North Carolina Newspapers

.-ne XXV. Number 45. , Only a short time remains for subscribers to The : , Perquimans Weekly to renew v their ' sub scription ; through the Parent Teacher Association of the Hert ford and Central Grammar, Schools, and thus help these as sociations - to raise extra funds for school .activities - during . the current year. This subscription drive being conducted- by - the '. PTA will come to a close next , week. v . Representatives of the two PTA groups have been solicit ing; renewal subscriptions, to The Weekly for-the past month and will close their drives with the November meeting, Individuals who; have ... promised 1 subscrip- ' tions to-ene of the solicitors are ,' urgedi to see the solicitor within the! next few days in order that the i PTA 1 may secure credit for ; every possible .subscription. ThePTA groups are working on' a commission basis, receiving a generous commission on each subscription sold, .plus a. bonus If the group sold a quota of 400 ,: subscriptions. The PTA is work ing hard to achieve this bonus . award and can it given support by the large number of subscrib ers whose subscription ' expires - now. , . . Subscribers are again remind ed The Weekly office will, not . mail out notices of expirations but all expired subscribers not renews 3 during this PTA drive will be discontinued at' the close of the campaign. 1 Subscribers may npM, the expiration date of their subscription by. checking the numerals" on the label of their. 'paper. ' These 'numerals st4nd .for the month, and year of r the expiration date, The presidents of the PTA associations are urging all PTA fc their territory by the time o th if- next .PTA meetutrf M erdr;Wfc " aU subscriptions ; may 'bf te ported at that time. . , ' , Tracked Friday judge William Bundy adjourn ed the October term of Superior Court last Friday afternoon af ter the court had .disposed of a large number of criminal and civil cases... .:,...;V',.V,,V-!V'.J;.Uy,:;' A petit jury returned' ver " diet of not guilty in the case in which. Creg Lane was charged : with manslaughter. The i case went to the jury late Thursday night 1 and ' the ' decision was 'reached by the jury after about one' hour and thirty minutes of deliberation. v The State rt'ook a nonpros in the case "charging Gene Morgan, Negro, , with " exceeding, a safe speed limit following a directed verdict of not guilty in the case r charging .the same defendant with manslaughter; Lloyd Harrell Negro, charged , ; with breaking ' i and entering " a ' house where a , person was asleep,' entered a plea of guilty 'tf a charge of fo'rcible trespass. He was. given , a two yea road sentence, suspended upon pay ' (ment of a fine of $50 and costs and placed on good behavior for . . two years. : . - A- fine of $100 and costs were ' taxed against' Alfred Bunch who entered . a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving. V Howard, Wilford and, George Jones, Negroes, charge4-with as sault with a deadly weapon tvith intent to kill, were' founfl guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, eorgei Jones' was sentenced o ron 5s' for two-years: Uluward UfordJv-eSfWfre: given y'rs each, suspended on t of the costs and placed V avior for two years. " ? T. Boone, Negro, " I 'i murder of Matrice , T'vto, entered a plea of ' a c' T;e of mans laugh , evidence pre- the State and si sentenced to a tc?m of not ; ?it more than 3 Navy? Asks BidsS. x On Cemetery Work : ! Sealed bids for another con struction project at NAS Harvey Point, Hertford, will be received up to 2 P. M. November 18, 1958, in the Public Works Office, Naval Base, Norfolk, Va., it was report ed this week by Lt. Comdr. Dal ton, construction officer at the base. " ' : ".. The work on' this project will include clearing of a Jcemetery plot, concrete footings, ornamen tal iron fence, seeding and inci dental related work. ; Locd Fcrm:rs Try i;;vf,:3ll;otlsln llnvestinsPetiiit. 'A new method of handling pea nuts Perquimans County is be ing tried this year and at the present time has proved very sat isfactory.' Willi and Frank Jes sup and Freelani Elliott are using forced air to dry their peanuts To do this peanuts are dug and windrowed once or twice, prefer ably two times In a period of four or five days'. Then the peanuts are harvested witfi a peanut com bine,;, an operation that requires only one man to drive the tractor and saves quite a bit of labor. In Mr. Elliott's case, he is bagging the peanuts and storing them in metal bins and using forced heat - e'd air blown 'through the pea- huts, Frank, and Willis Jessup are handling 1 their peanuts in bulk, putting . 'their pearfutr in stalls that will hold' about 200 through the Jeanuts rine air should- not be Seated over 10 degrees above outside temperature and never over, 90. degrees"! When these peanuts are dried to approximately. 10 per cent they are ready to be graded and sold. Frank Jessup states that he would like to be drying a capacity of 10,000 baks a week by next fall. At' the present time both Elliott and the Jessups are interested in some commercial drying if some farmers would like to try it. Bulk handling of peanuts is coming fast in Per quimans County and 'increasing the, amount of peanuts that, will be artificially dried very rapidly. R. M. Thompson, County Agent, suggested that anyone interested in handling their peanuts in the manner that "these farmers are handling theirs make an effort to see .this operation either at the Jessup warehouse in Winf all or the bins on the Elliott' farm.. Library .Receives . , Memorial Volumes " The Perquimans County LI brary this week received a me morial gift in the form of a three volume collection, . Great Stories From the World of Sport Giv en in memory of J. Edgar Morris by W. H. Dakey, Jr., these vol umes t contain novels,, excerpts from novels, short stories and es. says covering the whole field of sports. Selected and edited by the editors of Sports Illustrated Magazine, these books are a note worthy addition to the sports col lection in the library.'. U .' Other new books in the library this week are: Around .the World With Auntie Mame, Wed ding in the Family, Trouble With Lazy Ethel, Dr. Zhivago, The Bramble Bush, Baa Baa Black Sheep, The Best of Everything, Doctors' Orders,' Case of the Cal endar Girl and The Boy on the Silo. " CIIAKGE IN SSSmCES' Services at, the Bethany Meth odist Church, Belvidere, will be changed from three "o'clock on the second and fourth Sundays to 9:45 A. ; M. the second and fourth , Sundays, it r,waS an nounced today. . .,, ... . The E.'V.t C "' -ine Auxiliary cf T 'y 1 ' C Th til 1 '1 Hertford, Perquimans County, North County Quota For Colleges 50,056 1 i r ir Methodists of Perquimans County have been asked to raise $50,056 of the North Carolina Con ference total of $5,000,000 in. a campaign for Christian Higher. Education. This five million dollar campaign is to raise funds to buiid new Methodist colleges at. Rocky Mount and Fayetieville. and to make improvements at Loulsburg, - Greensboro and ' High" Point Colleges and Duke University. Pictured above is the college to be located at F ayette ville. - 'Broken down by. churches, quotas read by Bishop Paul N. Garber at Tuesday night's rally in Elisabeth City . were as follows: First Methodist Church, Hertford, $27,000; Eoworth. Winf all, $3,51 8r Oak Grove. $2,643; Cedar Grove, $2,643; New Hope. $5,244; Woodland. $3,510: Anderson. $3.522V Bethany. $1,980. WEEK'S HEADLINES Electibn returns from, oyer the nation early Wednesday morning pointed toward, a strong . Demo cratic majority in both Houses of the Congress. .Pemocratic candi dates were1 running strong in all sections' of -.the country! and a number' of GOP candidates had conceded defeat. Only- in New York, where Nelson Rockefeller appeared to be winning the Gov ernor's race against Averill Harri- man did the- nationwide trend J seen to be stopped. Final tabulations revealed the Democrats gained 13 seats in the Senate arid will have a majority of 62 to ; jiie GOP 34; in the House thej Democrats will hold m wtaf 'ifain fc'wMletlifr Republicans ' will have J52 seats. Democrats ; won five ' offices for state governor for a total7of 34 while the Republicans won out for a total of 14. , ;The tlhited Nations voted this week to set up an 81-nation com mittee tot, the purpose of further ing worldwide disarmameni The committee j will T begin its work next year: AH nations of the UN joined in the movement to 'resume this operation which had been halted by differences be tween the Eastland West. ; To 6ffset losses by strikes, six large airlines of the U. S. have entered an agreement whereby they will .share revenues when one of the companies is shut down by a labor strike: The plan airline if the next extra pas senger and freight revenues di verted to the other lines during a shutdown.. The ' action is being opposed by the unions of the companies. t News reports stated Wednes day' the U. S.T will attempt an other moonshoot at 'Cape Cana veral Fla., possibly on Friday, but the try is expected to end in failure. A . missile launched lliere Wednesday' was exploded when it became ' apparent the rocket was not. performing as scheduled. . Becky Gregory Becky Gregory was crowned homecoming queen at half time of the Hertford-Spring Hope foot ball game here Friday night Se lection of the queen highlighted the spirited homecoming celebra tion. Miss Gregory, crowned by Beeky.,Cox,; 1957 queen, also was representative this past summer. . Miss Gregory is' the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah P. Gregory of Hertford. Gregory is the own- the . Gregory Gulf Service ' i,wiier ne.- First -runner-up ' was Dianne Divers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heywood Divers of Hertford' and Pete Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.' 5- Cook of Woodville, won the second runner-up spot.. : Y The' affair' was sponsored' -by; rerfii-sns i .h l.lonocram i II. : ; ,':-Vv,.'''. ,vH;,',nfe Perquimans High Game With Jackets Set For Iffidav; M. Coach Ike Perry's Perquiman, Indians have spent the past week preparing for their annual contest with the Elizabeth, City Yeljow Jackets, the game to be played, in Hertford tonight with game time set at 8 o'clock. , . Although the underdog for this contest, the Indians will be out .fo give, the Jackets a tough timer Bolstered by their 36-0 win over Spring Hope last Friday, the In dians now have a 4-3-1 record for the season, t ; , T f Perquimans climaxed its home coming event with an easy win over Spring hope last Friday night ;, Perquimans first scored In" the last minutes of the first period with . John Matthews going over from the one. A 15-yard penalty placed the ball on the one yard line after long runs by Matthews, Jimmy Sullivan and Preston Winslow had moved the ball deep in Spring Hope territory, Pres ton Winslow bucked over for the extra point. ' v ': A blocked Spring Hope punt in the second period by Ben Gibbs that rolled behind the Hertford goal scored a - safety and two points to give the Indians a 9-0 lead and just before the half ended, Preston Wifislow reeled off a 66-yard touchdown run to give """a "ut tTnninf the Indians a 15-0 half time lead was stopped. A 79-yard" touchdown run by Jimmy Sullivan was called back because of a rules infraction but soon afterwards John Matthews, Preston Winslow and Sullivan on long runs carried to the 13 and Matthews' went over for the score. Preston Winslow carried for the extra point. . Late in the third period Pres ton Winslow broke loose for a 71 yard touchdown run with John ny Winslow, adding the extra point to give the Indians a 29-0 third period lead. Perquimans called on the reserves and at the start of the final period Lloyd Ray Morgan intercepted a visitors' pass and raced 36 yards for the final.- score. Johnny Winslow added the extra, point. 164 County Pupils , ncluded ui Survey The Perquimans Board of Edu cation has submitted application for federal supplement funds, un der public, law. pertaining to pu- J. T. Biggers, school superin- tendent, reported .the survey conr ducted in the county schools in regard to this application reveal- 1M pupils ; parents nioved on federal nroDertv or on federal nrolects: .104 of the nu- pils had parents working at NAS, Harvey Point, Hertford; 20 pupils had parents working at the NAS, Edenton; 12 were connected with a' bastf In" Elizabeth i Cityj'10 each' at NAF, Norfolk and Ports-. motith '' Shipyard' sind;.- eight pu-i! ChessOn'wss theltiilshftd' parents" in 'the "armed Carolina, Friday, November 7, 1958. ... B r Routine Meeting ii Commissioners for Perquimans n 4 ui a nr.,Qmw meeting last Monday during which : time . they handled the usual routine matters of receiv ing reports from various agencies and, officials. ' . The Board authorized the pur chase of fire extinguishers tp re place ones presently in use at the Morgan . Boarding Home. . The County Attorney was authorized to notify the Superior Court this home is privately leased and no longer a public institution sub ject to grand jury inspection, ji At the request of an officer of the. Perquimans Drainage District No. 4, the Board endorsed the ap plication of. .the. district, for fed eral aid for improving and main taining the- canal ditch which serves the area.- "'-. Following his monthly report on . : 4 UUUnillK .113 lllUl.tll.J .bWll Vila t, o,o.; r., wif0, rw . - . . I partment, C. Edgar White, Wei- fare Superintendent, invited the Board, to attend a meeting of the Welfare Board' on the night of No vember 18. " . A financial report on the coun ty fiscal operations for the first four months of the current year was submitted by County Ac countant Max Cempbell. The re port revealed income received during the period ran slightly less than expenditures but the expen ditures were in line with budget appropriations adopted last June. The accountant pointed out tax collections anticipated during the next three months will more than off-set the excessive expenditures during the first four months of the year. Legion Units To Hold Joint Meeting A joint meeting of the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the Am erican Legion and its Auxiliary will be held next Tuesday, No vember ll.-The; meeting swill open ., with a banquet , given by the Legionnaires for the Auxili ary members, .The event will be held at the Municipal Building in Hertford and will be in con nection with : the observance of yeterans Day. As part of the national ob servance of Veterans Day, May or V. N. Darden has issued a pro clamation calling upon all resi dents of Hertford to join in the observance, paying homage' to the veterans of all wars of this na tion who have contributed to its 'preservation.' -.;; p 'J, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ! ki, r Miv and Mr& Robert Hendren -announce, the birth of adaughr ter, Cynthia Mae, torn Wednes- iday.October 22, at the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. , Monday Morning Historic Society Names Committee The executive board '; 6f the: Perquimans County Historical Society, met October 29 for the purpose of setting up commit tees, to carry on the work of the organization. The returned questionnaires were considered anc members were placed on the committees of their choice. Steven Perry of Durants Neck brought before the board an outlined plan of the work he is ready to start on the study of old Perquimans graveyards. Other committee chairmen are: Mrs. C. A. Davenport, Old Homesteads; Mrs. C. T. Skinner, Church Histories; Walter Oakey, Military Records; Mrs. B. G. Koonce, Finance; Mrs. Dorothy Barbee, Scrapbook; Mrs. S. P. Jessup, County Records; Mrs. Alice TOwe, Materials; Mrs. S- M. Whedbee, Publicity; Mrs. Clyde MacCallum, Mrs. Eddie Harrell and Jesse P. Perry, Pro jects. Captain Fulford, president of the society, stated that Mrs. Ar thur Woods would serve as re-, search , agent in Washington, D. C., and he would request Ben Koonce, Jr.. to serve in the same way in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina. Captain Fulford brought to the meeting at) old brick, the re sult of the first excavations by members- of the society. He be lieves that it is from the foun dations of the old customs house once located on Bertie Point on Little : River. Further reports will Jje made on this later. The executive board made plans for the January meeting which will feature a speaker on some topic of interest to the society. Coast Guard Now Distributing Data On New Boat Law ' The initial distribution of the proposed Standards, Rules and Regulations implementing the Federal Boat Act of 1958 com menced today according to an an nouncement by Coast Guard offi cials here. " The proposed rules and regula tions are in the Merchant Marine Council Public Hearing Agenda (CG-249) dated December 9, 1958. Copies are being mailed to all - ... Persons and organizations ex- nrpcoino an intorocf in tho Ant - The Agenda will be furnished on request to the nearest Coast Guard District Office, Marine In spection Office, or the Command ant until the supply is exhausted. In addition, copies of the Agenda will be available for reading at all Coast Guard shore units throughout the United States and its territories. Items in the Agenda are: (1) System of numbering and statis tical information applicable to un documented vessels; (2) Boating accidents involving undocument ed vessels; and (3) Boarding un documented vessels. '. On December 9, 1958, the Mer chant Marine Council will hold the Public Hearing. It will com mence at 9:30 A, M., in the De partment of Commerce auditor ium, Washington, D. C. Com ments, data or views may be pre sented orally or in writing at the hearing. : Those persons unable to attend the Public Hearing may submit written comments, criticisms or suggestions to the Commandant (CMC), U.'S. Coast Guard Head quarters, Washington 25; D. C. Comments should be maile'd to ar rive befoie December 5, 1958. : ; Coast Guard Form CG-3287 shall be used for all written com ments whether mailed or present ed at the Hearing. Copies of the form are attached to the Agenda or t may be obtained from the Commandant (CMC) or from any District Commander.. AT HOME SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Graham Wood will entertain at their home on Route 3 Sunday( afternoon hon oring Mr, and Mrs. , Charlton Spruill on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are invited to call between the hours of three and five o'clockl .. County Residents Cast Light Vote In Gene ral Schoolmasters To Meet Here Monday Perquimans County schools will be hosts at the November meeting of the Albemarle School masters' Club next Monday, No vember 10, it was announced to day by J. T. Biggers, school su perintendent. Henry Oglesby, secretary to Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, will be the guest speaker for the occasion. Mr. Biggers stattd that about 100 teachers will attend the meeting representing schools from 11 counties, Edenton and Elizabeth City. The dinner meeting will be held at the Central Grammar School cafeteria beginning at 6:30 o'clock. Thirteen Cases In Recorder's Court Last Tuesday Perquimans Recorder's Court in a brief session here Tuesday morning disposed of 13 cases listed on the court docket. The court convened at the Munici pal Building since the court room was being used as a polling place of the General Election. William Halsey, Negro, submit ted to a charge of having im- proper lights and paid the costs of court. Edgar Nix was ordered to pay a $10 fine and costs of court af ter he submitted to a charge of driving without a chauffeur's li cense. Eleven defendants submitted to charges of speeding and each paid the. court costs,.. plus :fis as indicated: These were R. B. Fitch $14, Catherine Carpenter, Nick LaMonica, Gordon Fletcher $25, Francis Credle, Samuel Mer cer, Walter Bulliner, Herman Mitchell, Billy Bevil, Peter Bry ant $6 and George Johnson, Ne gro. Several cases were continued until the next term of court on November 11th. Lane Funeral Held Wednesday Arthur Charles Lane, 78, died Monday at 9 A. M. at his home in Chowan County after a short illness. He was the son of Hosea J. and Mrs. Elizabeth Lane. He I was a retired farmer. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Chappell Lane; one step son, Murrell T. Lane of Tyner; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Virginia Lane Goodwin of Edenton; three brothers, Ervin and Lyndon Lane, both of Tyner, and Mur ray Lane of Hertford Route 2; three sisters; Mrs. E. L Cope land and Mrs. R. H. Goodwin of Tyner and Mrs. H. T. Lamb of Newport News, Va. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at 3 P. M. at the Chappell Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. J. Paul , Holoman, pastor. Burial was in the Lane family cemetery. Town Board To Meet Monday The November meeting of the Hertford Town Board will be held next Monday afternoon, Novem ber 10, at 4 o'clock instead of the usual night meeting, it ' was re ported today by Mayor V. N. Darden. ,' . " '. . ''. , 'i In. addition to other matters, the, board .during this meeting is expected to consider sealed bids for the purchase of a new police department automobile. Church Revival At Bagley Swamp There will be a series of re vival meetings at the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church beginning Friday night of this week at 7:30 o'clock and running through Sun day, November 9. ;.. The .Rev,Xarry Jarvis of Win ston-Salem will be the, evangelist and the, male quartet of Southern Pilgrim , CoHege, at . kernersville, will be special singers. . 5 Cents Per Copy.- Elect ion Perquimans County voters turned out m small numbers for ; the general election last Tuesday, giving the Democratic candidates an overwhelming majority of the ballots castElection officials stated the vote total was approxi mately 450 v ies, a number of which were . iscarded because the ballot had been wrongly marked. Only one contested race ap peared on the ballot, that between Senator Jordan and Richard Clarke. Perquimans citizens gave Jordan 408 votes and Clarke, Re publican, 22. Local voters opposed the con stitutional amendment proposing increased authority for justices of the peace by a vote of 247 against to 173 for. Local candidates, including the District Solicitor and State Sena tors, were without opposition and the unofficial vote totals for the officials were as follows: Solici tor Walter Cohoon 419 votes; State Senators, J. Emmett Wins low and William Copeland 402; Representative C. R. Holmes, 411; Sheriff J. K. White 429; Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt 424; Recorder's Judge Chas. E. Johnson 423; Treasurer D. F. Reed, Jr., 4? Coroner Dr. C. A. Davenport 42i, candidates for Commissioners, George W. Baker, Elwood Nowt-U, Warner Madre, R. L. Spivey and Harry Winslow each received 411 votes. Candidates for the Board of Education, Mrs. Jack Brinn, Dr. A. B. Bonner, Charles M. Harrell, Clarence Chappell, Sr., and Howard Matthews, each re ceived 401 votes. Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner, unopposed in the race for the House, received a total of 419 votes. , ' , ' f W. ' Af WnltaiwWrof 'Ike ' Board of Elections, pointed out most of the discarded votes were due to the ballot being wrongjy marked for the office of County Commissioners and Board of Edu cation. Some voters failed to cast a vote for each of the candidates as required by law, thus the bal lot was void. Motorists Asked To Notify MVD Of Change Of Address The Motor Vehicles Department had this urgent bit of advice for Tar Heel car owners this week: "Tell us, please, when you move!" Foy Ingram, director of the agency's registration division, warned that thousands of owners at re-licensing time face delay and confusion every year for fail ing to list a change of address. She explained aat license renew al cards, neres ;iry to secure new plates, are returned to the depart, ment when inaccurately address ed..'' ', "This inconvenience can be eliminated," she said, "if owners will notify the department promptly of any change in their address. It's doubly important ' now since 1959 renewal cards will go into the mail shortly." Miss Ingram said new license tags could be issued only upon presentation of a renewal card. Therefore, . owners who have changed their address since the, last registration should Inform the department of their license number and new address immedi- , atley. This will assure prompt delivery of a 1959 renewal card, she said. ' 1 Seniors Conclude Magazine Sales The senior class of Perquimans High School recently completed its project of selling magazine subscriptions and realized a pro fit of $878.39 which will be Used to help finance the annual senior . trip to New York and Washing ton, p. C. 4 Topping the class with sales were Patricia Dillon and second . was Ethel Sutton. Each received a watch for their efforts. The next ; five' high ' salesmen were Jo ' Davis" Towe, Parker Chessoit, wlfthfrn't Miller, Joseph Proctor and' Dottie Cart right ' " 1 ' '"' ' '