North Carolina Newspapers

; . :.:i;p qu1::ahs weekly . Vclume XXVi Number 41 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 10, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy. ' At " ' -' 1 '- "'':V.' ;; :' '; ' ; " the Perquimans Business and P-nfoooirirtnl . Wm'. r"l.,K lo . Observing National Business Women's Week,, along with the ' 51 Orations, including Hawaii ..' .,ka, through October 12. le local .dub opened the viw . i u,r ic v -ek by being hosts to the 10th,sPnse to e welcome. -District fall meeting and will I Entertainment was furnished . close with an inspirational break- fay the members when "I've Got y fast at Hotel Hertford Sunday a Secret" proved most enjoyable morning at 10 o'clock and wiit wlth ' tne . panelists ' being Mrs. attend, church in a bodv- at the Spencer, Mrs. Mitchell, . Mrs. Hertford Methodist Church. y The State theme, ' ''Accepting Today's , Challenge", and "Har . vest Time" was the theme .car ried out in the decorations , when it met at the Hertford Grammar School Saturday night, October 4 with the e.ght clubs in the district being represented. w Mfs. Dora T. Riddick and Mrs. greeted the i guests and presented them to t the Registration Committee com v posed, of Mrs. Mary Dale S.' Lane, Mrs. Norman Elliott and (Miss Hulda Wood. - Mrs. Mar- jearet Bagley led , them into the library, where, punph and other delicacies -were served by Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson,.-Mrs. Essie H. Burbage and Mrs. Miriant P. Haskett. ; v Workshops held were as fol lows: program, Mrs?. Stella H. Viola d: Nachman . greeted theimlf .. IV""uee". S m f , . ' District Director, presided over Mn Myra P. Mitchell, Ahoskie;.the busihess Miss Joyce Hines Blythe, Rocky Mount Mrs. Alice T. Owens, nrrcirient of the Perquimans Club, pre sided during the dinner pro gram meeting. Mrs. Florence . ' r u gram jA'-'-fge" of Roanoke Rapids, D, rive For lo.- Nov Underway III! jS First L.C2t CfSfclYcj- ;. -" An enthusiastic ' group of 125 parents and teachers met in the Perquimans High School audi torlum . Thursday night of last week for the first meeting of the i school's' PTA." Members of the i student; council registered ' those attending and gave, each a copy of "the school class schedule, . ' "Carson Spivey," president, pre sided over the meeting and gave fr a cordial welcome to the parents and teachers. Mrs. Blanche Dil lon read the minutes of the organ. lzatiorim meeting ueia lasv April j under the leadership of Mrs. R. S. Monds and Mrs. Henry C. Sulli-' van. ,'-'' - , , Short tallcs were made during the meeting by -School Superin " tendent J. T. jiggers and Princi- pal E. C. Woodard. ' Kiss Caro line1 Wright had char; j of the , music. The program chairmen conduct- ? a "tack to s h gave t' r ta atteni t i t eo-i lifu'n- r.'iu'- s ct-j !t v"-g anou "i a s ..iiji.cit,-',i4 j f3 r, I 1 won - ; r t rogram f nor i, to 'iers t the Ui ?. Arar- .i t lb k t . x District '''X.i.i' : .ji-' .'! X':: ,! ;. State Chairman Elsie G. Rid- " '". JT U1IU, gave UK5 1UVU- tlon' iss - Thelma Elliott, treasurer,, Perquimans Clulvex- , "ucu u .77 f . 1 A.VC! P- Twiddy, Edenton tot t Owens' and Miss Kathleen Jack son. - The moderator was ' Mrs. Blythe. The ' contestants were: Mrs. Mary Frances McP. Morri sette of Elizabeth City, Mrs. , Ann Jenkins of Edenton, Miss fa Rath MiUer of'Tarbpro and . M m Riddick , of Scotland Neck .... , . . , , , lizaoeui . uuy, state , unairman Career Advancement,. : introduc ed the guest speaker, Mrs. Stel la H. Spencer, first vice presi dent of the N. C. Federation of .BPW Clubs, Inc., who chose for her subject, , "Women In Public Affairs." She urged the women to exercise their right to vote in the coming election and urg ed women to run for public of fice in the field they could best serve. of Ahoskie, - District Secretary- .' n ... i iviuue jo. vuitvenijarc. . laroani. served as Parliamentarian.' S3 Reports' were given by the following , District State Repre- (Continued sa page Two) MemHIrs With a goal of 300 members for 1958 as its objective, the Perquim ans County Farra Bureau is in the midst of its annual member ship drive and theHeam of so licitors selling Farm Bureau membership is hopeful the goal i can be achieved by Thursday, Oc tober 23, when the Farm, Bureau will hold its campaign barbecue dinner for all members at the high, school. V Representatives of the Per quimans Farm Bureau opened the1 membership campaign this week, and each community in the coun ty has a membership team solicit ing dues for the coming year. Farmers and businessmen, alike, are Urged to renew their mem bership at the earliest possible date in .order that the goal may be reached without delay. ! : Results, so far ta the drive in dicate the county Farm' Bureau will reach its' membership goal, but Officials of the county group believe ; even more - individuals should join up than the Farm Bu reau has set as the goal for the coming year. .These local officers of Farm Bureau point out mem bership' in the organization adds strength to the : securement i of farm programs and the more members the Farm Bureau can secure means greater force . in achieving these results. The teams, soliciting member ships will make a canvass of each community in the county, offer ing everybody an opportunity to join the Farm.Bureau, but in case an individual is-not contacted by a solicitor he is 'asked .to contact C -Je , .Illams, Joe Nowell or ! r:-y.'-o and thee men will !' f t iue individual receives ' . ci t Jontials. Xr:rt.. PATROL WINGS Raleigh-Durham airport. Cdl. Jamat R. Smith (right) inspects the highway patrol's first airplane, a military designated L-5 type, - formerly 'used as an observation craft. With Smith is State Trooper D. W. Williams of Raleigh, one of 25 qualified pilots in patrol ' ranks.' . ' j ! THIS IM'S HEADLINES Preside.nt Eisenhower, ' this week named" 43-year-old Stew art Potter 'of Ohio to member ship of the U. S. Supreme Court as . associate justice, to succeed Justice Harold Burton, who resigned. Judge Stewart served as' judge of a court of appeals - in Cincinnati. His ap pointment is subject to approval by the Senate. : With a cease fire ordered by Red ' China' for - the Quemoy area, the U. S. announced it will stop convoying Nationalist ships supplying -V, the islands. Diplo mats are eyeing the situation with hope there will be no re newal of the Red attack, al though discussions- betweea- the V., S. and. Red' China . ahbassa dors have not produced, satis factory solutions to " the . situation.- - ' - Tennessee aadi.iederat' officfals are "conductifi,'iih"Tnf estimation of a dynamite - blast which wrecked a Clinton, Tenn., liigh school early Jhis week. The ex plosion ripped apart 16 of the 20 class rooms of the building. Clinton police stated the dyna miting '.was 'connected with the integration of the school. . v. A , record for ; under water transportation was set this week when the U. S. sub Seawolf surfaced -after -spending 60 days beneath the sea. A report said the sub, captain announced the vessel -' could have remained submerged for another 60 days. Democrats from the First Dis trict, 750 strong,' gathered in Ahoskie last Tuesday for the opening of a ; series' of party ral lies to. be conducted throughout the state. 1 The rally Tuesday was promoted by Congressman Herbert C. Bonner arid speakers included Governor ' Hodges,. Sen ator Sam Ervin and others. ' CoirtlOfEucation Scl;d Vwdii D:tosFcrYcr During its October meeting held last Monday night, the Perquim ans Board of Education approved the following holiday. calendar for Lthe current school year: October 21, NCEA meeting; November 27 and 28, Thanksgiving; .December 19 to January1 5, Christmas; March 27 and 30, Easter; school closing date,-June 2, 1959. . ? . Acting on a number of requests the Board enrolled one student in county schools, transferred one to Pasquotank County and reassign ed three others. , , A resolution was adopted regu lating the Tpractice of principals and teachers taking students to the office of a doctor. The Board ruled children injured at school will be '."1 tJ a doctor by a s-hool or:;,;'ul bit I lsx Visits. will He the r ?or;" of the par- ti!ts not i' e s-! I'iS. Alfa D - s ' rl ' was approved ! her at Per- i . t. Marj' "11 were State Fair Display To Show Activity CountyFarm Youth A special display 'at the North: Carolina State Fair October 14-18', will demonstrate the outstanding! accomplishments of one Perquim ans County farm youth. ; , v ; , The new feature will tell, how Clarence Chappell, Jr., of Belvi dere, ih the seven years from his 14th to 21st birthday, developed a farming and marketing program that has brought him' State and National recognition as the. 1957-. 58 Star Farmer of American- highest achievement award of.the Future Farmers of America. The Chappell exhibition will be part of scores of State Fair activi ties that will, demonstrate "Edu cation in Action" and will in clude all levels;, of educational work. ";' ';,v:i ;'' :' .'.,''' ' ? ! The displays which tell Chap- pell's story to date and , his-fu-; ed bythe FFA officials of the c.. W.M4- t. State Department of Public In struction with the assistance of Chappell's vocational agricultural teacher, Joe Tunnell of the Per quimans .County High School at Hertford. Young Chappell, whose net worth after sevtn years of FFA and vocational agricultural, pro jects at the time of his "selection as the Star American Farmer amounted to $71,961.39, was se lected as 'the National Star Farm er on Ihe basis of his extensive farming program and his com munity and home improvement projects. At the age of .21, Chappell al ready owned $20,000 in farmland. These lands include 60 acres val ued at $8,000 inherited from his grandfather and a one-fourth in terest in his 273 acre home farm valued at $12,000. In addition to the land which he 6wns or has an interest in, he also rents 328 acres. His farms are located 11 miles north of Hertford. - Chappell has sold high quality swine' breeding stock in 18 states and marketed his products in eight other foreign countries-. He started his long-range pro gram when he entered FFA work in 1950 and. was able to begin op erations on a moderate sbale with the help of his teacher, father and Continued oa Page Attendance Pins Awarded At Rally . v Miss Marta Matthews, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crafton Matthews, received a pin for, "nine years of perfect attenoV ance at Sunday School; on Sun day, September 28, when Church School. Rally . Day services were held at Fiwt Methodist Church, Hertford. ' , ' In presenting this award to Marta, Church School Superinten dent Durward Reed, Jr.; observed that this unusual record of Sun day, School attendance represents every, year since Marta , was en rolled in the Nursery Department at three years of age' meaning that she has not missed a Sunday since she began to attend Sunday School. Others who received similar pins for perfect attendance were: Seven years, Latham Godwin; five ypnrs, I 'nry Earbee and Har ry ",.' n inslow; three years, Board Concludes With Sheriff White Settlement for ' the collection of 1957 taxes due Perquimans County was made here last Monday between the Board of County Commissioners and Sher iff J. K. White the settlement subject" to final approval of the audit being made by R. E. Aiken, Jr., 'certified public ac countant : New tax books covering taxes due for 1958 were turned over to the sheriff following the set tlement. oi $173,686.17 taes remaining unpaid at the time of the set tlement amount to $2,964.26. i -Following "the settlement the board named Mrs. Blanche . Ka noy as cbllector of delinquent taxes and authorized the sheriff to turn " over to her the 1956 books for further collections. The- board acknowledged re ceipt of a message from Gover nor Luther Hodges requesting information pertaining to prop erty loss due to Hurricane He lene; however, the local board filed no request for emergency funds because of the slight amount o damage recorded here from the storm. Permission was . voted ,by the board , for the Perquimans His torical Society to check and in spect old county- records now stored in the attic of the Court House. i '" "'-' 1,1 " Woodviile Church AndCook Marriage i In ' a beautiful simple cere mony, Miss Nora Grace' Cook became the bride of Sergeant Ernest Glenn Kerfoot ; Sunday afternoon, September 28, at 4:00 o'clock in " the ' Woodviile v Bap tist Church with the Reverend Lowe A. Norman performing the double ring ceremony. ' the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvie H. Cook of Route 3, .Hertford. The bride groom, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Kerfoot fof Phil ipsburg. Pl The ceremony was performed in a setting of palms, white gladioli ' and mums., all softly lighted by candlelight Music was presented by Mrs.; Calvin Chappell of Elizabeth City, who played :"0 : .Promise Me," !In dian Love . Call" and "Lieb Stram." She accompanied Bob bie Ray Spence of Norfolk, who sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told,? IWhither Thou, Goest" and for - the benediction "The Wedding Prayer." - The bride, given: in marriage by her father, was lovely m a ti.'lerina gown of alencon lace . ,er tarrota. The madrin neck ' j v-'"i :the re-embroidered and 's!f)evei with PTA Groups Open Drive For Weekly Subscriptions ' PTA members of the Hertford Grammar School and Central Grammar School today opened their annual project to raise funds acting as subscription agents for The . Perquimans Weekly. The PTA groups will solicit new and renewal subscriptions to The Weekly during the next five weeks, receiving a generous com mission for each subscription se cured. , Mrs. Keith Haskett is directing the work for the Hertford Gram mar School group while R. M. Thompson is the director for Cen tral Grammar School. Members of the PTA are authorized agents for The Weekly, during, this drive, and subscribers are urged to pay their" renewals to the PTA in or der to assist the groups to bene fit through this subscription plan. The Weekly has not mailed out expiration notices to subscribers for several months. However, the subscriber may check his expira tion date by the label on his pa per and determine when the re newal is due. The PTA'groups will conduct's house to house can vass for subscriptions, giving each person an opportunity to renew his paper and help the PTA at the same time. All subscriptions sold through this drive will be started at the expiration of present subscrip tions. That is, if you are now a subscriber and your subscription is paid through December, or any month', in 1959, the renewal you give to the PTA will be carried forward at the expiration of the present date. This plan will enable the PTA of the two schools to raise extra funds for activities at the two schools, and has been conducted jn cooperation "with the PTA for the, past four, years. Subscrib ers are urged to- support the PTA ih this drive and renew subscrip tions through the PTA members or school children. Mobile X-ray Unit The Executive Board of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden TB Association met October 2 in the District Health Department in Elizabeth City. . Mrs. David Fearing, president,! announced the long-awaited mo bile unit would be in the district April 4, through May 1, and the first program planning meeting will be held October 10, at 10 A. M., and urged all executive members to be present at this meeting to be held in the District Health Department. Mrs. Fearing said , Christmas Seals were arriving and would be conducted through mail as it has been in previous, years. .The committee set the 1958 Seal Sale quota at $7,900, Pasquotank, $5,500; Perquimans, $1,400, and Camden, $1,000. The Seal Sale Chairman will be announced at a later date. ' ( Funds from. Christmas Seate provide the sole support of the TB Association, including their health programs, case finding and chest X-rays. Mrs. Fearing also pointed out that chest X-ray films had ad vanced 7 and solutions 5, that the TB Association would con tinue to conduct the program as it had in the past and to cut the activities now would hamper the programs of the TB Association. Mrs. Duke Cropsey, executive secretary, -.' stated that ' January through September of this year, 2,641 chest X-rays had been made m cooperation 'with the local Health Department and 585 in Perquimans Health Department, totaling 3,226 these included TB patients, their contacts, students, food handlers and the general public. . . , Draft Office To t Close Four Days , The office of the Perquimans Draft Board, will be closed for four days, - beginning October 14 . through October 17, while Jo Visit District During Next April the board clerk will be on an- Probable Cause Is Found By Court In Murder Hearing Judge Chas. E. Johnson, presid ing over Perquimans Recorder's Court Tuesday found probable cause following a preliminary hearing in the case in which Archie Boone, Negro, is charged with murder. The court ordered Boone held for action by the Grand Jury at the October term of court. The preliminary hear ing held Tuesday followed a re quest presented by Boone's attor ney, W. H. Oakey, Jr., after Boone had previously waived hearing. Boone is charged in the warrant with the murder of Ma trice Revells, Negro, who died fol lowing a shooting in a juke joint in Winfall. Wm, Biickhouse, Negro, charg ed with breaking and entering and larceny of a shot gun from a1 Hertford store, waived hearing on the charge Tuesday and his case was moved up to the Superior Court. J. D. Zachary, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of be ing an accessory after the fact in the Brickhouse case. The Court continued prayer for judgment ordered Zachary to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. Zolla White, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of sell ing beer without a license. He was given a 60 day road sentence to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $50 and costs. Pt - - m yyVMy . rquimahs Ties Ply mouth 13 -IB Rlpipiday ASC Office Gives Election Results Fourteen per cent of the elig ible voters in Perquimans Coun ty voted in the community com mitteemen flection held in each community on Thursday, October. 2, George Bellmon, Perquimans County ASC office manager, announced today. The men elected to serve as community committeemen for 1959 are:.: Belvidere community, Emerson R. Asbell, Louis L. Spivey, Ellis Winslow, W. Sav age Jolliff, Harold H. Cope land; Nicanor community, Elisha S. Winslow, : Arba E. Winslow, Selden Rountree, Joseph H. Stal lings, Jr., Lester J. Baker; Bethel commimity, C. R. (Kit) Chappell, W. Dewey Perry, Jr., Willis Proctor, S. Edgar Long, Lawrence C. Corprew; Hertford community, Carroll R. Williams, Clarence L. Dail, Emmett Long, Pailen Lane, Clinton Ray Wins low; '.-' New Hope community, Marvin Caddy, Belvin Eure, Moody Harrell, Abraham L. God frey, Jr., Albert Eure; Parkville community, J. Lawrence Perry, Julian R. Mathews, Elmer L. Miller, Ernest E. Morgan, J. Clifton Morgan. The men elected as delegates to the County Convention, are Emerson R. Asbell, Elisha S. Winslow, C R. Chappell, Car roll R. Williams, Marvin Caddy and J. Lawrence Perry. The County Convention will be held Tuesday, October 21, at the Ag ricultural Building in Hertford, at which time the delegates will elect the men to serve as County ASC , committeemen for 1959. The men elected as commun ity committeemea and county committeemen will take office November 1, 1958. ' - Fellowship Group Meeting Tuesday "he Chowan-Perquimans Sub- district Methodist Ministerial Fel lowship group met with the Rev. and Mrs. James A. Auman in Hertford on Tuesday, October 7. Enjoying lunch and fellowship together were:' The Rev. and Mrs. J. Earl Richardson of Eden I'ton; the Rev. and Mrs. Frank For- tesque of Tyner, the Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Pickett of Durants Neck, Costs of court were taxed against Peter Riddick, Negro, who submitted to a charge of speed ing and driving on the left side of a highway. A 60 day sentence was meted out to Elmer Tarkenton who en tered a plea of guiUy to charges of assault, destroying property and driving wit1- ut a license. The sentence was suspended upon payment of a i of $50 and costs and the condj l the defendant be of good beha 'ior for a period of 12 months. William White, Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault. He was ordered to pay the costs of court or serve 30 days in jail. A fine of $10 and costs were taxed against Willis Thomas, Ne gro, who submitted to a Charge of unlawful passing. A charge of assault with a dead ly weapon was dismissed against Howard Eaves on motion by Eaves' attorney following evi dence produced by the state. The motion was made on grounds of self defense. Bernice and Maggie Woodard, Negroes, were each fined $100 and costs of court after each had entered a pla of guilty to charg es of possessing non-tax-paid li quor for the purpose of sale. A hearing was set for October 21 for Marie Berchefeldt who f charged with issuing worthle; i checks. The Perquimans Indians, pre- : game underdogs, played the Ply mouth Panthers to a 13-13 tie in ! a football game played in Ply mouth Monday night. The game had been postponed from last Fri. : day due to rain. On Friday night the Indians will meet Williamston, another conference opponent, in a contest on Memorial Meld in Hertford. Game time is 8 o'clock. Perquimans outplayed Ply mouth, but an Indian fumble in the closing minutes of the contest was captured by the Panthers and later Al Cox of Plymouth scored to knot the count. Plymouth opened the scoring in the game by a touchdown when Jackson ran 60 yards on the first play of the game to give Ply mouth a 6-0 advantage. The In dians came back in the second pe riod to score when Tucker caught a pass for the TD. Jimmy Sullivan scored the In dians' second touchdown in the . third quarter when he ran 10 yards for the goa', after the In dians had moved 65 yards on a sustained driv Conversion by Winslow wa: nod and Perquim ans led 13-6. Perquimans umbled the ball with four min tes remaining in the game and Cox recovered for Plymouth. Johnson, Panther back, rammed over for a TD then scor ed the extra point to tie the score. A large crowd of fans are ex pected to turn out for the game tonight against William. Pre game dope indicates the outcome, is doubtful with either team be ing the final winner. Masons To Hold Past Master Night Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., will hold third degree work and observe Past Masters' Night at the lodge, on Tuesday, October 14, it was an nounced today by the lodge Mas ter, Russell Baker. On Tuesday, October Si, tfo.0; Masons will hold their annual M't 1 sonic banquet, at the Cent ' Grammar School In WinfalL. , ginning at 71 P. M. Mr. Bal urges all members to plan to -tend these events and Visiting Ma- -sons are invited. " - BIRTH Ar"0JNCEKrnT ' Mr. and Mrs. rrr ray White announce), the n " li ter,' Susan C-. , . nber ;d, at c - : : :. t" . -- 1 ! v, it s rortedi by the F.w. A! N. "Grr, jr.( 0f v.'in