THE: PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume XXIL Number 49.
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Defeating Central
, The Indians and Squaws of Per.
quimans High School opened their
current basketball season with a
double victory over strong Central
High teams in games played Tues-
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score a 43-32 win over the Central
girls. . Barbara Russell with 32
. I points sparked the Perquimans of-
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' points and Phyllis Bagley scored
. one. :: The.Central girls, led by Dot
Brothers who scored 11 points, held
. a 17-11 SoaA rivet flio Smmwa nt
half time.
' During the second half the Pei'
.quimans defense, led by LaClaire
" and Judy Winslow, contained the
Central; offense and the Squaws
moved into a commanding lead
.:. which gave them the final victory,
s Coach Ike Perry's Indians show
, ed p.ospects for a good season
: , ahead ii ?iLing a 42-20 decision
over the tw ; sal boys. .'.
The boys contest, always a
thriller when these two teams meet,
was a see-saw battfle down to the
last whistle. Tommy Matthews
sparked the Indian offensive play
garnering a total of 16 points for
, high scoring honors of the game.
Three other Indians, Melville Wil
liams, Don Baker and Billy Bray
scored ieight points each for Per
' quimans. Julian Howell and John
ny Miller also saw action during
the contest.
Sharber was high for the Central
team, canning 10 points during the
contest -. ' '.
.. Loca fans will have the oppor-
in action on the' local court Friday
,, night when the ' Camden ' boys '.and
V. girls comeEere forawlouble::?.
1 " trlth fltRetl"hdIah8 f SqW
. -Game timel's set for 7:30 o'clock..;
Next Tuesday night the Indians
and Squaws Will play at Camden
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the Central teams will play lin
Hertford V '
House Destroyed; '
Another Damaged
By Fires Thursday
Losses estimated at several
thousand dollars resulted from two
fires ' reported here last Friday
;. morning. -
The first fire occurred at the
. home of Marie Jones, Negro, of
near Winfall. The blaze, its ori
gin unknown, had gained consid
erable headway before the local
.Fire Department wag notified and
v completely destroyed the house and
all personal effects of the resi
' dents.
Another fire, about .six years
ago, totally destroyed a house own-
ed by the Jones family, located on
the game site as the house lost
last Thursday night. -,
: The second fire here last week
y caused considerable damage to the
home of Fred Burke, Negro, on
Market Street. The fire resulted
from an overheated chimney and
it, also, had gained much headway
before being discovered, at about
1 o'clock A. M., Friday.
' The interior of the house was
badly damaged from the flames but
the firemen brought the fire un
der control shortly after arriving
on the scene. v
Open House Sunday
To Honor Counle
. ; The children of Mr, and Mrs. E.
R. Whedbee, Sr., will honor their
, parents at an opon house Sunday,
December 480 at ; their home in
Wood ville, " ' a v.- ,i ' i . ;;. ; ' '
The occasion wlK mark the hon-
ored couple's 50th wedding anni
versary. Hours for calling will be
from 2 until 5 o'clock. No Invita
tions are being sent but friends
and relatives are invited to attend.
Children of the honored counle
include Mrs. Joel HoHowell, Wil
liam Whedbee, Carlton Whedbee,
Luther Whedbee, Elsberry Whed
t", Jr.,Mrs. Louis Harrell, Mrs.
f I 1 Tlatthews. Mrs. R. E. Ko
w ' Mrs. A. T. Banks and Mrs.
h ..id Banks, i 1 , ' -
Squaws
jourc season
Conference Team
Three Indians On
Three members of the Perquim
ans Indians 1955 football team
were selected for honors as mem
bers of the Albemarle Conference
team at a meeting of the team
coachs held Wednesday night at
Edenton.
Tommy " Matthews and Wayne
White were selected on the all-conference
first team and Corbin
Cherry was named on the confer
ence second team.
Coach Ike Perry and Principal
E. C. Woodard represented the lo
cal school at the meeting.
Future For Area
A bright future exists for East
ern North Carolina according to the
Rev. Key Taylor, pastor of South
Mills Methodist Church, who was
guest speaker at this week's meet
ing of the Hertford Rotary Club. .
Mr. Taylor, an avid student of
population and economic - trends,
told the Rotarians that Eastern
North Carolina is again the fron
tier of the State. Studies show a
steady growth in population in this
area since 1000, and will continue
so through, the ' year 2,000 when
population of the urea is expected
to be double its present number. ,
Construction of rural . roads
throughout the'eastrn part of the
State, Mr. Taylor said, has opened
tremendous labor . DOol ' for
Stolne1r iwlusti lahe p&
dieted industrial development in
this area is practically assured due
to the saturation point rapidly be.
in ft reached in the Piedmont area.
Discussing population trends Mr.
'.Taylor said Eastern North Carolina
will continue to be a rural com
munity although actual farm pop
ulation will decline in years to
come. He pointed but rural roads
will permit a growth of non-farm
rural population, with many fami
lies living outside urban areas but
commuting to work In nearby
towns. ' ; '. ':
Mr. Taylor also predicted that
the water resources in Eastern
North' Carolina will be a key to
the future economic development
for the eastern area, especially port
facilities at Morehead City and
Wilmington.
Cotton Referendum
The Perquimans County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Committee Office this week
selected the members of Communi
ty Referendum Committees who
will be responsible for conducting'
the cotton marketing quota refer
endum throughout the county on
December 13. ' All members of the
referendum committee are farmers
eligible to vote in the referendum.
Many of the referendum commit
teemen are also elected Community
Committeemen.
Arrangements for the establish,
ment of polling places in all of Per.
quimans County's six cotton-grow,
ing communities have been com
pleted, Notices are now being
mailed to each farmer who has a
cotton acreage allotment, advising
him of the place where h may
vote in the referendum., Alt per.
sons who, as landlord, tenant, or
sharecropper, had an interest in
growing cotton in 1965 are eligible
to vote in the referendum. If there
is any question about eligibility,
farmers are asked to, check with
their County ASC Office.
The referendum will be held be
tween the hours of 8:00 A. M., and
6:00 P. M., on December 13 at the
following polling places: Belvldere
Community, L. L. ChappeU's store;
Nicanor Community, R. M. Baker's
store, Bethel Community, J. L.
Curtis' store; Hertford Community,
Agricultural Building; New Hope
Community, S. T. Perry's store,
and Park ville" Community, Fred
Rotary Speaker
Tells Of Bright
Winslow's store.
Hertford, Perquimans County,. North
Farm Agent Gives
RenortOnTripTo
By R. M. THOMPSON
Farm Agent
The week in Chicago with 4-H
Club delegate attending the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress wag full
of excitement and entertainment
for all the delegates. The trip
started with a luncheon in Raleigh
for all State winners. They pro
ceeded from Raleigh to Lynchburg,
Va., by bus, catching a pullman
train into Cincinnati. From there
they caught a day coach into Chi
cago arriving around 1:00 P. M.,
on Saturday, November 26th. Af
ter checking into the Conrad Hil
ton Hotel, the North Carolina dele,
gates were invited to a "Pop" con
cert on Saturday night and Sunday
morning there were Church ser
vices held for all the 4-H Club
delegates. The recognition of
State and National winners and the
banquets began on Monday morn
ing at 6:30 o'clock. Entertainment
was furnished at all banquets and
different sponsors sponsored each
meal from Monday through Thurs
I day night.
I Other activities during the week
included a trip to the International
Livestock Exposition at the Stork
Yard where all 4-H Club members
; were on parade; dances and folk
games were held for the delegates
and a tour through the city of
Chicago and the museum in the
city. The trip back for the North
Carolina Delegation was by plane
which they caught in Chicago at
8:00 A. M. They landed in Ra
leigh at 1:00 P. M.
The delegates from Perquimans
County were Rachel Spivey and
Bobby Smith who served as Group
Captains . of the North Carolina
delegation during the week they
were in Chicago, Rachel was the
youngest 4-H Club delegate from
North .Carolina. ' Each'1 'of these
delegates were given many gifts
plus a special banquet by their
sponsors. Some of the 4-H dele
gates appeared on television and
radio and held regular morning;
press conferences with leading-
newspapers throughout the United
States.-. -
"Even though the trip was pack
ed full with excitement and each
day the delegates were on the go
for around sixteen hours, I am sure
that each one of them would say
that their trip as a 4-H winner to
the National 4-H Club Congress is
worth all the time and effort they
have put in their projects," states
R. M. Thompson, Perquimans Coun.
ty Agent
Brinn Rites Held
Mrs. Lilliebetle Elliott Brinn, 80,
died Monday morning after a brief
illness at her home near Hertford.
She was th'e daughter of the late
'Jack H. and Arabella Virginia
I Winslow Elliott and wife of the
late Joseph Thomas Brinn.
She was a lifelong resident of
Perquimans County and a member
j of the Center Hill Methodist
Church.
, Survivors include three sons, Dr.
IT. P. Brinn, Robert Winslow Brinn
and Jack E. Brinn', all of Hert
ford; one daughter, Mrs. Reuben
Hooks or a reemont ana live grana.
children.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at
the Lynch Funeral Home by the
Rev. P. M, Porter, asisted by the
Rev..C. F. Heath.
: During the services the choir of
the Hertford Methodist Church
sang "Nearer My God To Thee."
The pall was of white mums and
snapdragons.
Pallbearers were Claude and
Robert Brinn, Robbins Blanchard,
T. P. Layden, Charlie Perry, Mar
vin Hunter, Chas. E. Johnson and
S. M. Whedbee.
" Interment was In Cedarwood
Cemetery. - ;
POST OFFICE OPEN NIGHTS
The Post Office at Durants Neck
will be open until 9 o'clock at night
(for the convenience of the people
i in doing their Christmas mailing.'
Tuesday Morning
GIANT'S PLAYTHING Resembling an out-of-this-world ver- ,
sion of a playground slide, this modernistic cement structure is a "
ski jump. Located in the Dolomite Mountains, near Cortina,
Italy, it is being readied for the 1956 Winter Olympic Games.'
Retail Sales Jump
79 Percent During
Last Seven Years
Retail sales in 1954 of 84 stores
in Perquimans County totaled $7,
940,000, according to preliminary
1954 Census of business figures
announced by the Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce.:
These figures reflect an increase
of 78.9 per cent over sales in this
county in 1948 by 107 stores of $4,1
439,000.
The report; revealed stores with
payroll in 1954 numbered 42 and
had 207 paid employees in Novenv
ber of last year. The reported part
roll, amounted to $403,000 and
these stores' accounted for sales of
$7,104,000. :
Proprietors of unincorporated
businesses numbered 83 for Pcr-
! quimans County.
The report listed the number of
stores and their 1954 sales, grouped
by major kinds of business as fol
lows: 20 Food stores ..,$1,113,000
4 Eating places - 124,000
9 General stores 720,000
3 Furniture, Appli. 167,000
5 Automotive : 1,989,000
15 Service Stations 402,000
8 Lbr., Hdw., Farm
Equip., Bldg. Equip. 2,469,000
16 Other stores 841,000
In order not to disclose sales in
individual stores, the report did not
reveal sales of stores of which
there was only one report made
from the county.
4-H Groups Hear
Talks On Wildlife
The 4-H Olub meetings in Per
quimans County of the week of No.
vember 28th were devoted to Wild
life and Conservation of Resourc
es. Miss Lunette Barber, who is
with the Wildlife Commission in
Raleigh, ' attended all of these
meetings and gave most interest
ing talks to each club on different
phases of conserving natural re
sources, In her illustrative ma
terials she showed products from
wildlife such as furs, bird nests,
and many outstanding pictures of
birds and animals. AH the 4-H'ers
seemed to enjoy Miss Barber and
the Agents felt that her talk would
interest the younger school chil
dren and so had her give the talk
in both the Central Grammar and
Hertford Grammar Schools to the
first four grades in one period and
to the 4-H age grades in another
period.' . "We believe that Miss
I Barber, with her talk, stimulated
a great interest among the groups
in wildlife and resources, and since
there was go much interest in her
talk we hope to have other outside
speakers at future meetings," stat
ed Mrs. ! Florence Webb, home
Miss - Barber left instruction
books -with all teachers in the
schools aS well as magazines and
has since then sent to. the schools
still more class room-material, f
BAKE SALE
The . St. Katherine's Auxiliary
will hold a bake sale at Perry Elec
tric Store at 10 o'clock Saturday,
December 10, ' v ," '
Carolina, Friday, December 9, 1955.
! THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Tho State Board of Kducation
Tuesday approved a plan for dis
tribution of 25 million dollars in
school building funds after a study
of nine months duration. Under
tho plan Perquimans County will
receive a total of $105,977.19. The
plan adopted for the distributiocris
based ' upon a county's need for
funds, its ability to pay and efforts
made by the county to meet its
needs. The funds to be distributed
are the remainder of the 50 mil
lion dollar bond issue voted by the
state two years ago.
A possibility that the Eisenhow
er Administration may restore 90
per cent price supports on top
quality products was reported from
Washington Wednesday in an an
nouncement by Secretary of Agri
culture Benson. Commodities to be
included, if the plan is adopted, will
bo wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts,
rice and tobacco.
A merger of the AFL-CIO La
bor Unions became a reality this
week but reports from New York,
where a labor convention is being
held for the purpose of organizing
the administration of the giant un
ion, state some problems are aris
ing as to officials who will direct
the huge new union.
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
will visit Washington early next
year to confer with President Eis
enhower on problems which have
arisen since the Geneva Confer
ence, following which it was defi
nitely determined the spirit of co.
existence between the East and
West is dead. Russian attitude
since the conference has been such
that political commentators report
Russia seemingly continues its tac
tics of the cold war.
The Virginia Legislature, meet,
ing in special session, voted a ref
erendum to be held throughout the
State on January 9, to determine if
the Virginia Constitution should ba
changed to provide public funds to
children to enable them to attend
private schools.
Ruritan Convention
Held Wednesday P. M.
; The annual convention of the Al
bemarle District of Ruritan Clubs
was held Wednesday night at Cam.
den High School with R. L. Spivey
of Durants Neck, District Govern
or, presiding over the business ses
ison of the convention. Approxi
mately 35 Ruritans from this coun
ty attended the event. The Rev.
(Ernest Emurian, pastor of the
Methodist .Church of Portsmouth,
Va., was the tpeaker for thu oc-
casioiu v ' t
Public Support
DrgedFor County
Blood Program
An appeal for public support of
tho Red Cross Blood program,
which provides for free blood
transfusions for hospital patients
from Perquimans County, was is
sued today by C. P. Morris, County
Red Cross Chairman, who announc.
ed the Red Cross bloodmobile will
visit Hertford next Monday, De
cember 12 to collect blood for con
tinuation of the program.
This trip of the bloodmobile is
actually a make-up trip to supple
ment the collection made here in
October when only eight pints of
blood were secured for the pro
gram. Headquarters for the bloodmobile,
Mr. Morris said, will be set up in
the Municipal Building in Hertford
between the hours of 10 A. M., and
4 P. M. He stated that the Coun
ty Red Cross officials hope a suf
ficient number of public spirited
citizens will volunteer as blood don.
ors to enable Perquimans County
to meet its blood quota.
A committee composed of Hilly
White, John Beers and Bobby Kl
liott are soliciting donors for the
program, but Mr. Morris said no
one needs a special invitation to
join this program. Individuals are
requested to come to the blood pro
gram headquarters next Monday
and volunteer their support of this
vital program.
Chairman Gives
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Christmas Seals
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Jarvis Ward, chairman of 1
Christmas Seals sales in I'erquilnj
ans County reported this week rV
sponse to the appear for
funds it
this annual drive has rcac hod thr
sum of $470, with the county's goal
set at $1,300. Of the 1.800 letters
mailed out to residents of Perquim.
ans only 395 have been returned
to the chairman.
In urging the public to buy and
use these tiny seals during the next
three weeks the chairman said:
"Christmas Seals and the work
they represent the year-in, and
year-out fight against Tuberculosis
are so familiar that most of the
people in the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden-Chowan
Counties ac
cept them without a thought to
what they represent, yet without
those bright little dabs of colored
paper they would be missed, and
the entire Tuberculosis control pro
gram would fold up."
If you have not yet sent in your
reply to the appeal, do so at once.
You will be add'ig your bit to help
in the fight against TB.
Ten Cases Before
RecordeftJudge
A docket consisting of 10 cases
was disposed of during the Tues
day session of Perquimans Record,
er's Court with Judge Chas. E.
Johnson presiding.
James Woodard was found guilty
on a charge of improper passing of
a motor vehicle. He was ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and costs. An
appeal was noted to Superior
Court.
A fine of $10 and costs were tax
ed against Emanuel Miller, Negro,
who entered a plea of guilty to
charges of destruction of property.
J. M. Spruill, Negro, paid the
costs of court after submitting to
charges of issuing a worthless
check. ' .
Preston Stevenson and Richard
Doriendt submitted to charges f
failing to observe a stop' sign ahd
each paid the costs of court.
Shirley Davis, Negro, was order,
ed to pay the costs of court after
entering a plea of guilty to charges
of being drunk on a highway. I
Costs of court were taxed
against 'Arthur Baines who sul
mitted to charges of permitting use
of cancelled registration plates.
Frank Coston, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty tqtharges of pos
sessing non-tpfpaid liquor and
possessing same for sale.. She waie
fined $7o and costs of. court, t, - ; .(
Board Nominates 3
Aoolicants For Job
As County Forester
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Claude Brinn New
District Chairman
Independent Unit
The National Federation of In
dependent Business, an organiza
tion composed entirely of independ.
cut business men and women has
announced through its District
Manager, Stanley Barr, that
Claude Brinn has been named (lis.
trfcil chairman for Perquimans
.twfc Brinn, a native of Hertford,
returned here from New.
pqrJ. NWs, Va., where he lived for
seVejuflj'ears. He is now engaged
,iH qpeigting the Brinn Mutual In.
ssywnce'Agency, a business he pur.
ha ;4m George Fields.
: 'Vpiests 'all county mem
v iFedei-atioh 'to mail bal
U!t't:Wl and 218 to his office
h Street, Hertford in
ttfd-iifct! may deliver the bal
lfttsv. Congressman Herbert C.
Bonner.
Jordan Funeral
Held Last Friday
Arthur William Jordan, 80, died
Thursday morning of last week at
his home in Perquimans County af.
ter a lingering illness. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Jordan.
Survivors include his wife, Mar
garet B. Jordan; two sons, William
Kenneth of Phoebus, Va., and Ar
thur Williams, Jr., of Route 1,
Hertford; two daughters, Miss
Margaret Ann Jordan and Miss
Carolyn Elizabeth Jordan of Route
1, Hertford; one brother, Ben Jor
dan of WinfaM; two sisters, Mrs.
Will Trueblood of Hertford and
I Mrs. Sue Thompson
of Elizabeth
City.
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l ull..!! hi-rvjiTs were vuiiuuciuu
at the Lynch Funeral Home last
Friday morning by the Rev. J. D.
Stoner. During the services the
Bethel Choir sang "Rock of Ages"
and "It is Well With My Soul."
Pallbearers were E. J. Proctor,
Emmctt Long, Edgar Long, Jarvis
Skinner, Clyde and Arthur Thomp.
son.
High Scout Award
Presented Sunday
. Bobby Matthews, Eagle Scout,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mat
thews, was awarded the "God and
Country Award" at the evening
service of the Hertford Baptist
Church. Bolby was the first Scout
in the Albemarle District to receive
this distinguished award. The pre-
sentation was made at the conclus-
J ion of 4 program centered around
the requirements for the award.
Bobby Elliott, Scoutmaster of
Troop 155 in Hertford, presented
the "God and Country" award to
Eagle Scout Matthews' parents
who pinned the badge on their son's
uniform. Scoutmaster Elliott gave
many examples of Bobby's out
standing Christian , leadfershin on
temping trips and troop meeting's.
5 Cents Per Copy
Acting to fill a vacancy, that of
t.h nnsitinn ns f!nnnfv PVitwiter "
the Board of Commissioners, meet,
ing here last Monday, approved the
names of three applicants for sub
mission to the District Office of
the Department of Conservation
and Development which will make
the final selection in filling. the twi.
siuon.
From a list of seven applications
the local Board approved those of
H. N. Nixon, Lewis Stallings and
Lawrence Perry. The applications
of these men will he sent to the
District Office in Elizabeth City
for further consideration.
A delegation representing the
County ASC Committee appeared
before the Board requesting im
provement be made to the heat
ing system in the Agriculture
Building, which houses the office
of the ASC. This group was advis.
ed that the heating plant has been
worked over and that the Board
has under advisement the replace.
date.
The Board voted to hold its Jan.
uary meeting on Tuesday, January
3, instead of the first Monday of
the month, which will be a legal
holiday.
In preparation for the annual
task of tax listing, which starts
January 1, the Board appointed the
following tax listers for the various
townships for the coming year:
Hertford, Percy Rogerson; Bethel,
Julian Long; Parkville, Dick Long;';
Belvidere, Mrs. Tim Perry; New
Hope, J. A. Sutton.
The Commissioners will meet
with the Tax Listers on Monday,
December 19, at which time in
structions and supplies will be giv
I en the, list takers for their duties
C. S. Mintz, District Farm Agent,
appeared before the Board and adi
vised the Commissioners that the
State Office is considering moving
Ralph Sasser, Assistant Farm
Agent here, to another county but
that a definite decision on the mat
ter, as yet, has not been made.
Hertford Japes
Plan Award For
YoungManOfYear
A search is on for Perquiman3
County's outstanding young man of
the year, who will receive the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce Distin
guished Service Award during na.
tional Jaycee week next month, it
was announced by Bobby Elliott,
chairman of the DSA committee'
for the Hertford unit.
Application blanks, to be used in
nominating candidates for the .
local committee, and clubs and in.
' dividuals having received these
blanks are asked to submit the
name of the candidate by the dead,
line date given on the application.
Selection of the recipient will be
made by a committee of local lead
ing citizens and the award is to be
presented after approval of the
committee's nominee by the United
States Junior Chamber of Com.
merce who affords the recognition
through the local organization.
The award will be presented Jan.
uary 18 to the young man the judg.
cs believe has contributed most to
the welfare of this community dur
ing the past twelve months. "And
the winner need not be a member
of Jayrees," Elliott said. '",'. V
At the same time as Hertford's
outstanding young man is honored
by the local Jaycees, more than 2.J
000 other young men will be rec
ognized in similar ceremonies by
Jaycees all over America.
Parkville Ruritans
To Assist Needy j
The Parkville Ruritan Club will
sponsor an auction sale at the
Winfall Community House on
Thursday night, December 15. All
proceeds from the event wffll be
used by the club in aiding needy
families of the cpmmunity during
the Christmas season. . ' .
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