North Carolina Newspapers

K T V- w 7 Vc'ume XXVII. Number 6. . CHILLY DIP Man with a cool job, diver Al Herman, drops v through a hole in the ice of Wirth Lake, Minneapolis, Minn, io inspect aocK piungs. Local PT To Conduct Study Course Next Week ' ." ....... .... . , .. VWell, why can't J go to sec the mdvie, the other girls are going," "Aw, Mom, do I have to yet my homework now, please letime watch TV just one more minute," .As parents, what are your answers to these often ask ed questions, Similar questions will be asked and answered dur ing he study course which will be held in the Hertford Gram mar 'School auditorium, Febru ary 18 ; and 19 from 7:30 to 9:30 P. M. ,"Our Child in a Changing World1; ! is the theme of the course and will be sponsored by the PTA of the Winfall Central Grammar, Perquimans High and Hertford Grammar School. The comtse will he under the direc tion 'of the 'study chairmen from t)ie three sdhoolj' respectively, Mrsr Thomas- HosXTsmK A ILIrs. '.jack Brinn and Mrs. Waltef Ed - wArds. i , , ) iThe purpose of the study t course )s not to' draw up a code of ethics, or systematic -rules of Conduct; . but to' arouse interest and to Impress upon the parents' their need to do accordingly. ' On '.'Thursday '"night, February 18, there will be four guest speakers, each one seeking to . clarify questions asked in; their particular field .concerning children.-' -"'Ai period of discussion will foHow each brief speech. VTh' Rev, Charles W. Duling, a former pastor of the local Bap tist Church, and the present pas tor of of Windsor Baptist Church will Speak on1 tspiritual training in fWnily' l'ifei". Dr. Dorothy P. Griffen. Director Division of Psychologist Services,- N., C, State ! Board of Public Welfare in Raleigh, will probably give viewpbints on TV watching and an early bedtime. . Following the first two speak ers there will be a brief social 'hour after which the course will resume with the remaining epeakeas. '. . ; School Superintendent of the V Elizabeth City Schools, Dr. W. -H. Wagoner, is likely to speak on children's behavior in school today, lawyer Walter W. Co ;hoon, who is the prosecuting at torney if district one, will proh- ably give examples of events that could happen if we ,do not have code of social behavior. On Friday night, February 19, , parents, who havrbeen divided ' into grdufls with 'a leader, will MJiscuss informally what is, need ed to be done .that .will help in a code oft ethics. ' :, . All parents from. the three schools are urged to attend the ' study course and hear the an swers to vital questions that are becoming , more frequent in rearing .children in a changing world'.- K ' - ' New ; Pharmacist At Lccal Drugstore S and M Pharmacy has a new ' - acist-manager who arriv 5 :.e last Thursday to suc J ITarry Umphlett, who pan ' ' i s're since .it' was pur . 1 t December.' i !i5-iV manager is Jimmy , a.'aate of the Uni '(. : . "i Carolina, who ' i ' ' to Hertford, ; i IVi ', c, Va. He is "i 1 i four children. '"if -:'y 1 A Groups J. Emmett Vinslow For State Senate Local political waters rippled with the first candidate on Mon day when J. Emmett Winslow, veteran Perquimans t County leg islator, filed his intentions with the Perquimans Board of Elec tions to seek re-election as State Senator for the First District, subject to the Democratic Pri mary on May 28th. - Senator Winslow is seeking re election to a second term as a member of the 1961 General As sembly, having been elected to the office in 1958, and serving in the 1959 session. ' ' He served two previous terms as State Senator, these being the sessions of 1949 and 1951. He was e'ected to the office again two years ago by a substantial number of voters of the district. He also served for four years as State Highway Commissioner for ; the First Division, having been appointed to the post by the late Governor William B. Umstead. Long ; active on the political scene in' North Carolina, Senator WinsloW served ' on many important- committees during ' his tenure in the; State Senate. v He is also a former Sheriff of Per quimans County and is distribu tor of Pure Oil Products : over a wide " area 1 in Northeastern North, Carolina. Car Tag Deadline Coming Up Monday "Hertford and .Perquimans County car owners who - as yet have not purchased, their 1960 automobile license tags,, are re minded .the deadline for pur chasing and displaying . 'these licenses is -midnight Monday, February 15-, . ' R. C. Elliott, town clerk, re ports a number, of Hertford mo torists still have to purchase the tags and he advised them to do so before the deadline coming up Monday. . . Vt ' . BIRTH' ANNOUNCEMENT ' Mr. ahd Mrs. Lanier White announce the . birth of a son, horn Sunday, , February .7, ! at the Albemarle .Hospital ia. Eliz abeth City. ,.: Mrs. ; V.Tiite i's the fcrrr Lois Fay Esstoa. .r. Files Candidacy 'I :.,; '- - I , r " i Hertford. Perquimans County. North Recorder Docket Listed 20 Cases AtiTernssTuesda; A docket of ,20 cases, all but. one being centered around viov lat.inn nf Iraffir. laure wae r1oni ed in Perquimans Recorder's j Court ; in aession here Tuesday 11 after a week, of recess. Eleycn defendants, all charg ed with speeding, subm itted to the charges and . paid fines as indicated following their names: Clarence Jennings $25, Andrew Rawvpr 35 rharip, 1 . Howard Antle $30, Hilda Abbott $25, Edward Staruk $35, Albert Maniscako $29, . Edwin Bruns $28, Charlie Wright $26, Pasco Ciccone $35, and Robert Letson $55. A fine, of $10 and costs were taxed against Thomas H. Miller who submitted to a charge of driving with. insufficient brakes. Mary Grumpper pleaded guil ty to charges of driving drunk and transporting, tax paid liquor. She paid a fine of $100 and costs of court. '. Verdicts of not guilty were returned in the cases in which Dennis Walker, Joseph Delmeci co and ' Arthur Herman were charged ' with transporting tax paid liquor. " ' Robert Thatch, - Negro, was found guilty on a charge of non support of his children. Prayer for judginent was continued in the case upon condition the de fendant find employment and contribute the , sum of $10 per week for the support of his two children, -Leon Harrell was found guil ty n charges of reckless "driv ing and transporting ' taxpaid liquor. ; He was ordered to pay a fine of $75 and costs of court or serve 60 days in jail. A fine 'of $50 and costs were taxed .against David Dewitt who submitted to charges of driving without a: licensJe rand possession l ,tax paid ,Mu6rifr, - ; (vtueign . rtsnicy guuiuuieu yj a charge of parking on a high way without lights. ; Ha paid a fine of $10 and costs. : THIS YEDCS HEADLIiiES J President Eisenhower present cd Congress with his proposal for farm legislatiori but hinted he would approve any construe tive plan Congress might pro pose if it differed from that of the administration. Washington reports indicate; this session of Congress will make little change in the present farm program. A Congressional committee is hearing conflicting reports con cerning the nation's defense, and apparent lag in missile produc tion. Several witnesses have deplored the U. S. situation but on Tuesday Gen. Nathan Twin ing, Chairman of , the Joint Chiefs of Staff disagreed with ome of the witnesses heard by the committee. - . V A Senate subcommittee, Mori day proposed a 90 percent in crease in the minimum Social Security benefits and an expan sion of the system, to provide pre-paid medical ' care for old folks. To raise funds needed for the proposal ; the committee would raise the' amount of an nual earnings subject to Social Security taxes '.from $4,800 to $6,000. , ; Secretary of State Christian A. Herter,. during a press con ference this week, told" newsmen he was disturbed by statements made recently by Soviet Premier Khrushchev ..concerning Russian) T"'. -TJJJj : 2krw-ji.lduatnal, development comes only Herter said he is opposed to anyi) one-sided action by Russia re garding Berlin. ( , , . Economic reports issued this week reveal business is not reaching the levels anticipated for the first quarter ot the year, although : conditions ' remain above the level of the fourth quarter 'of last year.; ' The re porta stated inflationary trends have slowed .down . and . while production will continue good through the -firrft "half .of-; the year it. will not r;5 tDom'pro- , Robert A. V.'liite Police Position ,. u 1 vt'"fn P. 1,Ce off,cer for the. Town pf' . . U a a fi:i i .... ... Hertford, submitted notice of rc-i tirement as. captain of -the local Police Department to the Town day night. The' retirement is to become effective early this spring. Captain White has served as a police officer since 1937 and won much respect from, ihc . residents of this community kor . his ability and manner in wVh f he conducted . his duties? yHts notice to retire was accepted with regret by the TowaaBoad. The board took no action In filling the police vacancy at'iW meeting Monday night but de- cided to accept applications -for the post up to its next nteetihg on March 14. Applications for the post are to be written and filed with the town clerk. i Other action taken by the board during this meeting Was voting approval to a petition filed by J. T. Towe in which he requests the "board to rezone property situate at the corner of Hyde Park and Dobbs Street from residential to business. The rezoning matter will be conj' sideicd at the March meeting of the board. ' Town Attorney Chas. E. John son presented the board witht a schedule of payments to r be adopted for repaying a $100,000 Water bond issue now pending for the Town of Hertford, and this schedule, calling for pay ments of $5,000 annually, with., interest," beginning with 1962 was adopted. . Prohlcms and benefits arising through operation of a local Chamber of Commerce were outlined to the Hertford Rotary Club, at its meeting Tuesday night, when Harry Smith, sec retary of the Edcnton Cham ber of Commerce was guest speaker and gave the Rotarians an excellent inside view of the operations. Mr. Smith defined a Chamber of Commerce, and its plans for the benefitting of a community, stating its reason for existence being to serve the business of the community. Membership in a Chamber, Ihe speaker said, is made up of any and all persons interested in the growth of his community, but just making a contribution is not sufficient to guarantee the Chamber Will be successful in its goals. Each person interest ed in the operation must also give of ' his time and effort, working for that success.- B iu. H. . Actual accomplishments of a Chamber of Commerce some times are visual but other times are not, but a Chamber, once organized must keep everlast- ingly at the job it sets out to,. do, Mr. Smith said. , Harry Smith Gives Talk At Rotzry He told the Rotarians a Cham-i "c ber of Commerce has a two-; and girlsjre students of fold purpose, that of aiding inlMlss Caroline Wright Perquim- r c ' I one rViiriMr rnKl i chrvil mucin the expansion of businesses al ready located in the communi ty and obtaining new industry. He pointed Out competition for securement of industry, desired for the purpose oi putting new dollars into circulation in the . IrnAH ''nJ thai lw - to the . community which keeps at the job constantly. , ; Telling , how to ?o about se curing a new industry, Mr. Smith said the local group must prepare material, telling . the story of the community to a prospect; develop a source of leads to rospects; list all avail able sites; develop a financing plan, and conduct a labor and housing survey. : MASONS TO MEET . Perquimans Masonic 'Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.. will, meet Tuesday niit'at 7;30 o'clock. Carolina, Friday, February 12, 1960. Methodist Laymen's Rally Speakers 'j.k':' '"'j 1 h" '-'4 V :-Jr'VC II I ... y v I 1 '' '?'. II -t( I- 1 f. t i I 1 i t w i 1 If 1 ,N' I t i l J I .XW. fr in n.i I BISHOP PAUL N; GARBER. DR. EDWIN ilUGGS Featured speakers at the District laymen's rally at Hertford Friday evening, February 19. will be Bishop Paul N. Garber of Richmond and Dr. Edwin A. Briggs of Chicago, associate secretary of the Methodist General board of Lay Activities. .The rally is expected to attract over 700 Methodist laymen. Methodist Laymen To Convene Next Friday Night Prospects-Bright For Reopening Of State Theatre Given financial assistance by the merchants of Hertford, The State Theatre here may be re opened for the pleasure of the community sometime within the next two weeks. This was 'the report given by Mayor V. N. Dardcn Tuesday, who stated he had conferred with Levin Culpepper and Hol land Webster, officers.,, in .ihe Carolina Amusement Company, owners of the theatre, concern ing the possibility, of the com pany again operating the local theatre. Mayor Darden said the offi cials were considering reopen ing the, movie house, which was closed several months ago, for four nights each week, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, providing a substantial number of local merchants will use the theatre screen for advertise ments. A survey conducted Tuesday j by Mr. Dardcn revealed a suf ficient number of merchants ap prove the plan and will par ticipate to provide the communi ty with an. operating theatre. Music Clinic And Festival Will Be Presented Feb. 17 ; Dr. Arnold Hoffman of Ra leigh, state supervisor of public school music, will be in Hert ford, Wednesday, February 17, to conduct a music clinic with the SeVnth and eighth grade stu- . . .a , r,t schools. This clinic will be cli maxed with a music festival on that night, beginning at 7:30 f9nrr1r in iYn Papmiimane f min. .. - . . Qriitrim r teacher, who came to Hertford in September,. 1958,, after the county had voted special funds for a music teacher, in a move ment . sponsored by the PTAs and termed the "Better Schools" program. During the past two years Miss Wright has schedul ed her time for the Central Grammar ' School, Winfall,'; the Hertford Grammar benool, tne i eighth grades at the High School and directed the High School Glee Club. Special ac tivities during this two-year period have included spring and Christmas concerts by the High School groups, May Pay pro grams in both of the grammar schools, as well as numerous ap pearances of music students at PTA meetings;v';.. j. '.-j..'-;'.;.' ' Wednesday night's Music Fes tival at 7:30 is open to the. pub lic, and it k at this: time that 111 t 1 arm M I Here J pointed out that parents, in farm maraketing activities; se- Over 70 Methodic laymen many instances, do not try to j curment of industry was sec ond ministers are expected to understand and really know , ond choice; maintaining and .ittc-.d the annual lay rally of their teenagers, nor are they Preserving present business op- the Elizabeth City District wh' ?h is to be held on Friday ! evening, February 19, at Per quimans High School in Hert ford, it is announced by John Turner of Elizabeth City, dis trict lay leader. The annual district lay rallies are the high light of tl.i annual program of Methodist layment in this area. Mr. Turner announced that the two chief speakers will be Bishop Paul N. Garber, resident ( bishop of th(J ' Richmond area and Dr. Edwin A. Briggs of Chi- j cago, associate secretary of the ..r.jL. t,..j r 1V1CU1UU1&1 UUllt'lcU DUdlU Ul ijdy Activities. ;"'' A high moment or the rally will come whin Bishop Garber will commission 100 lay speak ers, who will conduct the "No- J Silent-Pulpit" program in the district, beginning on Sunday, March 6, and continuing through Palm Sunday".' This . program, begun and conducted by Metho dist layment, sees to it that no Methodist pulpit goes without a speaker during each Sunday oi' the Lenten season. Mr. Turner said that Dr. (Briggs will also conduct a day- long training session for the district every member canvass training team to be held al the Mcthoaist Church in Williams ton on February 19. This every member canvas program, a new project of the Methodist lay men in this area, will inaugu rate a simultaneous 10-weck program in every church in every one of the nine district in the N. C. Methodist Confer ence. The rally " will begin with supper served, cafeteria style from - 5:30 to 7 o'clock as the layment and ministers arrive, Mr. Turner said. The main part of the program will get under way at 7:30 in the High School auditorium. The Methodist lavmcn in this area as well as in the other dis tricts of the N. C. Conference are most active, formulating and carrying through several important recent programs. The rallies are basically for fellow ship and inspiration, but they also serve for information and the launching of new programs. ' There are sirf associate district lay leaders in this district. They are Curtis V; Powell of Cora peake, C. S. Meekins of Manteo, A.; M. Sparrow of .Belhaven, L. C. . Winslow of i Hertford, Nelson Banks of Washington andi W. M. McCowan of Manteo. : ' County Laffg'ing' In Blood Program -; : Perquimans County is- re cording a very , poor record in the Red Cross blood program, according ' to a report released by the Red Cross for the second quarter comparative study. Perquimans ranked next to last of . all the counties in this district participating in the pro gram, " collecting v only 58 per cent of its blood quota; Of ficials report the distribution of the 'blood is greater for residents of Perquimans than the amount contributed,, , iCpunty Commerce Formed In Meeting Friday Harmony At Home Program Topic At High School PTA r- ii . Fol lowing the general theme ol Harmony at jAuiiuuiiy cu run ii m: Perquimans High School PTA met Thursday night, February 4, in their third reoular meet ing of the school year. The Rev. Maurice Gnssorn, pastor of the Fust Baptist Church, Eliza beth City, was guest speaker, and his remarks were the springboard for increased inter est in the areas of friction in family relationships. Mr. Gris som tried to emphasize family relationships as they apply espe cially to high school age, and reminded the group that "par-1 ents must face the fact that half of the troubles with teenagers is the fault of the parents." He aware V1 wnal 15 emg on mi their thinking and activities. One of the concrete sugges - tions derived from Thursdav night's discussion was that of the possibility of establishing a Teenage Code for the young people of Hertford the high school students were present for the meeting and lis tened with interest as Mr. Gris som said, "the young people want a code, not to legislata morality, but tb make higher f KPhavi,r nn. standards of behaviour popu liar." The High School Student ' ' ., Council will further consider o Ac , ; cipating further1 discussion of this idea at an early date For the Jparents, Thursday night's discussion was a prelim inary to the PTA study course which will begin at the Hert ford Grammar School Thursday night, February 18, with Hert ford, Winfall and the High School joining together for a study of "Our Children In a Changing World." Parent-Child and Parent-Family relationships will be considered more fully then. Mrs. H. C. Sullivan, president, presided at the business meet ing. It was agreed to go on record that the Perquimans High School PTA favored the proposed increase in state dues, a contribution was sent for the observance of Founders Day and the treasurer was authorized to send the designated ten cents per member to state headquar ters. The nominating committee appointed for selection a new slate of officers was Mrs. Jim Bass, Mrs. Bill Cox and Mrs. Charlie Rogerson. The report of the attendance commitcee showed that the highest percentage of attendance was from parents from Mrs. Brickhouse's and Mr. Perry's home rooms, with Mr. Williams' eighth grade placing second. The next meeting of the High School PTA is scheduled for April 7. . Rites Held For Former Resident Funeral services for Mrs. Byrd Scott Tucker, a former resident of Hertford, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mar jorie Pevey in Washington, D. C, Thursday of last week, were conducted Saturday morn ing in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Tucker was the daugh ter of the late Charles and Sophia Jennings Scott, wife of Jesse S. Tucker and a member of the Baptist. Church. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton and Mrs. Marjorie Pevey of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Pauline Talley of Arlington, Va.; two sons, Jesse S. Tucker, Jr., of Alexander,. Va., and Law rence Tucker of Washington; one sister, Mrs. Goldie Twiddy of Raleigh. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Lanier White of Belvidere announce the birth of a son, corn Sunday at Albemarle' Hospital ; 5 Cents Per Copj . Chamber Final development of a Per quimans County Chamber of Commerce was achieved here last Friday night when some 40 interested business and civic men and women adopted a pro gram of work for the Chamber tor I960, and named temporary officers to direct the activities pending employment of a full Umc chamb iNiuiiuu as oiuccrs lor the new Chamber of Commerce were Charles Harrell, president; W. C. Brinn, vice president; Erie Haste, Jr., seeretary-treas-uier, anc". directors, Capt. N. S. Fulford, Robert L. Hollowcll, Warner Madre, Floyd Matthews, Carson Spivcy and Eiwood No well. One director comes from each of the five townships of the county. The meetinc Fridav nicht. ' Pened with tin group drawing UP a program of work for this vear which includes six major Projects. The first choice for tne program was development of ol ulu group. 1 -"-'ve'opment ot tourism was Plac,cd fourth- on the Program, ' while community betterment r- i , was uun ana local commercial development was sixth on the Many of.pg.m of work' , uiucers oi ine unamoer ot Commerce plan a meeting short ly during which they will start processing the program of work by making committee assign- ... t . 1 : . . . l,,c P'"J. and will hope to get the cam- "tees operating within a very short time. I ruiuiauoii ui uk new rer- L' . . . .. . : r .1 t-i-. ".f nf Chamber of Commerce ' w'tnm the town and cpunty by a steering committee wnicn re placed an industrial develop- ment committee. Tha . curvey revealed, according to the steer ing committee, lots of interest among the citizens of the county for an organization to promote the economical development of Perquimans County. The organizational committee ascertained sufficient funds were available to finance the opera tions of a Chamber of Com merce and actual membership fees will be solicited and col lected at a date to be determ ined by the new officers. Stockholders Of Building & Loan Name Directors Stockholders of the Hertford Building and Loan Association conducted their annual meeting here last Wednesday afternoon in the Court House, electing of ficers for the association for the coming year. More than 60 per cent of the Association's shareholders were represented at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, during which Max Campbell, secretary, reported on the opera tions of the association during 1959, revealing assets reached a : total of $273,638.46 as of De cember 31, 1959. Income of the association totalled more than at any time since the associa tion was chartered in 1923. Elected to serve as directors ; of the association until the next annual meeting of the share holders were A. H. Hefren, J. P. Perry, V. N. Dardcn, Max Campbell, Chas. E. Johnson, j Henry Sullivan, J. W. Ward. Claude White, R. M. Riddick and Edison Harris. V At a meeting of the board of directors, following the stock- . holders meetings, officers elect ed for the coming year were A. W. Hefren, president J. P. Perry, . and V. N. Darden, vice presi dents ; Max Campbell, secre- , tary-treasurer and Chas E. John- V son, attorney, ' ,f BAPTIST SERVICES Charlie Sand if er of Chowan1 College, Murfreesboro, i will , be ' guest preacher at Ihe Hertford Baptist Church' services next