North Carolina Newspapers

Albemarle LeajjE Ccihii.icc.u3nt At ;t b C. -ell, Jr.; son of Irs. C. . Cliappell of Eel . !, u'iowed ; ,s grand champion a i Ha ' 7inslov, son of i t 1 Mrs. tlrennon Winslow, ' " e g'- d Champion hog at ,11 :i ani: ,1 Albemarle Fat t ; 'sow held at the Scott and L..J warehouse in' 'Elizabeth ' ' i Tuesday, May 15th. ", iov.'ing-the, reserved champion i was Clyde Lane, Jr son "of iu.d Mrs. Clyde Lane and the rved champion hog was show C. J Chappell, Jr.; Floy Mat ira, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.l ' -yd Matthews, ; showed ,the re-- ed champion pen of three hogs. ' :herv Perquimans County win S: were: Wallace - and Donald ' -;r, eons of Mr. and Mrs.. Wal ) Euker, ' showing the," third a pen of three hogs and third i individual hog.' . Floyd Mat-i-howing fourth place hog, T no . Chappell ; showing third e gleer, Thomas, Ed Chappell .wing champion ' Bteer . in heavy vT:ht Btcer division and Louise v ppcll showing champion, .steer i - 'Jdteweight division, ' ..ie events won by Perqulm boys and girls: First in judg contest 'and first in county, p of steers. 1 ' C. C.jChappell, Jr., Louise Chap ', Julian Howell, Clyde Lane, ' , Thomas Ed ChappcJI showed .ie steers. Other 4-H and FFA b members showing steers are: y Hudson, Willis Williams, Lin id' Hurd'c, Lloyd Pay Morgan, h Mac Morgan, Robert Phthl Mary Phthisic, Waldo tWins Preston Winslow, Kay Howell ,1 Wayne Howell, ' . Those s' owing hogs besjdes the ners ' a.e: i Z-Ay Eentonf, Ed r f , find i 5'A.ing contest i ih' ' I i "? ' '.. y mornlnK Ii- tlit . . .t "'. ,i , anU in tl j t i. . . ' . i :or to ' s'.ow a barbecjied i ken diniscr was held toi Mon-c- y night ' at the Wiii,"all Com-. nity House for the rerquimans 4 II ntries, their parents and a i.uii.ber of b ' ul guests, which in iV.led' PeT ' . ans County Board cf CommL t,i .era and other coun ty officials, members of the Exten ts' -n Service, both local and from ; V,,:i, and local dealers In agri c ". -ral products -who lend full t . rt to tle county boys and f ' in carrying out their projects. r 7 ( ' ,r: ::r.:n: ... W V . J J COL 1 jt"H' ''(t V I' " r. c, ... . ... IS. t:-4.1 fc. 1'J ' t ( ' .n t .o l jrrour ..rg of tlia' Albcnwvle iuke an edu('Htioiiil tn.r tf V.'a. jing ' V 1, r.y'13. j vho a ! - ii j in i .uis are elig' ; t ;p. At' present I ) 1 s and' leaders reg- e ifi still room for 20 1 KaderS. - , 1 leave from the i.i L;.-abeh City on 1 b- ss this Friduy t-'ld o'clock and will 1 r,.turday nirhts I "t J'otor Court .. i: "r to..r w::i '. s. D " i. A varied docket of cases was.dis posecP'of before Judge Charles Johnson in Perquimans Recorder's Court this week. , ' " ,r.r " y Belene Foster andJJary White, charged -with using profanity in a public place, each were fined f 25.00 and ordered to pay costs of court. SurieyLee Forehand, charged with iarcy. was ordered to pay'a fine of 1 10 and costs and put 'on good behavior for IS months. Robert Lee Thatch, charged with reckless driving, was' ordered "to pay a fine of 25.00 and costs of court. " .,' i Willie Felton, charged with "non support, was ordered to pay $20.00 per month for support of his chil dren. William Isaac Lowe arid Thotrias Jenkfns, charged with -having an affray, Lowe was ordered' to pay costs and Jenkins ordered to pay: a fine of $10 and coats. '.,., V'.-v:-,- Zollar Van White, charged with failure to obey stop Sign, was or dered to pay costa of court ; The ' following charged with speeding,' were fined as foldlws: Henry GiGenno, . paid a fine of $7.00 and costa of court; , Harry Cameron "Dennis, paid eosv Of court; Doris Nelson, paid a fine of $15.00 and costs of court; A. S. Rushton, paid costs of court; Louis Charles Heiiman ' paid ' costs of court; Percy Francis Kelly, paid a fine of $5.00 and ' costs; Clif rd William ,Odo!l paid S fine of 11 CO and costs; ' Kern'.anT.'tilier I.., loipkid ats..-Of cr'-rt; BtanVf Lntafefc 1 'id- a f.a JlpO iosU of c(urt; ' Abraham QUjUe paid costs of court, ,, " - ',' S ' Tc.vjVar.:: i Hertford's tax rate of $lis will remain' the same for the coming year. This was announced after the meeting of the Town Council on Monday night when the same budget as that of last year was tentatively adopted, ; subject " to minor adjustments by the auditor. . Only a brief session was held, the only, other item of business acted upon being that of the re employment of 'Mrs. Margaret Sullivan for making up the tax books, this year. - ' IlcrljtCir! CSr. jip At : Jryczz C ::v Ahti Lcxn ni .." 3 tr t"e Hertford Jj iii,r CI t- jtr t Commerce left oil T. y to aL .d the State Jaycee Convention in Charlotte. They return' 1 CdntLy bight Those atteii.'Yu yi a C?or$e Fields, Hen ry E'.f i, I:., r V.'hite,, Hilton White, Clia.-lie thinner Jr.; Billy n 1 F-' ncis MIxon. "7. i , . .. - I' ' iii , .. L L FAMED "KESCCE STREET of the Federal Chril Defense Adramiatratlon't Obey, Md., reuse ' school, a 1800,000 collection of eareully-deslgfned rains (ImlUr to the various structures civil defense ; . ; . rescue workers weald face back homo la extricating victims of bombings. Vp to TO students art checked . ot on too bnilt-in obstacles during each week or two-week course. .. (tcoa Photo). Tar Heel Traffic1 Pac6i By j Scientific' In North 1 Carolina the State Highway Patrol hears down on wil ful speeders aided by scientific speed devices known colloquially as "whammies." Extensive use of . the sensitive instruments along North Carolina's 70,000 mile road system give occas ional rise to accusations of "speed trap" and' the like from irate mo torists who run afoul of the speed la , Some tourists and some natives complain that itisn't cricket for patrolmen to hide their electnc tat tle tales; In North Carolina state law permits troopers to conceal the devices from public view. But theirf furtiveness. ;is 'easily explained. Patrol off iciaU say knowingly that if whammy stations are pin point ed, ' 70 ' mph speeders' would have only to lift their foot a mile' away and fflde ('smugly across, jtaiogal spwd. . The iaw;.aiiiuing moxort, they say, ' gives' not a hoot where I the whammles kr of may bo). . ' The hidden ball Jactlcs occasion: Sly bring on speed trap complaints, too, . mostly from oufr-of state mo tor elub patrons. '. Speed trap, a phrase abhorred by enforcement of ficials, seems a matter of definition to Tar Heel Motor Vehicles Com missioner Ed Scheldt. "It it not a speed , trap," says ex-FBI Agent Scheldt, "unless an officer inten tionally lures a motorist into a vio lation and then arrests him." -' In the Tar Heel state no road--' even lightly traveled onescould be considered lures. - AH are con spicuously ; posted with ...-caution Bigns reading "SPEED ELECTRI CALLY TraED." And few Tar Heel, troopers have the time or the inclination to goad travelers into a violation. Charges of "arrest quo tas" are complete fiction says pa trol headquarters. ' Most North Carolina' newspapers share the opinion of enforcement officials that speed trap accusa tions originate largely from arrest ed' speeders as a sort of retaliation effort, Saving face the Orientals call t- " . "I ,, Ani (hat would seem to suggest some formula to avoid arrest or losing face. , Tar Heel safety au- V, Ray ip, (Li. W. in, with vice-chair- II. . ' y'. '. ian ... C..'cy . '. C. Spivey, 1 chair- Equip mcnl thorities, to a man, suggest;. "Al ways drive at legal and-compaih sense speeds." , - Those ' whnmmies. ; They first came to Tar Heel highways in 1952. Patrol officials, ordered qy Scheidt to stop speeding, put them to Im mediate use,' The electric timing gadget (whammy) is familiar to motorists traveling Tar Heel roads. The highway patrol operates1 60 such pieces of equipment, which are switched a random . on, roads throughout the' State. , , ' - The first sign of a whammy is a quarter-inch black rubber cable stretched across the highway and anclJored at each end by a stab metal, une nunarea ana tnirxy vm feet down' the highway (140 of a mile) is an identical cable. Link ing the j two is an electric cord at tached through mercury switches to arcordmghead Jtedjjjiyj V m - SKA ;'b'J',!i i rki-V T lyT .jfT'iw '! ox,'aDouc me iie two:cigar boxes, 'contains: ,the ? wbammy's brain. Set in the middle of the box is a stop watch and around the : perimeter of the watch ffe gradua tions dn 'miles per'hour.. i .",).; ' An approaching (Vehicle striking the first cabled starts the? watch ticking. When the' vehicle strikes the second cable the watch is stop ped. 'Its hand points to 50 mph, 63 mph, 90 mph or what have you and .troopers go into action if the hand- is over 55 mphr the State's legal speed limit. c The watch's accuracy h? unaffect ed by the weather. Where manu facturers permit variances of seven to 10 per centdn auto speedometers, the whammy is calibrated to with in a fraction over one per cent ac curacy. The stopwatch is inspect ed, cleaned and regulated once a month by a railroad watch inspect or Periodically, .. it is ,. further checked by radio, with the Bureau of Standards master time signal in Washington, D, C. , Though .still a bitter pill to the motorist who drives at . illegal speeds,' the Tar Heel whammy re mains at its concealed post, its in fluence applicable only to the law breaker. , . - Sur.mer Activities Fcr 4-H Members There are lots of places to go and big things for 4-H'ers to do this' summer. To start the summer activities there: will be the talent show and health pageant which will be held at theJ Agricultural, Build ing' June 7 at 8 P. M. ' All 4-H members possessing talent are urg td to enter the talent contest. ..; On. June 8 all 4-H members- are. invited .. to attend a picnic whicn will fce at Sandy Point. There will be plenty of food and recreation for all. w.y'1. . , . . On June 2Sth 4-H giris will mo del garments, they have made for t! i 4- -disa- revue and demon iU..be , fvcn m'o. This 'r.titvef. Then those ors will go to Tashing ' It eip!ni-on day on ; r - ( " s rre 1 forward ; Manteo - ;'i hv . lucri. i t Safety Cli2ck Forllcrtford Plans have been completed for a safety check of vail automobiles in this area through a voluntary saf ety check lane jn an effort to cause the vehicles -traveling upon the streets and highways to be more safe. " ', Molvin G. Owens;, has been ap pointed as coordinator of the auto mobile safety drive and he stated every vehicle owner of Perquimans County is urgedjtq have their car checked. Owens said that defec tive cars y are responsible for a great per cent of the, serious acci dents on the streets and highways. This voluntary safety check lane is a part of the national safety program that will be held here in Hertford whiclj .will be conducted bii'Grubb Street near Ibri Mutik-iLiI uildiffg bti my;.24 to- 2d jnc4j v mayor y. ix. uaraen suted that ttia ToWn nt " Uertfnrit quimans County , have made Wees sary arrangements for the equip ment to be used in making the saf ety check lane, possible. -j There will be no charge to the motorist for this service, according to Mr. Owens. Bobby Smith Marshal For Commencement At State College Bobby Smith, 20 year old sopho more from Belvidere, has ., been named as a marshal for the com mencement exercises of North Car olina State College on May 28 and 29-'Q''"p-'-'---;- ' Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.! Fred Smith, will represent his sophomore class. The marshals for the com mencement are; chosen on the basis of leadership,' . character, scholar ship and school spirit Announce ment of Smith '8 selection was made by 'State College Dean Banks Tal ley, i and Roger Hill, President of the Senior Class, . .. . The marshals will lead the' grad uating' parade and also assist in the Chancellor's Tea which is giv en annually by the Chancellor of State College in honor of the Sen iors and their parents. V ' : - '.' V . ..' .... -v ;f Carolyn Gay Howell Ecsay Contest Winner Carolyn Gay Howell, class of '57 of Perquimans High Schools is one of the ten top winners of the 1956 High School Essay Contest spon sored by the Medical Society of the Sute of North Carolina. I .... The topic of her essay was "The Advantages ' of- Private Medical Care." - ' ' ' ' Carolyn Gay is the daughter of Vf. and- Mrs. -Carson Howell of I . ie 2, Hertford. , t . ' ...ItureStcrcTo :r Senior GLr'Is'; . I.I. Morgan .Furniture Co., i Lford, as has been the ciis ' . tar a number of 'yean, will i l.onor girl gradwtes of Per i irh School 8-4 P im- . s School ly i s 1 z ' 'ate v a r ' .'s- . r C . if. The Rev. Earl Meekins, pastor ol j the- JMethodist churches of. the perquimafis charge, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon in. the first bf the series of commencement ex ercises of the Perquimans' 'High School on next Sunday, May 20. The Rev. James C. Mattox, pas tor of the Hertford Baptist Church will assist in the service, which will be held in the auditorium of the school at 8 clock in the evening. The choir will be composed of the members of the Glee Club. Valedictorian this year is Judy Winslow and Sarah Sutton is sa-lutatorian. Class day exercises will be held on Monday night, May 28, and the commencement exercises, when the'lowell Chevrolet Company. 53 members of the graduating class j "Perquimans has met and topped will receive .their diplomas, will its iroal for seven vears ." said Mrs. take placer'' the following Tuesday, May 29. night God Fells Short In (led Cross Drive Mrs. Jack Burbage, chairman of the Red Cross drive for Perquim ans County, , who today submitted the report given below, states that while the amount received to date, $978.78, falls short in the amount of $425 of the goal of $1,400, she wishes to thank all those who took part In the drive. She also sug gests that if there are solicitors who "" have not yet finished, that their final report : be turned in to A. W. Hefren. Red Cross chair man, as early as possible. ' Following is the report broken down: Hertford and surrounding ' area, businesses -$389.75 Hertford residential area.. 265.82 Winfall residential ; 45J.4 Home emomjtration CliibS -; Beech, Spring iA-.U-i, ?87i95 Snow'Hill 7WWfe.Hat i.i. t'50.37 Bethel V .r-7- - i--'-Burgess ..i.LL.-fcJ. 13.80 2.30 , 54.65 4.00 1 6.50 53.95 62.05 Whlteston Heien Gaither i.., Winfall . ... - Negro Demonstration Clubs Hertford Negro residential area , Total $978.78 Student Council Selects Officers The annual election of officers for the student council at Perquim ans High School was conducted last Wednesday and results announced as follows by E. C Woodard,' prin cipal of the school: " n; ' , ; : President-elect of the Council is Edgar Fields; vice president, Kay Matthews; secretary, Lois ,Byrum; treasurer, Shelby Jean Overton; sergeant-at-arms, Hazel Matthews; cheerleaders, Beckie Gregory! and Gloria Stalling! ;-; pianist, Letitia McGoogan; song leaders, Kay Spear and Johnnie Phillips. Teachers Selected For New Contracts In County Schools :i' Perquimans. County school au thorities have completed, vthe task of electing and ftpprovrnjteacheiy for four of the five county schools! for the 1956-57 school term,it has been reported by J. Tv Bigger?, County Superintendent; ' 'Noation has been taken, as yet by the Board of Education on' the ' menfcers of the faculty at Perquimans'. Train ing School. " - . "1 t " ' J. T. Biggers, Supenntendenof Schools, stated several 'Vacancies exist in the teachers' list but he is hopeful these vacancies Will be fill ed within a short period of time. Teachers elected ; for the next term are: Perquimans High School: E. C. Woodard, principal, Dr. Har old White, Mrs. Joann W. Stallings, Mrs. Anne E. Jeseup, Isaac P. Per ry, Jr., Herman II. Gurkin, Miss .-ir-ry Zachary, Tr a. Dorothy W. u ,; . , ' ! MRdsodln Cancer Campaign It was announced Wednesday that $150 towards the $1,000 goal has been reported to the treasurer, Mrs. F. A. McGoogan with only a few workers reporting thus far in the 1956 cancer crusade. Every worker is urged to con. tact those in his or her territory and report to the treasurer at .the J Hertford Banking Company or to Mrs. J. blton Hurdle at the Hoi- Hurdle, "and 1 ami confident we will do it again this year." She Urged everybne who has not been seen by a volunteer worker to mail a contribution to her' as soon as possible because as perhaps in no other year has the crusade given such promise. She further stated, "While we patiently inform people of the facts about the disease, facts which may save them, and while doctors increase their tools and skills to eliminate cancer as best they can, determined scientists are searching for the answers. No man can say when these answers will come, or from what 'source, but they' are inevitable.' Let us here in Perquimans County do our part to conquer cancer, and fight cancer with a checkup and a check this week." II iwti iscrs J The lashtetiJiirloi yea!of the:Paren:t-'Teahw !48so. elation of the Hertford Grammar School was held Thursday night in the lunch rodm f the high sehool. ;. Mrs. Jack Bnhii,' president, pre sided, and devotions were conduct ed by Mrs. Henry Clay Sullivan. : The chief business of the meet ing was the installation of officers elected at the last meeting, which was in charge of Miss Thelma El-! liott, school principal. Due to the measles epidemic, the program scheduled to be given by the Cub Scouts was cancelled, since so many of this group were unable to attend. .- , E. C. Woodard, principal of the Perquimans High School, displayed .to the audience the two beautiful flags purchased by the PTA and the Cub Scout organization. After adjournment the teachers were hostesses at a refreshment hour, following Jwhich the parents were jnvite, to visit the various rooms where their children we,re taught, as well as any other rooms of the high school they desired to see. seph A. Williams. ...... v Perquimans Grammar School: Thomas 'Maston," principal, Miss MflTgafefr Whit, -Miss -'Johnnie White, Mrs. Myrtle O. Wood, Mrs. Group Of Off .A l,M"'schoo1 Lucile White, Mrs. Bertha Lane, Mrs. Eugenia Beck, Mrs. Ruth Bur den, Mrs. Annie P. Asbell, Mrs. Lessie L. Winslow, Miss Lelia Lee Winslow, MrB. Atha Tunnell. ' '' 'Hertford Grammar School: Miss thelma! ' Elliott, principal,- Mrs. Grace M. Costen, Miss Mary E. Sumner, Mrs. sMary'.E. 'Walters, Mrs. !" Ira H. Eure, . Miss Dorcas Knowles, Mrs. Pat Williams, Miss Mildred Reed, Miss Louis Chalk. , King Street School: ' .LeOrande Summerset, ; principal, Mrs. . Hasel 0.. Beamon, Mrs. Hattie Riddick. Dewey Newby, Mrs. Cleo" Z. Fel ton,' Miss Jessie L. Sharpe, . Hrs. Dorothy H. Newby, Krs. J: e L. r:.:.ner, K't r-r.ie r - :-- "'The .Albemarle' ' League fst semi-pro baseball circuit, is Veady . to operate-again. That was decid ed at a meeting held Wednesday night in Hertford at which time six towns announced that they ' were ready to go. The league this season .will be composed of Elizabeth City, Hert ford, Chowan and Colerain from last year's campaign, and Camden . and Williamston, newcomers, ... Ik had been hoped that two other en- :' twiafl AA4I I.A BMM..Mh l.ll III I . ' ton, Plymouth and Windsor hut nothing official was heard from . those towns and it was decided to league. ' A. W. Hefren, of Hertford, Was reelected president of the league . and Edgar Morris, also of Hert ford, as vice-president. ' 1 Play will beg(n on Tuesday, June . 5 and each club will play 30 games ' ' at the rate of three games a week, contests oeing scneauiea ior lues- 1 . day,1 Thursday and Friday nights ', -1 except at Williamston which plans -to play at home on Saturdays and ?i Sundays instead of two of the ear lier week days. Johnny Pavlich, former Edentori catcher, was named head umpire for the coming season. Other ar- . biters are Edgar Rogerson, Irvin Seymour, Bud Cayton and Dutch Overton, all of whom saw service -in the league last season. President Hefren said much en- - thusiasm was shown at the meet- ing and he was confident that this year's : league would be much : 1 stronger ad would offer the fans : of this section plenty of fine en tertainment ' during the summer .? months. '? , , t IThose present , at ' the meeting : ' sought to tighten up the league's rules, iJWyasfide4 9Ptlri limit lth.ho cliaiitfeilh' t y , T3 I T ' J " ' The director also decided that ha? ' player could particips te in the championship playoffs at the, end , of the season bBlss he had appear ed in at least five regular season games. win' mtinr nprmirrMi rr .in h r. . WhiTe expressing regret over the loss of Edenton and the Weeksville NAF from last year's circuit, Pres ident Hefren said he was glad to welcome Camden and Williamston -into the fold. ; "Things look mighty good for a good season of base-' ball," he commented. Carlton Edgar Cannon Dies Sunday Night Carlton, Edgar . Cannon, promi- . nent, Hertford grocer, died at the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City Sunday night at 11:27 after a long illness. ; . , s A son of the late William H. and ; Blanche Cannon, he was a native -and life-long resident of Hertford and a member of the Hertford Bap tist Church. . Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mor- : , nie Cannon; two daughters, Mrs. Bob Keaton and Miss Cornelia Can non, and five" sisters, Mrs. Ed Ev-V-erett, Mrs. Dan Reed, both , of ' Hertford, Mrs.' Tom White of Ro per, Mrs. Theron Johnson of Smith- . field and Mrs. Clarence L, Twi ford of Elizabeth City. Funeral services were held, at the Lynch Funeral Home in Hert ford at 3:30 o'clock on ..Tuesday with the Rev. James C. Mattox, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, officiating and burial was made in , Cedarwood " Cemetery,- Hertford. Music was furnished by members t of the choir, of the Hertford Bap tist Church , with Mrs. - J. Ellie White at the.'organ ."Sometime ' We'll Understand'" was sung. ,, The casket was covered with a pall of red and white carnations. " Pallbearers were Julian A. White, - Ernest Long, Raymond Stanton, Durwood F. Reed, George W. Barbee, Howard Matthews and J.E. Morris.' ' ' " ' , AN stores in Hertford were clos ed during, the hour of ttw funeral. ' INJURED IN FALL Mrs. B. G. Koonce is c " her home hj injuries it. . Iv. : fall 'onTues' y. II .1 Jj.-;os are n--t t ' , - : ' I 1 s