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THE .'PERQUIMANS WEEKLY 4 ) Volume XXIIL Number 8. TIMED TO PERFECTION Someone in Pesaro. Italy, has all the1 time in the Adriatic beach resort on his hands. He needs it, to keep this shrubbery clock in . tick-tock order. Dwarf shrubs form the numerals, flowers the center of the dial and white sand completes the face of the gar dener's masterpiece. Solicitors Report $1282 Contributed To March Of Dimes Perquimans County's ' March of Dimes fund has reached the; lota of $1,282.05, according to Henry C ' Sullivan, campaign fund treasurer, who stated a few-scattered reports yet to be made might swell the . amount a few more dollars. Expressing their appreciation for the response given by the public to this campaign, Mrs. C. M. Wil- . liford, drive chairman and Mrs. Corbin Dozier, chairman of the county polio committee, thanked the solicitors and contributors for the part played in making the cam paign, the success it was. Contributions reported to Mr. ' Sullivan were as follows: Hertford business district,- $316.50; . Solicit ; ervMrs. ;lt. : Biggers, $40; Mrs. .Emmet.J Landing1, $8; Mrs. Tom - Byrum, $5.56"rT&rSj6ie"SuTTOfi; $30; Mrs.'Nita Newbold, $65.73; Mrs. Charles Williford, $32.50; VFW, $35; Mrs." W. C. Dozier, $24.29; Mrs. Simon Chappell, $7.80; Mrs. Elizabeth Skipsey, $63; Mrs. Bill Divers, $9.05; Lillian A. Hof ler, $8.35; Mrs. W. M. Matthews, $21.55; Mrs. R. L. Hollowell, $25; Mrs. At Kenton, $12.10; Mrs, Jim mie Stallings, $41.60; Mrs. J. L.i Harris, $3.55; Mrs. A. F. Proctor, $2.50; Miss Ruth Tucker, $9.50; Clinton Eley, $32; Mrs, Glenn Mat thews, $5.10; Mrs. A. H. Edwards, $28.35; Mrs. B. G. Koonce, $30.10; Eastern Star, $3.95; Mrs. Joe Hol lowell, $24; BPW Club, $5. Contributions collected at the State Theatre, $41.39; Perquimans High School, $5.27; Hertford Gram mar School, $20; King Street School, $30. The American Legion and Boy Scouts reported $84.34 from the sale of Blua Canes. ' ' v Mrs. M, ; B. ' Taylor reported $55.13 from the following sources: (Continued on Page Three) Auxiliary Play Is Termed Hig Success A home-talent play, presented here . last 'Thursday. night,v was termed a huge success by members of the Auxiliary of ttje.Wm, Paul Stallings Post of the 'American Legion, which sponsored the show. : The play, directed, by Tommy V Maston, was well received by the ' huge audience gathered in the au ' ditorium at Perquimans High School. - Officers of the ' Auxiliary ex pressed their appreciation to the public and to the individuals tak ing part in the show for making the play a big success, and assist ing the -Auxiliary' to net a nice amount of money '.which will be used by. the Post in carrying out , projects during the coming year.; Store Remodeling Grocery Department -J. C. Blanchard & Company Is changing its --grocery department from counter service to the self service type, It was reported this 1 week bv L. C. Winslow. manacrer '' of the firm. .The store is now un dergoing a remodeling project, aim ed at converting the grocery de partment - The change-over is ex- pected to be completed sometime ' -1 week. . .- . WB - 'mam Farm Home Destroyed By Fire Last Sunday A fire, believed to have started from an oil stove, destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Mat- ! thews, Route one, Hertford last Sunday afternoon. The Hertford Eire Department was called to the scene at about 4 o'clock and fought the blaze for some two hours but an insufficient water supply, ham pered the efforts of the firemen and resulted in the loss of the residence. An assistance call was made to the Edenton Fire Department but the truck failed to arrive at the scene due to the inability of a; lead er failing !to loca'te ithe residence. A report stated the family, as-, slsted" bjHefgnbJrsy'. were" ble to save some of the household furnish jngs from the blare. , Grammar School Benefit Project Proving Popular Excellent cooperation is being received in the drive being con ducted to raise funds for extra cur ricula!' articles for the Hertford) Grammar School, it was reported today by the Hertford Jaycees and VFW, co-sponsors of the project, More than '500 tickets to the benefit basketball game, to be play ed Tuesday, March 6. between members of the VFW and Jaycees, have been sold by the project spon sors, and it is the hope of the spon sors at least 1,000 tickets will be sold by game time. All proceeds from the sale of the tickets, will . be donated to the Hertford Grammar School for the purpose of replacing similar items lost in the school fire on January 9. . Fifty-six local merchants and business houses have joined with the sponsors to make this benefit a huge success, by donating door prizes to be awarded at the bas ketball game. These prizes are on display in the window of the W. M. Morgan Furniture Company, and they are attracting considerable at- j tention from the public, . Members of the VFW and Jay cees are attempting to give resi dents of the county, an opportunity to contribute to this worthy cause. They have been selling tickets to the ball game for- the past three weeks, and will conduct a house to house canvass this week and next to push the sale of tickets. -- Individuals who do not have an opportunity to purchase a ticket, nor attend the ball game, but who desire to contribute to this project may do so by sending their contri-1 butlons to J. W. Dfllon or Henry C. Stokes, Jr., at Hertford. ; AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in a joint session with the American Legion on Thursday night, March i, at 8 o'clock at the Municipal Building.' All members are urged .to attend. - - - a Hertford, THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES A Congressional committee is conducting an investigation of the lobby influence on members of Congress which is expected to lead to a full-scale probe. The action follows charges made in regards to passage of the gas bill, which was vetoed by the President. One ob jection being raised in the discus sions concerns campaign contribu tions made to Congressmen up for election. Peanut acreage allotment for North Carolina has been increased, for. 1956, by 13.7 per cent, it was reported from Washington on Wed nesday. Revised notices of allot ments are to be mailed to produc ers, affected by the order, within the next few days, the report an nounced. New storms striking wide areas in Europe have pushed the death toll to 747, a London report said' on Wednesday." Millions of Europeans have suffered from the worse win ter of the century with heavy snows blocking relief efforts to supply food and-supplies to sec tions isolated by recent blizzards. Newsmen, assigned to President Eisenhower while he visits in Geor gia, were told this week to stop pressing for announcement of the President's second term plans. Press Secretary James Haggerty told the reports that.Mr. Kiscnhow- er will make his announcement at "his time and noltody else's." Bus Driver's Club Feted At Banquet Perquimans High School's bus driver's club conducted its annual banquet at the school cafeteria on Tuesdaty night of this week when 64 members of the club had a number of special guests to help celebrate another year of school bus operation; which was reported as an excellent one in the promo- i tion of safe driving. D. A. Carver, president of the club, introduced the Rev. James O. Mattox, who was guest speaker for the program. Mr. Mattox urged the club members to observe the rules of Christian living, . just as they do the rules for safe driving, to secure greater benefits from life. Mrs. Alice E. Futrell, Field Rep resentative for the Safety Division of the Motor Vehicle Department, told the club members of two schol arships to be awarded North Caro lina school bus drivers and rcveal- ed the plans for awarding these , u i u- ol V . scholarships. She urged each member of the Perquimans Club to strive toward competing and win ning these awards. In addition to, Mrs. Futrell and Mr. Mattox, "other guests at the banquet' were Edwin S. Whiter school committeeman, S. M. Long! member of the , Board of Education, W. S, Long, president of the Lions Club, Cpl. R. C. Tripp and Patrol man B. R. Inscoe of the Highway Patrol, Max Campbell, and mem bers of the school 'faculty, MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F, St, A. M., wfll meet Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge room at the Court House. Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, Church Conference At Belhaven Next The Elizabeth. City District Methodist conference will be held at Trinity Church in Belhaven on Tuesday, vFebruany 28 at 3 P. M., it is announced by the Rev. C. Freeman Heath, district superin tendent. Heath said that all pastors, Sun day School superintendents, lay leaders, presidents of Woman's Sov cieties of Christian Service, presi dents of the Wesleyan Service Guilds, lay delegates to the annual conference, district stewards, dis trict trustees, chairmen of official boards and elected delegates would be expected to attend. The conference sermon will be pieached by the Rev. Key W. Tay lor, pastor of the South Mills Charge, and president of the com mission on town and country work of the North Carolina Conference. The Rev. Tom A. Collins, exec utive secretary of the conference boa nl of missions, will report on progress and plans in the field' of church extension. The Rev. Romey Pitt Marshall, editor of the North Carolina Chris tian Advocate, will be presented to the conference, and will speak briefly. 4 Keports of the different boards will be presented in mimeograph- d form. Fred Hitter or Ahoskie district lay leader, will present the program of the layment; Mrs, N. L M-ixon of Washington will bring greetings from the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service; Mrs Archie T. Lane, Jr., of Hertford, new president of the Wesleyan Ser vice Guild, will be introduced; th Rev. E. G. Purcell, Jr., of Ahoskie, district director, will speak for the nroeram of evangelism in the diii- trict; the Rev. O. Kelly Ingram of --:!-. .i: i. . .. r 5i Sunday School work, and Advbijatjs director will represent, the work of education; the Rev. H.- A. -Bjzzblf, Jr., of Gatesville, district director of missions and church extension will introduce the Rev. T. A, Col lins and briefly outline the work of his board. Special music will he furnished by the Trinity Methodist Church choir of Belhaven. Outbreak Scarlet Be Subsiding Here An epidemic of Scarlet Fever reported here last Friday, appear ed to be subsiding by Tuesday of this week, according to reports re ceived at the local Health Depart ment. , Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health officer, announced last Friday that 10 mild cases of the disease had been reported up to that time to the health office, and steps were being taken by health and school officials to prevent further spread of the disease. A total of 15 cases were report ed within Perquimans County; how ever, only one new case was report ed on Monday. On last Friday, Dr. McGuire said "Since most children in school have already been exposed, we see no reason to close the schools at this time." School children, however, were advised by school principals to re main at home if they felt any symptoms of the illness. The health official urges all par- - r ,.u:l.l ...uu . i . , . , ... ... , .. I,n" fever, with or without skin rash to call their family physician early and to not send the children to school. The disease is not seri ous if properly treated early, but it can become serious if untreated. BAKE SALE Members ''of the St. Catherine Auxiliary of the Holy Trinity Epis copal Church will- hold a bake sale Saturday morning at Perry Elec tric Shop on Church Street. ! EASTERN STAR MEETING !: The Hertford Chapter of the Or der of the Eastern Star will hold a meeting Monday night, February 27, at 8 o'clock in the lodge room at the Court House. All members are urged to be present, - Tuesday Afternoon NOSE WARMER This RC-121 isn't too big for its hangar at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The building is specially designed to house the huge, four-engine radar search planes in this manner. Crews can work under shelter as they check equipment-jammed nose portions of the ships. WHen on patrol, the huge ships extend our radar warning network far out to sea along the nation's east coast. Variety Of Cases On Court Docket Here Last Tuesday A varied docket consisting of 13 cases was disposed of in Perquim ans Recorder's Court here Inst Tuesday before Judge Charles K. Johnson. A 12 months road sentence was meted out to Levi lievells, Negro, who entered a plea of guilty to two charges of trespass and one charge of larceny of a bicycle. -The sen tence was ordered suspended upon payment of a fine of $200 and costs . of court, Judge Johnson ordered Belmont Perry to write a theme of not less than 300 words on the subject of "Why I must not speed in a resi dential section," after Perry .-wad-found, guilty jpn a charge ofJ sieed irtg i'h''townVr Foi'i fiiilure to sub mit the theme the defendant is to pay a fine of $20 and costs. A verdict of not guilty was or dered in the case in which Edward Etheridge, Negro, was charged with driving drunk. ' Lonnie Johnson, Negro, paid a fine of $2 and costs of court af ter submitting to a charge of be ing drunk. Lovett Smith paid a fine of $100 and costs of court after entering a plea of guilty to charges of driving drunk. Leslie Wilson, Jr., Negro, was found guilty on charges of larceny. He was ordered to pay a fine of $15 and costs of court. A two-day jail sentence, already served, was the judgment in the case in which Clyde Nixon, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Robert Pool, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of being drunk. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and court costs. Jarvis Newby, Negro, was found not guilty on charges of failure to give proper traffic signals while driving. John Owens was found not guilty on a charge of following too close to another vehicle. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case in which Clar ence Burke, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of assaulting his wife. William Jenkins, Negro, was giv en a 60 day sentence to be suspend ed upon payment of a fine of $50 and costs after pleading guilty to charges of being drunk and resist ing arrest. : Henry Jackson, Negro, was or dered to pay the costs of court af ter pleading' guilty to a charge of assaulting his wife. STUDY GROUP MEETING SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK The Woman's Society' of Wood-' land Methodist Church will have a study group meeting at the church February 29, at 10:30. The. group will study "To Combine Our Ef- J forts for Lasting Peace," which is being taught by Mrs. Eddie Har rell .:'.-!.:: The devotional will be given, by Mrs. Earl Meekins. A special invitation is extended to alt women who have not studied this book to come and study with the group. Each one is asked to bring lunch and drinks will be fur nished -by the church. February 241956. Indians Win r The Perquimans Indians advan ced to the .second round of the Al bemarle Conference basketball tour ney, being played at Tarboro, Wed nesday night by defeating the Tar boro boys by a .score of 62 to r,H. Matthews led the Perquimans scor- ing with 20 points with Baker hit- : i : e , ni i mig i or 10. inc victory moves ine Indians against the Edenton Aces for second round contests to be played Thursday night. The Indian Squaws were elimi nated from the tournament, when they lost a hard fought contest to the Plymouth girls by a score of 32 to 50. Indians -Squaws Lose Final Games To Gatesville High Closing out their 1956 basketball schedule last Friday night, the In dians and Squaws of Perquimans High dropped a twin bill to the Gatesville boys and girls. Gates ville boys won by a two point mar gin 56 to 54 while the Gatesville girls scored a 42 to .'!(( victory. The Gatesville boys scored a" field goal with only 15 seconds left to. play, gaining possession after Perquimans had lost the ball out of bounds. Perquimans jumped into a 10 to 11 first, period lead but Gatesville cut it to 24-23 at half time. Gates ville led 42 to 40 at the end of the third period. Pittman led Gatesville with 20 points, followed by Harrell with 14, Goodwin 12, Eura 8 and Doughtie 2. Melville Williams paced Per quimans with 16 while Tommy Matthews had 13, Don Baker and Julian Howell 12 each and Billy Bray 11. In the girls' game Gatesville led all the way, 12 to 4 at the end of the first period, 23-11 at half time and 36-20 at the end of the third period. , Ayscuc led Gatesville with 18 points, followed by Pierce with 13, Hobbs 10 and Smith 1. Bagley top ped Perquimans with 9 with Russell and Hollowell having 8 each and Williams 5. W.J. Davis Elected W. J. Davis was elected presi dent of the Hertford Rotary Club, for the year starting July 1, at a meeting of the club held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. He will succeed A. W. Hefren who is the outgoing president of the club. Other officers selected for the civic group were C. P. Morris, vice president; Dr. A. B. Bonner, Julian C. Powell and C. R. Holmes, di rectors, and W. J. Kanoy, secre- . tary-treasurer. ' President Rotary Board Negotiates Purchaseof Site For New School Bldg. Central PTA Meets Next Monday Night The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans Central Gram mar School will meet 'Monday evening, February 27, in the audi torium of the school. The White Hat-Snow Hill com munities will have charge of the program. The devotional will l(. conducted by Arvin Hudson. Miss Ethel Margaret Kure will render special singing. Mrs. Eddie Harrell will speak on the observance of a PTA Founder's Day. AH the past, presidents of the local PTA are urged to attend this meeting as well as all paimts and interested people. More Volunteers Needed For Local Observation Post Due to the lack of enough men to man the observation post from 12:00 midnight to fi:00 A. M., the Perquimans County Ground Obser ver Corps is now working 18 hours instead of the 24 it began with. The plans are now for the post to resume 24 hour duty as soon as enough volunteers for the mention ed hours can be obtained in order that just a few people won't have to pull so many hours. Since it is very important that the post be in constant operation for the GOC to be effective in the defense of; the country, it is hoped that the peo ple' wili' volunteer their seriHce,!. Volunteers who have been serv ing and who have not been previ ously listed are as follows: Misses Dillwyn Denton, Valeria White, Mesdames Francis Nixon, Craig Harrell, J. C. Marlowe, R. C. Mur ray, T. G. Howard, W. J. Davis, Kaymnnd Winslow, Oscar Fclton, .1. L.' Harris, A. R. Winslow, Tom White, Mrs. A. H. Edwards, Mrs. Bill White, Haywood Divers, E. C. Wondard, Jimmy Stalling, Burnicej Inscoe, Maude Lane, Louis Tar kington, Cecil Winslow. Also, Mesdames Bill Cox, J. T. Riggers, Murriel Layton, Melvin Kure, Bobliy Elliott, Harry Wins low, Fred Matthews, Sr., and Mtss Juanita. Divers and Miss Kacky i Nixon. Fred Matthews, Jr , Charles Murray, Jimmy Wheeler, Sonny Matthews, Vivian Darden, Walter Edwards, Moody Matthews, Jr., Emmett Landing, Julian Powell, Bobby Elliott, James Divers, Tal mage Rose, Claude Brinn, B. L. Gibbs, Joe Caravello, Alton Dan iels, J. W. Dillon, T. P. Byrum, Noah Gregory, George Fields. Also Francis Nixon, Henry Stokes, Jr., Elliott Layden, J. R. Webh, Jesse Ray Mansfield, John Ward, Dr. A. B Bonner, Corbin Dozier, Sr., Archie T. Lane, Jr., Eddio Overton, Don Baker, Mel ville Williams, Charles Johnson, Crafton Mathews, Jr., Herbert Nix on, Jr., Percy Newborn, Bill White, Carlyle Woodard, Allan Bonner, Jr., Charles Whedbee, John Mat thews. Former Resident Dies In Norfolk Edward Wallis Mayes, 65, died in a Norfolk hospital Tuesday night at 8:30 following an illness of one week. He was a native of Petersburg, Va., but had lived for 21 years in Hertford where he was sawyer of the Major-Loomis Lumber Co. 'Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Estelle Jarrett Mayes; mother, Mrs. Senora Groom Mayes; four daughters, Mrs. E. L. Bass, Mrs. L. E. Holt, Mrs. R. W. Hamilton of Norfolk, and Mrs. J. A. Hooper of Elizabeth City; one son, Edward W. Mayes, Jr., of Norfolk; five sisters and six brothers.. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Norfolk at the Temple Baptist Church, ' . 5 Cents Per Copy ? A . friendly purchase agreement for 14.2 acres of the Pattie Wood -Warren land, adjacent to Woodland Circle, was concluded last Friday' ." afternoon between local school au-; thorities and the owners of the1 land, and adopted by the Board of Education which met in special ses- ,. sion last Friday night. Purchase price of the land, : sought by the Board of Education , as a site for the new Hertford Grammar School, was announced ag $24,500. The tract consisting of 14.2 acres -is owned by the heirs of the late"', Pattie Wood Warren and held by members of the Winslow and Gaither families. The Winslow. heirs own 9.2 acres of the tract and they will receive $13,500 for this portion of the land, while the Gaither family owns five acres of the tract for which they will be paid the sum of $11,000. Under the terms of the purchase agree ment, the Gaither family will re-s tain ownership of a house, now sit uated on the land, with this house, to be moved at the expense of the owners. Negotiations for the land, by the Board of Education, have been under way for several weeks, and the agreement reached last Friday will nullify action by the Board of Education in which the Board vot ed to bring condemnation proceed ings to secure the site. Reaching of the agreement as to the purchase of the land is expect ed to expedite the construction of the new school building. The Board of Education has already ap proved tentative sketches for the new building, and the architect is proceeding with drawing of plans for the construction. Meanwhile: plans are proceeding ' f6r the construction of the new Rirtreet heMjt fnWitioif. Vktvif for this construction have been sub mitted to the Board of Education, and funds have ' -en allocated by the State for the contract. , The Board of Education is hope-, ful work on this construction can be started about May 1, First Political Intention Made ByBillCopeland The first local political announce ment of this election year was made last Tuesday when J. Wil liam Copeland, of Murfreesboro, revealed he will be a candidate for the office of State Senator for the First District, in the Democratic primary on May 26. Mr. Copeland, who represented the district in the State Senate for tm.m. .till.!.. 10,10 1 InrA! v.... .nio HUllll AiTIO Hoy lOV, stated "if nominated and elected, i will serve the District and ouri state to the best of my ability." H Things have been quiet on the political scene this year, with less! than two months remaining fop candidates to file their intentions to seek office, reports from Ran: leigh indicate there is little liklj hood Governor Hodges will fact strong opposition in seeking a fulj term as Governor. There is a pos-; sibility that a race may shape utt for the office of Lieutenant Govw; ernor, but other state officiate are expected to be unopposed. On the local scene, thus farp there has been no announcement oi the part of candidates seeking county offices. Those to be filled by the election this year include, the County Representative, Regis; ter of Deeds, the offices of thei County Commissioners, County! Treasurer, Judge ofi Recorder e turner s to thai Court, and three members Board of Education. Mr. Bigrfirers Mother Passes At Charlotte Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bigger feed called to Charlotte last morning because of the death Mr. Biggers' mother, Mrs. J; Frai Biggers, who suffered a heart a tack. Funeral services were'co; ducted in Charlotte on Tuesday a ternoon. . it s . .,j jf,.U .