North Carolina Newspapers

' 1 J I '1 1 T7i vy KLY -3-.i-3 '.1 li JJ-a ; ...... . . . ,r , , I Volume XXVII. Number 9. Hertford. Perquimans County. North Carolina, Friday. March 4, 1960. Meeting Called To ::?b;;3 Expansion 5 Cents Per Copj, SlIMce lis ; The'.rural people, ofPerquim- ." s' County? are planning an all- i I ..driven for. telephone service .according to. a statement, by R. M.': Thompson, county agricul- tural. agent. ! A ' preliminary meeting of a few. interested people was held , Monday afternoon, February 29, in the Agricultural Building, at , which time it was decided to tr call a meeting of all rural resi 'dents of the county who do not now have telephone service or who; desire better service. This meeting will be held in f' ,th'e Agricultural Building Mon- day, March 7, at 7:30 P. M.. Mr. ,Thoir(pson urges the rural" people to attend11 this meeting and let ' . their wishes be; known. , .A fjeld representative of the -North i Carolina Rural Electrifi cation Authority will attend the meeting and assist in making the survey. :;;'.-";-.'v J, In, recent weeks considerable comment has been made con cerning the present telephone fa cilities in Perquimans County, and the need for a large number of rural residents to pay toll Charges when desiring to call a telephone number within the T6wri of Hertford. Complaints have also been heard that some residents of the county desire telephone service but are unable to seoure it; or that the service is hampered due to the number of subscribers on each. line. " K Commissioners for Perquim ans County, are now active to ward securing increased service for county residents and the abolishment of the toll charges for calls "within ? the county. The Board of Commissioners are scheduled to have a conference with local telephone officials Monday, ' : - Spivey,andidateN For County Board : R. L. (Bob) Spivey, announced last Saturday , he will be a can didate for re-election to the of fice of County Commissioner for New Hope Township in the May primary. Mr. Spivey has been a mem ber of the Board of Commis sioners since 1952, and has served as chairman of the board for the past term. He filed notice of his candidacy for the office with the Board of Elec tions last Saturday morning. ' if i t Navy To Survey J 0 6 mL Harvey Point Site In (ear Future Ik i ' . TV T u ' . ii . . : m i' ur w; rinaustry iTriiiim ii .g a leading part in the 4-H Club Develo jment Fund for Percruimans Coun'v which oot u " j , ",Be"n9 iuesaay, are ine loiiowing persons shown above: Mrs. El Jon Murdie. Mrs. C. T. Rogerson. Jr.. J. F. Hollo well. Sr., R. L. Stevenson, Charles Harrell, F. T. Matthews and Erough.'.on Dail. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES A . Navy Department survey team, headed by Rear Admiral t m,.i ' tu-l 1 Beverlyy LaKc! rormer as-i ,.w v. ,. wu ... u sta t stat Attorney General, 1JT?. .r",t; the Harvey! Tuesday became the fourth can- x viiiL iiavjr aiic . iu review lis 4-H Fund Started nt In Funeral Services llsld Wednesday For f.1rs. AJbcrtson Funeral services for Mrs. Es ither Owens Albertson, 62, who died : Monday night in "the Albe jnarie Hospital following an ill toss of four months, were con duQted Wednesday afternoon at 130 in the chapel of the Swin dell Funeral Home by the Rev. J.AsAuman, pastor of the First' Mfthodist Church, 'Irf the Garden' was sung by Mrs Ruth Sumner, Mrs. J. A. possibility for use in naval operations. This announcement was made Thursday of last week by Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner, who in correspondence with this reporter, said he had not given up on Harvey Point and that he will continue his efforts in getting the Navy or some other national defense agency to use the base. --. ' , , Rear Admiral Wilson advised Mr. Bonner of the pending in spection tour ; following a call on the Navy by Congressman Carl ; Vinon, chairman of the Arnsed S1 rVic'Coromittee. that the Navy find Some use for this site on- which ; the Navy had spent some $10 million during the past three years. didate for Governor, subject to the Democratic Primary on May 28. ; Dr. Lake is a widely-known attorney noted for his position regarding interpretation of states rights granted under the law. Two earthquakes and a huge tidal wave caused the death of 1,000 persons in the city of Agadir, Morocco, Tuesday. The quakes and fire which followed practically destroyed the city of 40,000. U. S. and French armed forces stationed in the country aided in the rescue work and evacuation of the remaining population from the tragedy , scene,k: . . ' Gounty OnTuesday The Perquimans County 4-H Development Fund got off to a good start on Tuesday, March 1. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Jr., president of the County Fund. The Rev. James A. Auman, pas lor of the First Methodist Church, brought to the group of community workers a very in spirational devotion on the meaning of the Lenten season. John E. Piland, Eastern Dis trict agricultural agent, ex plained what this Development Fund is and what it will be- f,,.. TI 4IJ ll, Uli I for uiiiny years , I wa Hertford Chamber Commerce Seeks Full Time Manager Claude Williams New Chairman Of Red Cross Chapter ' ' 'v. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wil liams, Route 3, Hertford, have accepted appointment to direct the activities of the Perquim ans Red Cross Chapter, it was announced here Monday. Mr. Williams will succeed Marion Swindell as chairman of the chapter and Mrs. Williams will serve as vice chairman. Swindell, who served as the chapter chairman for two years, tendered his resignation of the post recently and has been working; with district Red Cross j officers in securing a new slate vi uiucers ior mis county. Plans are now being formu lated for an active Red Cross year. Directors for the chapter, one coming from each town ship of the county, are now be ing selected as are fund drive chairmen for each of the five townships. With March being tradition ally Red Cross Month, during fice of Register of which the annual fund drive is ' Perquimans County. C Of C Developing List Or Contacts Perquimans the Democratic Primary on May I Another necessity conducted, the Chapter is now preparing for, 28. Mr. White announced that campaign and it is tenta- candidacy recently. tively set for the last two weeks of the month. . Further announcements con cerning the Red Cross fund drive will be made just as soon as the chapter has completed its roster of new officers and di rectors and when thesa plans areare being placed into motion. Representatives of two indus trial organizations visited Hert ford this, week to confer t with officers of the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce concern-' ing the relocation of plants, it was reported Wednesday by Charles M. Harrell, president of the Chamber of Commerce. One of these industries, the representative of which appear ed very much impressed with this community, will employ about 150 persons. The repre sentative secured considerable information from Mr. Harrell and from Erie Haste, Jr., and inspected several plans s tes be- llieved to bo available for in- uu.-uidi ueveiopment. Til's in dividual appeared to be much W. A. (Billy) White nictured 1 impressed with the DfosDectivp ".ere is a candidate for the of-! 'ow tax rate which is antiriDat- Deeds forjed for the county for the coming subject to ' year. rman Reports On Heart Fund Mrs. El wood Nowell, chairman of the 1960 Heart Fund Cam paign, reports a total of $445.45 collected thus far in the 1960 drive. Thjs report is not com plete, however, as all the solici tors had not turned their reports in at the time of this publica tion. . On Saturday, February 21, a Balloon Day was held with the Hertford Girl Scouts participate i ing. $25.07 was realized from A filibuster is in crocess in the.1 wanlcd to lcavc lal'Ke amounts U. S. Senate. Southern Senat- of money to the 4-H program in ors opposing an effort to enact ' North Carolina and that there Directors and officers of the Perquimans Chamber of Com merce, meeting last week with J. Frank Melton, district man ager for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, voted to. start imme- nected to confer witli officials people have ' jjiatcly seeking a full time' of the Norfolk & Carolina Tele- Commissioners To Meet Next Monday Commissioners for Perquim ans County will hold their March meeting next Monday, beginning at 10 A. M. in the Court House. In addition to other matters the Board is ex Price Support On Peanuts Revealed By A.S.C. Office Peanut funnels will enjoy a slightly increased price support level in 19G0, as compared with 1!59, according to George Bell mon, Perquimans County ASC office manager. which au- his j parently impressed the repre sentative was the nw water supply which will l-c made available by the Town of Hert ford this year, and the abund ant amount of water available from the new well site. ' The representative told Mr. Harrell and Mr. Haste it was very probable officials of the company will make a visit to Hertford in the near future, to give a personal inspection to the report he intends to file on his findings here. The second contact made this week bv the Chamber of Com merce involves a plant wnicn will employ about 200 persons. AJiman and John Beers, accom- jj effort 7? ' mlsJ- muf. wmlc-; -Mrs. Charles Murray and Mrs. organist. Francis Nixon were in charge The casket pall was made of 1 0f a Heart .-: Fund benefit card 'Jj white mums, white -glads and party on February 26. From pink. carnations." ' this $70 was turned over to the .Pallbearers ' were Pete Boyce, drive. :. Jessie.Lee Harris, Walter Oakey, j The highlight of the Heart d ivtiwii mjYiHi, Asmviv t vwtiu j j-ri ivc wa ucai i ouuuay uii I una ivieivin pjwens, or. civu rignts laws as amendmentii to other laws, have served no tice they will oppose the adop tion of the rights bill during the present session of the Con gress. A report from Washing ton states the Senate may in voke rules of cloture which will terminate the filibuster. President Eisenhower receiv ed warm welcomes in the na tions he visited in South Am erica and diplomats report thy visits may -result in stronger ties between the U. S. "and coun tries in Latin America. Rites Thursday For Mrs. Morgan Burial was made in the Heb ron Methodist Church Ceme tery near Powells Point A native of Currituck Coun ty, Mrs. Albertson had resided in. Hertford for the past 43 years. She was the wife of the February 28.,- The total figures of Sunday's collections are not complete and . will be released later when all reports! are in. , H. C. Sullivan and J. E. New by were in charge of the town solicitations;- Mrs. Nowell, the county. The Hertford Boy iaA TharW Rn Aiwtn aH Scouts and Girl Scouts helped daughter of the late Eddie and w,thnth!-'do? to door cAanvass SaUie Etheridge Owens. She , afternoon. Anyone was a member of the First'not at home on Sunday who Methodist Church. , ; Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Lucindie Jbnes 08 Old, Trap and , Mrs. Ruth . Spnderlin ,of Shiloh; four 1 rithers", ' ' " John Dw6ns of Powells Point, " Mel viii Owens of - Routi 3,.- Hert fordj' Appolosv Owens of Eliza beth City iai!a Marshall Owens of Hertford. ' ' ' ' " ' --; '";'v' ,' Stolen Car Found Vednesday( Morning jA, i960 Plymouth, owned by Merrill Copeland, reported as Stolen from Market Street Tues day about noon was found aban doned near the town's new water well Wednesday morning by.F, Ti Eritt According to re ports a number ' of accessories wishes t6 make a contribution to the drive may do so by mail ing, jt to Robert L. t Stevenson, treasurer of the 1960 drive. ; : The' committee is appreciative of the part played in the fund drive by the Girl Scouts: Mem bers 'Of the. .unit sold balloons and tickets to the benefit card party.'-; ... ' ' - - WJNS ECC HONORS Clinton O. Davis of Edenton, son of Mrs. William Divers of (Hertford, was recently; selected! as Mr. , Representative Teacher I for 1960 at East Carolina Col lege. This is one of the highest honors an ECC student can achieve during the year. I he car had enforcement , VORLD DAY OF PRAYER All local churches Will partici- been taken.; oate in a -World Day of Prayer Mrs. Arabella. Keatan Mor- gan, 79, died Wednesday morn ing at, 1:15 in a Kinston hos pital following a six weeks ill ness.- A native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County, Route 2, she was the wife of tha late : Ernest . U. Morgan and daughter of the late Henry and Mary Elliott Elliott. She was a member of ; the Mt. Sinai Bap tist Church and a member of its Woman's Missionary Society. She is survived by two sons. Thomas K. and Ernest E. Mor gan of Route 2, Hertford; one daughter, Mrs. Carmen Daw kins of Kinston; one brother, Joseph P. Elliott of Chapanoke; one sister, Mrs. Betty , Britt of Shelby and 10 grandchildren. Funeral : services were con ducted , Thursday I afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Mt. Sinai Bap tist Church by the Rev. Lamar Wheeler, pastor. Burial follow ed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Phone Company 1 Seeks Cable Permit -1 The Norfolk & Carolina Tele phone & Telegraph Company has : made application to the U. S. Army Engineers for a, per mit for existing submarine cable across the Perquimans River at Hertford with depth of the cable to be 11 feet below mean low water in the navigation channel.; s. Any objections to the issuance ; of ' the ' permit - will be received at the . District Office, officers s are services to be held Friday after-U. ' S. Army Engineers, Wil- "" ""i cfinoon at 4 o'clock at the First mington, N. C, until March 30, was no organization to handle this money. Out of these oc currences there arose interest of former 4-H Club members who were responsible for the formation of the 4-H Develop ment Fund in North Carolina. As for how the money will be used, Mr. Piland explained that as of now only one in twenty 4-H Club members can attend a 4-H camp during the summer because of a lack of space. Also there is a great need for schol arships. At present there are only a few scholarships for boys and none for girls. Mr. Piland said, "We think of conserving land, water and forest and in my opinion the greatest waste is that material lying between the cars of i our boys and. girls." These scholarships will be used where there is a need and where ability is present. There will be no discrimination as to how much or how little a county contributes. The next real need is the State Awards Program. Many of the projects that are carried by 4-11 Club members have a trip to Chicago and National 4-H Cilub Congress as an award to the state winner. However, many of the projects have no such award and this would be corrected by the Development Fund. The fourth need is in the area of : world peace. Through the International Farm Youth Exchange Program, young people from the United States visit foreign countries ' and live with the 'people and act as 'am bassadors , of good will from our country. ' .;,-,, ; , A special gifts committee made up of Robert Lewis .Stevenson, Henry C. Stokes, Marion Swin dell, George, Bellmon and Joel Hollowell, Sr., spent quite a bit of their time and efforts explain ing the 4-H Develppment Fund to various ? businessmen; ' in, the county and soliciting their aid in the worthwhile , , opportunity to serve the young people of Perquimans. - County v and the State of North Carolina. These men will be on a permanent committee to handle any large sums donated to the 1 Develop ment Fund or any real property that may be left, in a will, v ? Before the community leaders met in their community groups, fhe: special gifU committee made a report to the group. ConilauiJ ob r2 t'-zil , . manager for the local unit. Mr. Melton conducted a very .nformative meeting with the local officers, pointing out the need for a Chamber of Com merce in towns the size of Hertford. He gave the directors a number of helpful suggestions in laying tha foundation for or ganizing an aggressive Chamber for Perquimans County. He also supplied the group with names of a number of prospective managers for the county organization and the of ficers are now contacting these men concerning the opening here. Also reported on during this meeting was the results of a .survey . conducted by Floyd Mathews pertaining to the mar keting and consumption oj pork and pork products in Perquim and County. Mr. Matthews pointed out his survey revealed pork sales in Perquimans County dropped 25 per cent in 1959 compared with 1958 and the results are revealed there is a definite connection with con sumption and the prices paid for hogs to the farmer. phone & Telegraph Company concerning expansion and con solidation of the telephons ser vice within the county. Among other things the Board desires that all telephones with in Perquimans County be placed under the Hertford exchange and that service be extended to - . . . . . . This is based on a recent an-! nlany 01 tn,s numter being wo nounccment by the Department mcr1, The representative for this of Agriculture, that price sup-1 flrm was in ""act by phone port on 1960 crop peanuts will I witfl Mr- Harrell. and he also be at a minimum national aver-' expressed a desire to visit the age level of $201.24 per ton. ' community for a first hand look This compares with the mini-1 at the Possibilities of the area, mum national support rate in ! Officers and directors of '.he 1959 of $193.50 per ton. This Chamber of Commerce are well shows a $7.74 increase in the ' pleased with the efforts bcin? national, . average ' support rate ' expended in development of and tha support price in this ! contact leads with industry scck- state should advance at ap proximately the same' ratio. According to Bellmon, if the increased support level to North ing relocation and are hopeful further development ' will lead to the community securing ad ditional industry in the months eas now without tele- j Carolina farmers is at the same i ahead. some ar phone service. Further consideration of a proposed budget for the fiscal year1 starting July 1 will be pre sented the Board to assist in ascertaining as early as possible a new tax rale available under the revaluation iprogram. Epworth Church Plans Revival Th Epworth Methodist Church of 'Winfall announces plans for revival services March 6-11 with the Rev. O. L. Hathaway as visiting minister. ' Services will begin Sunday night with ser vices at 7:30 o'clock. The ser vices' each night '.: during - the week will begin at 7:45 P. M The. Oak Grove Choir will pre sent i special music on Sunday night; The Cedar; Grove Choir willi. be the visiting choir for Tuesday and the Up River Friends Men's Choir ; will ; take part in the service on Thursday night. . '-y, The Rev. O. L. Hathaway is executive secretary of, the Board of Missions and Church Extension of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. He has served many years in the pastorate of Metho dist : churches as well .as serv ing as District Superintendent In Court Tuesday Six cases were disposed of during Tuesday's term of Per- qu-mans Recorders Court, pre sided over by Judge Chas E. Johnson. Mathew Baily, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of as saulting his mother with his fists. He was given a 12-month road sentence, to be suspended upon payment of a $100 fine and costs of court. The court also ordered Baily to stay away from the home of his mother, or face a charge of trespassing. Jackson Costen, Negro, plead ed guilty to a cbarKe of being drunk on a highway. He was ordered to pay a fine of $2 and court costs or serve 30 days in jail- Elmo Emory paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. Calvin '. Casper ; pleaded guilty to use of an improper muffler and paid the court costs. Elton Holley, Negro, was fined $2 and costs after he submit ted to a charge of being drunk. Josephus Mavretic paid a fine of $29 after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. rate support in 1960 will be $213.04 per ton to farmers in this state. Support on-. 1960 crop pea nuts will be available by means of warehouse, storage' loans to growers associations, farm stor age loans and purchase agree menfs. Support for the 1950 crop reflected 75 ' of parity while the announced minimum support level for 1960 is equiv alent to 7(1 of the February 1960 parity prices. The fact that all these fig ures are based on u minimum national average support rate indicates if the supply situation in August of 1960 justifies an increase these rates might rise slightly. Theatre To Reopen About March 15th Gregory Funeral Held Last Saturday TOURING CHOIR SELECTED Campbell College freshman Howard : Mathews of Hertford has been selected to appear; in Campbell's 1960 44-voice tour ing choir. In addition to sev eral appearances in North and South Carolina, the choir will of the Fayeteville District forlsightseeing ofVlorida. six years. . I Mathews is the son of Mr. and : The public is invited to attend Mrs. Howard B. Mathews 6f W Md all services, i - . i Route L Hertford. , The management of the Stale Theatre now plan to reopen the local movie house about March 15, according to Levin Culpep per, who was a guest at a meet ing of the Hertford Rotary Club last Tuesday night. Mr. Culpepper told the Ro tarians the projection, machinery is now being overhauled and that as soon as it was ready and the theatre itself had been . reconditioned it Will open on a part-time basis, showing mov ies on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday of each week. He said the management will endeavor to secure the best pos sible pictures for the local movie, to be shown as soon as available. . Mr. CulueDDer also rxoresscd Mrs. Mary Rountroc Gregory, his appreciation to the mer- 47, died hero Thursday after-, thanls 0f Hertford for pledges noon alter an nincss ot more than two years. She was the daughter of the late Alfred and Sally Hollowell Rountree and wife of Leslie P. Gregory. She was a member of the Missionary Society of Epworth Methodist Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Horace Rountree; one daughter, Fow ler Rountree :of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Phelps of Nor folk and Mrs. J. P. Cox of Buck roe Beach and one grand son. A t... i : , l n I'uiifi ai service was con ducted . Saturday at 2 P. M., at Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. A. N. Gore, Jr., pastor of Epworth Methodist n. Church. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery at Elizabeth City.1 MASONS MEET TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge . No. 106, A. F. & A M., will meet Tues day night at 8 o'clock, Jack Symons, master of the lodse. urges a large attendance. toward the support of the op eration of the theatre. W. W. Bundy Files For Commissioner W. W. (Woodly) Bundy of Bethel Township is a candidate for the office of County Com missioner for Bethel Township, subject to the Democratic Pri hary on May 28. Mr. Bundy filed notice of his candidacy for the office with Jarvis )Vard, chairman of Per quimans County Board of Elec tions on Friday of last week. Center Hill Church To Hold Revival j A revival service will be con- ducted at. Center Hill Metho dist Church March 6 through March 11 with the Rev. Harrell' . Thach, pastor; of the Methodist' Church at Boykhv Va.; as the'-' guest preacmav.v Services will be held each evening beginning at 7:30 o'clock and the public is iovited to attend, .' ,