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!' f Hertford; Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 11, 1956, 5 Cents Per Copy A. T.Loe Itemed PresfciitQf T. B. Association Tentative Budget: Items Considere:1 S:!:cts Officers -ill' 'if ' .-.'-, Z322 'i i M The Hertford Lions Club enter ed at a. dinner .party Friday lit at Perquimans Central Gram mar School.''. . - ' s .j -" r The occasion was the annual La dies' night combined with the cele bration of the 17th anniversary of the local club and a zone social meeting-with Lions and their wives from clubs in Elizabeth " City, Weeksville, Camden, and ' , Manteo : attending. . ';.-; i Presiding over the meeting, Lion ' W. S. Long, president of the Hert . ford Club, welcomed the guests. The response was given by Mrs. Joe Tunnell in the form of a poem. The. Rev. Philip Quidley, pastor of the Bethel and Burgess church es, entertained the group with two solos. He was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ralph White. '1 C- M. Halstead of Camden, zone chairman, introduced the. speaker, l.ion H. J. Dye of Elizabeth City, who In a short talk:, sparkled with humor, related every-human's de 'slre to be of assistance in some " way to his fellow man. He point ' ed out the fellowship found with ' in Lions International, based upon friendship, and, service to others. :' He had high praise for the Lions' - project of aid to the blind and said the success of this program calls .for each Lion to do his part. Paul R. Little, governor of Dis trict Sl-P of Lions International, -was introduced and presented at tendance buttons to 15 members of the club for perfect attendance for the past year. W. S. Long was presented a button for perfect at . tendance for -the past 10 years and Clinton. Eley was, presented a IS. year .perfect attendance, button. Li6n Norman Trueblood, state sec 1 ; rets -7 and oneof the charter m'em, .1 ' ' tftii dub was recognized; by V !rman and asked to make a few . ..rks."S'H urged tnembew to atteia the5s9ii...";irviiB7itrorfs-t (Carolina Beachnd at Miami. y I ; Door prizes were ?wn - by Earl i "Luter of WeeksviHe Mr. R. A.i - Willis of Hertford." '.1 "4 i The dinner waSi .served-- by-a ; group of women from Belvkiere. -. vi .' . '. ' " "' '' ' i'Ji',. County Officials Feted At Dinner . The annual commissioners' dih tier, was held, in conjunction with National Home Demonstration Week on Wednesday night, May 2, at the Bethel Community House. The Hopewell Home Demonstration Club prepared and served a deli cious turkey dinner to the group attending which consisted of the Countv Commissioners and their wives, County .Council Officers, Ex tension Workets . ajid their 'f4ves and husbands and" several other' in vited guests.- 'I .' j" Mrs. Colon J Jackson,.' a County Council President, "presided over s; the dinner and introduced the guest V speaker, Dr. Harold White, who, gave an inspiring- talk. . Special music was furnished by, the Keel . sisters, accompanied -by Letitia Ann McGoogan. Mrs. Harold White ? gave a short talk on what Home Demonstration Club work has meant to her which was most in tprexfincr. ' Following the dinner home agent, led in recreation which ! 8 group enjoyed very much. - Tirol rlC:n:?rs , . r 4 i i Tl-a 1 "on, r 1 " ,t u ne of the publi- C. r"na Enrich rf ''. c t'ri Sn esr-y 1 Tj-- h' 3 f f '55, en 'A .bilious V. or ' '3." Jp o t class of 'I ', t :?-d 't mention for ht r. -iu-c Vltled "A Kodei-i I-o- ,h teacliers of North Caro- --'iscripts writt-n l 't c'l --"8 to ,t' e I '.1 Ten." ers' , j.ni-frJpt is - i r r . . i' . b- The Hertford Methodist' Church was die scene of a lovely 'wedding on Sunday, May 9, at 4 :S0 o'clock in the afternoon when Miss Mar earet Ann Myers, daughter of Mrs.. Louie Del Myers, was united in marriage with Earlie L. Goodwin,, Jr.. son of Mr. Goodwin and the late Mrs. Goodwin. The Rev. James 0. Mattox, pas tor of the Hertford Baptist Church, performed the . service using :.(the double ring ceremony. : " "" The church was beautifully de&v orated with fern, palms, .Cathedral candles 'and a basket of white gladioli and white pom pom chrys anthemums. 'J? Prior to the ceremony a pro gram of wedding music , was play ed by Miss Kate Blanchsrd, church organist. ; She also - accompanied Miss Ruth Tucker, soloist, who sang "Because" and as a benedic tion "The Wedding Prayer." The bride entered on the arm of her uncle, Dawson C. Dail of Grif ton, N. C, by whom she was giv en' marirage. She wore a gown of White Duchess bridal satin. The empire bodice was designed with a portrait neckline appliqued with seed pearls and silver beads. The long : .sleeves,: ended in wedding peaks over the hands. The very full bouffant skirt was accented by a -front princess panel and extend ed from a point in the back into a chanel train. .. Her two-tiered , veil of pure silk French isslusion wis attached l lr tiara W seed pearis jaffVietttil&ttQdss :.a cascade of-wfcltii spras1 orchids and lilies of the valleyi ' !Misel jGtenhie Earl 'tltfmj sister ot;Om btideii iVas- tgjdj oifj jhoitor. She wore, a floor, lengtn gown of lhi n t green - iridescent " taffeta, styled, with If! sweetleart; neekline,- - - ; : '-T . '-';.:' Dairy Tecia Wins ;: District Contest v A dairy team representing the FFA chapter at Perquimans High School won top honors in. a live stock judging contest held last Sat urday at Tarboro. As district win ners for District I, which is com posed of 21 comities and 65 schools, the local team will cotnpete in the state .contest tcv be held in, Ra leigh next month.. . ; Members pf the team are C. B. Chljippell, Edward Lee Madre, and Mac; JSlliott., "Uhappell was high point man of. the contest with la perfect score while Elliott finished tn second place for the meet , '.Perquimans team in .the beef, cattle and swine contest placed fifth. This team is c6mposed,of Billy Hudson,. . Audrey Baccus and Ervin Mansfield. J. L. Tunnell is the . coach and ..advisor for the teams..- , County Ccnventkm' Scheduled Saturday , ""-A Democratic County Convention, for the' purpose of selecting a Counf.y Executive Committee and naming delegates to the State Con vention, will be conducted in the Court House in Hertford at three o'clock on Saturday, lay 12, it was announced ioday by W. F. Ainsley, chairman of the committee.t : All Democrats in good standing are invited to attend the county convention, according to Mr. Ains- r ! I rIt ' ners for t' t r' '1 its y " ::r. & r i r The American Region Auxiliary of the Wm. Paul S tailings Post held the regular, meeting on jMay 4, at the home of - Mrs. Mildred Whitley with Mrs. Blanche - Berry 4 co-hostess. ; The president, Mrs, Madge Towe, presided at the meet ing. After the presentation of flags, The Star Spangled Banner was sung, followed by the oath of Allegiance ; to the Flag and the Preamble. 4 In the absence of the chaplain, prayer was offered by Mrs. Ethel Perry The roll call and minutes of the last meeting were read by the sec- ' retary, A report of cards Sent was made by the corresponding secre tary, Mrs. Minnie Miller., , j , It was announced that Charles Whedbee was the winner of the es say contest on Americanism and had been presented f 5.00 The Au xiliary voted to donate $5.00 to the cancer drive. Shelby Jean Overton and Mabel Keel were selected to attend Girls' State in Greensboro. The new officers were elected and will be sworn in at the June meeting., They are: President, Mrs;. Marie Davenport; first vice president, Mrs. Grace Morris; sec ond vice president, Mrs. Mildred Whitley; recording secretary, Mrs. Edla Webb; corresponding secre tary, Mrs. Minnie Miller; treasur er, Mrs.Thelma Hollowell; chap lains, Mrs. Ethel Perry and Mrs. Mary Chappell; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Elsie Gregory; historian, Mrs. Helen Skinner. ; i . ; Plans were discussed for Poppy Day on May 26. Mrs. Lessie White is in charge. .' After the business session a so cial hour was enjoyed by the 16 members., present A delicious sweet course was served by the htses.1 fr;i:ii;':S;;-.'; i Vircr Of Second JsycesRoufiO . The Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce conducted its second an nual Teen-Age Roadeo at Memorial Field last Saturday afternoon with a total of 13 entries competing for the safe-driving title and awards. LaClaire Winslow was declared the winner of the 1956 Roadeo with Charlie Johnson capturing second place and Thurman Spivey placing third. Each of the three winners were presented' prizes offered by the local Jaycees. As winner"' of the Perquimans contest Miss Winslow, who is one o the Perquimans County school bus drivers, is entitled to compete in the state contest to be held later this month frptn which - the win ner will be selected to compete' in the national Teenage Roadeo to be held in Washington, D. C. ; The Jaycee committee in change of the Roadea termed it a huge success end expressed the appre ciation of the unit to all' who .as sisted, the Chamber of Commerce in conducting the project ' Closing' exercises, for th .1956 school; term got underway at Per quimans Training School on . April 23, it was announced) byt R. Kingsbury, principal, ; The .school play was held on April" 23 and open house was obesrved on May. 6. . , Durinff this , eomir nveek the. seventh and eighth, g-adss 41l, pre sent a play on Mond&y mgnt, May 14, following a PTA n,eeting which Grades 1-3 will present an op eretta at 8 o'clock Honda Hay 21, and senior 'claJs ii',ht will be c -erved on Tr'.Z. , Iljy 25. , " , ' at the ' ' i! 1 " 'jik on v . ' ool '' 7 ( : l;4 1; JUST ONE OF THE BOYS Having a royal time at school, Prince Carl Gustaf, center, joins two chums in a fence-sitting session in Stockholm, Sweden The 10-year-old, heir-apparent to Sweden's throne, is rarely photographed.' The royal family attempts to give bim a normal boyhood and discourages ex cessive publicity concerning his activities. Education Board Approves Teachers For Four Schools The Perquimans County Board of Education held a rather lengthy!, meeting in the office of the Super- j intendent of Schools last Monday. night, considering a- number - of, matters pertaining to -the closing: of the present school term and the opening of schools next fall for a new .term.,: :;' V : ;: ' : ':v" After hearing a legal report- by School Attorney S. M. Whedbee on the matter of regulations concern ing the assignment of pupils to in- governing the action sjf -thejlocal board in assignment of pupils. -The . Board,: granted a; request, submitted by the Hertford Baptist Brotherhood," for the use of the school site on Dobb Street for the purpose, of a summer playground and softball diamond. The Pf' mission was granted upon condi tions that the recreation, will not interfere with- the school enstruc tion planned at the site. Acting upon recommendations of the district school committee the Board approved the list for teach ers as elected by this committee, for Perquimans High School, Hert ford Grammar ' School, Central Grammar School and King Street School for the coming year. Ac tion on approval of the teacher's 1 is t for Perquimans Training School was deferred until a later meeting. Superintendent of Schools J.T. Biggers conferred with the Board regarding, tentative budget items for county schools during the 956 57 school year and final action .011 the - school budget is expected at the June meeting of the Board. G!:3C!nb Concert Very Entertaining The , Perquimans County High School Glee Club presented its an nual concert in the High School au ditorium onThursday. Always jne of the most outstanding events of the school year this year's concert was j especially' good according to those attending. ' ''',; , " Under the direction of Mrs. Charles ' Johnson,' the boys, and girls presented in a delightful man ner the program consisting of the folloving "ilumbers: Morning, by Speaksf Tea For Two, Youmans; Ah v Sweet Mystery Of Life, Hem berts IH Walk With God, Brodsz- Also Carolina In " The Morning, Donaldson; Lovely Night Offen bach; She Didn't Say "Yes," Kern; Old Man River, -Kern; When Day Is Done, Katchen; Indian Love Call, Friml; A Tribute To Romberg, ar ranged by McLean;.. Battle Hymn of te Republic, arranged by Fred ' a were Jean Long and Le- ' - u,v,u, ..uu. y 1 r-fWith siteeh steers' fr'dm5 Perqiiim,. man, J. Edga Mo,rriS Appointed itw, tWtK jhete ilt W WveraV committee W rtaoiPiOTfe ,r..i ,x v.. , 4.1 .J if 4-H Club Members Fatstock Show The eleventh annual fatstock show and sale will be held on May 15 and 16 at the Scott & Halstead warehouse in Elizabeth City. Along ahd: a" judging contest. The' 4-H and Fj"A judging contests will be gin at 11:00 on Tuesday, May 15 wjth ,'four prizes warded to, ;the four top -teams. The placing of the steers and hogs will begin at 2:00 P. M., on May 15 and the j amount of prize money offered at $66 for the hogs and $407 for the steers. The fitting and showman ship, contest will be held on Wed nesday, May 16 at 10:00 A. M. This is a contest where the top showman of the 4-H and FFA will be selected and one in which there will be prizes offered to the top four boys. ' "If there is anyone who is in terested in securing a quarter or half beef and doesn't want a whole one,: 'contact the county agent and arrangements will be made where by someone else will take the oth or half or the part that is left Please contact us by Saturday, May 12 so these arrangements' can be made," stated R. M. Thompson, County Agent. School Officials Attend Meeting At Greenville J, Edgar Morris, chairman of the Perquimans Board of Education; J. T. Biggers, County- School Super intendent, and ' S. M. - Whedbee, County Attorney, were among the public school officials attending a district meeting ' in Greenville, on Thursday of last week at, which time" members of the State Advis ory: Committee on Education ex plained the Assignment Act adopt ed -by, the 1955 General Assembly which empowers . local Boards of Education with authority to assign pupils to various schools within a school district . The meeting was held for the purpose of familiarizing local school officials with all phases of the Assignment Law in prepara tion for developing plans for the 1956-57 school, term. VFW MEETS MONDAY The local post of VFW will hold its regular meeting Monday night, 14. Commander J. W. Dillon m a!l members to be present Touompeteln VUWIQV Uii ilvSjO iliviiw lino wuaivj , . A. T. Lane of Hertford was elect ed "president of the . Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden: 1 TB Associa tion at a meeting of the Board held in Elizabeth k City on Thursday night of last week. ' -" ', Other officers named for the As sociation for the coming year in cluded If. W. Shelton, vice presi dent; Edward Davenport, secre tary; Dennis Morgan, treasurer. New members of the executive board are Roy Chappell, Everett Burgess, C. O. Robinson, Jr. New board members from Perquimans County are Mrs. T. P. Brinn and W. Jarvis Ward. Committee reports on the work of the Association during the past year highlighted the business ses sion presided over by the presi dent, Mr. Lane. These reports were on Health Education by Mrs. C. P.' Morris and Mrs. Martin Simpson; Case Finding by Mrs. Bob Moore; Rehabilitation by Ed ward Davenport and Mrs. Russell Baker; Negro Health by Mrs. Ro land Spellman and Mrs. M. B. Tay lor; Seal Sale by Mrs. David Fear ing. Dennis Morgan presented an au dited report of the association's books which was accepted by the board. J. H. Moore reviewed the by-laws of the Association and a budget for the 1956-57 year was presented by R. L. Garrett and ac cepted by the Board. At the conclusion of the bus!-' ness session the president announc ed the following committee mem berships: Health Education, Mrs. Arthur Pell, Mrs. Cecil Foster, Mrs. Earl Perry and Mrs. M. B. Tay lor; Case Finding, . J. H. Moore, Mrs. David Fearing, Dr.1 B. B. Mc Guire and Miss Audrey Umphlett; Rehabilitation, Mrs. Bob Moore, Mrs. 1 Sadie Griffin, Mrs. Russell Baker, :MrS. ErvinTnrher 'and Mr$i 1 The ' Perquimans Indians will close their 1956 baseball season Friday night of this week when the Tarboro team comes to Hertford for an Albemarle contest on Me morial Field. The game was origi nally scheduled for last Tuesday night but was postponed due to weather conditions. Perquimans defeated Tarboro in a game played earlier in the sea son at Tarboro, but .the, contest here Friday can have a bearing on the final standing of the confer ence. : ; By virtue of a win over Edenton on Tuesday, Williamston High won the conference title for the second straight year, and will represent the conference in the state elimi nation play-offs. .. .'.-''i With only two conference losses for the season Perquimans is in second place in the standing while Edenton holds down third place. ( uig 11 1 isuchc i xii : . Recorder s Court A docket consisting of six cases was disposed of in Perquimans Re corder's Court ' here last Tuesday with Judge Chas. E. Johnson 'pr' siding. :-:V--.V' ;:v-'.;-vv.v Costs of court were paid by, H. G. Jones who submitted to charges of speeding, and Robert Tieri, ftl so charged with speeding, paid a fine of $5 and costs after pleading guilty to the charge.; ' ." ' Vernon Banhart entered a .plea of guilty to charges of driving on the left side of a highway and paid the costs of court. S ' ! . ' Herbert Hardy and Charlie Mid gett , Negroes, entered pleas ' of guilty to charges of possessing non-tax-paid liquor. Hardy was fined $50 and costs of court while Midgett was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs. - ' Leslie Wilson, Jr., Negro, was found not guilty on; a charge of assaulting a female, but he was or dered to serve a 80-day road sen tence for failure to comply with a judgment cf a prions usa. PoriJfliriew" PlaylndiansHere On Friday Night frs. D. M.Jackson Elected President OfLocalBPVClub The Perquimans Business and Professional Women's Club met Friday night, May 4, at the home of Mrs. Alice M. Towe on Old Neck Road with the president, Mrs. Emi ly T. Harrell, presiding when offi cers for the new year were elected, delegates to the convention were selected, and plans lor a supper were completed. Mrs. Harrell welcomed Mrs. J. H. Thigpen of Windsor who was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Betty T. Swindell. Miss Hulda Wood, recording secretary, read the minutes and Mrs. Mary Dale S Lane, finance chairman, gave her report. Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, chairman of the Nominating Committee, pre sented the following slate of offi cers which were unanimously ac cepted: President, Roxanna C. Jackson; first vice president, Miss Thelma Elliott; second vice presi dent, Grace M. Coston; recording secretary, Sally J. Bonner; corres ponding secretary, Minnie Wflma W- Hurdle; treasurer, Essie W. Burbage; and assistant treasurer, Mary D. Robertson. Those selected to represent the club at the State Convention in Winston-Salem were: Roxanna C. Jackson,' Emily T. Harrell, Essie W. Burbage and Alice M. Towe. , The club will sponsor a chicken salad supper Saturday night. May 19. Tickets may be secured from any club ..member sand, plates will be delivered tq the home if desired. I jXt. -the' ; conclusion of 6 ' tnedt nig he; hostess served il refresh ment course of Petit! fours, butter ed jmints,, potato chips, glazed fruit and coffee. 300 Attend Scout Site Last Week-end The Boy Scout Camporee at Camp 'Perry over the week-end at tracted a record number of Scouts. There were 41 Boy Scout patrols from 17 troops and hree Explorer crews' from three troops. Total at tendance was estimated at over 300. A: larger percentage of patrols received blue ribbons this year than in any year in the past and not a single troop received a score low enough to warrant a yellow rib bon.; ,V' ;,;: ;- ; Although the camporee was de layed until Saturday morning due to' predicted bad weather, the pro gram got off to a good start Sat urday afternoon with all Scouts participating in numerous Scout craft activities such as canoeing, signaling, first aid, life saving dis robing relav. fire buildinsr. axe- manship, etc. I It was estimated' that over 600 attended .Saturday night's camp fire at which 23 outstanding Scouts were "taped out" into the National Continued on Page Six j - , Registration Books ToClpse Saturday . , ; Registration books f or the Demo cratic primary election to be held Saturday M&y 26, will be closed Saturday,. May. 12, jt was reported today by R. C. Murray, Chairman of the Board of Elections. Satur day, May 19", will be challenge day. y Mr, Mumy'WrafadeU' persons of voting aget they must) regis tered in order to vote in te pri mary. He stated voters already registered need not register again to be eligible to vote. s- EASTERN STAR MEETING ' The Hertford Chapter of the Eastern Star will meet Monday night, May 14, at 8 o'clock in the; Masonic room in the Court House. AH -ineinbers-ure urgd to attend, Camporee At Perry -, Preliminary estimate on'-, prtn. posed budget matters for the coun-' ty's. next fiscal year, which starts on July 1, were presented to the ' Board of Commissioners during the Board meeting last Monday. Final action on these matters will be taken at the next meeting of the Board after which the pro- -posed over-all budget for the year 1956-57 will be published prior to final adoption by the Board at its July meeting. The Commissioners were advised, by the County Accountant that ' proposed estimates for the coming " budget indicate the present tax ' rate of $1.65 per hundred dollar valuation may be retained for the coming 'year. Preliminary figure from the total of property valua tion in Perquimans County for 1956 ' tax purposes reveal the valuation is approximately eight million dollars. There is a slight decrease in per- sonal property values and some in crease in values on real estate. Approval was voted by the Board appropriating a total of $19,792.00 for the County Welfare Depart ment as follows: Welfare Admini stration, $5,608.00; Old Age As sistance, $8,600.00; Aid Dependent Children, $2,324.00; Aid Totally Disabled, $3,360.00. County Attoriney S. M. Whed bee advised the Board all school bond issue matters are temporarily held up due to school cases now before the State Supreme Court and it will probably be June 1, before a decision is rendered on the matter which involved the validity of the 'State's County Machinery Act , Soil Conservationist F. A. Mc Googan conferred with the Com iHissio'ners concerning a proposed project .for. draining creeksi and rivers "withiri the Tcounty, in "co- ' operation with a State project be ing sponsored by the Civil De fense ; authority; Mr. McGoogan has prepared 11 local 'projects to be submitted for approval, and to tal cost has been estimated at $148,372.00. It is believed two or three more projects will be added to the proposal prior to its sub mission to the state authority. A number of improvement pro- , jects were approved by the Board including acceptance of a bid of Jl,308 for installation of a new heating system in the agriculture building and refinishing of the floors in this building and a new -floor to be installed in the office of the Register of Deeds. Primary elections were held in six states during the past week but the presidential picture changed ' little since there were no contests in these primaries. Former U. Si Senator Tydings of Maryland, ap- ' peared to have started a come'back by winning the Democratic nomi nation for the post in his state's primary. Senator Johnson won the party's chairmanship in a contest held in Texas. '' s Damages estimated at two mil lion dollars resulted when the bat tleship Wisconsin rammed an es cort destroyer, in foggy weather, about 50 miles east of Norfolk last Sunday. The bow of the battle-; ship was crushed when it smash ed into the side of the destroyer. , The Navy reported no ' injuries were sustained from the accident. , The Senate is expected to vote, on the new farm bill, passed bx the House last week, sometime within ' the next few days. Washington re ports indicate the proposed meas ure will be approved. Main pro vision of the bill calls for a soil bank program as a method of con trolling surplus crops. ' - Business prospects ior the re mainder of this year are bright,' according to reporto issued this week in Washington by ' Govern ment and business groups.' .The re- ports stated business will' continue at the high level now recorded a employment will remain high. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES I