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1 v . ! ;. 't 'il!' kM. L JiS I I : .Mis l; ,1 V B ilV. ' '.',1.11 il IMS !i .11 1 1 m jr ,-. II ' i I ,x X M . l I w II - ill : I i ; I 'ill. , r Vi.:.t.3 XXV. Lumber 19. tentative Budget "s; "' V Bv ' Coi County Commissioners were in iuiik uuu uusjr gegsiuu acre lasii Monday giving consideration to a varied agenda including tentative budgettnatters for the 1958-59 fis cal year which starts July 1. During a conference with ex tension workers Mrs, Nancy Lil ley tendered her resignation as county home agent, effective June 15 and this was accepted by the Board Mrs. -Paige Underwood, .assistant home agent, was named to "succeed Mrs. Lilley and Miss 11a Grey Mcllwean of Craven County, who is graduating' from Woman's College this term, was elected to the post as assistant home agent. . ' On budget matters for next year the Commissioners voiced tentative approval for appropri , ations for the Welfare Depart ment, calling for cash outlay of v $158,854.00 of which, the county 'will provide $18,400.00;-expenditures for debt service will amount to $58,100, covering payment of county bonds and interest on the bonds. -Indications are the Poor Fund budget for next year will remain about the same as the current year, 'calling for 8-two cent tax levy; $1,396 was approve for as sistance to the blind; $2,250 for ' forestry service and $1,400 for the county library. - " All of these budget items are subject to reconsideration before final adoption expected at the June meeting of the Board when ' final action will be taken on the ' entire budget, ' ;'.;'. ,.-.''. The Board also went on record Instructing the Sheriff to adver tise all property on which 1957 taxes had not been paid during the month of June and to sell the 4 , tax liens on Monday, July 7. . Invitation was .issued for bids for ' supplying ' the county with ' -4 uel lil dtirmg next tearmd-j these Aids wul be opened at tne jr, June-meeting of the Board? i AtTcimii ii A .varied docket, consisting of 8 cases, was disposed of in Per quimans Recorder's Court here on Tuesday; with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding. , . i Ten defendants, Perry Mcln turff, James Owens, John Kelly, Ralph' Lore, Anthony D' Arnica, . William Jacques, J. A. Drewyor, Bill Green, William Ward and E- ; I. Murad, entered pleas of guil- , ty to charges of speeding and each paid the costs of court, f Josepn -enry, cnargea with Speeding, ; failed to appear in ' 'court to answer the' charges and he was ordered apprehended and ' held for a $50 bond. .' : Oliver Riddlck and Dennis . Jones, . Negroes, submitted to p Charges of operating trucks exr feeding the height limit; and each of. the defendants paid the' costs ! of court Costs - of court were ; taxed .i against Laughlin McDonald, who entered a, plea of guilty to A Jcharge of failing to observe a stop 'sign. ' ,.' ' t Linwood Prlvott and Archie Boone, Negroes were found guil- ty on charges ol assault won deadly weapons. ; Each defendant ' Was given a 30 day jail sentence , to be suspended upon payment of fines of $25 and costs of court , Ernest Riddick, Negro, entered a plea' of guilty to charges of be ing drunk and disorderly.' He was given a 60 day sentence, suspend ed upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs. v Linwood- Privdtt, Negro, was given a 30 day suspended sen t nee and ordered to pay a fine ( ? J 25 and costs after he, pleaded i .'viiy to a charge of assaulting 1 i wire. An C, nr, Negro, entered to a charge of ,wag ordered to irt and a 63 fj tended on a j from the i Odnoiddr&d amisoioners Cance,. Fund NOW' Totals $838.33 Contributions, to the annual Cancer Fund in Perquimans County have reached $383.33, it was reported Tuesday by the drive chairman. The committee is hopeful the amount will reach $1,000 by the time all reports are turned in by solicitors. The com- i mittee desires to bring the drive to a close immediately. There fore, solicitors are urged to make final reports by Saturday of this week. ' ' Gil Negro Home Demonstration Clubs are joining others in the nation this week in observance of National Home Demonstration Club 1 Week. Church services were held last Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Hert ford and featured the 100 baby contest. ' 0 ; On Tuesday night the clubs conducted a countywide dress revue and a tour of home dem instration club projects was tak en on Thursday. A third pro gram on health was held Thurs day night and this featured a film on cancer. The Club. Coun cil: urged all members to join during the week in a clean-up campaign. , I'epllonisClids Perquimans Girl At Fatstock Show . - Pnrrltiimane Pnnnlv d-TT r'luh ,. , . , .), . members have been, 'busy this weeK in tne utn annual Ai&e - marie Fat Stock Show and Sale held at Scott and Halstead Pro duce. Terminal on the Weeksville highway in Pasquotank County. In the firse event of the two day show and sale, the Perquim ans County 4-H livestock judg ing team did the best job of placing and giving oral reasons that they have done since these boys have been . judging as a team.; ; Wayne i; Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs ; Lewis Howell, scored 274 points; Vernon Wins low, son of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Wihslow, scored 269 points; Ed Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston . Nixon, scored 266 points and Ed!s brother Billy scored -63 points. The low score is dropped, and the three high est majce n a team of 809 points cut of a .possible ,900. These boys won high individual hon-ors'-H i the order listed Al though Billy's score was drop ped, he had the fourth highest score in the contest. The sec ond place team scored 740 points which was 69 points below Per quimans. Seven teams - partici pated in the contest ;'' The next events , were the of- ficial judging of the" individual hogs ; arid pens of three hogs Louise ChappelL; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chappell, showed the individual champion hog. Vernon Winslow showed the third place individual and Bryant Miller, Jr., showed the !fourtn piace individual hog. . :In the steer division,' Louise Chappell -.showed -i the, grahd champion.1. Sebie; James, son ; of S. K. James of Pasquotank won reserve champion steer., ' 7; . .The best county three ' was won by Pasquotank County and Perquimans placed second with steers shown, by Louise Chap pell. Clyde Lane and J, A. -xay. . On 'ednesday Willis- Wil liams, son ' of .Mr. and Mrs. ' '"IITis; 1'ary Beth r r! : r." and Mrs. ; : " T.v: ow, Hertford, Perquimans County, North Jean Edwards . JEAN EDWARDS Four outstanding North Caro Una farm youths, have won the state's highest 4-H Club award an expense paid trip to Washing ton, D. C, and the 28th National 4-H Club Conference, June 14-20. JL.. R. Harrill,. state 4-H Club leader, announced winners of the coveted award" as Charfes E. Gra ham of Linwood, Rt. 1, Linda Lee of Polkton, Rt. 2, Jean Edwards of Hertford, and Manly Wilder of Middlesex, Rt. 2. Each of the delegates has an outstanding record of 4-H Club work, including achievement, leadership and community ser vice. Miss Edwards, 18, has attended National 4-H Club Congress pre viously. She attended the Chi cago event as an official delegate following her triumph in 1958 as state health winner.' She is now a senior at Perquimans County High School. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ed- . : CHAS. E. GRAHAM LINDA LEE s-f i'lf" I ..... ::' III II Hf ViilPsw ures Monors contest. , The last event of the show an4 , w m fce sale Tnfe girls and boys are i0okmg forward to a good sale, which can mean a profit or a loss for their efforts. W. I. Vinslow Hurt Inlligta Wreck Winsiow, : of near Whiteston, is a patient in the Al bemtfrle Hospital receiving treat ment for injuries sustained last Friday morning when a car he was driving became involved in an accident with an oil truck driven by James Oliver Layden, Jr. - The accident occurred about seven miles from Hertford. Dr, T. P.' Briiin( in the neighborhood at the time of the acident, exam ined" the injured man and found several ' ribs broken and other chest injuries. . : r Patrolman B. R. Inscoe, inves tigating officer, said that Wins low was crossing the Whiteston road from the Bay Branch road at Billups' service station when the accident occurred, , The Bak er Oil Company truck, driven by 'James Oliver Layden, Jr., - was headed from Shady Cross to Whiteston. y The officer, said witnesses re ported ; to him, that the elderly man had stopped his auto at the intersection, as he was required, but that he pulled on out in front of the truck, apparently not see ing it. Inscoe saidjfce had not had chance to' talk with Winslow. ,, ' Damage to the truck was said to be "severe'V with an estimate of $1,00? 0 $1,500 being offered. The car, was a "complete loss Inscoe said. After the collision Ihe, truck went into a ditch on the right side of the road. In vestigation is continuing. ' SOIL STEWA-rsiUP WEEK , Perquimans County Soil Con servation District is Joining, oth ers in the nation this week in the observation of Soil Stewardship Week, it was announced by F. A, T "jGoopm. C 'rvance of 1ie Wins 4-H Trip MANLY WILDER wards. , "The trip to the Nation's Capi tal and National 4-H Conference will come as a highlight to years of diligent work in the 4-H pro gram, both with tneir own pro jects and with younger club mem bers," declared Harrill. ., "The en tire state Should be proud that we have such outstanding young people among us." A great deal more than just a sight-seeing tour of Washington the trip win afford many new op portunities for the four young people. They will visit places of interest, confer with national leaders and associate with fellow 4-H'ers from other states. Theme of this year's conference is "Fo cus on the Future." The dele gates' program will be planned to help young people gain a clearer perspective of the multiple influ ences affecting , their lives in these rapidly changing times. THIS VMS HEADLINES The State Highway Commis sion this week approved- high way projects to cost about $14 million, funds to be supplied by- both the State and Federal Gov ernment. The action comes un aer tne emergency program aimed at combatting the reces sion. J. wo projects were ' ap proved for this area, one in Dare County, and one in Hert ford County. a. Jbverett Jordan was sworn in as Junior, Senator from North Carolina on Monday, succeeding the late Senator Kerr Scott. Some 300 friends witnessed the ceremony conducted by' Senator Carl, Hayden Of k Arizona. Jor dan was appointed to the post by Governor Luther Hodges and the appointment ris good' un til the1958 Ndvelnber' election.! Safe -crackers; .looted a bank in Canada during the' past week end and made .away ( with more than' $2- million in bond ' checks and-cash. 4 HoweVer,"'one" ot, the robbers dropped a bank book amid the debris made" by the looters and this led police au thorities to a man who was ap prehended with two ' suitcases containing most of the loot President Eisenhower oh Tues day called for approval of the Administration's plan for reor ganization of the military. : Con gress has been conducting hear ings on the plan and reports from Washington, indicate senti ment is divided fairly equal on the program. It .appears . the Congress - will consolidate the services into a more compact unit but will leave .actual opera tions pretty buch as tHey now exist. 1 : '""' " ' SatchwellRites , , ; Friday Morning John H. Satchwell, 83, died on Thursday morning at " about 3 o'clock after an'allnesi of five months. v He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucile Nixon Satch well; one son, Thomas Satchwell of New Yorl; two daughters, Mrs. Dan Morrill of Manteo and Mrs. Jesse Meeks of Craddock, Va.; one sister and six grandchildren. Grave"'"'?, fu-'iral services will be i Cednrwooi) ' i V. c'-'x.. Carolina, Friday, May Committee Seeks if ntn , U1U ; The movement for better edu cation, in Perquimans County is an inspiring example that may point the way for other counties in the state. ' At least that is ,the opinion of Governor Luther Hodges, as 'reported by Ray Wilkinson of Rocky Mount in his , address last week in the Perquimans High School audi torium. The meeting was spon sored by the Perquimans Coun ty ' Citizens Committee for Bet ter Schools in the interest of se curing a favorable vote of the people for better schools oh May 31. Insisting . that a good educa tion, is not a luxury, but a bare necessity for mere survival in the modern world," Mr. Wilkin son challenged his audience with the statement, "You are never too ppor to teach your children to survive," As he began his talk, he called attention to the increased , interest in American education which has led to much discussion of means to improve our schools. "People are begin ning to realize," he said, "that our schools are our means of teaching our children to' survive, just as primitive man in the dawn of human history taught his children to protect them selves from wild beasts and to pitch their tents in places where their flocks and herds would be safe. The skills which men need for survival change ffrom age to age, and hence education must keep pace with present needs, or it will fail to teach the coming generation to survive in a highly scientific and industrialized age." Wilkinson gave many illustra tions of the need to improve educational ' standards in North Carolina, especially in counties which do not provide additional support v foiy education such as Perquimans County will have an eportipiitj-40; provide, by kvo ing on May 31. After his ad dress, . Mrs. H. C. Sullivan, co- chairman of the Citizens' Com mittee, led a discussion period, with questions and answers from the audience. During the. discussion, it was pointed out by spokesmen for the committee that some people in ' the county have received a mistaken idea about the tax proposal which the people are asked to approve on May 31. This mistaken idea, the spokes man said, is that the proposed tax wouid be an increase of 30 cents for schools above the present rate. Actually, if the proposal is approved by the vot- trs, it merely provides the Board of Education with auth ority to spend up to 30 cents per $100 property valuation for Continued from Page 6 DyShsriffVMe Investigations are being con- tamed by Sheriff J. K. White, assisted by SBI Agent J. B. Ed wards in connection with a series of robberies which occurred in the county earlier this week. Three stores were broken into at Winfall sometime Tuesday night but preliminary investiga tion revealed little loss at Win fall Service Station, Fred's Gro cery and White's Grocery. Sheriff White stated Wednesday morn ing he' is .continuing to follow up on a number of clues deter mined through the early inves tigation-, . ;,.' ,' The sheriff, accompanied by Mr. Edwards, went to Norfolk Tuesday, where they were as sisted" by Norfolk police in, ap prehending" 'Benhie 4 Bonds' 31, and Maurice 'Rowe, 37 both :Ne groes, wanted in connection -with the robbery of the Ronald Bate man store at Woodville on Sun day night , The two Negroes, along with James Watson, 17, and William Givens, 18, Negroes, were given hearings in the Elizabeth City court, Wednesday on . charges of attempted robbery of a store . in Elizabeth City, The quartet W spotted in f Elizabeth , City !y Monday morning by fc dep. Crilt and the latter two :.-iHoar-;8 ' Reported Here 9, 1958. Navy Accelerates Program At Harvey Point; Requests $11.5 Million For Next Year In a communications with The Weekly on Thursday of last week, Congressman Herbert C. Bonner reported the Navy has requested a huge $11.5 million for construc tion work at Harvey Point, NAS, Hertford, for the fiscal year start ing July 1, 1958. Congressman Bonner advised this reporter there is every indication- that the proposed construction will be au thorized by the Congress. According to reports, it appears the Navy plans a speed-up on the reactiviation of the local base which will be the home port for the Martin SeaMaster plane, now undergoing tests by the manufac turer and Navy crews. The request for additional funds for Harvey Point was in cluded in the over-all military construction program for the com ing fiscal year. Projects for Har vey Point NAS, as set out in the request for authorization, includ ed aircraft parking area, naviga tion aids, seadrome lighting; mooring buoys, training building, hangers, dispensary, administra tion building, barracks, mess hall, bachelor quarters and ground drainage. " Hearings on the proposed con struction will be conducted by the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate after which, providing the authoriza tion is approved, appropriations to carry out the building program will be sought. Three construction projects are now underway at the local base and bids for three more projects, estimated to cost around $3.5 mil lion will be received by the Fifth Naval Office late this month. The size of the 1959 request for Harvey Point indicates the Navy is giving the Harvey Point base priority in its construction pro gram.' The base is designed pri marily for the operation of the Martin four-jet plane now in a third series of pre-operational tests. It has been reported the Mar tin Company has six models of the test and evaluation SeaMas ter under construction and 18 of the operational production models are being built! Navy plans for accelerating will be ready for operation earl Perquimans High Making Plans For Commencement Faculty and students at Per quimans High School are busy completing plans for the 1958 i commencement which will come to a climax on May 28 when 56 seniors will be presented di plomas from the school. Opening exercises, the bacca laureate sermon, will be conduct ed Sunday night, May 18, start ing at 8 o'clock in the school au- ditorium. ; The Rev. Earl Red ding, pastor of Piney Woods Friends, will deliver the sermon and other ministers of the county will participate on the program. Class Night will be observed on May 27 and graduation exercises wili take place the next night. Honor students of the class of 1958 are Patsy Elliott, valedictor ian with an average of 96.97. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeland Elliott. Dan Reed Win slow, son of Mr. iand Mrs. Fred Winslow is salutatorian, his av erage being 96.60. y T The class grand honor roll in cludes Patsy ' Elliott, Dan Wins low, Jean Edwards, Beth Skin ner, Rachael Spivey, Iris Wilder, Kay Matthews, Lois Ann Hurdle, Janice Chappell, Alma Jane Price, Gail Pierce, Jake Myers, Tommy Matthews, Amanda Corprew, So phia Godfrey,' Richard Wheeler, Dorothy Taylor, Phyllis Bagley and Becky Cox. Chosen for commencement for commencement speakers were Jean Edwards daughter of Mr. anS Mrs. A. : H. Edwards; Beth Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skinner, and Rachael Spivey, daughter of M. and Mrs. Carson Spivey. - ' " , "A Hawaiian Cruise' was the theme of the Junior-Senior Prom, annual event at which the Junior Class playg host t$ the graduates elect ' ' ' ier than had been anticipated. It has been reported the over-all costs for the reactivation of Har vey Point NAS will run close to $40 million. This reporter also, learned this week that engineering crews from the Navy have been carrying out surveys at the base site during construction at the Hertford base apparently is geared to an expec tation that the SeaMaster planes the past 10 days in preparation ' w I o o - ( AHTNC ) Midshipman William H. Baits, Jr.. (right) of Hert ford. N. C accompanies Cadet Donald R. Reinhard on a tour ol the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. N. Y. The recent visit was one of the four sponsored annually by the academies to promote friendship among future officers of the Armed Forces. Midshipman Balis is in his third year at the Naval Academy. He is the son of Mrs. Frank Jessup. (U. S. Army Photo) Indians Here Friday Night . Baseball fans will have the op portunity of attending the first night game of the season when the- Edenton Aces play Perquim ans High on Memorial Field in Hertford Friday night. Game time is eight o'clock. The con test will be important for the In dians. By winning, Perquimans can tie for the Albemarle Con ference title with Williamston. The right to participate in the state play-offs will be determin ed by a drawing in the event the conference ends in a tie for the championship. After losing to Ahoskie last week the Indians moved back into the conference title picture by defeating Edenton 8-2 in a con test Rlayed in Edenton last Fri day afternoon. Parker Chesson limited the Aces to three hits as his teammates collected eight safeties off the Edenton pitchers, Bunch and Harrell. Chesson relieved Wellie White in the first inning after Edenton had tied the score at one-all. A hit batsman, a walk and White's single to center gave Perquimans a run in the first, one the Aces .matched without benefit of a hit. It came on walks to Buck Wheeler. . Claude Bar- nette, Marvin Ashley and Henry Overton. - Perquimans got another in the second when Tommy Tilley dou bled off the left field wall and scored on a sacrifice fly. Jn the third the Indians took advantage of Edenton's defensive lapse to plate five runs. Three big er rors figured in the scoring and Chesson's double, a drive that was handled poorly, plated two of the markers. The final Indian run came in the lifth on Wheel er's single, an error and Chesson's single to left Mayor Proclaims Clean-up Month Mayor V. N. Darden has pro claimed the month of May as "Clean-up, Paint-up Month in Hertford." The proclamation was issued in connection with the pro ject being sponsored by the' Hert ford Junior Chamber of Com merce. ."'.''?- : Mayor Darden urges all resi dents of Hertford to cooperate with the Jaycees in helping to provide a cleaner, more beautiful town in which to Jive, He re quests all citizens to give spe cial' attention to cleaning up their yards, vacant lots and where pos sible to paint buildings. .1 V; 5 Cents Per Copy. for the program plans for the next 12 months. The Commandant of the Fifth Naval District has designated Thursday, June 12, as a date when official groundbreaking ceremonies will be conducted at Harvey Point. A number of Navy officers, Congressman Herbert C, Bonner and other special guests will be present for the occasion and the ceremony will be open to the public. Play Aces Methodist Church Officers and committees for the First Methodist Church, Hertford, were seleete-i for the year 1958-59 at the fourth quarter conference of the church, neld here last Fri day night with the Rev. C. Free man Heath, presiding. Elected to membership on the Official Board were: Stewards, V. N. Darden, J. W. Dillon, Jar vis Henry, J. R. Jarvis, Francis Nixon, W. H. Pitt, R. M. Riddick, Jr., Henry C. Stokes, Jr., A. H. Williams, Jack Brinn, Fenton Britt, John Decker, Charles Har rell, Moody Mathews, Jr., Jimmy Stallings.il Marion Swindell, Joe Tunnell, . Emory White, Max Campbell, Elton Hurdle, W. D. Landing, G. R. Tucker, Billy White, G. A. White, Kelly White, W. W. White, H. W. Winslow. Trustees: C. T. Skinner, Eldon Winslow, L. C. Winslow, Dr. T. P. Brinn, Edgar Fields, Sr. Hon orary Stewards: Jacob T. White, Henry C. Stokes, Sr., Ernest Reed. Church Treasurer, Mrs. Henry C. Sullivan; Church School Superintendent, F. A. McGoogan; Charge Lay Leader, Talmage Rose, Jr.; Commission Chairman, Mrs. Edward C. Barber; Member ship and Evangelism, Mrs. John Costen; Education, Mrs. J. L. Har- -ris; Missions,-Mrs. Elton Hurdle; Stewardship and Finance, Charles Harrell. Mrs. F. A. McGoogan was named president of WSCS and Larry Willis president of the MYF. ' - ;':rV Ab Williams was selected as- sistant Church School Superin-; tendent and division superintend-.: ents will be Mrs. James Auman, children; Mrs. Talmage Rose; youth, and Mrs. Elton Hurdle, adults. Members of the four com" mission committers were also fill ed during the conference. HEALTH BOARD PRESIDENT DIED ON WED. AT HICKORY ' Dr., G. Grady Dixon, 68, Of Ay den, husband of Mrs, Julia Elliott Grady, president of the North Carolina State Board of Health, died near, Hickory late Wednes day while enrpirte from Asheville , to his home. ; He had attended a medical meeting, in -Asvevi"e. Surviving, besides his v " two sons, G. Grady Dixon liott Dixon, '"