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, - Defendant Waives Farmers' Day To Ejtervedllcre I Wetl;Scpttir.!!:n2; if . f i .. ..a have oeen' 'announced for i'..r-rving the 450th' birthday anni v -y ofn,,the'jBetfelt Baptist CLjrch (jMhet Bethel community in rerqoiii.ans Ctxinty.The celebra-' tion is scheduled to take place Sun day, August 26. i 1 A-wonderful program has been planned for the occasion, ;. The day will begin with registration frem 9:45 to 10:15 A. M. 1 A "devotion led by the Rev. T. C. Keaton will pre cede a song service to be led y the 'pastor,, the. Rev. Phil H.'. Quid ley. After the song service, the, Rev. G. M. Singletary, Association al Missionary for the Chowan As sociation, wjjl teach the Sunday School lesson 'in' unison. Primary and beginner pupils will have their Tegular classes at this time.'"? r ; Regular morning worship will bp gin at 11:30 o'clock. '.'Onward Christian Soldiers", arranged "by W. H. Jude, will be sung' by the church -choir. Following this, Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner will .bring the message of the hour. Mrs. Gardner is a past member of the Hertford " Church and for some years was a missionary to China. : , At the close of the morning mes sage by Mrs. Gardner, special mus ic will.be rendered by the Hertford male chorus under the direction of he Rev. James O. Mattox. - After the morning service, dinner will.be on the church grounds. This will be a period for getting ac quainted and renewing old friend ships. All friends of the church, I Y . ... .. . lion September 14 with a contest at past members, fellow Baptists and j ft .. . .. . . Churchland, Va., it was announced the public are cordially invited to.,, , , . , . . . imLm ifk n-rt,.. ' -ltM week by E. C. Woodard, school this their 150th year. : J principal." - ' j Unity was the theme of the na- v An- afternoon fellowship service! In preparation for this schedule t Democratic cemvention, meet wM begin at 2 o'clock.tThe ReV.1IuPnTr1befn, ,00B" prCt"'ing in Chicago forthe purpose of Vivian Evans, the only minister or dained from the church, wili bring S devotion which is to bp followed by greetings from sister (churches ir tt ' .v . . T . ...1 quest speaKer for the service will bi the Rev, 3. 'i'. By'rum, a former pastor of the church. Special mus ic and a recognition service is also planned for the afternoon service. I The afternoon, service will dis miss at. 4 o'clock and revival' ser vices will begin at 7:45 o'clock in the ; evening. A 45-minute song service,, will precede each message of -the week.; The guest for Sun day evening will be the1 Rev. G. M. Singletary. The Rev; W.- B, Sprinkle of Asheville,! Ml bring the message each evening begin ning; on Monday, August 27 and continuing through Sunday, Sep tember 2. At 3 o'clock each after noon Mr. Sprinkle will conduct a Bible study at the church. All. are invited to come and fellowship with the church whenever possible. ' flr.l!92grn!i:-:rt fri--..iri; tui ; I?r. William A. Hoggard, ,75- , year-old Perquimans County phyi sician,' was reported id fairly good condition at Albemarle .. Hospital .Tuesday following art automobile accident Sunday night' in Which he ; and two others persons suffered injuries.' 1 . , Dr. Haggard suffered two brok en ribs ' and ' 'lacerations Of the i month when his ear was involved in a head-on collision' with an au- t i driven by Gladys. ' Odel Smith, I ;ro of "Norfolk Va., near the " "Dan Service Station at Wood- A'so injured were 'Do' j' a . -i it Negrots, Tr-e , i.i k car driven t e i. toia were teat , 1 t' e 'al for lacerations 1 t'a- i" d.' ' ' I " ' ' ! ' hway Patrolman B. R.'Iriscoe - jtii"-;,at'd th acci'hnt along i I . jlman W. I . I ." ".k, said e v 4 is clip-; ! '. operat- 1 1 v." 's wi.o-; j r driv. 1 , and htr . md is a','"-" ' 'On' to '"-. err v ' ' SAILORS CO DOWNSTAIRS"-They do. It they're as . signed to the Nautilus, Uncle Sam's first submarine powered by atomic fuel. ; Old salts shudder at the substitution of ."downstairs" for "below," but the term is .appropriate when ' applied to the nine-step stairway leading from conning tower ' to divimt control compartment Indians Schedule Ten Grid Contests For Coming Season Perquimans High School will playq a 10-game football schedule during the 1956 season, starting at the local school on Wednesday of this week, and will hold two prac tice sessions daily between now and th opening of school next month. IdKfl RMinn riurih PprrV al the 1968 season Coach Perry" said the team is (expected to be better than last year, although .he faces of job of filling a number of holes left in last year's teams because of the graduation of seven key players. Lost through graduation route were Williams, Bray, White, Matthews, Brown and Umphlett; all linesmen and Pierce from the backfield. ' The coach said he will build this year's starting team around vet erans Johnny Miller, Hazel Mat- "' JM'"' ""i"5' V"'11,B 'mu Bull, xuiiiiiijr iiiatuicwD, caoe itvuir tree and Charles Whedbee. Some 40 candidates for the team reported for the practice last Wed nesday, which consisted mainly of issuing of equipment ami discuss- Ihg plana for the pre-school drill sessions. Coach Perry said he will try to. hold a practice session each afternoon and evening for the next three weeks, conditioning the.bys for strenuous practice after school opens., He said this year's team shapes ' up .fairly well with excep tion of, the guard and center po- sitionfj which are wide open for the player showing the best ability in practice,, Th schedule for the season was released as follows:, 'September 14 At .Churchland. 1 September 21 At Ahoskie. September 28 Tarboco, here. jOctober 5 At Plymouth. s. 'October 12 Williamston, here. : October 19 Edenton, here. October 26-At Manteo. . ' November 2 At Spring Hope, November 9 Elizabeth City, here. " November 16 Morehead City, here. ' School "Committee Ntnstfs Two Teachers ' irmbdni ?vt. J the ? Perquimans H''i School committee met. Thurs. & y Ti.to ot last week hnd elected t 9 teacher to the. school faculty for1 '0ie"19567 school term. Mrs. Ahne'Nowell was named to fill the vacancy as science teacher and Mrs. J. W. Dillon was elected as teach er of one section of the eighth grade. . ' ' Mrs. Nowell will succeed H. H. Gurfcin as science teacher while r-j. Dillon will fill the vacancy lO by IIIss tlllwyn Denton. 2 AwSi re-:-:.-- a, r., 3 to r.:i2T r. e Lodge r-et m THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES selecting candidates for the office of President . and Vice President. Governor Frank Clement,. Tennes se4 seemingly set the procedure in hhJJkeynottf arfdreSS'St jthe;'cuitenj tioii Monday night Dopesters had predicted possible floor fights over seating of delegates from, several states but this problem evaporated Tuesday when the convention pass ed the credential committee report. Reports from Chicago up to Wed nesday morning pointed, tpward a near-stalemate in the selection of the presidential candidate. Adlui Stevenson was far out in front in 'the race but still lacked sufficient delegates to win the place on the first ballot. . Delegations backing favorite sons held the balance of power and the reports said predic tions as to the nominee would be hard to make prior to the balloting scheduled to start Thursday. ' Meanwhile in San Francisco, the Republican party leaders were ga thering in preparation for the GOP convention which will open there Monday night All reports point toward the Republicans nominating President Eisenhower by acclama tion and naming Vice President! Nixon as his running mate.. An ef fort being made to replace Nixon on the GOP ticket apparently is bogging down from lack, of sup port on the part of professional politicians. A hurricane threat, to the coast diminished Tuesday when Betsy, second hurricane of the season, was reported by weather bureau experts to be veering away from the main land of the U. S.) and headed, in a northerly direction. The storm, at first, was expected to hit, the Flor ida coast but stopped some 250 miles at sea and turned to a north ern direction. Betsy caused mil lions of dollars worth of damage to. islands east of Florida. The weather bureau reported suspicions of. another storm brewing, in the area where Betsy developed and said a close witch is being made of the new disturbance. ( ' : Diplomats are meeting in Lon don in preparation for a, conference over the Suez Canal but a number of -.the- principals, will be absent Nasser of Egypt announced he will not attend the conference but re' ports indicate Britain. France and the United States will attempt to work out an agreement acceptable to Egypt which will guarantee free dom" of the canal to all, nations. Meanwhile, . Britain ia 'proceeding with military plans to force the issue in the event Egypt does' not cor-a to a-reee' ' t-rtrs over the c - ay. . I n m i ; -- i f u --L.. ; - ' " ;; . . " 1 .TnaHiu 7.athttrv. Nirm. rharroi with 'jbrwkiiigl'and entering the kf Tuesday Nlght!i store jof Joseph? Spruill, Negwjf , , J : t: waived prelimWarj? hearing befojreV nnw itt W'ttnr'' Recorder Chas. E.' Johnson here on Tuesday morning. He was bound over for trial at the November term of Superior Court. Zachaiy was placed under arrest orl the charge by Police Officer M. G. Owens. The defendant was released from custody on a bond of $300. Other cases disposed of during the court session this week includ ed that of Brooks Lewis who sub mitted to a charge of speeding and paid the costs of court. ' William Bray, Jr., was ordered to pay a fine of $15 and costs after plead ing guilty to charges of speeding. Zane. Bunch, a high school stop dent, entered a plea of guilty ' to a charge of reckless driving.. He was ordered to submit to the court a 300-word theme on the subject of "The Folly of Reckless Driving." A verdict of not gujlty was re turned in the case in which Charlie Chambers, Negro, was charged with reckless driving. Thomas Taylor, Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with' out a license. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs, Costs of court were taxed against Philip Jackson who submitted . to n charge of failing to dim the lights on his car. . Thomas Archer, Negro, charged with driving without a license was. ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court, and on a charge of non-support he was given a 30 day jail sentence, suspended upon con dition he pay the sum of $15 per week for the support of his chil dren. '- ' ;'!, : . , ' , "f.'t.' The State took a Joi'ijjS' Hl'the; arse; in . which 4 .PjrWotjd' jwas charged with excessive horn, blow ing. , ,( . -' Roger.; Morris submitted to a charge of failing to yield the right-of-way.; He paid the costs of court Elmer Brothers, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of issuing a worthless check. ' .;.-'' Of fn Methodist Youth Conference -. The annual conference of the North Carolina Methodist Youth Fellowship opened at Duke ? Uni versity Monday. s ' - Some 450 young delegates gath ered oiv the Duk? campus fer'a five-day program' of inspirational talks, discussion groups, commit tee meetings, vhip' services, I fellowship periods.-' Theme of this year's conference is "Being a Wit- , ness for Christ". As the t featured 1. conference speaker, the Rev. "Robert W. Brad- shaw, pastor of the First Metho dist Church 'in Wilson, gave in spirational talks on Tuesday, Wed' nesday . and Thursday mornings, and will deliver the closing day ad- dress on Friday. ' :, , . '.ness and accuracy of aircraft flash Rally Day, on Friday, will high-'calls during a reent exercise on light the conference with a spe- ' duted by the command. - v cial address by Bishop Paul N. . During this exercise, Hertford Garber of the Methedist Church's was one of the few centers to be Richmond area smd a picnic lunch, manned on a 24-hour basis, accord- For the special events of this clos ing day; the delegates will.be join- ed -by-'-im,'-dditkmsJrJ'R'Wpemttoni are from-ifc A.,.M.r to.. people and adult Trouth work lead-. era. r;i''!ft!!;'f,;ni. xnm s.v Dean of women fort the. confer ence is' Mrs; H. R.i Odtmr of ,GiH- son, and the deaa of men, ii theb Rev. James AfAuman of Hertford C F. Mbrris is executive' secretary of the Methodist Board of Educai tion in Durham, and Herman Wine berry is director of youth1 work. ; Bill ' Bauin of , Elisabeth City, president or the Mii N. U. con- ference, will preside over the busi-J ness meetings. The other MYF of - fleers are: W. flaker Morgan of, Wilson, vice-president; Jenny El der of Slier City, secretary; Earl Fisher of Fairmont treasurer: and superinte. .t." '. '. -."-1 iPhww Failure SM'- i Electric power in Hertford was cut eff for about thirty minutes, between 8 and 9 o'clock Tuesday night due to trouble in the VEPCO transmission lines at Edenton. Partial service was restored until about 11 0 clock when the power was again discontinued to enable workmen to complete repairs to the lines. 1 Watson-Proctor Edenton Church , Miss Patricia Annette Proctor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Proctor and Clarence William Proc tor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence William Watson, Sr., were united in marriage on Saturday, August 4, at 10 o'clock in the l.ioming at St. Anne's Church at Edenton. The vows were spoken before a setting of palms, fern, white gladi olus, mums and lighted candles. Father Clarence Flanagan officiat ed, using the double ring ceremony. Miss Jean Long of Hertford, pre sented the wedding music, using organ selections. Given in marriage by her fath er, the bride wore a wedding gown of Chantilly lace and tulle over taffeta, styled with a fitted bodice with tiny covered buttons down the back, long fitted sleeves ending in wedding peaks over the hands. The skirt was floor length with two layers of :icjejtad;,tule1 over :riffetaV He ;frogWrrveilolf Bilk illusion fell from a tiara Of tiny pearls and sequins. She carried a white' Prayer Book toppd; with a white; .orchid, showered with steph anotis and White satin streamers tied in love knots. ' Miss Amanda Lou Corprew, cou sin of the bride, was maid of hon or. She wore a gown of orchid taf feta, styled with long torsa bodice, full gathered, floor length skirt and matching; headdress. She carried a nosegay of mixed summer flow er8. Bridesmaids we Miss Annie Lou . Lane and Xtes Lillian Ann Hoffler of Hertford. Miss Lane wore & pink taffeta gown styled like that of die maid of honor. ' Continued on Page Three - "-',":--' The members of the Hertford Ground Observer Corps received a big oost this week from the Rich-, mond, Virginia rirter center, Air Vors Spoken At QvenPraiseBy Defense Command, when its com- Georg. W. Whitehead, Jr., of Chap mander, USAF Capt. Samuel W.'peil Hill; three daughters, Mrs. O'Brien .complimented die post on Eunice W. Blanchard and Mrs. consistently, being among those judged best on number, complete 3ng to - Billy White supervisor of the local unit. Normailythe hours Bed-.mi-fnidnig'ht seven days ;a , week.., mouth, Mrs. Nina Rountree of Nor 'tfHowever, during this exercise the folk and Mrs. Harriet Blanchard of wer was manned 24 hours a day.'; In- a : letter, addressed to White, fapt; O'Brien said;. ..- !' ; , , pIni analyiing the' results of the exercise conducted on the 20th and 21st of July, your, post was con sistently among those judged best on number completeness and ac curacy of aircraft flash calls made to this filter center.', : ;V "You and your personnel are to be commended on the degree' of demonstrated skill which dontMbut- ed ta te success of the exercise, j "Without support from observa tion posts such as yours, the QOC j i Tense weapon it is today." ,,j llr .T' . '',; ' : , LONG-DISTANCE HOUSEWARMING Residents of Roll ingwood housing development near San Bruno, Calif., watch as a little girl, left, adds a bathroom scale to a packingcasclul of "housewarming" presents which will accompany a full-size American home on ils journey to Russia. The house and every- ' thing in it, including the kitchen sink, has been purchased by Russia in wake of a building delegation's visit to this country last fall. House has been disassembled, era led and is cn route .to Russia. Indians Meet Tars In Play -off Series For Legaiie Title Local Legionnaires At District Meeting The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion, and its Au xiliary, was well represented at the inter-city meeting held in Eliz abeth City at which time officers of the Seth E. Perry Post were in stalled by Department Commander Tim Craig..'' ,: B:.; C. Berny,, . Com mander, for he , First", District, in troduced tfte9)(ea'ker and install ing officer. ; . Representing the local units at the meeting were Mrs. Madge Towe, Mrs. Marie Davenport, Mrs. Helen Skinner, Mrs. Blanche Ber ry, Mrs. Doris Ainsley, John Deck er, Charles Skinner, Jr., Julian Powell.'Tom Willoughby, W. F. Ainsley, Pete Riddick, Charles Skinner, Sr., and Mr. Berry. ' " Whitehead Funeral Conducted Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Abbie F. Whitehead, who died after a lingering illness at the home of her daughter,- Mrs. George Jackson of Route 3, at 6;10 P. M., Friday, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home here by the Rev. J. Paul Holoman. Burial was in the Cedarwood Ceme tery. '. ', ' . .. Shs wa.4 the daughter of the late' Set;. and Victoria White Roun- tree and the widow of the late t George Whitehead. . She was a ' member of. the Whiteville Grove Baptist Church. Survivors also include one son, . Doris W. Brendle of Norfolk, and Mrs. Delsie W. Howell , of Hert ford, Route 1; one half brother, Walter Rountree of Portsmouth; nine sisters, Mrs. Laura Rountree of Tyner, Mrs. Martha Rountree of Hobbsville, Mrs. Mary R. Hobbs of Darlington, S. C, Mrs. Margaret Enders of Baltimore, Md.t Mrs. Ida t Shearon, Mrs. Billie Hathaway and Mrs. Beulah Munden .of Ports-; Gatesville.; eight grandchildren and . nine trreat grandchildren. During the services the church choir sang "Nearer My God To Thee" and "Rock of Ages". Pall: bearers were Leon Hobbs, Durwood Rountree, Walcott Anders, Stuart Rountree, Donald Donovan and J. C. Hathaway. .. .. ' . ; ? SUNDAY SERVICES Church services will' be Tield in Chappell Hill Church' Sunday, Au gust 19. The Rev. J.' Paul Holo man will do (the preachintr. The public is touted to attend the ser vices. . .. - Wednesday Scores: Hertford 2, Elizabeth City 1. Williamston 12, Camtuck 2. Kain postponed the fir3t game of the Hertford-Elizabeth City base ball series Tuesday night. The two teams were then scheduled to I open the series in Hertford Wed nesday hight. Arrangements for the annual play-offs.! lk it'he Albemarle Lea gue were concluded at a meeting jof league directors heftl In 'iUii't.'S ford last Monday night. T. P. Forehand, president of the league, presided over the meeting and nil cd the league season closed on Au- SteVe PerVy who resigned the po gust 10 with Williamston leading, ... two w . a(rn . . the league, followed by Elisabeth City, Camtuck and Hertford in that. order. Under the arrangements for the play-of's ilif schedule w&s set up for Williamston and Camtuck to play a best tpree out of five series while Hertford plays Elizabeth City in a similar series. The win ners of the two series will meet for the league title The series between Hertford and Elizabeth City was scheduled to open in Elizabeth City Tuesday night with the second game set for Hertford on Wednesday night. The third game will be played in Eliza beth City and the fourth in Hert ford. The Perquimans Indians defeat ed the Colerain Trappers twice during the past week, the first game in Colerain Thursday night of last week und the second tim? in Hertford Sunday afternoon. The victory enabled the Indians to finish fourth in the standing for the regular season of play, shutout for the Indians in the game at Colerain while his teammates were clobbering two Colerain pitchers for a total of 16 hits and 14 runs. White, pitching one of his better games, walked only one batter. Hunter led the Hertford battintr attack with thee safeties while Pierle, Allen Winslow, Paul Matthews and White got two hits each. -' ., The second game between the two teams was rained out Friday night and was played Sunday af ternoon. Ted Chappell went the route as pitcher for Hertfqrd, jriv- ing up nine hits and two runs. The Indians, battling for a position in the play-offs, collected 16 hits with Morris, Carver and Trueblood get ting three each, which accounted for 11 runs. Services Announced For Holy Trinity Morning prayer service will be conducted next Sunday at ' Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hert ford by James Zrakas, Lay Lead er for the Diocese of East Caro lina, during the absence of the rec tor, Paul Shults. . . , " " - tiU.U. Day The third annual Farmers' will be held at Perquimans County High School on Wednesday; SephKj'f If tember 12. Since this event waB jjjujp started in 1954 a great deal of in- , s ! terest has been shown in the ac- , tivities held on this day with the ;' merchants arranging very attrac. tive booths and the farm families , . putting cut exhibits of the finest quality. The program this year has not been fully arranged as yet but if the plans work out this pro gram this year promises to be the finest thus far. It is hoped that residents of Per quimans County will, look around their homes and farms for differ ent things to exhibit and that they . will participate to a greater ex- tent than they have in the past ,' J "Our merchants in Hertford have ' r participated in the past just about 100 and we feel sure that this will happen aain in 1956. These ' ,! merchants have made every effort possible to cooperate with our farmers in events similar to this and we feel they add a feeling of fellowship, along with the attrac tiveness of their exhibits, that goes a lonj way in making this event a success," stated R. M. Thompson, County Agent. "There will be more information on exhibits and Farmers' Day at a later date as we know that you would like to make plans for your exhibits as soon as possible," re marked Thompson. Town Board Names Assistant Clerk; votes Roof Project Miss Valerie White was 'named to 'ithe ntoiyon. vasaasjstarH. to Hertford's Town Clerk ata "meet ing of the Hertford Town Board held Monday night at the Municipal Building. She will snepped Mrs. tion of Miss White to fill the post was made from a number of flppl cations submitted for the job. It was announced during the meeting that Mayor V. N. Darden and Town Clerk R. C. Elliott will represent the Hertford Fire De partment at the annual Firemen's Convention to be held next week in i' j Raleigh. Uement Jordan appeared before the board requesting action be tak en to relieve a drainage situation existing in the block adjacent to Pennsylvania Avenue and Charles Street. The Board acted favorably upon the request to clear a drain age ditch in the area, which it ap pears, is causing the trouble. Mayor Darden reported to the Board progress being made on a number of projects including the resurfacing of King Street and al so advised the . commissioners of the need for replacement of the reof over the ice plant The Board voted this repair work should be made as soon as pssible, and bids J for the new roof are now beinr sou8n Purebred Swine Sale August 31 The Albemarle Purebred Swine Breeders Association will hold its semi-annual sale at Fred's Auctiou Market on Friday, August 81. : There will be several events dur ing the day, beginning at 10 o'clock with a judging contest for 4-H and FFA boys. In the after- " noon, along with the sale which be-' gins at 1 o'clock, there will be a guessing contest in which the per-'' son guessing the combined total' prices of ' the highest selling bred ' gilt and the lowest selling boar ' will receive a prise. t "The offering of the animals for sale this year is one of the best' that has been offered for several . years. There will be bred Hamp- ' shire gilts, bred Duroc gilts, York shire gilts and black Poland China gilts. There are also outstanding boars in each one of these breeds arid if you are interested in secur ing stock hogs for your farm we feel sure that you will find what you need t this sale." stated R. M. Thompson," Perquimans Cou' 'y Farm Agent.
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