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THE PERQUIMANS WEEECLY 'Volume XXVII.-Number 10. Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 11, 1960. 5 Cents Per Copy, Education Board fA:l,')e.is;?V'4!V' i.i' "j, I- i;. . 'z Seeks Approval To Telephone Officials Confer With Board On Better Service ete Program Compl 1 V A, ALL'S WELL THAT END WELL Hostess Sharon Lorcnt zen is helped from a Martin 404 passenger plane in Olathe Naval Air Station, Kansas. She, two other orew members and six passengers were safe after their plane made a belly-land ing on a snowy runway. The craft lost its port wheels on Chicago take-off, ' v , Co unty Residents Organize Add Phone Service More than 125 j residents of Perquimans County attended a mass ! meeting held Monday 'night' in the Agricultural Build ing J, to explore Plans for se curing increased .telephone ser vice, within the county, v Desire on the part of' people of the rounty to obtain Jjmjrov ed communicWtons haari;)vm toy leaps and Sounds, in recent ..weeks jd ha-urpose of jueeunK, mm ween, , was ; lor mulate an 6aeJJeffdH Mo push tlet pto0&i& ffihlir. Vtes " : A large nOmsr of residents, unable' to.attnd the meeting, sentword . supporting the pro posed' project.,. -X" Preliminary investigation has revealed the possibility of esT tablishment of amutual organi zation within the county but1 definite steps toward this end have no baen aken. "Out of the meeting on Mon- day the citizens organized a community. committee -to proceed) with nlans to Secure additional telephone service for the people of Perquimans.- ?The committee is composed of Capt; N. S. Ful ford, chairman? . Mrs. Tannie Hurdle, .secretary ; VR. L. " Spi vey, Charlie White,- Mrs. J, N. Newby, Emerson Asbell, Jarvin Winslow, Mrs: J. A. Bray, L. C. Winslow, Charles M. Harrell, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor V. N. Darden, After much' discussion, it was j agreed this committee will, con duct a county wide survey to determine ' the "number and names of all residents desiringi telephones. When completed, the results of this survey will be turned over to Marion Shuf fler; Field Representative of the Rural Electrification Authority, who will proceed with the next step -by presenting the results to the Norfolk-Carolina Tele phone Company. Baker Candidate For County Board ; '.', y ': -j- 'H'.v'"':. George; I;.!.Baker, " County Commissioner; 'HTfofe i . Parkville Township, announced "Wednes day he wiH. seek., re-election to the. office in-.: the " Democratic primary election.;. n May . in. hw. h. ' Elliott,- Jr., John A. El Baker filed notii.ot'''Uiv'ieatKUhiotV' Xouise B. Morris, Ubyd tions on Wednesday ''" morning. He was elected to the board two years ago and is now serving his rst term. ITeatincr Unit At Link Explodes -iAn explosion within the heat i unit at 'Peoples 3Bank ' & ' !st Company v on Wednesday . ning practically : destroyed t furnace but caused little ot)h- nage to-; the ing.- J ?on Was ' it WS te- Plan To North Carolina cotton grow ers appear to be .even less in terested in overplanting their retnilar cotton allotments in iflfin than, thow worA in iQso w Nsxt Wednesday h -Matth.ik'the1liPwds the -next Agricultural StablMauori nd Conservation State Committee, explained that all cotton farm ers in ' this state are permitted to make a choice between plant ing within 'their regular allot ment, and having their crop sup ported at 75 parity, or over planting their regular' allotment by up to 40 and receiving a reduced support rate of 60 of parity. ASC has designated this first alternative as "Choice A''( and the second as "Choice B- Last year about 5 of the cotton farmers in the state chose the higher allotment and the lower support rate.. This year, through February 26 only 1.3 of the cotton farmers have selected "Choice B." . ; Matthews cautioned -'- cotton farmers ; that the. deadline for making .: this choice is ' March 16. Her further eplained that the choice must 'be made in writing to . the ASC. County Committee. However, ' farmers who don't indicate a choice in writing j win automatically De assigned "Choice A." ' Jurors Drawn For AprO CourtTerm A jury list composed of 50 county ., residents was drawn Monday by the County Com missioners for service at the April term of Superior Court. Drawn for jury duty were Frank Langley, Robert Elliott, William Nixon, Percy L. Wins low.r Marshall Owens, John Er viri : Chappell,- "Freeman Mans field, , Craf tori Winslow',' Dewey Overton, Trim' W. Wilson,'; Na th'an . Zachary,' Thomas 'Newby, Jack Burbacfe' T.inwnnrl Twtnp. Lane, , i Fernando RrT'ChabpelL dharles' Mansfield, Jadie Lane, Jr.t Charlie E. . Lane.' Melvin Eure, Leslie Gregory, James .Overton. Lisle Mathews, Charles W. Winslow, Charles E. Winslow, James E. Stallings, Hilda Math ews, William Hollowelb Rennie Dail, William Proctor, Seth Umphlett, Noah Stallings, Wil liam P.. Nixon, '. Carroll Wil liams, Marvin D. White, W. L. Bagley," Carl : Owens, Willie Pierce, Sr., Erman Lane," Carvin Mansfield, Jr - Willie Brooks,. Election and is the third ban Daniel Williams,. ' Thomas, A. J didate in- -the field for the Board Cox, Gerre G. Winslow, Jerry of Commissioners. ' He ' -was " h '' -Wrow, Lopbis i p?:tJ . to r'" - i-uro' years .Meeting here in special ses sion on Thursday of last ' week, the Perquimans Board of Edu cation discussed at length a building program which was inaugurated in February, 1954, and voted to seek financial ap proval from the Board of Coun ty Commissioners to proceed with the final project of that program, which calls for con struction of 10 classrooms at the Perquimans Union School. Six of these classrooms will replace a similar number of rooms now in use at the school but which are of wooden construction. A committee composed of C. C. Chappell, D. rl. Eure, .George Caddy and J. T. Biggers were named to confer with the Coun ty Commissioners on the pro posal during a board meeting Monday. The committee appeared be fore the Commissioners on Monday and presented the po sition of the Board of Educa tion and its desire to complete! construction of 10 rooms at rerquimans union scnooi. me Commissioners requested the Board of Education to secure figures as to the cost of the program and report these fig- ures ' .to the board at a later meeting. The Board of Education also trntorl out ViT,i'7atifm tr oAVirrl n,norinlnn) t )nnlH in tha 1961 budget an item of $4,817.23 ommmf nf M1 fnH nrfr tional Act, to improve instruc- tions in science, math and era foreign language. ...... f Final discussion of the over- ual year was taoiea ntu tne May meeting of the board. named by - the board to repre sent the county On the "com-! mittee of 100 for better schools". ' Proceeding to adopt a set of policies to be used as guidance in all administrative regulations the board voted adoption of the following policies for immedi ate observance: election of cur rently employed principals shall be held not later than the reg ular April meeting; election of currently employed teachers shall be held not later than the regular May meeting; All personnel employed on a 12-months basis shall be given a two-weeks vacation with pay each .fiscal year, plus the fol lowing paid '. holidays: ; Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, December 24, 25 and 26 and July 4. Morgan Funeral Held Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Ara bella' Keaton Morgan of Route 2, who died Wednesday morn ing at 1:15 in a Kinston hospital were conducted Thursday after-1 noon at 3 o clock in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church by the Rev. Lamar Wheeler, 'pastor. The Church Choir sang "Some, day We'll Understand" and "Asleep In ' Jesus". 'A solo. "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone" was sung by Edward Jordan. "Abide With Me" was sung at the graveside by the choir. Mrs. Ned Nixon, pianist, was' accompanist at .the church. The casket was covered with a pall; of white mums, white stock, and fern. . . . . - Pallbearers were Fentori Britt, John A. Elliotts Ramsey Elliott, Herseyi Earl Gregory AckisH ' L. Gregorcand : Joe Henry Greg ory. - ' ' ..'.;a';; ?4 ;-r' Interment - was in Cedarwood Cemetery. ' y '.. Harry Winslow Files As Candidate Harry Winlow, County Com missioner for Hertford Township, will seek re-election to the office for a second term in the Demo cratic primary to be held May 28.- Mr, , Winslow has filed his i candidacy ..with the V Board of THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES President Eisenhower reported to the nation Tuesday night the U. S. - Latin America relation ship is the best ever but that stronger ties should be developed for the hemisphere. The Presi dent gave a brief resume of his 10-day visit to a number of the I Latin-American countries U. S. - Cuban relations con tinued strained this week as Cuba denounced a U. S. protest over Fidel Castro's charges the U. S. had a hand in the muni tion, ship explosion last week. Secretary of State Herter strong ly protested this stand but later Cuba called Herter's protest insulting." The first Presidential primary , was held Tuesday in New Hamp snire witn results running 'about the same as pre-election forecasts. Senator John Ken- nedy garnered most of the j Democratic votes while Vice President Nixon captured most. of the GOP votes. The U. S. Senate decided t-1i. ;i- i 1 "UUJT lO null US nOnSlOO 'a,!kaUon n vil rights, andset t0 halt the buster by South Afn Chn'linM Tk,. ar.'.f -.rill Pf1'0" now x ..Pected to be defeated. A Washington report this week stated unofficially Presi- dent Eisenhower may cancel his puiueu visit to ivussiu in June " Russian Premier Krushchev I attempts to. wreck the. comine suiiinut conierence wiin iunner demands Berlin. the Allies get out of Fourteen Cases In Recorder's Court Here Last Tuesday A docket consisting of 14 cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court which was pre sided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Ten of the defendants, all charged with speeding, submit ted to the charges and paid fines as indicated following their names: Clifford Pinkham $25, Fred Rowe $25, Charles Bock $25, Leland Piner $25, Carl Jerner ; $25, Willie Morris $35, Rafael Saladrigas $29, Samuel Kaufman $25,; William Miller $45, and Cortland Guthrie $25. Samuel Phillips paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge he failed to see the in tended movement of his car could be made safely. George Butler entered a plea of guilty to a charge of being drunk. V He was ordered to pay the costs of court or serve 30 days in jail. James Stallings, Jr., pleaded guilty to a charge of assault on a female. He was given a 60 day sentence suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 ana costs and upon ; condition he does not go into the property otf Wayland Howell, without an invitation, for a period of two years.. ; .-'m.:', :,.'; ' s... , George Sutton, Negro, plead ed guilty , to a charge of larceny of -a battery. ;. He was given a 60 day sentence suspended upon payment of a fine, of $50 and costs. Madre To Retirei From County Board ! Warner Madre, County Com missioner for Bethel Township for the Past eight years, an nounced Monday he will not seek re-election to the office in the comine (primary. Mr. Madre said he appreciated the oppor tunity -to-, serve Ws township but' felt he 'had eld the office long enough 'and' that he wanted ta thank the people of the eountyi for the f'TPort they had given) " J ,j BITES THE DUST Novice matador Bomblta tumbles head long upon his cape after being nudged by the bull he was fighting. 'Twasn't serious though; Bombita rose again to throw the bull. Superior Convene 15 Civil Blood Committee Issues Appeal For Donors On Mar. 28 An urgent appeal to the resi dents of Perquimans County to join in the preservation of the Red Cross blood program was issued this week by. the county blood program committee. Talmage Rose, Jr., chairman of the committee, released the following statement concerning the blood program: "On Monday, the 28th of this month, the bloodmobile will be in Hertford for the second of its two annual visits. Due to ,ncw regulations, each county partici pating in the blood program must achieve at least 75 of its yearly quota or lose the bene fits of being a member of this most vital part of our commun ity life. We, in Perquimans County, have increased slowly in our giving through the past four years but we have never made the small quota that has been assigned to us. This is a 1 very sad fact and certainly a reflection on the community spirit toward such a worthwhile project. We urge every mem ber of Perquimans County to make a very special effort to come and be a donor this time since we must have at least 92 units of blood to continue our program. A special invitation is extended to the colored ciit- zens of this county to help in j this program. Up until now the program has been supported al most entirely by the white don ors. We urge the colored citi zens to help share the load and to do their part in a program in which they have such a vital interest and through which they I have received so much. Let's all pilch in when the bloodmo bile comes and make this visit the most productive ever. "Remember the date., March 28, Monday, at the Hertford Municipal Building. The hours are- from 12 o'clock noon until 6 o'clock P. M. . Refreshments will be served." Sutton Named As Census Crew Leader Ernest W. Sutton, Route three, Hertford, has been appointed a crew leader for the 1960 cen sus, according to an announce ment received here from. John R. Brinson, District Office Su pervisor. Each crew leader will super vise about 20 enumerators in the huge census project which gets under way April 1, Crew leader training will start March 9 for rural crew leaders and March 14 for city leaders, BAKE SALE The St. Catherine Auxiliary of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will hold a bake sale on Saturday, March 12, begin ning at 10 A. M., in the old -i ,' Court To Here For Actions The March term of Perquim- ans Superior Court will con vene here next Monday with Judge Chester Morris presiding to handle a civil calendar of 15 cases. Cases listed on the calendar by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt are as follows: Rosa E. Lowe, Adm. vs. John William Trueblood; Isaac Lowe vs. Lcmar Redmon; Rosa S. Russell vs. T. C. Story, Jr.; Wiley Welch vs. Frances! Welch; 'Barbara Melton ys. .William 'Melton; Robert Perry vs. Louise Perry; Henry Martin vs. Dcl phina Ozburn; W. R. Baccus vs. Ralph E. Perry; Perkins Glue Co. vs. David E. Hervey; Dewey W. Wells vs. O'Dell Aycock; Lueian B. Cox vs. Rarriett C. McNidcr; Lizzie Lee Armstrong vs. George Armstrong; E. P. Stallings vs. O'Dell Askew; Dr. A. B. Bonner vs. Ronald Bate- man; Fred T. Riddick vs. H. D. Hurdle, Jr. Jurors drawn for service at this term of court include: Seth Long, Sr., Wilbur Owens, Ambrose Long, Harold Jones, Robert Turner, John Stallings, Z. D. Robertson, Sr., Hugh Har rell, II. P. Lowe, Alton Stal lings, William A. Cartwright, Adrian Smith, Jr., Durwood Twine, A. Stephen Perry, L. B. Cobbs, Jr., Harold H. Copeland, J. C. Baccus, Shelton Hobbs, Kenneth Stallings, Claude Ben ton, James B. Sawyer, Louis Stallings, Marian Copeland, A. Leigh Wilson, Obed T. Winslow, John Simpson, B. S. Hoskins, Frank B. Skinner, James T. Nir on, Emmett Landing, N. W. Chappell Crafton Mathews, Shelton White, Alvin Hollowell, William E. Lane, J. Ray Has kett and Hiram Weeks. Valuation Board To Meet Monday Commissioners for Perquimans County will meet, beginning March 14, as a Board of Equali zation and Review. The meet ing will open at 10 A. M., Mon day and continue so long as ne cessary to hear complaints by property owners on matters per taining to 1960 valuations on property in the county. With Superior Court being m session, it is expected the Com missioners will meet in the of fice of Register of Deeds. In dividuals desiring to confer with the Board concerning valuation problems are requested to ap pear before the Commissioners during the special meeting. County Had Gain In Tax Collection Perquimans County had a substantial increase in the total sales tax collections reported for a 12 months period, February 1959 through January I960, as compared to the previous year according to figures released by the North Carolina . Merchants Association. , : , : ; Sales tax collections ' in Per quimans during this period amounted to $91,140, an, increase of 11.92 percent over the Prefi- County Board Votes Approval To Stream Project Meeting here in regular ses sion last Monday, the Board of Commissioners adopted a reso lution required by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers calling for a project to clear the debris from the Perquimans River for j loIa llle officials residents of a distance of about 2'i miles in this county are interested in an Belvidcre Township. The reso- expansion of the phone system lution as adopted deleted sec- and also desired telephones lions of the proposal as set I within the county be tied to the forth by the Corps of Engineers j Hertford exchange. He pointed culling for the county to main-1 out at the present time many tain this stream free of debris ' residents must pay a phone toll once it is cleaned out by thejcnai'6e for calling the county government. jseat when in need of the fire I The board also considered a, number of tentative budget pro-'menl ana meaicai assistance, posals for the fiscal year begin-' Mr. Blades, Sr., expressed a fi ning next July 1,' and voted preciation for the opportunity to down a requested increase of discuss this situation with the $645 for the District Health De- oard and he said the company partment. This increase was de sired to grant salary increases 10 department employees, other proposed salary increases ol county employees was also vot ed down. Tentatively approved were budgets for the extension ser vice and Welfare Department; I these being approximately the same as appropriated for the current aar. Reports were made to the board by the farm extension service, welfare superin cendent and the county accountant. County Clubwomen Hold Two Schools Perquimans County Home Demonstration Club women had two afternoon schools one on March 1 and another on March !3. Miss Maidred Morris, of the North Carolina Extension Edi torial Staff, Raleigh, conducted a workshop at the Agricultural Building on Public Relations. Local Club public relations lead ers were trained in newspaper writing, radio, and television broadcasting. Miss Morris stress ed getting the readers interest by using the five "W's" Who, what, when, where, and why. Also tell the most important facts first and by all means be impersonal and avoid giving opinions. Do not carry an edi tor late news. Broadcasting should be thought of as a con versation, not as something one, is reading. Don't rush, give lis- teners time to follow ones thoughts easily. Sound inter- ested and sincere. On March 3 the Home Dem - onstration Council sponsored the ; educational film showing of two cancer movies: Living Insur ance" and "Time and Two Wo men". Information from these films will help each person to be aware of symptoms of can cer and treatment which can be given. The Cancer Crusade Month will be announced in the near future. Please give gen erously to this fund when you are canvassed. Forty percent of the money collected in Perquim ans County will remain in the county while a large part of the 60 will be used for research. Cancer leaflets are available at the Home Economics Agents of fice. Judge Johnson To Seek Re-election Chas. E. Johnson. Judge of Perquimans Recorder's Court, will seek re-electiOn to the office subject to the Democratic pri mary to be held May 28. . Mr. Johnson filed his candidacy with the County Board of Elections late last week. EASTERN STAR MEETING The Hertford Chapter of the Eastern Star will hold their reg ular meeting Monday, March 14, at , 8 o'clock In the Masonic Room at the Court House. All members We urged to be pres Some improvement in the telephone service , offered the residents of Perquimans County can be expected as a result of a conference held here Monday between officials of the Norfolk-Carolina Telephone Com pany and the Board of County Commissioners. Representing the phone com pany was L. S. Blades, Sr., Vernon Chase and L. S. Blades, Jr. Speaking for the Commis- ! toners, R. L. Spivey, chairman. department, the sheriffs depart- desired to extend services to all parts of the county. However, he pointed out exchange bound- ary lines are not and cannot be set up on county lines but must be so arranged as to pro vide best economic use. He also pointed out any changes made in these exchange boundary lines must be approved and I granted by the State Utility Commission. Mr. Blades told the Commis sioners the company is presently working on plans for extending service within the county to a number of areas .having poten- -lial , subciit)crs. -f ,' l After considerable discussion an agreement was reached whereby efforts will be made to switch all telephones located in New Hope Township from the Elizabeth City exchange to the Hertford exchange. This pro posal will require the approval of the Utilities Commission, and the move must meet with favor with almost all of the present phone subscribers in the area. , A poll is to be taken among the subscribers within the area to determine the subscribers' choice of exchanges and the out come of this poll will be used in discussions with the State Com mission in securing approval. Spivey told the telephone of ficials the Board of Commis sioners believe it is not to the best economic interests of the county for its residents to have to pay phone toll charges to call into the county seat. Mr. Blades counseled the Commissioners that the com pany desired to extend every service possible but that due to the needed approval by the State Commission and securement o and materials will equipment 'require some time and the pro i posals cannot be achieved im mediately. Draft Board Has Induction Call :'. r . . f. rerquimans county has artj. induction call nf throe the month of March, Mrs. Mar-;.s garet S. Scaff, clerk to Local 11 Board No. 73. announced todav. All men to be forwarded in this I call will be volunteers. The local board is still in the process of reviewing files and mailing forms to bring informa tion up to date. They have . been unable to contact the fol lowing registrants at their last known addresses' Edward Co bert Martin, Negro, Winfall; Johnnie William Jordan, Route 2, Hertford; Harry Barcliff, Ne- 1 gro, Chapanoke; Harlen Forrest Mizelle, 20 Woodland Avenue, Hertford; Herman Johnson, Ne gno, Durants Neck, and Charles Parker Nungezer, 17 Pennsylva nia Avenue, Hertford. Anyone knowing the where abouts of any of these regis trants or knowing someone that may know their address are re- ' quested to please contact the .local board. ' :,;, . MASOK3 10 MZET Perquimans ' Masonic Lodge! No. 106, A. F. A. M, Will , cas year, , ent, '. " . ' ,;: .