaas yards for a TD to gW.PSrqaimaHB Spring Hope's PeaiKie put his team ahead, minutes later when he smashed through the 1 Indian line and ran 80 yards for a Scott!. The extra point was kicked and the vis itors had a 7-6 lead. . ; , Perquimans regained the lead in the' second auarter when Pierce passed to Williams for a TD after Pierce, Eure and Matthews had moved the ball from their 28 yard linc" to Spring Hope's 20. Spring Hope came back to secure a 13-12 lead when Pearce ran through the Indian defense for a TD from 10 yards out. The third quarter was aJl Per quimans? with the Indians scoring their third touchdown late in the period on a pass play from Pierce to Matthews.-Whedbee converted tho extra.point to give Perquimans thfi lead 19-13 Tommy Matthews scored the I fourth TD for Perquimans early in the fourth period when he broke ithrough thfl Spring Hope defense an(1 ran 49 yard, for the gcore. Whedbee converted the extra point . to v Perauimans a 26-13 lead. Spring Hope threatened again during the. final minutes of play b t d defensive work by the Indian line gave Perquimans pos session of the ball and the Indians ran out the dock with line drives. Miller, Williams, Cherry and Batcman featured on the defense for ' the' Indians while Matthews, Pierce and Whedbee were the standouts on offensive play. On Friday night the Indians will play the Yellow Jackets of Eliza beth Cfty on the Jackets' gridiron, and will close the season with 'a game in Hertford on November 18 . with. Camden High School. v ' Revival At Piney " Woods Starts Sunday Revival services begin, at Piney Woods Friends Church Sunday morning, November 13, ': when the Oak Hill quartet from High Point will' assist: the pastor, the Rev. D. Virgil Pike, in the 11 o'clock ser vice with messages in song. -: The revival; ' speaker,, the ,Re Bascom Rolling,,; pastor of Cane Creek Friends Church, Snow Camp, will preach Monday evening at 7:30 oVlock. November 14, and each evening at: the some hcur. thi-ough November SO, ''. 1L Growers Advised Tfl If fiflfl DOfHIIITC lUltuUUl VlUIUlJ For Better Prices ; Peanut growers should not : sell their product until they are certain market price is ih excess of sup port price, R. Flake Shaw, execu tive vice-president .of the State Farm Bureau cautions eastern Worth, tau rrowers. tfie'past made the mistake of sell ing their crop before the Value had been accurately determined. . Growers should have the peanuts graded before offering them for sale. This procedure will prevent market sales for less than support prjee, he said. - The Farm Bureau leader called on peanut growers to work with the Peanut Growers Cooperative Association so that price supports can be made effective. Rites Saturday For Ben Harrell Benjamin Harrell, 84, a native and lifelong resident of Perquim ans County, died at his home here at 4:20. o'clock Thursday morning after a Jong ilmess. He was a son 'of the late Elisha and Elizabeth Williford Harrell and a charter member of Wood land Methodist Church. "Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dail Harrell; three gong, John and Meadow Harrell, Perquimans County, and Roy Har rell of Pasquotank County; five daughters Mrs. Roscoe Smith, Mrs. Ernest Cartwright, Mrs. Irving Whedbee and Mrs. J. B. Miller, all of Perquimans County, and Mrs. Philip Sawyer of Norfolk; six step daughters, Mrs. Linwood Harrell, Mrs. Floyd Harrell, Mrs. James Walter Harrell, Mrs. David Own ley and Mrs. Charlie Stallings, all of. Perquimans County, and Mrs. Elmer Yohn of Pasquotank Count ty; two step-sons, William and Charles Dail of Perquimans Coun ty; 24 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. . 1 Funeral services were conducted Saturday ufternoon at 2 o'clock at the Woodland Methodist Church y the Rev. Earl Meekins. . , The church choir sang "When They Ring the Golden Bells" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." Mrs. Jack Benton and Mrs. Eddie Har rell sang a duet, '"Goodnight and Goodmorning." .- . 1 ; The easket was covered with a pall of large , white chrysanthe mums and red roses. r Pallbearers were HV & Miller, Ben Miller, Mathew Smith, Benjamin Smith, Burial: was In the Harrell family Leon Harrell and Floyd Harrell. iemetery In Perquimans County, The Board of Commissioners met here in regular session last Mon day and handled a number of im portant matters, including the ap pointment of Mrs. Joe Webb as County Home Agent, filling a posi tion left vacant recently by the resignation of Miss Kimsey Perry. Mrs. Webb has been serving as as sistant home agent here since last March. Thomas Nixon appeared before the Board and, after thanking the members for their' interest and work in his behallf, toward retain ing the post as County Fire War den, stated he was no longer inter ested in the job but hoped tho County will retain the program. Following Mr. Nixon's statement the Board reported it will receive applications for the post as Coun ty Fire Warden, and these appli cations can be secured from the of fice of the Register of Deeds. The Board expressed an opinion the issuance of burning permits, usually ' secured at this time of year, must await the appointment of a Fire Warden, there being no official source for these permits at the present time. On motion passed the Board vot. In Meeting Here A goal of $9,600 was set for the 195J5-56 Christmas Seal campaign 'at a meeting ofithe District TB Association held in Hertford on Thursday night of last week. The treasurer, Dennis Morgan,' reported that thp 'Association had a balance offrftJtrflQ, and the-District X-ay fund" balance was $1,675!87. ' GiHdys Crbpsey, Executive 'secretary, re ported 1,597 chest X-rays have been made in the district since April, 1955. A highlight of the meeting was a. speech given by CoL Charles H. Warren, Vocational Director of re habilitation of North Carolina. Col. Warren stated that TB belongs to the public and is a. community af fair, that a good rehabilitation pro gram is an important part of TB treatment. He pointed out about 30 per cent of cases in sanatoriums ae repeats, but through rehabilita tion TB patients are given train ing which permits an increase in wage earning after return to work. All four counties, comprising the district association, were repre ssntcd at the meeting here l.ist week.- Out of town guests includ ed Miss Addie M. Daden, N. C. TB Field Secretary, and Bernard San dick, rehab ill ita tion worker for Eastern North Carolina. Virginia Tucker A native of Hertford, Virginia Tucker, Los Angeles section direc tor of the Society of Women En gineers, attended the organization's national board meeting held recent ly at the Palmer House in Chicago. Miss Tucker joined Northrop in 1948 as engineer in charge of com puting in aerodynamics and is presently working as an aerody namicist in boundary layer control. Prior to joining Northrop, Miss Tucker was superviso of computers for the National Advisory Commit, tee of Aeronautics : at : NACA's Lai'feley Field, Virginia, labora tory. ' , - An active member of the Ameri can Association of University Wo men, Miss Tucker was a 1930 grad uate of Woman's College of the University of North. Carolina.- She received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics. , ' Miss Tucker resides at 1005 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, Cali fornia. v; " STUDENT COUNCIL PLAV -The Perquimans County High School Student Council will pre sent a three-act comedy, "How Green Was Her Boy Friend?" on November 22 at 8:00 P. M, in the school auditorium, - v i ; " ed to pay J. C. Morgan the" sum of $50 for lease rights he holds on county property recently sold the State -Highway Commission. This payment to represent reimburse ment to Mr. Morgan for the loss of I income from the land sold by the county. In order to expedite collections of delinquent personal property taxes, the Board voted to pay the delinquent tax collector ten per cent commission upon the first $5,000 collected; 15 per cent on the next $5,000 collected and 25 per cent of thp remainder collected. Approximately $25,00 is outstand ing in delinquent taxes of this typo. Th(. Board approved an applica. tion for a heer license submitted by George Lightfoot, Negro. After hearing a report of the annual audit of the county books, as compiled by R. E. Aiken, Jr., thG Board voted to accept the audit. According to the audit report the County began the last fiscal year, July 1, 1954, with cash bal ances amounting to $108,311.88. During the year revenues amount ed to $291,703.27 and expenditures Local Farm Bureau Drive For Members OpensNovember 1 5 Preparation's 'are welltonder way for the 1955 Perquimans County Faun . Bureau. membersfcipb v-drive which will opefi throughoub.the county next1 Tuesday, November 15, it was reported by Arvin Hudson, membership chairman. The county quota for members for next year has been set at 300. Mr. Arvin said membership com mitteemen are expecting a success ful campaign this year and pointed out the drivP will take place fol lowing a kickoff meeting at the agriculture building next Monday night. He said a one-week drive is being planned. In connection with the annual campaign for members, Walter i Nowell, president of the Perquim ans Farm Bureau, said farmers should inspect the legislative rec ord of the past General Assembly session if they want a good reason for joining the Farm Bureau. Nowell, in commenting on the forthcoming farm Bureau mem bership enrollment in the county, pointed to "equalization of the farm machinery tax with that on industrial cnuipment" as one of the most "significant successes" of the Farm Bureau during the past legislative session. Hp said Farm Bureau leaders had been striving for a number of years towards this equalization, and only after "repeated effort and continued support on the part of farmers in this state were they successful." Inviting local farmers to take a "good long look at the record," the Farm Bureau leader said thp local membership enrollment will be held next week, and urged every farmer to lend his support to the organization's work. ; He pointed out that there were other legislative successes beside successful opposition to the farm machinery issue. Among these, he said, the Farm Bureau was suc- cessful in prevention of additional taxes on feed, seed, insecticides and fertilizer. Peanuts were re tained on aa basic commodity through efforts of the Farm Bu reau. He named the new egg labeling law, improvement in the milk law and the new water law as other legislative accomplishments of the Farm Bureau. Nowell completed his appraisal of the 1954-55 Farm Bureau legis lative record by commenting on re. search appropriations to the vari. ous state agricultural agencies. While ' appropriations were not quite what was anticipated, he said, they .vwertf substantial enough to totalled $330,094.64, leaving bal-! ances in all funds on June 30, . 1955, of $69,920.51. Total assets of the county are listed a $770,778.91, of which th total of $567,000 is carried as val uation of county schools. , 1 During the year $66,925.03 was disbursed for the operation of the general fund, including expendi tures for the following depart, ments: County Commissioners, $5,368.47; listing and assessing, $1,383.64; County Sheriff, $3,575.22; elections, $606.60; County Account-' ant, $1,955.85; County Treasurer, $600; Court House, grounds, jail, $7,072:28; Register of Deeds, $1, 609.14; Health Department,' $3, 229.34; Farm Agent, $6,431.26; Hom0 Agent, $2,810.31; District Health, $7,592.68; Superior Court, $3,360.12; Olerk of Court, $2,242.14; Recorder's Court, $6,265.60; mis cellaneous, $12,814.38. Poor Fund, $17,582.70; Debt Ser vice, $62,013.49; old age assistance, $58,180; aid to dependent children, $16,623; welfare administration, $10,206.80; APTD, $10,291; general school, $70,119.66; capital 'outlay, $4,502.42. provide for continued "intense re search into the long-range agricul ture jprogram." Off-year elections held last Tues day resulted in success for Demo cratic candidates. Most of the of fices at stake were local, but in Kentucky A. B. Chandler, seeking . the office of Governor, appeared to be the winner over his Republican opponent. In another contest, watched for national trends, a Democrat held a lead over his op ponent for the office of Mayor of Philadelphia. The Big Four meetings of For eign Ministers at Geneva appeared deadlocked Tuesday when Russia took a firm stand against unifica tion of Germany. Prior proposals concerning problems in EuropP and the Middle East appeared out the window when Russia demanded on Tuesday that a 'inited Germany be completely under Red domination. Commentators believe the meeting will be adjourned this week with out agreements being reached. Plans call for President Eisen hower to leave Denver for Wash ington on Friday. Medical reports given newsmen this- week reveal the President is continuing a steady . recovery of a heart attack suffer ed last September 24. He is ex pected to leave Washington for Gettysburg, Pa., probably Monday, where he will stay until after the, first of next year. The U. S. Supreme Court handed down a momentous decision this week when it ruled ex-service men cannot be subjected to military trial for crimes committed while in service, ine decision is expect ed to have a direct bearing upon the fate of former , soldiers now awaiting military trial for collab orating with the Communists dur ing the Korean war. -, - - The U. S. moved this week to stabilize trouble between Israel and Egypt with an announcement the nation may supply Israel with arms to counteract action' by the Communists who are , supplying Egypt with planes and tanks. It is believed possible warlbetween t? two -countries can' be . averted L Israel, v receives arms in qur nu' ' equal to that being sent EgypV THIS WEEK'S I HEADLINES