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J.r, 77 WEEKLY 1 X; Vr .;ne XXIL Number 46. relation Topic meeting ,- Urging all people to show pa tience an J tolerance Senator Lums- ' ford Crewe of Halifax. County, told the Albemarle Schoolmasters' - Club at its November meeting held Monday night in the cafeteria at Central Grammar School, North .. Carolina can find the answer to fie problem of segregation if "out- siders" will leave the people alone -. to work out a solution , ' Senator Crewe," a member of the Governor's Committee on Educa- - tion told the Schoolmasters of the ' work of the committee and how it had approved the proposal of vol untary segregation as now sup ported by the Governor and the General Assembly. ' . , . . Stating that he believed volun- - tary segregation to be a means of ' preserving public education in 1 North Carolina Senator-. Crewe pointed out the NAAP has cited the ' City of Baltimore .as a 'site where integration is working .but he stat , ed these are not the facts. Giving figures from a report by the Su perintendent of Schools of Balti more, Senator Crewe said that city ' has 170 schools of which 45 are all ' white, 65 are all Negro' and 60 - of the schools have : mixed races. Of 67,000 pupils attending Balti more schools only 1,500 Negro pu fendant Fined 1 ii. ; Liquor. Charge Ecsdrder Judge rr4 charged With possessing illicit Ifq ' uor for the purpose 6f sale, follbw- f,ing a raid at her home last Satur day .by Hertford police) entered 'a ! :.- plea of guilty to the charge of Be , corder's Court on Tuesday. She Wag given a 30 day sentence to.be ?us pended upon payment of a fine of . .. $50 and costs, and the condition she be of good behavior for six months, Fines of 2 and costs each, were ' taxed against Robert Williams and Madison Boone, Negroes, after each had submitted to charges of being drunk. " - Edward Feeley paid the costs of court after ; pleading guilty to charges of passing a vehicle on a ' curVe. - . ' ' Perry Jarmon wag fined $10 and c costs on charges of passing a ve ; hide in an intersection. . " ... A fine of $26 and costs of court v. : were paid by Walter East who sub- mitted to charges of driving with . out a license. ' - . . Daisy Manley. submitted to charges following' too closely be hind a vehicle and paid the costs I ' of courts , - . Willie Johnson Negro,, pleaded guilty to charges of running a stop sign and reckless driving.' He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and -costs. -'. 1 A verdict of not guilty was re turned in the case m which Joseph V Brown, -Negro, was. charged with reckless driving. Costs of court and fines as in-' dicated were paid by the follow i'j defendants who submitted to i ?gres of speeding: William Phil, r 3, Edward Fleer, Rayner Perry, . fi Serge, William Morecock, & IYVHrd $4, Charles Smith $5, . 1 " ' r '3 U0, Jimmy Nobles $1 i Iryian, Jr., $80. , r - ! v. Lite, Negro, was found iT cj.nrs of non-support v i jivon a 30 day road geri t j te s'"rertded upon the .1 I pry the sura of '$10' ' I r t'"e use of k' children' j f court. -. r ' ToPrc::t 'A 1 T -fl .'T.t Tl rr, '"'"j , rr, " i at t'.e Church on r.;. TIiu y, f 45 o'e!o.k, it , : - .!. t v ::i , '' f., f: . ' ' J '-'!'. . . ' , . i Monday pils are enrolled in white schools. The Senator said this is the result of voluntary segregation as chosen by the people in Baltimore. . He stated that the Governor's Advisory Committee had. reported that the mixing of the races can not be accomplished and should not be attempted and that' the State of North Carolina should find a way in which to comply with the rul ing of the Supreme Court as hand ed down last May. ' Approximately 100 superinten dents, principals and teachers of the schools of the Albemarle at tended the meeting, '; Special guests were, members of the Perquimans Board of Education, C. P. .Morris, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Whedbee and Max Campbell. ;.irv';"'w':'.V :.Mrs. John Costen gave an ad dress of welcome to the visiting schoolmasters and special music wag presented by Mrs. Charles E. Johnson and a quartet composed of Charles Johnson, Jr., Wayne White, W. N. Matthews, "Jr., and Johnny Phillips. John . T. Biggers, president of the club, presided over a . short business meeting following the ad dress by Senator Crewe. ? A delicious turkey dinner was served by the Central Grammar School. Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic Presidential' nominee in 1952, an nounced Tuesday he will again seek the nomination, for the office in .'; 1956. ; Mr. Stevenson's an nouncement came a no surprise to political reporters although it appears the former Illinois Gover nor will have some opposition be fore the' convention names the candidate next' summer. - A fgrass-root" hearing on farm problems was held in.i Raleigh Tuesday when Governor Hodges and 43 other witnesses , appeared before? ,the " Senate - Agriculture eomihittee to iive their ,views on what should be done to sotve the farm dilemma,.-: Facts gathered at the meeting, one of. many held throughout' the . country, are ex- pected to figure t0-18 vriting of a new farm law during the next I session of Congress. Trustee of the University of' North Carolina this week acceptedT the resignation of Gordon Cray as President of UNC, and appointed a commission to seek a new uni versity president. ' Gray offered his resignation following accept ance, some months ago, of' a gov ernment post in Washington, - j i, A 23-year-old Denver man has admitted he rigged a bomb which blew up an airliner! killing his mother and 43 other plane pas sengers, The FBI solved the mys tery pf the Denver plane crash and arrested John Gilbert Graham, who confessed to using 25. sticks of dy namite making . homb which he hid. in tho. luggage placed aboard : the plane by hig mother. Graham will be tried hy the State 'ot Colh rado on charges of hurder. ' ; Tcvit Beard In " V " Hertford's Town Board held its rr-"br 'November meeting on V ' j at the Municipal I " j ,.- !".:. j a number of rou f a r ,..ted to the Com- Mayor V. N. Darden reported to V e Board on the progress being ';ni ' " ' - ' a number of J r Lues v; i 'II ' ' ! . Uli! Jl'll TIIIS VMS ' HEADLINES v t Hertford, 1- - r, . 1 "HONORED GLORY" For 34 years, men in the uniform of tie C.S. Army have kept watch at the ' Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Here Sergeant Walter A G. Stroh maier, Corporal of the Guard, center,, performs the ritual of the changing of the guard as Private -Herbert F. Weiland, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., right, replaces. Private Fjjrat Class John D. Gira of Yonkers, N.Y. Each sentinel walks guard for an hour, his solitary vigil a living reminder of the tribute a na tion inscribed on the tomh: "Here Rests In Honored Glory A SHier Known But to God." SaleOf Christmas November 16 marked the open ing date of the 49th annual Christ mas Seal Sal throughout Perquim ans County, it was reported by W. Jarvis Ward,. chairman of the drive in which the county has been as signed a quota of $1,300. " r Mr. Ward said 1,886 Christmas seal letters have been prepared and mailed, to'residents of Perquimans, giving each aud4verypers6n an opportunity to buy and se thes little seals 'during tiie Christmas sbasoii. fi' '.t-;J;;i..i'4;;s'; ''t;t.-- ". i;The! 1955 Christmas- Seals are more than stickers. Jean Simpson, one of the youngest artists, bom in Philadelphia, designed the two com. panion seals, one showing a li tHe boy against the 'blue of the winter sky, the other a little girl against a -background of apple green, v In announcing the opening of the sale! Mr. Ward said, "for years Americans have been using Christ mas "Seals to symbolize their con tributions toward stamping out tu berculosis, a future for children like the ones on the stamps. Chil dren free from a disease piled tu berculosis, and Miss Simpson best expressed by painting these chil dren healthy, -secure and bursting with job and hope for a future that should be theirs, . ' V Education Vesk Topic At Meeting Of llsrtf ord PTA Mrs. Wilson Dillon, speaking on the topic 'of American Education Week,- presented the- program at the November meeting of the Hert ford" PTA, held Thursday night of last week in the auditorium of the Hertford Grammar . School. ! : Mi's. Dillon ..urged the parents to .visit the schools in order to secure a greater knowledge as to the opera tions of the school systems. ' 1 ' -Mrs. Jack' Brinh presided-. over the business session of he meet ing during which . she urged the .members to save, merchandise, .cou. pons for the use of the PTA. I -" E. C; Wooaard, PTA Boyj-Scoul representative, asked-the group to donate art American1 Flag' and. a Boy .Scout Flag"- to .the focal Scout troop. - ; ; ' " ' s ' .'- Mrs. Jim Bass gave a reading on "Thanksgiving". '. s v Eeports were given 1by members on the progress of securing renew-. ali to The Perquimans Weekly, and solicitors were urged to complete the canvass of their territory in or., der to have full reports on Novem ber 28. t- . ' The meeting was closed with the FTA members visiting. the class rooms and e: j'-i'ing a. social hour in the school c U leria. ", ' OmmIm Im flVAIVIIIIAA I ThrniiffhniifPnimfii 1 V1 -JJ III! UUgllUUlUUUIIlJ Perquimans County North Carolina, Friday, Navy Reveals Plans N; G. Air Northeastern North Carolina, es pecially Perquimans- and ' Chowan Counties,, is being given serious consideration by the Navy Depart, ment in plans for expansion of its air facilities according to a report published this week in ; The Norfolk-Virginia Pilot 1 J aye in the "thirikimj! and1 planning stages, Recording to thNorfolk newspaper." These being expansion of the ait station at Edeinton and construction Of a seaplane base at Harvey. Point. Costs of the two projects will be in excess of sixty million dollars. 'yln connection with Harvey Point tho Virginia-Pilot reporteda high ranking Navy official confirmed that the Harvey Point site is a "logical possibility" for the plan ned new seaplane base, needed within the near future 'of opera tions of -the newly developed Mar tin P6M SeaMaster, a four-jet bomber, type water craft. "One of the basic reasons for the selection of Harvey Point," the re. port stated, "is its remoteness from cosmopolitan areas." Operations of the SeaMaster would be limited or almost impossible) the Pilot said, in congested residential and industrial areas. ?''-. -' The Harvey Point area was sub. mitted as-a possible site for the new seaplane base when the Navy asked for recommendations for a seaplane base meeting the require ments. .-,!'; '.''..'"'' -k ' 1 A feasibility study of the Harvey Point site is now under way and according to the Pilot it is likely a decision will be made on the mat ter very soon due to' the Navy needs."- y;; i'.';.-'!' .;"'. Full development of lhe Edenton base is expected to make that sta- Ltion comparable in size to' the Oce. ana Jet Base near Norfolk, which cost 70 million dollars. The development of the two pro. jecte, if given final approval, is expected to take some' five years. S-D Day Scheduled For Thursday, Dec. 1 11 Thursday, December! l,wiH be S-D Day throughout America. S-D Day is -Safe Driving Day and mo. torists everywhere? are trged to join together to make, the day one free of traffic accidents.' 17,. ; '.The purpose of S-D Day, organ ized on a national, and local level with the full support of President Eisenhower and Governor Luther Hodges, is to, demonstrate th need for. recognition by every indivi dual of his personal responsibility for safe driving and safe walking. State Patrolman B, R. Inscoe stated the goal for S-D Day is not a single traffic accident during the 24-hour . period --iu .' "daylight - or darkness, ' ! ,? Mansion Of Facilities PTA Drive For ;i jfteMers of "The" fcera'ulmani ,1 I Weekly who desire to renew their suDscriptions tnrougn the rarent Teacher Association of Hertford and Central Grammar Schools and thus help these organizations to raise funds for FTA activities, are advised they must do so before Monday, November 28, The two PTA groups have been acting as subscription agents for The Weekly during the past three weeks, seeking renewals for this newspaper, but the drive will come to a close a week .from next Mon. dayj ,. Mrs. Jack Brinn of the Hertford PTA and Mrs. John Hurdle of Cen tral PTA, who have been directing the drive, urge their solicitors to complete a canvass of their terri tory immediately and be prepared to make reports on November 28, Weekly subscribers are again re minded, the management, in an ef fort to assist the PTA in this pro ject . Snd help the fund raising drive, has mailed no notices bf sub scription : expirations while the PTA solicitors have been working. No notices of expiration will be mailed before January 1., However subscriptions that have expired will be discontinued ad the close of the PTA campaign unless renewed through a PTA solicitor. Subscribers are urged to check the label on their paper, and if the subscription is expired to re new it through his or her local PTA, thus helping the groups to raise funds for school projects. Student Council To Present Play f'How Green Was Her Boy Friend ?" This alWmportant ques tion, which is - the title of this year's - Student Council plv at Perquimans High School, will be answered, at the end of th play when it is presented i. at the High School auditorium next Tuesday, JNovember 22. at 8 P. M, with a matinee at. 1:30' 1 ? : i rTh'enst includes Judy Winslow, William , Byrum, Edgar Fields, Charles Johnson, . Wallace Baker, Lillian Ann . Hofler, .Evamreline Saunders, Mable Keel, Shelby Jean Overton, Lois Violet WwsloW and Annie Lou Lane. . ""vi'i A !;v ;e Friends ? and ' patrons of school will- 'be interested in this play; from which the proceeds help to support the work of the Student Council. The ' public la' urged to attend," 1 ' ' 1 '"' Weekly Renewals Ends November 28 November 18, 1955 Methodist Church H:!dCEntennizl Celebration Sunday Between 500 and 600 people at tended the centennial celebration at the Hertford Methodist Church last Sunday, when the church observed its 100th year of service to this community. Many members and visitors from distant points assem bled to join in the celebration and refresh their memories of former days and enjoy the get-together which featured a sermon by the Rev. M. Y. Self, former pastor of the church. The centennial celebration open ed at 11 A. M., during which spe cial music was rendered by the church choir. Following the ser mon by the Rev. Mr. Self brief messages were delivered by the Rev. D. M. Sharpe and the Rev. B. C. Reavis, also former pastors of the church. of congratulations and good wishes for the church were delivered by the Rev. Paul Shultz, rector of Holy Trinity Church and the Rev. James O. Mattox, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church. A real old-fashioned basket lunch was served at the church following the morning services, and this was enjoyed by the members and their guests. . Each member and guest attend ing the celebration was presented an interesting history of the church whichjwas compiled by Mrs. C. T. Skinner, Sr., and printed in pam phlet form by L. C. Winslow. The history set out the church was or ganized in 1822-23 as Hertford Sta. tion and showed a steady growth down through the years to its pres. ent membership of 550. Also of in. terest was a display of historic ob jects and pictures connected with the church. The centennial celebration was closed at the evening .service at t-M ifiitoch withthe ijireseutaiion, of a pageant '"The Challenge f" the" (Sfoss," which was under the di rection of Mrs. B.. G. Koonce. The Rev. I. S. Richmond is the pastor of the church. LanefiitesHeld Last Saturday . Funeral services for James Elihu Lane, age 50, who died suddenly Thursday morning at 9:15 o'clock while at work at his office near his home in- Woodville, were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the People's Methodist Church witih the Rev. D. B. Cruise, pastor, of ficiating. Miss Ann Ferrell and Miss Shir, ley Mae Bundy sang "Good Night and Good Morning," and "Beyond the Sunset" was sung, by Kenneth Winslow. . Mrs. Melvin Doxey ac companied at the piano. . The casket was covered with a pall made of red roses and fern. Active ' pallbearers were Henry Winslow, Pete Bundy, Clarence By rum, D. T. Whitehurst, N. C. Lara bee and William Cartwright. Mr. Lane was a native of Per quimans County and had operated a grocery store and saw mill at Woodville for a number 6f years. He was the -son of Judd Lane and the late Bell Meads Lane and a member of the People's Methodist Church. , Besides his father he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Russefl Lane; two sisters, Mrs., Wilbert Newbold of Route 2, Elizabeth City and Mrs. .0. B.( Jordan of Smith, field, Va.; and one brother, Char lie 'Lane of Route 3, Hertford.' V s Burial followed in Jfew Holly wood Cemetery in Elizabeth City. Business Houses To Observe Thanksgiving ; Hertford stores and business houses will observe thes Thanks giving holiday next Thursday, No vember 24 by staying -closed all day it was reported today. W, W. White, Hertford Postmas ter, stated the local Post Office 211 ; observe1 ; the usual holiday ledule of operations. -Stamp windows win be closed all day but mail will be received and dispatch ed from the office on a holiday schedule. ' ' November Term Gf Superior Court To Convene Gn Mon. Seal Artist Jean Simpson designed the 1955 Christmas Seals now being sold throughout the United States by the voluntary tuberculosis associ ations to raise funds to fight TB, A native of Philadelphia, she is a free-lance artist and illustrator in New York. ' N.C. Soybean Crop Down 12Per Cent Reports from goweia, as of No vember 1, indicate a soybean crop of 4,132,000 bushels, according to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. This is 12.0 per cent be low the 1954 crop of 4,720,000 bush, els. If the November 1 estimate is realized, production is expected to be the lowest since 1949 except for 1953 when 4,076,000 bushels were produced. The currently estimated yield pe, acre of 145, busheJs4prtpares with. 16.0 last year1 arid hvig low est since 1948. ' ' Storms ' followed ' by excessive rainfall during the crucial produc tion period did considerable dam age to the crop iiy the t Coastal Plains area. However, some fields of soybeans are producing fair to good yields. Expected yields from the Piedmont section are consider, ed good although the acreage for beans is very small when compar ed with the Coastal Plains area, -i Indians Close Grid Season On Against Camden 1 1 The ' Perquimans Indians will ring down the curtain on their 1955 football season Friday night when they meet Camden High School on Memorial Field in Hertford with game time set at 8 o'clock. Originally, the Indians were scheduled to play Morehead City but this game was cancelled due to Morehead City playing for state honors in the eliminations, and Io. cal school officials secured the Camden team to furnish the oppo sition for the Indians' final con test of the season. - The contest against Camden will be the final scholastic game for a number of the Indians including Linesmen Billy Bray, Brown, Mel ville Williams, Corbin Cherry, Bob. by Matthews, Wayne White, Umphlett and Back Stanley Pierce. : In -a non-conference game last Friday night Coach Ike Perry'B squad went down to defeat by a score of 27-7 against' a- superior Elizabeth City outfit The Yellow Jackets, with one of their better teams this year, were blanked dur ing the first period by a stubborn Indian defense. ' Elizabeth City gained a 14-0 edge by half time, scoring two TD's during the second quarter. The first score came on a pass play from McGee to filler and the sec ond coming on a line play by Mc G,ee. : .:, -",-'' .; ': ? The Jackets scored -their third touchdown on a 43-yard run by HiL gert shortly after the opening of the third period. Both teams scor ed in the final quarter with Eliza, beth City's Boyce scoring from 4 5 Cents Per Copji Superior Court will convene here v for its November term next Mon day morning with Judge Chester ' Morris .presiding, it was reported by W. H. Pitt, clerk of court. A docket of 17 criminal cases and eight civil actions has been com piled for the court term and court officials are doubtful if the docket can be concluded during the term ' due to the Thanksgiving holiday which will fall on Thursday. Defendants charged in criminal warrants, scheduled for hearing ' during the term are for speeding, Rodney Brickhouse, Joseph Him- helberber, Nathan S. Riddickj for driving drunk, Walter Hobbs and l Tommie Cooper; for breaking and ' entering and larceny, George True blood, James Johnson and Ernest Moore; driving after license revo cation, Robert Ward; assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious bodily injuries, Willard Stallings; forcible trespass, Frank Jessup; escape, Jerry Duncan; crime against nature, Herbert Brown, Ne gro; possessing non-tax-paid liq uor, Leslie Wilson and Elsie Har ris, Negroes. Jurors selected to serve during the term are: E. N. Miller, James P. Dail, Thomas Proctor, Harvey Chappell, E. L. Hurdle, Jr., Lloyd Stallings, Mrs. Ef f ie Layden, Nathan N. Trueblood, W. E. Matthews, Sr., Trotma,n Miller, Maurice Byrum, John Donchise, Ben Owens, Nixon Hollowell, Walter Cartwright, James Wilder, Jarvis G. Ward, Adrian Smith, Sr., Mrs. Winford Riddick, Charlie Elliott, Robert Robbins, O. W. Winslow, Mrs. Nora Smith, Julian O. Howell, Lee E. Riddick., Wilson Hollowell, Loiinie Charles E. Winslow, J. M. Mat thews, Joseph Bullard, James A, Overton, Linwood Lamb, Thorn aa Dail, G. C. Buck, Jadie Lane, Watt Copeland, W. S. Evans, William C. Lane, Mrs. Nellie Sumner, Lucious Chappell, Howard E. Copeland, William E. Hobbs, Jarvis D. Wins low, T. Julian Long, Wayland Cart wright, Joseph L. Barclift, A. R, Winslow, Jr., Murray Moore, Char. lie Stallings, Jr., and Emmett Landing. yards out on a line smash. Dave Eure climaxed a 95-yard Perquim ans drive by sweeping over the goal from the one-yard line; Pierce passed to Williams to convert the extra point for Perquimans. McGee and Myers were outstand-, ing on defense for Elizabeth City while Williams and Cherry were best for the Indians and Pierce, Eure and Matthews were offensive stars for Perquimans. Christmas Checks Around 400 checks amounting to approximately $22,000 were placed in the mails Wednesday by the Hertford Banking Company to close out the bank's 1955 Christ , mas Savings Club, it was announc ed by R. M. Riddick, Jr., presi dent of the local bank. " The checks were mailed to mem bers of the 1955 Christmas Club, and represented savings of the club members during the past year. To. tal savings through the plan this year were greater than last year according to Mr. Riddick. t , New savings clubs for 1956 will be opened immediately at the local bank and the public is invited to join in this savings plan, which will run for a period of 50 weeks. MASONS TO MEET .The Perquimans Masonic Lodg-j No. 106, A..F., & A. Mj will nieeij Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock, . Friday Bank Pays Out
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