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t 'WEEKLY N Volume XXV. Number 25. Hertford Perquimans County,! North Carolina, Friday, June 20, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy; mm v. ..Lzi 1 , I vU ivmni I o I ftnj" nuugu uicsc uaga vuua aa uiuugii sums-- body miscounted, they deliberately have too many stars. They - were proposed by the flag-making Annln and Co., of Verona, :' N J., as new formations if Alaska andor Hawaii are admitted to the Union. Caroline Borthwick, left, holds one with 49 stars while Gladys Eide hat one with 50. , . ' . Commission Lifts Load Restriction With activity at Harvey Point was expeciea to De sieppea up considerably within the next two weeks, the State Highway Com mission on-Monday acted to re . move a handicap which has pre .. vented some delay in construc tion during the paSt couple of weeks. - , , The Commission, upon numer- ous requests, lifted restrictions on access roads in Bethel Township, leading to the base.' Prior to this - order movement of heavy equip ment and material to the site had been prevented, due to load lim- Its. :,S'' .-V:'':'V . ' Wi N. Spruill, Resident Engi p nere, while in Hertford Monday I', , advised local officials, of the ac , v tion but stated only time wilVlell if the secondary1 roads will stand i up ,1o 4the heavy traffic," If It fdoesh'l die State' esumablyvlll ihave to expedite planfe for con ' istfVetion 'sxtt primari' -roads'"serv- l Because of the weak bridge I tsVannmg the river at the south- ietn limits of Hertford, it is neces ary for contractors to move equipment and matefial through ffiethol. The route upon which re- (tttiftios were lifted starts at Uiht Nixon Fork on Route 17, nijis through Bethel back to the Fnrlor Road which then runs in to? the Hertford-Harvey Point RQpd. Mipri Spruill sUted a number of ctwjtractors had requested inf or m'ation concerning the temporary lifting of these restrictions and due to the traffic anticipated the ' State Commission decided to re move all load restrictions on this route. CatyBoyGstsb Tii?tof'.issoi : Dpnald Baker, son of Mr. and ' & Mrsi 'Wallace R. Baker of- Bel i videre, will attend the 22nd an- .4 .i. t' . ' ll. - nual 'national, conierence oi me National Association of Student ... . Cqunetts held in Ferguson, Mis JP sour!,: June 22-26. jjonaia is now civis president of the Eastern District r. .. ,....cl.j. r,i tw,m io nnw serving as lNO(VU oiuiiic Congress. There wm be some 700 Mother highly selected youth L v .u- ct stnHpnt i -n a onH Kv th national "Office attending this conference. . The Duroose of this qonven- . in lo'fn train these bovs and girls' how to put' 'citizenship in ' actiqn.' ' ' They1 k will 1 ideal , with 1 luch topics as: What ia, the, real purpose of the student i council; v, What can the student council do ' to Sromote1 better international relations, and How can 'the stu dent council develop responsible citizenship among :, high r, school at'idents? ' The conference will be held in the McCluer Junior High School in Ferguson. t ernes to up box TAL HATES JULY 111 The Post Office Department announced today that new rental for PMof'ice boxes go uh i C y 1. I cre" for the i f nt.i 13 to 75 f cents ii 1 J j M---t-:-M-M-M-i THIS WEEK'S VT.i HEADLINES A Congressional , committee Tuesday questioned Sherman Adams, aide to President Eisen hower, regarding gifts he had received-, from i a Boston indus trialist and action taken by Adams in seeking ... informatior over trouble the industrialist had 1 with government agencies. Adams admitted ' the gifts but denied any intentions to use influence in behalf of Bernard Goldfme. He told the commit tee more prudence on -Jiis part Would -haye helped: in ethe situ ation. " ' -; 1 - An observation team from the United Nations has been sent to Lebanon to observe the revolt in that country to determine steps i, 'Pcessary to ' maintain Lebanon independence.. Fight ing DIUKe OUt HgHUl tins viccn, and reports - state rebel forces, proba"bly backed by Nasser of Egypt, ! hope to overthrow the pro-Western government and establish one ..' friendly to the Communists. Radios Moscow , announced on Tuesday four Hungarian lead ers in the revolt of 1956 were executed following trials by people's1 supreifle. court. " Mean- uhilp rpnnrtn s t ate chanees niay' be forthcoming' inside Rus sia," which " has called home its p.mhassadors from Washington, jLiond6h and Paris- for .consulta- fions.4,4-1 :. , Revi Clark Reed Rotary Speaker The Rev." Clark Reed, associ ate pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church was guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of thfe Hertford ' Rotary , Club. Mr. Reed gave brief talk on a . . .. i , j new concept m the training and rfovplnnment of ministers serv- r th churohes of America, new educational process, ib This Mr. Reed stated, will prepare Wtiiti sters to take a more active n?rt in oubli service . and at. fairs of a community," rendering social as well as spiritual er- viee. ' , i , Tfie ' Rotary Club cancelled its regular meetirtg v next r Tuesday, night , in , '. order to " join wRh members ,01 Perquimans If. No. 106, A. F. & A. "Mw in'holdJ ing?a?; steakl fry at the munici-. pal plant Received Honors' On SOth Birthday Mrs. George Benton of . Hert ford Route Three celebrated her 90th 'birthday recently at the I nome ox ner aauguiciv E. Wood. - Mrs. Benton is the mother of 11 children, grandmother "of 43, and C2 reat jrandchildren, six t C .--.Children and 82 m-hv Harvev, . 1 ' ' ' I r t ; i 1 1 s . ; . . ' . . mm ans ',;v;-,.i. !'V,,.,.V.;.r. eeting M H'.More'ithan a million dollars will be spent by the State. High way Commission in construction of primary roads' to serve the Harvey Point Naval Air Station, if proposed plans - are - finally adopted by the State Commis sion, it was learned here Mon day following a meeting between W. N.. Spruill, resident engineer, and. town and county officials. Mr. Spruill came to Hertford to confer with local officials re garding ideas as to highway needs as the officials see them. It was pointed out at the start, Hertford and Perquimans Com missioners feel the secondary roads now serving the "base will 'be inadequate for future traffic and the local officials went on record requesting the State Hiehway Commission to con struct the Hertford-Harvey Point road before starting construction of feeder roads, since this route will be the main highway artery for traffic from points north fhto the base proper. During the meeting It was re vealed tentative plans call for the state to construct two pri mary roads to serve the base. The first running from Hertford to Harvey Point. This road will Bo 24 feet wide and the project will include a new heavy duty biidge across the river at the southern limits of Hertford; the second highway will be an en tirely new roadway starting at Light Nixon Fork and running in an easterly direction to a tlOn 10 a, ooint near Burgess. This Toad i will be 24 feet wide and will serve to feed traffic on to Route 17 for both south and north bound traffic. Members of the Town Board and "A; T.-LaneV chairman of the Board of County Commissioners agreed withl Mr. Spruill these two projects should provide ample highway facilities for the base. ' ' .''.''.' Mr. Spruill advised the local officials : construction of new roads to the base will be tied to future plans for building a by pass around Hertford. He an nounced he, had no idea - if and when this by-pass will be con structed but added the expected increase , m highway traffic, re sulting from the activation of Harvey Point NAS, will require installation of such a by-pass. Congressman Herbert Bonner, while at Harvey Point last week for the "ground ; breaking cere- mnnv. called ud local and state fficiaU to improve the road.;-: "e". PaBlu" situation in this county in order that tne wavy dbs? maj "YC rdeauate highway , transportation . v . i i.naA i a fnhir. needs for present and future needs. During the. meeting here Mon- day, Spruill stated he could, Continued on Page Eight ... . . . v.51- I iu. . SignUp Time For? Fcrm Tour July 1 The . tour planned by the' Ag ricultural Workers Council of Perquimans County has receiv ed a good deal of favorable com ments and interest is running much Better than was antici pated. . Bedause of interest shown by farmers and business men in this trioi the Council de cided that the close-out date for thi tour should ; 'be Tuesday, July 1. instead of the date pre viously announced which .was WMMffwfsu ( ji a ine ap- pittiimate cost jtorthW . tour for pink carnations .i J...i-j !Jitt.,:nil'fc1''- Rnulae . 'Webb around; 23, N plu8,t seven . meals uncle W" iL.:. iv;!' "t.tfhMt man. Glenn Benton , ana WHICH 1 Wl.;, iOKlCHK cost If you , are interested in seeine aericultural . industry and agricultural practices carried on in other states, this tour should be of specific 'interest to you,s and you should get your name on the list as soon as possiblt, ts only 44 people can panici- pate. ; you can get your name cn the list by i seeing Joe Tun nel!, Vo-Ag teacher! George flell mpn, ASC office manager, or R. M. Thompson, county gerji '.'"Kem'-mberf this' Should be , done ES t nTl ts - possible, "SO 1 V ' ments can be Point Read ";; ' - 'v.:.:';'' k ;- Monday Defendant final For Possessingi Bootleg Liquor I Howard Phillips, Negro; who was arrested by Hertford Police Officers last Friday night follow ing a raid on his home on Market Street which netted some three gallons of non-tax-paid liquor, en tered a plea of guilty to charges of possessing the liquor when given a hearing in Perquimans Recorder's Court Tuesday morn ing. .The defendant was found not guilty on a charge of posses sion for the purpose of sale. Judge Charles Johnson sentenced Phillips to serve a six months jail term, to be suspended upon pay ment of a fihe of $100 and costs of court and upon the condition the defendant be gainfully ; em ployed within the next 30 days. The defendant noted an appeal of the judgment to Superior Court and a bond was set at $150. Police officers conducting? the raid on Phillips' home were Rob bert A. White, William Tarken ton, T. N. Miller, Tommy Miller and Patrolman Robert Weathers- bee. ' Other cases disposed of during Tuesday's term of court includ ed those of Johnnie Tolson, John Etheridse. Howard Matthews, Jr., . . T.x j Manual Milan: , , . n.,uuj , . . no-A lho cs ui sccuuig aim wi costs of court. James Knox, Jr., entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving with aa. expired; licenes. and he paid the court costs. . '. . Tom Crawford, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guil ty to a charge pi failing to ob serve a stop sign. . ,, Barbara ninchum WedsRlMeil Friday, June13th The marriage of Miss Barbara Ann Flinchum to Ronald Ed ward Harrell was solemnized in rites at the Woodland Methodist Church at 4 o'clock in the after noon, June 13, with the. Rev. W. performing the ceremony. the daughter of ' . " ". : o.,,' Mrs. Leigh Flinchum of Route 3. i no . nrMiH ix Hertford and tne onaegroom is Edward " Harrell . i . AMraonthamllflM. baby's breath, palms and candlelight.'-;,.- ' -j' : Mrs.-' Calvin .ChappeU played the wedding music ' and accom- nanied Mrs. Ralph Wood, who sang Promise Me" and "The Wedding Prayer." . Th bride, given in marriage by her uncle, C. T. Skinner, of Hertford, wore a white dresa oi nrlnn Hnrrnn With nylon lUlie anA white accessories. She carried a white prayer pook topped with white munced car nations, centered; with a wnue purple throated orchid. ' Mrs. Arol Murff of Norfolk, sister of the bridegroom, ; was matron oi nonui. She wore a pink organdy da rrnn "dresse ' with pink aoces sories and carried a bouquet of and pink rosea. of Hertford, , -- Marlon Harrell of Hertford served as ushers, ' 7. Mrs. C T. Skinner was mis tress of ceremony. For her , daughters wedding, Mrs. Flinchum wore a dress of light, blue pinamist dacron with pink and white accessories, . ana corsage of pink roses. . - -. The bridegroom's mother wore a beige embroidered polished cotton dress with matching ac cessories' and a xymbidium , cor sage. .'!" 1 n'. "::?After'"the ceremony -"wcep-tion' was1'' held aV:the home rof Mr.'and I.Irs. -Edward Harrell1- Ij' ; Jlr i. Is $ ' I "V : ' $ 1 : ;. if " jl j ' i. wfi : FOOD FOR THOUGHT Girls seated at mail-sorting key boards are the "cooks" in this automat-like mail sorting device in the Washington, D.C., post office. Each girl can handle nearly 18000 letters a day. Once letter is coded for distri bution by the Belgian-made device, it's automatically pigeon holed for distribution to delivering offices Indians First Position In Leag ue 4U i0lll.ll MotTlhorC The Hertforl Indians took pos ll UIUU If ICIIIUCI O session of the top spot in the Al ' ';.'".'. '., bemarle League standing during P'irtinillOt O 111 tne past Week by humbling Cam- l UI IKvlUulu lll tuck twice and handing Elizabeth Citv Q Aafoat haia Tuns. Perquimans County 4-H Club members went to Washington Wednesday to participate in the Eastern District Elimination Day. The purpose . of this con test day is , to have the best demonstrations from the East ern District at 4-H Club Week in Raleigh, July 21-26. Four-H Club members from Perquimans County who partici pated in the contest, were: Kay Winslow. "Milk .: As "Used by a Dairy Princess"; Ann Lane and Dellie Rae CoDeland. "Milk Is Right In Lemon Delight," gave demonstrations on dairy foods. Ann Benton, "Homework Made Lighter," gave electric demon stration in the girls' competi tion, and Whittie Matthews, "The Effect of Voltage Drop on Elec trical Equipment," gave the boys electric demonstration. "Mar keting Quality Tomatoes" was presented by Rachel and Carson Spivey. "A New Treat With a Beet" was presented by Phyllis Hendren and Eva Ann Smith. "The Proper Thinning of a Pine Forest" was presented by Ver non Winslow in the forestry competition. Ed Nixon entered the peanut demonstration with "The Proper Way to Apply Pot- Continued on Page Eight Farmers Complete DoltYourself A group of 10 farmers in the New Hope-Woodville' section of Pereuimans County decided to do something about a drainage outlet for their farms this spring. Their farms drain through a djtch known as the Ford Canal. This canal had not been cleaned out in : several years and was practically filled in some places. This gjoup of farmers applied to the local ASC. office, for as sistance - 'to deepen and enlarge the Ford 'Canal. The farmers did most of ; the right-of-way clearing themselves. r By getting assistance on construction -of the ditch through the ACP and do in the clearing themselves the cost to 'the farmers was much less than it would have been otherwise. ; ; ,. , This canal Is 13,500 feet in length and involved the moving of 19,551 cubic yards of dirt The canal was surveyed,, stakr ed and constructioi), checked by Soil .Conservation Service,, per sonnel working with ' the Albe marle Soil Conservation Districit. Cand Project Move Into Standing day night. Games will be played in Hert ford on Friday night of this week against Edenton, Wednesday night of next " week against Camtuck and again on Thursday night against Elizabeth City. .. The Indi&ns are showing im provement each game and up to provement eacn game ana up to i the present have displayed excel-1 ii mtin i .......Q. Scoring nine runs in the first inning, the Indians trounced Cam- LU.IV Itf'iV J1CIC lllgllLI . . of last week. Welly White and,pr:1.ec Paul Matthews did the pitching for Hertford, giving up five hits. t r . I r ... . i 1 n r - rr' - r; K r. ! led the locals in a 15-hit batting, nnwnn Unntan . on I I Ootorl frt I f ...i-M- t,..., j.the committee aaiciics Willie rtiui maiuicns aim Owens had three each. On Friday night, Ted Chappell pitched the Indians to a 12-8 de cision over Camtuck. He gave up 11 hits including three singles by Camtuck's Gordon Sawyer. The Indians jumped on Hastings and Mansfield for a total of 13 hits. Clyde Briggs and Owens collected two each to lead the Hertford batting. Hertford scor ed three runs in the third, added one more in the fourth and sixth and clinched the contest with five more runs in the seventh. Cam tuck managed single runs in the third, through the seventh in nings and addad three more in the eighth. Paul i Matthews turned back Elizabeth City in a game played here Tuesday night. Fans saw one of the best played games thus far this season. Matthews gave up seven hits, walked 3 and fan ned 15. . Utathias went four in nings for the Tars giving up 10 runs on hits. Poochis finished the game for the visitors allow ing four runs. Hertford collected 11 hits, committed two errors. D. A. Carver " led ' the local hitting with two doubles and a single while Johnny Morris had a dou ble and a single,; Morris hit the double in the sixth inning' with three men on bases! all of whom scored on the hit , Public Invited To Meeting Friday P.M. ' Residents of Perquimans Coun ty, especially "those interested in the establishment of an Histon cal Society, are invited to attend a meeting in the Court House in Hertford at 8. o'clock Friday night at which time a permanent organization of the society will be perfected. . -- . .Temporary officers of the socie ty are Capt. N. S. Fulford, act ing chairman and Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee, acting secretary. , cL- steak nnr ',r-:"f": The . Perquimans M a S o h t Lodge No. 106, A.' Ti & A. M., will hold a steak fry; ;next Toes day night' at the Mutiiqipal plant. $4 Million Added For Construction Harvey Point NAS Committee Named To Direct Jaycee Projects For Year Project plans for the coming year were announced by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the Chamber held Wednesday night of last week, and committees to direct these projects were namd by the president. President Keith Haskett list ed the following committees and their chairmen: Membership, Francis Nixon; calendar, John Beers; money making, James McNider; ath letics, Abb Williams; youth activities, Howard Felton; fire prevention, Bobby Elliott; pris oner rehabilitation, Archie T. Lane, Jr.; eye bank, Moody Matthews; scrap book, Charles Skinner; special events, Walter Humphlett; Christ events, Hil ton White; outstanding young farmer. Richard Bryant; teen ager award, Hillary Scaff; Dis tinguished Service Award, Dur-, ward Reed; banquet and meals, Ray Haskett; religious activi tits, Marion Swindell; driving roadeo, Earlie Goodwin, and all-star game, Howard Felton. During the business session of the meeting, members voiea not to sponsor a contestant in beauty events scheduled for Ahoskie nd Charlotte. Present obligations was given as the reason. John Beers reported on the recent nankin sale, which net--t..A fh "JliiK' $65.50. President - , . f ihB Haskett made a report tc . the that he made emu " "-f to Edenton with Earlie Good win and Carl Woodard to at tend a Jaycee workshop on rpu liiK vntpd to nolo n X 11C annual all-star baseball game on July 4. Howard Felton was appointed chairman, with Beers , white as members 0f Charlie Skinner, Jr., union and Bobby Elliott were named as a committee to devise an American flag sale. Abb Williams asked the club for assistance in fixing a "tot lot" on the old grammar school site playground. This aid was granted. Rites Held Tuesday For MissTrueblood Miss Helen Naomi Trueblood, age 45, died Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at her home in the Bagley Swamp section following an illness of a year. She was a native and life-long resident of Perquimans County and the daughter of Mrs. avie m-8 t.,,okih and the late James S. Trueblood. She was a member of the Bagley Swamp rugum Church. - ... She was a graduate ot wes leyan High School in Central. S. C, and Marion College of Mar Tniiann. having served as dean of women at both places. She taught school in Indiana one year before returning here. Besides her motner, sue ,B Vived by five sisters. Mrs. Tal mage Baines of Whaleyville, Va., vr- rrlton Godfrey and Mrs. Ernest Winslow of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Roy Baines of LorapeaKe and Mrs. Mary Savin of Hertford, brothers, the Rev. 3. Percy Trueblood, Raymond and Nathan all of Hertford, James r. Trueblood pf Kernersville, N. C. nnd Medford S. irueoinou iwum.( -' The body was taken from the m...:J funeral Home tO ine Bagley Swamp Pilgrim's Church Tuesday afternoon wnere iu.. TOi orvires were conducted at 2:30 by the Rev. Morris Holmes, bv tne rtev. mums . , Lstor and the Rev. D. B. Cruise.! commencement exercises will b pastor, ana wienev. 'Rmn "P lerhr n a s t o r of Peoples wieinoaisi rhurch. assisted bs the Rev. H d; Pehderpf aft,, pastor of Eureka Pilerim's Church..;i ' A1 solo'The 'JJay vviinom Ceaiinutd on Paga Eight , Announcement was made last Saturday that the House armed services committee has added more than $4 million to the initial phase of the Navy's projetc for building a master jet seaplane base at Harvey Point, near Hert ford, i The committee's action Friday boosted to $11,215,000 the amount authorized for fiscal 1959, and the first part of a three-increment construction plan. Earlier this' year the House group approved $7,041,000for the base. The addition of four million dollars will accelerate the build ing program and results from a Navy plan to place the base i' operation by early 1960. At that time, according to Rear Adm, F. Massie Hughes, commandant of the Fifth Naval District, the Har vey Point base will be in "par tial operation-" Acceleration of the construction program indicates that the bia Martin P6M multijet SeaMaster. will be phased into fleet opera tions earlier than had been ex- pected. At present two of tha 160,000-pound jets are in opera tion and a third is soon schedul ed to go aloft. The Martin Aircraft Co.. has- Navy orders for a total of 24 of the multimiliion dollar seaplanes, six of which are described as evaluation models and 18 as pro- duction models. All, however,.: will be operational planes. Construction at the base, since the groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday, has been stepped up.. Four new contractors have mov ed onto the site to begin work on contracts which were let earlier this month.. Legion Auxiliary '.Vt. Installs Officers New officers for the 1958-59 year were installed by the Aux iliary of the Wm. Paul Stallings Tost of the American Legion at a meeting held Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Anne Good win, with Mi's. Louis Del Myers rs co-hostess. Mrs. Thelma Hollowell, presi dent, presided over the business session during which the unit-; voted to send congratulations td Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt of Edenton, newly elected state president of' the American Legion Auxiliary. It was reported the unit netted r $220.80 from the sale of poppies and a committee reported 38 flags were placed on the graves,,.. of veterans in local cemeteries-; on Memorial Day. Installation of officers waf conducted by Past President Mrs. Helen Skinner. The new. officers are: Mrs. Thelma Hoi-: lowell. president; Mrs. Mildred . Whitley, first vice presidentj Mrs. Lessie White, second vice president; Mrs. Helen Skinner;' recording secretary; Mrs. Minnie Miller, corresponding secretary,';'' Mrs. Elda Webb, treasurer; Mrs. Pick Sumner, historian; Mr$.v Mrude Jones, sergeant-at-arms, rnd Mrs. Ethel Perry, chap-- lain. .'. -'-y. - It was announced the Septem ber meeting of the Auxiliary will be held at the home of Mrs. Elsie Gregory. Following tha close of the meeting the hostessea served refreshments. Bank To Reduce Interest Rates Hertford Banking Company Tuesday announced, in keeping with recent revision, of interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board, it will, starting July 1, pay two per cent interest, annuallyy on savings deposits. The action ' taken by the local bank is simi lar to that being adopted by many other banks in the state. , v BIBLE SCHOOL naiiv. Vacation. F.ble School held at Bagley Swamp Pilgrin Church Sunday night,. -June ,3 at 8 o'clock. ; THe" theme of In program ii ' "We Worship th T.rH " . i The oublie is cordial! I invited 'to attend.'; t