' : f Volume XXVL Number 12. Perpuimans PlaysjCfflzensSM Central Today In Baseball' . Opener -'f-,r-'iv.-:--'." ' "' " ' " ' ' ' . v ' i 'J- ,": pascbaU time is here againt HistoricaLSotiety The Perquimans Indians, un-1 np MftnHflV der direction of Coaches Ike 1- "Aeei iUOnaay . - Perry and Ab Williams, will open their ' 1959 season Friday afternoon with Central High School providing the opposi tion - The Indians have been prac ticing ' since the close of the basketball season and prospects for the Indian club are bright. The team will be built around a group of veterans from last sea- . son, with the pitching staff headed by Parker Chesson, Wel ly, White and Hunter. Nixon is expected to do most of the Catching this year. A 13-pame schedule has been arranged for the Indians, and is released today . by Principal E. C, Woodard. Perquimans ' will . compete in the Albemarle Con- ference and playoffs for district and state titles will begin May 4th.. The schedule for the season is as follows: March 20 Central, there. "March 24 Gatesville, here. 'March 26 Gatesville, there. March 31 Scotland Neck, s there. April 3 Edenton, here. ' April 7 Williamston, there. " April 10 Ahoskie, here. .'April 14 Plymouth, here. April 17 Scotland Neck, here. April 21 Edenton, there. April 24 Williamston, here, April 28 Ahoskie, there. May 1 Plymouth, there. Fifteen Cases On v Recorder Docket Jlsre On Tuesday Traffic cases made "up most m hub lu-case aocnei msposea oi e 4 1 if j . i , . during luesaays session or fer- quimans necoroers Uoun, pre- ponents of the plan desire ap sided over, by Judge Chas. E. nointmeht of a hiffhwnv mm. Johnson.. - v,i .... I a-A .. verdict of guilty was . re turned in the case in which W. H. Billups, Negro, was charged with assaulting James Eason, Negro, with a shot gun. Billups was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and costs of court and also pay the hospital bills -, incurred by Eason. . Costs of court were l; assessed against - Stephen Davenport Johnnes - Hennekes, William Amsley and George Dawes after each submitted to - charges of failing to observe a stop sign. grayer for judgment was con tinued in . the case in which Charlie White, Negro, was charged with assault. .Fines of $25 each were levied against Joseph . Breese Robert Riese and John Ely after each had pleaded guilty to stealing gasoline at the Perquimans, ' 0Un1 ' i"-fuuv'j ovi : i vnanes nixon, iegro, was given a 60-day road sentence to be- suspended on payment of a fjne of $50 and costs after be ing found guilty on charges 6f : being drunk and carrying con cealed weapons. ; Seven defendants submitted to charges of speeding and paid costs of court and fines as indi cated following their names: Doris Jennings $5.25; Katie Modlin $5.25, R. K. White $10.25, Bertha Biggs $9.25, Clifton Wright $10.25, , Kenneth John-t son - $7.25 and Joseph Liverman Perquimans Debate Teams Score Wins ' pebating t;eams ( of Perquipin qs High . School . ,won double Victories, last Friday when t the affirmative, ' team! j won by for feit from "Elizabeth,, City and he('' negative team defeated Elizabeth City' in a ' contest staged at the local school. Mem , berg of the affirmative team are y Pete Cook and Linda Simpler i with Frances .Wmslow and Car roll McDonnel as alternates; the negative team is composed of Ann Lane ;i and Ray Winslow with Allie Copeland and Linda Basa as alternates. The local . teams ' will partici- patej in, the district competition to be, .held; at East Carolina Coltl been 'constructed during1 the past' the- mail' delivery, Mr. 'White !-"e,o3 t'-rdu 3JU ' t. im " ' " ' -Vi ''' ' , , ''Vaid.1' ", "' ' " "; ' ","! '" The Perquimans Cfiunty His torical Society will meet Mon day night, March 23, at 8 o'clock in the Agriculture Building in Hertford. The program will consist of talks on old build ings and homes' within the coun ty. All members are urged to attend. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Favorable reports were madejcis,on ls UP to the General As on the speech Monday night by President Eisenhower, in which he pledged a firm stand on Germany, and opened the door for a summit conference next summer. A Washington report Wednesday said the speech is likely to unify the West as to the proposal for a summit con ference between the West od Russia ' The Congress, despite the President's attitude toward in creased expenditures for de fense, it is reported, may adopt new spending programs which will exceed present budget pro posals. One Washington report says there is a suggestion being studied which provides for a minimum size army and navy at figures higher than now pro posed by the administration. A legislative proposal calling for a change in the State High way Commission may ,be post poned until" "the 1961 General Assembly following intrnrfurtinn 0f 0 bill calling for a study commission on the matter Pro-1 miRsinnpr fnr onnh nf fln 1A divisions in the state. Violence ftlared anew this Week -at Henderson, where two textile mills are operating de spite a ' strike by union work era. . State Highway patrolmen are on duty at the plants but tension has been mounting de spite efforts on the part of ne gotiators to settle the labor dis pute. North Carolina Young Demo crats have proposed a special session of the General Assembly to consider some constitutional changes and a reorganization of the state courts. ' The proposal was made to give legislators sufficient time to study the 'chanees free . of thp rrnwrtpd aMnda nf a rpiJ11inr wisi-fi,,. . (session, List Skippers To Commissioners for; L Perquim ans County have ordered a crack down on residents of the county who are delinquent in the' list ing of their, property for taxes. Meeting here last Monday as a Board of Equalization and Re view, the Commissioners were advised by the Tax Supervisor some , 100 to 160 . persons have as yet failed to comply with the lavv which requires them 4o list their ! property lor taxation by January 3L , - . w- The Board ordered the Tax Supervisor,, to notify each..indivi- dual that is delinquent to. come, ' . forward and list the property within a period of 10 days, oth erwise warrants will be issued for' their arrests, and they will face court action on the charge. Review of the tax listing for 1959 was concluded by the Board at ' about five o'clock Monday afternoon. Few prop- erty owners turned up with any complaints. However, there were a large number of new buildings assessed for taxes for the fust time, these having Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 20, 1959 Committee Adopts Plans For Year . The Perquimans County Citi zens Committee for Better Schools met March 14, with Mrs. H. C; Sullivan and Floyd Mathews presiding as co-chairmen. . , A committee was appointed, consisting of Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Ernest Long, to draw up a constitution and by-laws for the committee. Superintendent I J. T. Biggers reported recent developments in the General Assembly and the state govern ment affecting prospects for school finance in the present session. He stated that the State Board of Education may not be able to realize its goals for improvement in the public schools because its recommenda tions in the "B" budget were disapproved by Governor Luther Hodges' advisors. The final do- scmbly, however, atid the com mittee urged all citizens to make their demands for im proved education known by urg ing the Senator and Represen tative from Perquimans County to vote for the ."B" budget for schools. It was pointed out in the dis cussion that Perquimans County citizens -have shown their de termination to have better schools by voting for a tax in crease last year for this pur pose. Although the voters author ized the County Commissioners' to levy 30 cents on the $100 property valuation for the spe cial school fund, only 10 cents was levied for the present year. The Citizens Committee did not request any increase over the 10 cents for next year, but passed a resolution requesting the Board of Education to recom mend that the same special ser- vices at least be provided again for next year. Committeesllamed To Serve During Baptist Revival By virtue of their office Or particular work in the Hertford Baptist Churchy these have been named to serve as chairmen for the various places- of responsi bility for the revival which be gins April 12: Cottage prayer meetings, Mrs. I. A. Ward; nursery, Mrs. John Ward; flowers, Mrs. Tom Perry; music, Mrs. J. E. White; ushers, C. S. Jackson, Cr.; visitation, L. E. 'Pete" Riddick and Mrs. Carroll Williams; transportation, M 1rrtirairt(i T. u Citforcnn i , ' j', WW UUU WlVUglllVU DIIU MJ. Jilt J , publicity, John Ward, E. C. Woodard and the R. A.'s; park ing, Noah Gregory; welcome, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Biggers; youth activities, C. L. Brewer and Mrs. T. - E. Madre; assistance to pastor, Carroll Williams and Jim Bass; arrangements, T. P. Byrum, W; F. Ainsley and Jake Chesson; hospitality, Misses Mary Ann Robertson and Lois Byrum; arrangement for noon meals, Mrs. Warner Madre and arrangement for evening meals, Miss Beckie Gregory. D. J. Pritchard is the "sta tistician" and Mrs. G. R. Tucker will be the hostesses in charge of a fellowship breakfast for (Continued on Page Two) Post Office Seeks Public Cooperation The " Hertford Post Office is now in the process of installing a new dispatch case, covering delivery ' of mail . within the Town' of Hertford, under the new house number ordinance adopted e 41 . T L T. . 1 -. ' for the town last July, it was reported today by W. W. White, postmaster. " Mr. White asks the coopera tion of the public in using new house numbers, ' in listing ad dresses of all letters and other types of mail, in order that mail received for, local delivery wilL carry proper house num bers under the new code. Failure on the part of indivi duals who 1 give proper house numbers will result in a delay in I ,;s : hi w ;JSJ h w y . i . a. . , W IS. U AUTOMATED MAIL Postmaster General Arthur Summer field poses beside a short portion of several miles of conveyor belts in the modernized Washington, D.C., city post office build ing. Here are some chores performed by various machines in the highly mechanized system: letters are sorted and directed to any of some 300 locations at a rate of 18,000 pieces per hour; stamps are canceled so fast that letters move past cancelation machine in a "white blur"; sorting of large parcel post pack ages is semiautomatic. Something the machines won't do: read Unole Bill's hen-scratched addresses on his all-but-illegible letters. Enthusiasm Key To Success Ruritan Prexy Tells Clubs iwiwitB aiiuiauuu Campaign TO Start W. Ray White, Rabies Inspec- tor for Perquimans County, an - nounced today a dog vaccina - tiun campaign will get under imnnf iam way throughout the county the key for promoting success April 4th. All dog owners are fully any community project. required by law to have their dog or dogs vaccinated against rabies .during this, period and to assist, the rabies inspector in administering the vaccine by restraining the dog or dogs. Mr, White has set up a Hertford rainmar School he rec schedule of places he will visit ognized special guests, S. L. during the next month for thejLowery of Elizabeth City, for purpose of vaccinating the ani- mer president of Ruritan Na- mals, and dog owners are re - quested to note tthis schedule and bring animals to the point nearest their homes. Pernuimans High Honor Roll Listed By Principal Perquimans High School honor roll for the fourth grading per- i school principal, E. C. Wood arH. listing thp fnllminncj ctn. dents as winning scholastic honors: (Eighth Grade Betsy Barbee, Richard Auman, Vick Roach, Blake Weston, Verna Perry, Su san Brough ton, Mary Ella Nix on, Celtic Ann Long, Mike Hol loman. i Ninth Grade Frank Ainsley, Sidney Long, Frank Mansfield, Paige Chappell, Carolyn Stal lings, Alton Daniels, Wade Mor gan, Franklin McGoogan, Linda Chappell, Pete Cook, Brenda Smith, Paula Stoltz, Brenda White. Tenth Grade Herbert Burden, Ann Benton, Kathryn Bonner, I Carroll McDonnel, Phyllis Hend-, ren, Dianne Hollowell, Joyce Owens, Linda Bass, Barbara Colson, Frances Winslow, Faye Wood. ' Eleventh Grade Pauline Bac- cus, , B.ecky , Burton, Linda Lou Elliott, Linda Simpler, Betsy Stallings, Linda . Stallings, Carl Skinner, Preston Winslow, Selba : Jean Hall, Katherine Sawyer, Clay Stokes, Carolyn White. 11 Twelfth. Gr-ader-Don,ald-Baker, Beverly Tucker, Ray Winslow, Bonnie Rae Dai, Ethel Sutton; Beverly Rose, Letitia Mcoogan, Kathleen' ' Blanchard, Dottie Cartwright, Patricia . Harrell, Jo Davis Towe. v BAKE SALE The members of the St. Cath erine Auxiliary of the Holy Trin ity Episcopal Church will hold a bake gale Saturday, March 21, be ginning at 10- A. M., inthe old bank, building on the.; comer of Church Street and Market 4( ... Approximately l&U persons gathered here last Friday, night tor the first annual Ruritan Club ladies niijht and heard Fred ! Belts, III, Ruritan National 1 president, tell the members and their guests that enthusiasm is The event was sponsored by Runtans of Bethel, Durants Neck and Parkville. Dick Brew cr acted as toustmaster. anri , following a delicious ham din I ncr, served by the PTA of the 1 tional; Ernest Slack of Pine- vtown, director of Kuritan Na I tional; County Representative C. R. Holmes, State Senator J Ein-mett Winslow. Geno Traut wein, Mayor V. N. .Darden and Max Campbell. Mr. Betts commended the Ru ritan clubs of Perquimans Coun ty and NoptR Carolina on their growth and achievement dur- ' ing the past 10 years and point ed out such growth is based upon recognition of the fact that they are gathering together to do something about the needs of rural communities. -' Deploring the fact that youth today is growing up . only to ,eave their home communities for greener holds, Mr. Betts told his audience it is time for rural communities to work toward creation of jobs which will hold the youth at home. Otherwise, a community will get into a rut and see the world pass it by. Ruritan Clubs, Mr. Betts said, are attempting to do some thing about the needs in their communities, and this he be lieves, accounts for the splen did growth of Ruritan Nation, which only a short time ago had 20 clubs with some 400 mem bers and now has 8Q0 clubs with about 30,000 members. The Ruritan Nation president told the local club members of plans now being developed for the expansion of Ruritan clubs into areas of Central and South America: He had, during recent weeks, discussed proposals for this development with Secretary of Agriculture Benson and other officials of the national govern- ment. DISTRICT MEETING The American Legion Auxili ary will be host at a District meeting on March 30 at the First Methodist Church in Hertford. The meeting will begin at 10:30 A.- M. A plate luncheon will be served at 1 P. M. AU members who plan to attend the meeting are asked to call Mrs. W. C. Cherry, before Friday, March 27. The members are also asked to attend the joint meeting with the Legion on March 26 at the Mu nicipal Building at 8 P. M. County-wide Union Service Is Planned m ....... tori Next moay A three-hour Good Friday service, scheduled for the three hours when Jesus traditionally hung upon the cross, will be held at First Methodist Church Friday, March 27, from 12 noon until 3 P. M. This is a county-wide union service, planned iy the ministers of the county, that, their congregations might loin in this service together. ore-paring them for the full of the Resurrection moaning lory. Mayor V. N. Dardcn announc h that the stoics in Hertford will be closed during this three 'iour period. Host pastor, the Rev. James A. Auman, will preside. Minis- ers who will present mcdita - 'inns on the Seven Last Words will be: The Rev. Henrv Na - -.ier, Great Hope Baptist Church: the Kev. W. E. Pickett, New j lope - Woodland Methodist! "Charge: the Rev. U-Rov Howe,. lertford Asscmblv of God; the! 'lev. Orville Dillon, Up River nends Church; the Rev. Bryan 'lollomun, Bethel Baptist Church; the Rev. Frank Foresque. Cho wan Methodist Charge: the Rev. . M. Porter, Hertford, retired VIethodist minister. These nun- sters will appear ,n the order -f thnir- Iicttitcr I much interest within the school Giving the closing meditation ynd the manv people who went will be the Rev. J. O. Mattox,,to sce it W,,,.L, impressed bv the Iortford Baptist Church: the Rev. A. N. Gore, Perquimans VIethodist Charge, will pro nounce the benediction. Every thirty minutes there will be hymns which will serve is an opportunity for those toi..,, , t,, , lr ' , , . subjects. These were home leave, or come, as they desire. ,. , .. , , . , . . , ., . wcrk projects for the boys and This is for the convenience of !,,., :1 , , , . ., . , ... I g!'ls with each choosing his own those who cannot remain for the' .,,u:, -r, r;J u . . , It is hoped bv the ministerial ;roup which planned the Good Friday service that members of every congregation in the coun ty will participate. - The .traditional Easter sunrise service will be held this year on Easter Day, March 2!),. at 5:45 A. M at the Hertford Baptist Church. The planning group felt that, with the earlier sun rise, cool weather might pre vent the' service from being held out of doors. Central PTA Hears Talk By Director Of Health Clinic The PTA of Perquimans Cen tral Grammar School held its March meeting last Monday night with more than 300 patrons of the school attending. Mrs. Er nest Long, president, presided over the meeting and Thomas Maston had charge of the pro gram.. The devotional was given by a group of students, under the di rection of Miss Caroline Wright, music teacher. Miss Martha Wertz, director of the District Mental Health Clinic I of Elizabeth City, gave an inter esting talk on the organization and operation of the clinic. She stated there are three full-time workers at the clinic; Dr. Helton McAndrews, psychologist; Miss Wertz, psychiatric social worker, and Miss Martha Seymour, sec retary. Miss Wertz discussed the services of the clinic and stated most patients arc referred to the clinic by. their physicians. Fees are based .on a sliding scale. . J. T. Biggers, school superin tendent, reviewed the state school budget, and pointed out the A budget will provide funds suffi cient only to keep schools at pres ent levels and that the B budget, recommended by the State Board of Education will provide a "go forward" program. He advised the PTA the budgets are now be fore the Legislature for final ac tion. , i Mrs. Fannie (Hurdle and Mrs. Long urged members of the as sociation to contact the legisla tors and urge them to support the B budget. '. The treasurer George Baker, reported the PtA had a balance of $855.15; R. M. Thompson re ported the wotnanless wedding, sponsored by the PTA, was a success and ' thanked those who. Continutd on Pa 2 !TB Association To p i iVfiUVlIVVVUCOl X-rays In County Six Youths In DeMolay Chapter Six local youths, Allen B. Bonner, Jr., Franklin Mc Googan, Jr., Carlyle Woodard Jr., Harry Winslow, Jr., Charle; Barker and Charles Eley, have been accepted for membership iu he EIibcth City Chaptei oi inc urcier ol uemolay, it was n-ported here Tuesday. Tin." youths will be initiated into the organization next month, following their acceptance las1 Sunday. The Order of Demolay is established with a -minimum tf 95 mrnli,rc !i,irl ni.n.ii-l,, .f ) CX(.cllet 'organization ' for ! tns j ' ' Winners Revealed In Science Fair At Perquimans High The seienee Ir.i,. h,.IH ,,l P,.,-. nillll)!inv f'ritr,t,. th fjavs , ' I High School week created , c.xhit,its mud., bv the students in the science classes. About It'll) projects were on display, made by the students working individually or in pairs anH inr'hir)f.H : uriU. vuriulu tf showed not only ingenuity in assembling the inateiials by painstaking work in 'completing the project. First, and w -ir, place v,-4 ners in each group were bi ology, first place, Barbara Col son and Pat Harrell, their pro ject being the embryology of a chicken; second place, Allan Bonner, plastic model of the human circulatory system: gen eeral science, first place, Alton Daniels, jet propulsion; second place, Frank Ainsley, rock col lection; chemistry, first place. Betsy Lee Stallings, stain re movers; second place, Jack Brinn, dry cell battery; physics, first place, Bobby Overton and Billy Nixon, hydro power plant; second place, Gleen White, tele phone; eighth grade science, first place, Verna Ann Perry and Su san Broughton, soil conserva tion; second place, Leverrie Jor dan and Mike Holloman. atomic bomb shelter. Alton Daniels' display of jet propulsion was designated as the overall winner. Several of these exhibits will be entered in the district sci ence fair in Greenville on April 3. The science teachers arc G. W. Underwood, Isaac Perry, Mrs. Joe Nowcll and Mrs. Wil son Dillon. Student Congress To Meet Here Fri. Approximately 200 representa tives from all parts of the East ern District of North Carolina will gather in' the First Metho dist Church in Hertford for the Eastern District North Carolina Student Council Congress to be held Friday, March 20. The Relegates will convene to meet students with similar in terests in Student Council work and to get new and varied ideas for ' improving individual stu- dent governments. This is the twentieth year the Congress has been held. The )958-1959 District Stu dent Council officers are Donald Baker, president, Perquimans; Allen Eure, vice president, Gatesville; Mildred Coleman, secretary, Greenville, and John Matthews, treasurer, Perquim ans,". MASONS TO MEET Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A, M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. 5 Cents Per Copy ru "Operation free chest X-ray' I had its kiekoff meeting here las ! Friday afternoon when member; i 01 lnc uls'r'ct I a Asiociatioi met to formulate plans for th nass chest X-ray program whicl will be conducted in Perquimans bounty on April 11, 14, 15, 16, 17. '11 and 21.st. The,'TB Association, in coopera tion with the District Health De virtmcnt and the Board of Coun y Commissioners, is sponsorins 'he visit here of a mobile cheij X-ray unit, which will bp loratet " t'v: dtrs above on the Cour 'Iourif: Green in Hertford It i.s the hope (if the TB Ass.) "iation that at least 3,000 resi Hents of Perquimans Countv wiT ''ike advantage of this opportun ity to secure n free chest X-ra; durincr the visit of the mobilf unit. The purpose of the pintirarr will be 0,'irly detection of tuber 'Miosis, should ;in individual bi iifflicf'd with the disease. Attending the plann'ng meet inc. which developed wavs am means of spreading the word con 'online this free chest X-iav oi) J (! tunitV to the residents of th county, were Mrs. Duke Cronvei secretary of the district nssncia tion: Mrs. D. M. Jackson. Mi" Paiee Underwood. Miss Audrov Umphlett, Miss Ila Grey Mcll wean, Thomas Maston, the Rei James O, Mattox, Mrs. M. Ti Tay lor, W. C. Stroud, the Rev. Con- land and the Rev. J. H. Tuck er. Publicity concerning the X-ra; program will be eonductei through th" various c'lurclvs o the county. PTA groups, school and other civic organizations. Miss Umphlett. Public Healt! Nurse and Mrs. Cropscy, pointei' out the last mass chest X-ra progrnmwns conducted in tiv- n, 1031 . v'' since ttilwrcu- u'sis is u conoigiuus uiseas which spreads, from person u person, it becomes necessary tf have people secure X-rays n means t' detect the disease in early stages . . . thus making J' recovery. The unit, will be in Hertford a seven-day period and will vsL"'A " in operation from 1 1 A. M.. tA ' til 5 P. M.. each day except Suf -t I day and Monday. Hertford PTATo Back Budget Hertford PTA held its Marc meeting on Thursday night of laj week with 121 parents attending Mrs. R. S. Monds presided ove the meeting which opened wit a devotional given bv Mrs. Jolt Newby Winslow. A panel discussion on the sue ject "Maturity Through Health, was given by Dr. A. B. Bonne Mrs. Edgar White and Miss The ma Elliott. Mrs, Monds expressed her u preciation to those members uai ticipating in the installation i new bicycle racks at the schoc A motion was adopted for tr PTA to sponsor a troop ( Brownie Scouts, or Girl Scout in Perquimans County. The gpup also voted to sii port the ifijoptioil of the B buc ' get, as presented to the Legisli ture by the State Board of Edt. cation, in preference to the budget recommended by Cover; . or Hodges, and telegrams will 1 sent, to county representative urging them to support the budget. It. was announced that the Glo Club will present a concert, ur der the direction of Miss Car- jline Wright, music ttacher, at 0' "itil '1L nidi VII iat. j Mrs. Ab Williams' first gratl won the attendance award wit a score of 58 per cent. SERVICES ANNOUNCED ' FOR HOLY TRINITY Services will be conducted i . Holy Trinity Episcopal Churc " Sunday by the Rev. George I Hill. Communion will be cot , ducted at II A. M.The chunV will hold Good Friday servicl from 2 to 3 P. M. on March i and services will also be ;eoJ ! ducted at the church on Eaf ti 1 , Sunday. - i mm