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EEKLY vc ame XXVII.Number 14. Hertford, Perquimans County. Ncrth Carolina. Friday, April 8, 1960. 5 Cents Per Copy. Local Chamber Cf Board Requested To Provide - More leiricelIi6r'rCourt Mi 1SI - -A1 if ....... - . . -. . . ...... " CAMEL CHORES Ships of , ppuers in tne canary Islands, Education Board Holds Quarterly sssion Members of . the rcrauimans i Board of Education held their quarterly' meeting Monday night Mic uww ui uie upermien , dent; of schools and approved the flection of principals for the five scnoois ; tne county for the . .900-61 . school term. 'Principals,' whose election was approved, were E C Woodard, Perquimans High School; Miss The! ma' Elliott, Hertford Gram mar .( School; Tommy , Maston, Central Grammar School; J. A. : Dempsey, Perquimans . Union School and Dewey S. Newby, ' King Street School. : ; The board .disoussed at some length the purchase of addi tional, land to be incorporated , into that of Perquimans Union 'School, and G. S. Caddy report- .t cd agreement as to the purchase of 'the : land had been reached between the, .' board and the property owners. However, def inite action was tabled pending an agreement with Virginia Pow er and Electric Company which awim a rlihi At. iviv . nr-Wuii, (ho property.-- - "n r"V; r Sonuf change on the driver's education program as now offer - ed in the schools was discussed and the , board ' authorized the superintendent, J.T. Biggers, to Secure1 information and present I .1... tki. uw... .i i.1 4. VCA; 1 .1. lit niiv wc iujniacu una yivgiam being offered during two sum hier nnonths rather than during the school year, Census S':niier ntjStsfi&riT Pjp.feliiJ.'- r ifchii R. i Brinson, district su pervisor for the 1060 census of population . and housing, urges area residents who 'have receiv ed 1 "sample", questionnaires to filTmt the forms and mail them to the census T district office promptly. i . , ' ; I Tne! sample'' questionnaires, printed on blue paper, were left at "every : fourth household dur ing the first stage of the census which) is now virtually complete cd. . These questionnaires con-j taincd the detailed population and housing questions which are' aLkedj of a 25 percent sample OK the population. . By using only 4 sample of the population, the Census Bureau is able to collect ' important information af 'juti the nation's people at a fraction of the , cost of v a com pMe;canvass. , -C,le success of vthe. census, de- PC23 : upon the 'cooperation of local . residents in filling ' out tbc. forms and nailing, them prom, Jy, the district supervwdr ud. He pointed out that all infor s'.ation furnished to the Cenr s Bureau is kept ift' strict or.r nee under federal law and cannot be used for taxa tion, ,1 regulation, or investiga- FTA TO MZZT iho Central Grammar School . ' "1 ' M its "l mr.- t- i n at 8 o'clock. I.Iom-' - " 1 t r"te the the desert are turned into" plow oil the coast of Africa. Red Cross Award To Marion Swindell r;:v -vr,Vf; ft7-111- 'ilf'S. I'M';-, ':K : , A Red Cross certificate of ser vice was presented , to .Marion bwindell by the Eastern Division of the American Red Cross on Tuesday night at a meeting cf the Parkville Ruritan Club. The presentation was made by Claud Williams, chairman of the Per quimans County Red . Cross Chapter. . The award was presented Mr. Swindell for his service to the Red Cross and while he' served, for two' years, as chairman of the local chapter. Twelve Casos In tab's Cc:irt At Term Tuesday Xxittbivr cases were dispasod of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court , and three .-, defendants were ordered held on bonds when they failed tos appeal' in court to answer charees for traffic vinlatinne Vn,,n H.n,.: ,,,!,, ' " a"i.revi w chares speeding and paid as indicated following their names: Mary Jones $29, Walter Hoggard, Jr., $25, , Joel Perry $25 and Charles Morgan $33 ...Alice Parker paid the costs of court ' after submitting: to a charge of passing in an inter section. ;,. ' . ' ' , Costs of court " were taxed against William Lindscy, Negro, who pleaded guilty to charges of improper use of headlights. John , Costen, ; Negrq, paid a fine of $2 and costs of court on a charge of being drunk. ,. Joseph Hollowell, Negro, plead ed guilty to a charge of failing to ; see intended movement of his , car could be made safely. He paid the costs of cburt J Flay Patrick was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs af ter lie pleaded . guilty 46 charges of exceeding a safe 'speed limit, driving on the left side of a highway and possessing tax .paid liquor with the seal "broken. Costs of court were taxed against George Stokely, Negro, for having no ' turn signal ' on his truck and moving three units in a group. , . ( t Robert Amee', Negro; was sen tenced to jail for one week af ter he pleaded guilty to charges of being drunk i f ; , '" Melyin Tennette,' Henry Down ing and John Jordan, all Ne groes. , were ordered , held a on bonds for: failing to answer, ci tations to court. . ' Thcnias Nixcn Js v Board Candidate 'Thomas Nixon announced Fri-. day he will be a candidate for .the office !of County Commisi sioner for Parkville' township, subject to the Democratic Pri mary on May 28. He filed no tice of his candidacy with the Board of Elections 'the same day. Mr. Nixon- wilj oppose George' t .kcr, iiteumbent.- who is a candidate for re-election. The Au xilmry Un Monday - Friday;, will"., be Membership bay for -tho. Perquimans County jphamber. of Corninprco, J :V Some. 30 jsolicitors,r headed by Chairman R, L. Jlollowell, War ner Madrc, r'loyd Matthews, El wood Nowell, Carson Spivey and Capt. N. S. Fulford, Will make a - concentrated drive .on this date to secui-e $12,000 worth of memberships in the Chamber of Commerce. ' ; r. v Final plans for the fund cam paign weve formulated at a uweuiig on ivianaay mgni, wnen Municipal Building for details concerning the membership cam paign. Erie Haste, Jr., treasurer of the Chamber, stated a ploque will be installed on the Court Uouse'Grcen to reveal lha pro gress .of the fund campaign to the interested public. It is the desire of the Cham ber Membership Committee to complete this drive in one day and,, prospective members, are advised membership dues may be" paid annually. Officials of the Chamber have designated four categories for memberships ranging from $25" up. Organizational meetings con ducted by the Chamber officials revealed the unit will have an operational budget of $12,000 for the first 12 months period and all memberships will run for that period of time, al though this will not necessarily be on a fiscal year basis. "Mem berships are, to start upon the employment of a full time Chamber manager. Charles M. Harrell, ( president of the Chamber, and Mr. Haste are-inow interviewing- a number of applicants fwvthe position as has been made'u as to the. pro gress toward ' securing the of ficer. - ' " Much interest has been shown by the business and professional people of the county toward the organization of. the Chamber of Commerce and the officials are hopeful this interest Will mani fest itself today during the membership ' canvass, insofar that all business firms and in- dividuals will join in helping to! put this drive over during the one day. Walter Edwards, chairman of the Perquimans County Draft Board, has' announced the local board ' will begin a part-time schedule Monday, April 18, The office will be open only two and one-half days a week. Office hours f will be -Mondays . and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. until 5:30 P. M.', closed 12 noon to I P. M. for lunch; Tuesdays, 8:30 A. M. until 12:30 P. M. ;-; , Mr. Edwards also stated Per quimans County has a induction call' of one registrant April 19 and three registrants for pre-in-duction the same dato. , , -The local board' is. .unable - to locate the following registrants at their last reported addresses and would appreciate any infor mation of their whereabouts; William Angelo Welch, Negro, Tyner ; ' Herman' Johnson, .'Negro Durants Neck;' Harlen" Forrest Mizelle, 20 Woodland Circle, Hertford;. Edward Cobert Mar tin, Negro; WJrifall .Johnnie, Wilr liam Jordan, Route 3, Hertford; Charles Parker . ; Nungezari - T Penn Avenue, Hertford;. ;Sterlirig LcRoy Miller,' Negro, 50 Dobb Sti-eet, Hertford, and Alexander Sutton,' Negroii Chapanoke ,-4 i '.- ' ' " ; i," " r Emmett Window To Attend Pi!ct Meeting . J. " Emmett .Winslow , and , his son, Julian Winslow, Jeft Thurv day for San Antonio, Texas to attend a reunion of the Order of Flyers, composed of pilots of World War I, and their sons. The Order, has some 200 mem- 1 t'y ' t-vel to the sy ce ' " V Draft Office To OpsratePrtTime ; Tne first of the 1960 presi dential primaries has come and gone. Senator Humphrey and Senator Kennedy battled it out in Wisconsin and both candid dates polled more votes' ' than Vice President Nivr.n nhn hnA entered the GOP Drimarv. - Early returns favored Humph- rey tut Kennedy had a slight lead when more than half the Wisconsin votes had been counted. It appeared both can' didates would wind up - with about the same number of dele gates to the national conven tion. ( Sudden spring weather in the mid-west brought melting . snow and rain which caused floods in wide areas along the? Mis sissippi River and its tribu taries. -Hard hit areas were in Iowa, Illinois , and Missouri Workers, by the hundreds joint ed in the battle to sand-bag dikes and levies to contain the water to the river but thous ands of areas of land were re ported flooded. ; . The State Board of Welfare Tuesday -announced it will . ref store cuts in welfare checks which were ordered som! months ago. Cuts were . made due to lack of funds appropri ated for the program but Gov ornor Hodges announced addi tional funds had been recover ed to carry the program at the same . level maintained before the cuts were instigated. Ja, ' 3 Alonzo C. Edwards,' , well known - official of the Farm Bureau, announced Tuesday he will step down as executive vice president. , of , the organization after having served in the of fice for three years. No succes sor has been named for Ed wards. The West has rejected" a dis armament proposal submitted by Russia at the Geneva Confer- ence as being too formless and dangerous to provide a basis for negotiation,. Further discussion on disarmament is expected prior to the summit meeting now be ing planned for next month. Sunrise Services Planned Easter ' Easter sunrise services for the Hertford area will be held this year on Easter morning at 5:26 o'clock on the back lawn of the R. S. Monds on Front Street overlooking the river. The Rev. Norman Harris and the ' Rev. ' James Auman are planning this as a union service for their congregations, but the service is toy no means confined to Methodists and Baptists of tlio community. ; There will be special organ music, .suitable ' for the ; joyous occasion and the traditional Eas ter message from, the Scriptures will be re-told Following the sunrise service the youth groups of the two churches will have fellowship breakfast together at the Methodist Church, r - Changes Made Fori. FHA Supervisors . Williain H. Perry, ' Jr.Mcountyj supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration - for the-; past three ''years," has'; been- ansfer- to Smithfield, North Caro- Una,' in a similar position. His i transfer . became . effet'tive April; 3, I960;' t!v T'r'i .:ii"s:lff-'.. 4t;:-: -. SXl G, Modlin, rea supervisor, wilL serve ai acting county sup ervisor until April 15, when Donald W. Norman wjll trans fer to Hertford as county puper? visor- and assume his. new -duties on April 18. Mr. Norman has been, with the ; Farmers -Home Administration since 195 j and comes to Hertford from Clinton, N. C. He is married and the father of two children. K He will j L's 'y to 'ford as cen 'be .it I f FOR KNUCKLEHEADS Adding graphic force to her argu- ment, Assemblywoman Mrs. Mildrid Barry Hughes wears homemade spiked knuckles confiscated from a juvenile. She (introduced a bill in the New Jersey Legislature to make such, j weapons illegal. Roman gladiators called the device a "cestui." ( it is simply a leather band studded with nails. ' Arson Suspected In Connection With Three F ires For Employees Commissioners for Perquim ans County, considering a retire ment plan for local officials and county employees, conferred with J. L, Greenlee, assistant executive! secretary of the North Carolina Retirement System, concerning a feasible plan for this county. , .Mj:. , ; Greenlee jdvjscd the board this county is the only one within the state which does not provide such a plan for of ficials and employees arid he discussed at some length the ! provisions of the State Retire-, ment . System and social secur ity. Commissioners questioned Mr. Greenlee on all phases of the eligibility requirements, since this has been one problem the board has had under considera tion especially as to the coun ty's . responsibility for certain persons not employed by the county but that do work for county officials in carrying on the duties of several of-the county offices. . Mr. Greenlee advised the Com missioners he will ascertain the responsibility . . the county has toward these employees and so advise the board in the imme diate future. It is estimated ' a retirement program, if adopted -for this ciunty, .will cost the county in the ? neighborhood ; of about $1,500 annually. vThe Commissioners took no action on the j matter during the meeting Monday but tabled the program pending further infor mation from Mr. Greenlee. Attend District Meet Wednesday Approximately .... 25 Hertford f.f S i?',"' 1. r.r"i:i, Guard armory in Ahoskie. Russ TwHOrd of Elizabeth' City,; Tenth District Vice President presid ed oyer- the ; meeting introduc ing: special guests, AH Harrison of Tabof City, - State rJaye Tresident, ; and ; Warren, Twiddy Hertford Jaycees Bdy Bryant1 of Ahoskie was.he . , , .. . ... . elected the new' Tenthr District Vice President, following a spir ited campaign. The 'sixth Tenth District Workshop will be held jn t EJizabeth City on .April 20. Reports were heard by. the Dis trict Committee Chairman, three candidates - for"' state offices made campaign speeches and bids for the 1961 Miss N. C. Beauty Pageants were heard from representatives (from Buis lln's'bn and Guilford College, mouth won the attendance vli ZZ d-i.t .i'jresent. wwm finite. Sheriff J. K. White is con ducting an investigation of. three fires which occurred in Belvi dere Township early last Sun day morning, following reports by the Hertford Fire Department that arson was suspected in con nection with the events. nre niei k. u. anion re ported the department was call ed to the Chapel Hill commun ity first when a building owned by Mary Lane and which con tained stored ; furniture belong ing to Edgar Chappell caught fire. This fire had gained such headway the building and con tents were almost destroyed be fore 'thc- arrival 'of the firemen. Shortly thereafter the Fire Department received a call to the store of L. L. Chappell near Belvidcre. Chief Elliott radioed the firemen at the Lane fire and ordered them to proceed to the Chappell store. The firemen had used up most of the water from two trucks at the Lane fire and therefore were handicapped on reaching the Chappell store. However, additional water was pumped from a .nearby creek. The third fire was a barn owned by Basil Copeland but Sheriff White said while this incident looked suspicious, the blaze went out before causing much damage. Loss at the fire at the Lane was estimated at about $10,000. Sheriff " White stated his in vestigation revealed the Chap pell store has been set afire at two separate places and he furthermore suspects a robbery at the place occurred prior to the fire. ; , The other; building, accord ing to reports received by the sheriff from individuals who wore on the scene shortly after the fire started, apparently had gas thrown on the side of the building before a fire was set. Hertford PTA To Meet Next Thursday The Parent Teacher Associa tion of the Hertford Grammar School will meet next Thursday night, April 4, at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Devotional will, be conducted by Mrs. J. W. Dillon, which will bc followed by . the business meeting with the PTA president, Mrs. R. Li Hollowell, presiding. 'The 7th grades will present a science program under; the. di rection 'of'' Mrs. . i R. S. Monds. . Smt. jn , (. set up in the library of the school. ;; All parents are invited and urged to attend the meeting end science fair, concluding with a coffee hour. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nowell, Jr., announce - the birth of a son, Stephen Cannon Nowell, born Tuesday, Man 29, at the Al bemarle Hospital. . Mrs. Nowell and son have returned home and are getticj icrj nicely. 1 . Sunday Red Cross Fund Campaign Lagging -h. Sriie. Perquimans 'County Red Cross I und Campaign is lag ging, according to Marion Swin dell, Fund Campaign chairman. To date only $466 of the goal of 1 200 has been turned in, but there are many solicitors who .lavea'i turned in tiitir reports. There are two full townships md the business district to be heard from as well as portions ji mo oilier townships. If there are those who have not been contacted for a contri bution and wish to make a do .iaiic.1, they can call Mr. Swin dell and he will have some one see them. All . solicitors are urged to complete their canvassing as soon as possible and turn in their reports. Indians Defeat Edenton; To Play Perquimans High School con tinued its "hot pace" in the Albemarle Conference baseball race last Friday shuttins out thp Ahoskie Friday Edenton Aces 1-0 with Petelin the situation since he is a Hunter baffling the Edenton1 batters allowing only two hits during the seven-inning contest.! traffic violators. Harrell, pitching for Edenton, j Lane told the board patrolmen also did a masterful job holding can issue tickets to local rcsi the Indians" attack until the last dents on arrest for violations but of the fifth inning when Spi-had to release non-residents in vey, Hunter and Johnny Wins-leases when warrants were not low banged out singles to score available. the winning run. Spivey led -the inning off with a single, followed ty a"S3fety by Hunter 'and Winslow's hit scored Spivey. Hunter fanned eight Edenton. lral' wamcu one ana me in-, dians committed one error. Har- roll fanned two Indians, walked none. Perquimans plays at home again Friday, meeting the strong Ahoskie team. Game time is set for 2:15 o'clock. Project Completed At Union School Perquimans County Union School has completed the out door lighting project which was started early in the school term by the Parent Teacher Associa tion of the school. The project consists of eleven lights which surround the building at inter vals similar to those found on the average city street. The operation of the lights is auto matic; they come on with the approach of darkness and go Off at daylight. .The total cost for the installa tion of the lights was $684.94. The Parent Teacher Association, Perquimans County Union School and the Board of Edu cation each contributed $212.98 of the total amount. The Vir ginia Power Company will main tain the lighting system. At the end of the month of March of each school term the Parent Teacher Association and Per quimans County Union School will share in the payment .of $198 to the company. ; . The patrons of the school, especially those who support and attend the various night ac tivities .and have known for some 'time of the ' necessity of some type of i i outside .lights around the building, are pleased with ithe realization of such a project.-,., J. A, Dempsey, prin cipal of the school, the students, parents and teachers "are grateful to those who helped make the lighting project possible. Monds'Candidate . For County Board Riley S. Monds, " Hertford business man, has announced his candidacy for the office of County Commissioner for Hert ford ;, Township, subject to the Democratic primary on May 28, Mr. Monds filed notice of his candidacy with the Board of Elections lat Monday. I In a day-long session here last Monday, commissioners for Per quimans County considered ten--' tative budget, proposals for the fiscal year starting July 1 and voted to adopt a resolution to provide a stream clearance pro ject for Belvidcre Township. The board gave tentative ap proval to a proposed budget for the county school system calling for expenditures in the amount of $89,189 for the general school fund and $18,350 for the school supplement fund. The first item is an increase of mora than $3,000 over last year, while the school supplement outlay will amount to about $4,000 more than the current year. Sgt. Logan Lane. and Cpl. R. A. Tripp of the State Highway Patrol appeared before the board and requested the county pro-, vide additional service for the Recorder's Court, especially as to the issuance of warrants on arrests made by members of the patrol. Mr. Lane told the board he was receiving many complaints . concerning traffic . violations in the county after 5 o'clock in the afternoon and that while his patrolmen are not ticket happy and do not want to . arrest anybody he felt service on issuing a warrant should be available once an arrest is made. Mr. Tripp said he was interested resident of the county, and he also "'eceives complaints about Mr. Lane also pointed out if no other way could .be arranged to provide this service lit mipht be solved by having-an indivi dual appointed as a justice of the neace who would have authority to issue warrants ana set Donas, Commission Chairman R. L. Spivey pointed out to Mr. Lane the law covering the clerical department of the Recorder' Court does not empower th Commissioners to appoint addi tional deputy clerks, that .the board can only approve appoint mcnts made by the clerk. ' ' However, at the close of the discussion With Sgt.. Lane, the board discussed the situation with Clerk of Recorder's Court', W. H. Pitt and agreement was reached whereby Mr. Pitt will appoint any person secured by the board for the post. The Commissioners adopted u resolution for the clearance of the Perquimans River between Up River bridge and Perry bridge in Belvidere Township, as prepared by the U. S. Corps of Engineers. A clause in the resolution calling for the county to maintain the river free of debris, once cleared by the en gineers, was deleted originally but an opinion by the Attorney General permits the board to adopt this portion of the con tract, thus assuring completion of the project. Tentative budget proposals considered by the Commission ers Monday indicate a reduction Of about $11,000 in the 1961 bud get as compared with the 1060 budget, what with an estimated $14,000,000 property valuation will permit a substantial reduc tion on the county tax rate. Final action on the . 'budgyt will be taken at the June meet ing of the board. ''Vl. ' CANTATA SUNDAY NIGHT "The Glory of the Cross", a cantata using the familiar hymns of the cross, will be presented by the combined choirs of First Methodist - Church, Hertford, Palm Sunday night, April 10, at 7:30 o'clock. Around eighty voices, under the direction of Miss ; Caroline Wright, minister of music, will sing the unfold ing story of Jesus' life, His cru cifixion and- His, victory over death. Soloists include:' .. Mis-" Susan Nixon,' Beth Harris, Ava, Ray Kirby, Mollis Williams. Jan White, - Defers Henry and Mary Elliott BHnn and Mrs. Eugene Boyce, Mrs. Ray Kirty. iTrq. Charles' Skinner,' Jr. T. C Cur-.v-.