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RE TONIGH -" i Volume XXVII. Numtrr i i. Hertford, Perquiitians County, North Carolina, Friday, April 22, 1960. 5 Cents Per Copyr r Hertford Board Fori Nqv f r itie er V4 s ; ' ' " ' V -P I HE ' 1 .W" tcontracts Facil i ij V i ' MONKEY ON HIS BACK-Atter you're used to It, it doesn't' ' bother you. Or. Ernst Lang, director of the Basel, Switzerland,, ' coo, elves a 8ix-monthold apt a ride. An accepted method of ' Hra nsportaUoa ia the Jungle, 4 Is its mother. Superior Court included' H Guminal Docket Wednesday y Moving with' dispatch, the April term of Perquimans Su perior Court concluded Its crim inal and civil dockets here on Wednesday "morning and Judge Paul j Frizelle, presiding, ad journed ihe term. , , Due to Easter Monday holi day, the court ' convened! Tues day,' following selection of the Grand Jury, -three divorce ac tions were heard and divorces granted to Laura Green, Alphon zo Hudson and Martha Ervjn. ; ' A cap is was ordered issued for Fred Bryant who failed to, ap pear in court to answer to charges of driving drunk. , - The case of Alfred Bunch was continued ; until the . next term of court. u . ' . On motion by the State the rise in which Willie Felton, Me tro, was chareed with nnn sud '; i port "was remanded to fe'"re .t s ' couw the court costs. , ; , A yerdiet of not guilty, was (returned by the jury in the case ln which Julian- White, Jr., was phnra0A with Krtfp1ini : The jury also returned1 a ver dict of ( not, guilty1 in the .case ih which Mallard Robertson was charged with larceny. . t'.Carley Gibbs entered a plea oti guilty to a charge of reckless drjving. He was given a 60-day scittchce to be suspended : upon .payment of the costs of court Donnic Bateman, 'being tried on iharges . of driving on the wrong side of a road, reckless driving and hit and run, entered (a plea of guilty to a charge of ; '-reckless driving which was aci ce'ptod W the State." lie' was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and .Costs. 'V ' James' Mctntyrey Negro, entct' cd a. 'plea of, guilty to a charge of ; aimed" robbery. He was 'sentenced to: stated prison for , a term of 9 to 7 years. ' Three civil ' cases, H. D. Hur dle; vs. -Oliver D. Layden; Roy S. .Chappell vs. Norman MBass and Thomas Chappell vs. Nor man 'Bass v-were continued. A pre-trial conference was held in the case of Lizzie Armstrong vs. George Armstrong and the case of 'Jt. A. B. Bonner - vs. Ron aid JBateman. was settled out of court U '".A J n t .i'i. i llwi ll . ji j ;fTew officers for the Hertford J'J' Chamber ' of Commerce wc e tlcc'-i at a meeting con t! 'cd .v ' . 'ay night of last v k. V. A (dUy) V.Tiite was i ed pu ' '--ni of the drgani i on to sutxfced Marion Swin- t .lior officers named include " 'e Iljirphlftt, vice' presi- t; C.AOod CopclanJ, sccrc-J ; I' -yd Dail, t "surer; i.jms, Su ; v lector j i rr i Leu i . Jvill, d.i-ttoi-s. I k -rs will le fci- J' rt which t're - v Ihi' ' tU Uttla guy thinks Dr. lAnff-v Walter B. Jones To '- Speak Here Saturday Walter B, Jones, candidate for the Congress for the First Dis trict of North Carolina, : will speak in Hertford' qp t Saturday night April 23, at, 8 0 clock. The speaking event will be held in the Court House and the pub lie is invited to attend and hear Mr. : Jones discuss . his campaign for the office. " , , j ' , D;itistRegiond r:ji:n2f'::t; K I Men from the Baptist church-' annual meeting on Monday, April. 25, at ' the" "Edehtonar mory. Region One is comprised of Baptist churches' in. the fol lowing counties: Chowan, Per quimans, Hyde,. '.Tyrrell, l)are, Pasquotank, Gates, Currituck, Camden, Washington, Hertford, Northampton and Bertie. The meeting will begin with sup per for tlrt men at 6:30 o'clock. Presiding during the meeting will be O. C. Long, Jr.,; director of Kegion One. The" congrega tional sinuintr wilr h 1tH' hv- th Rev. Charles Sinclair, regionaljfor the township-, In which the choirstcr. . The devotional 'p4 riol will i be . jcondupted: Ay" the Rev. Thurman Allred, pastor of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. James Sapp, , associate of the Brotherhood " Commission,' Mem phis, Tenn., will present a plan ,of , new . organization for , the Baptist . Brotherhood. ' A panel discussion of pertinent questions concerning 'the new Brotherhood plan will be presented by the Rev. Clyde Davis, Brotherhood secretary of North- Carolina. ' in cluded in the panel wilL ; be James Sapp, ,B. W. Jacksqn, John Moore, DeWey Hobbs, Sr., and D. C. ,Pryor. - - Special music will be furnish ed by the ChbWan College .Choir under the: direction of James Chamblee, director of music at Chowan Collge. . ' William Mitchiner of Oxford, N. C.t will bring a report of his recent tour 6f mission fields in Africa. The regional director has an nounced that between 400 ' and 500 men are expected to attend the meeting at ,Edenton: This meetihgls one" of ten slmnar moetirtgSheld for Baptist ,men in North Carolina .between April 23 and May 12. "1 An estimated number of 6,C:0 to 10,000 men will attend thfse i meetings. 1 .J.rT -:rtr' i' ... J. . , Three c- trie4 during a shmt cr-rcr-- -s i , oh " uvvuiy sing sesgioo. of ' loaded1 guilty ? t ing drunk on 'xi.' lie w 1 sent ice. 1 c. were I r "I, Te r to a HecoiUvjr's i. prior to the c; tlie Surerior Ct Geor;e rtl to a chn- cf ' rn a Tl-i' 7 I J1 ertuimans Cotinty , votti will determine the outcome of eight' contested races', for rounfv of-1 faces in - the May . 28 primary election,, according to W, Jarvis' ward, .chairmaa of the County Board of Elections. , y . Final filing time for, county offices came up at noon last Fri day and Mr; Ward said no new races developed at the test min ute, however, Clarence. C. Chap pell, Sr., filed, unopposed, for membership on - the ?,Board of Education. The eight contests in the coun ty election will be between; Car? roll R. (Holmes and Archie T. Lane,1 Sr.,' for Representative ; Julian C. Powell.' and W. A White, for Register of Deeds; Chas. E., Johnson and Walter G. ; Edwards . for .' Judge of Re corder Court; Harry W. Winslow and Riley ; S. Monds, Jr., for; Commissioner of Hertford Town ship; - George W. Baker and Thomas D. Nixon for Commis sioner of. Parkville Township; G.' Elwood Nowell and W. Savage Jolliff, for Commissioner of Bel videre Township'; R. L. Spivey and Moody HarreM, for Com missioner of New Hope Town ship, and Mary Relfe Brinn and Allan . B. Bonner for Board of Education ..for Hertford Township.''-''' j, .:;';i Seven local Candidates are without opposition and will be certified as the nominees in the general election next Novem ber; these candidates are J.; Em mett Winslow for State Senate; D. J F. Reed, 'Jr., for County Treasurer; William W. ,Bundy for Cbmmissicrori.fprJB.et!el .Tow,n! shrpowrd lISra't&wsT COarS1 ence C. Chappell,. Sr George S. Caddy and Delvin H. Eure for the Board of Education. TJwo new lam, cnacled by the test vLegislatur'e, vwill be in ef fect for the first time in this year's election. . The first law Calls for County Commissioners to be nominated-' for office only by voters of ? the respective townships. ' Thus county voters will no longer cast 'ballots for the entire board in the primary oui oniy lor xne commissioner voter resides. Members of the Board of Edu cation will be nominated by vot ers of the county as a whole but only five members . are to be nominated and rone -member must come from each of the five townships of the county.. The candidate receiving the highest numoer or wtes for lus respec tive township will be the nomi nee. y- r?:--r '- ;- -'--v " '-" ' Due to this " last law candi dates seeking Jmembership on Ihe Board of Education, even though they are without "opposi tion, must have their names ap pear, on the,, primary ballot in order to receive the nomina tion for the office, . ' 1 Draft Office On Part-Time Bais . Part-time office hours ; were started at the Perquimans Coun- - - tV Local Board this WMk.' Thel onice is now open only two and ... - 1 one-half - days a Week. Hours are Mondays and Thursdays, 8:30 A. M., Until 5:30 P.. M.f , closed IJf noon'to 1:00 p; 'for lunch; Tuesdays' 6:30 "M until .12:3.0 - Tuesday tabttMJr" Ae5 Local Board fJforwarae4 .' three; jpegi strants for "physical examination and. one - for.; induction. ; Per quimans County does not' have a call for the month of May.?' The. .board is Still reviewing the files' of alt registrants. They are unalje to; locate the follow I ing registrants" and ' would " ap-1 preciate any ; information con-. cerning themt John Henry El 1 iott, -Wlnf all; . Sterling . LeRoy Miller, j 80 Dpbb Street, Hert foroVCharleB Parker - Nungezer, 17 Penna. Avenue, Hertford; Johnnie 'William' Jordan,; "Route 3, Hertford; 1 Fdward Cobert I.'artin, Vinfall; Harlem Forrest ' ' 'le, ?0 V - -i CU-le,! Ofiictrsllahtu! Lav IJ&rttnrn LF I A fill II Cl U Ul U I I M eeting :The Hertford Grammar School PTA met last Thursday night, April 14, in the auditorium of the school with a registered; 164 in attendance. ' Mrs. R. L. Hollowell, presi dent, presided and called the meeting to order. The president (recognized Mrs. J. W. Dillon, who gave the devotional, teing parts of the 24th Psalm ' and Genesis I as a basis. ; ; '. ' "Mrs. John Wihslowj secretary, read the minutes of the previous meeting . which ; were approved. Mrs, (Freeman Long, treasurer, reported a balance of $695.74 in the treasury. A report from the nominating committee was given by Mrs, Talmadge Rose who stated that the following had been nominat ed for 1960-61 officers Mrs. Robert Hollowell, president; Mr. and 'Mrs. Broughton Dail, vice president; Mrs. Marion Swin dell, secretary, and Mrs.- Free man Long, treasurer. The com mittee's slate of officers were unanimously accepted. It . ' was announced . by Miss Thelma Elliott that on April 21, a standardized test win be giv en to the students of he school, with the exception of the first grade. After tha tests, are check ed, parents will ybrf given in pjrti;,t a Jto Ihev SchofclJ see the test "papers and (talk with the teacher concerning their child. As a result of these j tests it is hoped that the find ings will help the student inj next year's, work. I The state chairman of thei goals committee, Mrs.- R. : S, Monds, , congratulated the Hert ford Grammar, PTA' for becom ing a standard association. Mrs. Talmadge Rose, program chairman,, presented the 7th crades who were in charse of a science program under the di- rectiort of Mrs. R.. S, Monds. The program consisted of several groups of students from the 7th grades, each group demonstrat ed : experiments that ' are con ducted in their classes. The first group of four girls tarried out an experiment on1 carbon diox ide end oxygen. As : the experi ment progressed -ea'h"girl ex- Continued on Page Five CMsr Officers Urge Sc!:citcrs To Collate Drive Officers for the Chamber of Commerce membership fund drive being conducted in Per quimans County met -Monday j night to review the progress of hc camraien tn dote. I t R.. L, Hollowell; chairman of i tho mnrnWhin rtriwo i.rowf nil I ' solicitors to complete their- can- vass for members as 'rapidly as possible , since the organization topes, to become operative ithi m.,.1h'e''loect'.two' months 7 1 Hollowell ' atihounced nemboTV ships t Staling! about $7,000; had been secured io date. ' . Me, (oint. e4 out this is short of the budg et goai of , $12,000 but'; it is be lieved the goal"will be achieved if and when all solicitors hv made finai'-rerjerts.'',. ; Only ; about , one-third " of the1 prospective membership, list had been canvassed when, the meet ing was; held " Monday : and the Chamber of Commerce officers were optimistic many of the in dividuals and firms. yet. -to be contacted will subscribe to mem bership, when Teached by the solicitor. Individuals desiring to ' Jol the Chamber of Commerce,' and this can be any. individual, since "-irahip -is rl .".Ited.eole v ' r j-y do so i Wvll by At April M PSYCHOLOGICAL WARRIOR Just the sight of this U.S. soldier, dressed in chemical, radioactive protected gear, could send the enemy running in fear. The practical, but not beau i tiful, costume is seen during maneuvers in Germany. Hifetorical Marker Ceremony Plaiaied At Belvidere May 1 M. TlllolM'S HEADLINES France's - President Charles DeGaulle started a 17-day visit to Canada and the United States this week- as - a prelude to the summit meeting scheduled ' next month. -'' DeGaulle is scheduled to meet with President Eisen hower for talks concerning the problems to be discussed at the East-West meeting. Looking toward the summit meeting, ' diplomats . forecast no real solutions for the. East-West problems;; bujt4 redictno JJfw Soviet demands for the Allies1 to get out of Berlin,. , The Com munist, East German government has. stepped up collect! vation of agriculture in what is believed to be a propoganda move to off set any Western proposal to ward unification of Germany. Student riots in Korea, touch ed off according to reports, by recent elections which the stu dents say : were rigged, is caus ing trouble in that Asian na tion. . Police action was taken in five towns Wednesday following fighting which ..killed more than 30 persons and resulted in in juries to many others. , t Great Britain has decided it no longer will - produce nuclear weapons j but is now discussing the purchase of such weapons from the V. 3. after this, coun try hag. perfected them. London announcements say Great Bri taln cainbtifinance the search and fcjqpnient .and wl Jlqok toward the U. S. . as its ally to supply juVh weapons at.rison able.costs. ', . ':,'? V The originator of the U. S. pay as you go income tax pan Beardslcy RumL died this week. Ruml conceived the plan ' for withholding taxes and it was adopted by the federal govern ment in 1943. rilVi- . tJlllnlfV m-r ? rM. - - VlIK, CrLnlron TTpr TV" wjwnvu ; Miss Thelma Grey Quidlcy, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Quidley of "Elizabeth City, and WUliam Divers III, son of Bill D 'era. and 'the late Maude , Per,: irv "Divers, were married Friday afternoon, April 15 at the Hert-J f R Committee To foM iMethodist ; Church. . Thrur .M-..J1 noiLi, .'1;. ceremony was performed by the, lueei rApTU COln !' ; Rev. James A. Auman, pastor of'. ' -. ihe church in "the presence 1of, The ' Executive Committee of the fafilies. " v ' " the ' Pasquotank vv PerqUimans- Mr. Divers was "best man forjOMnden Tuberculosis Associa W son and Edith' Barkley, twmt.,(n' will hold its annual spring lister Uf 'the bride, Was maidi'meetm Thursday, April 28, at 8 of honor. i P. M in the Health Department. . Mr. and Mrs.' D. A. Carver' Elizabeth City. J. H. Moore, entertained at a reception at' President of the association. their home immediately follow ing the ceremony. ' . ' ' ; After a wedding trip to Wash ington, D. ; C, the couple are making their home in (Newport News, Va where the groom is employed in the shipyard. kAmsd to cowen. ;r Anne Brinn, daughter of Dr. 1 Mrs T. P.'Erinn, has been " 3 i y t' e . Ctudewt Council ' ' -r J -.Jar' Col- .! .. " . . ' ... f ' v! A historical marker will be placed on the grounds of Belvi dere Plantation in Perquimans County on May 1 by the North Carolina Society and the Sir Richard G r e n v i 1 1 e Chapter, Dunn, of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century. This will be the second mark er placed by the Colonial Dames, The first marked "Sycamore" in Chowan County as the oldest house in North Carolina. The marker at "belvidere" j will be four feet high and made of river rock. A boulder from the Cape Fear River with a bronze plaque will sit on a base I of rock from the Perquimans River. The marker will be unveiled by v Mary 'Lee Ncwby, grand-niece- of Wj, -4S-;- Newby, to whose family "Belvidere" " belonged for generations.' Gabriel Newby migrated to Perquimans County from Vir ginia and purchased the proper ty of "Belvidere" in 1698. In his will, probated in i735,' he left the plantation to his son, Samuel. The low Dutch-Colonial frame' house with dormer windows was. built in 1767 by Thomas D. New by, who inherited the land. Later . Exum Newby, trader who carried on a Jarft amount of business in the West Indies during the 18th century, inherit ed the property. The next owner was a Dr. Lamb, who came into the prop erty through his wife, a Newby. His sons, T. C, and Berry C. Lamb, inherited and sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Anderson. The Andersons purchased 22 acres and the present house in 1935, which had been vacant for more than 8' year and was in need of repairs. At the same time they bought 400 acres of farm land, which had probably been part of "Belvidere" farm land originally. . In addition to extensively re storing the house, the Andersons planted hundreds of trees and shrubs and several thousand jon quil and narcissus bulbs. The Andersons, sold "Belvi dere" and 22 acres in 1948 to Lt. Cmdr. Charles Hentz of Norfolk. Va., who held it until 1955, when he sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chenoweth of Santa Ana, Calif., the present owners.' The Chenoweths have restored , ',. Continued on Pag Fhr. 1 . , urges all members to be present at this meeting. , DISTRICT WINNER : Nita Nixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nixon, was sixth grade winner in the dis trict poster contest sponsored by the Conservation Department and Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce last week. (Five counties . were entered fillet c??ct:-.,;3. ia the Motorists Warned To Display Tags Police Captain B. L. Gibbs to day issued a warning to car owners residing within the Town of Hertford. He pointed out an ordinance calls for car owners to purchase and display a license for the town. Some motorists, Mr. Gibbs said, have failed to comply with this ordi nance and unless they do so im mediately the police will cite ihe violators to court. Funeral Services Held Thursday For Nathan Relfe Nathan Anderson Relfe, 70, died at his home in Hertford Wednesday afternoon at 12:35 following a long illness. A na tive and lifelong resident of Perquimans County, he was the son of the late Lee and Lizzie Keaton Relfe, a retired farmer, and a member of the First Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Myers White Relfe; two daughters, Mrs. John Broughton and Mrs. Jack Brinn of Hertford; four grandchildren and sevcal nieces and nephews. the well site and installation of The body was taken from the machinery and pump at tha s !; Swindell Funeral Home to Ced- also renovation and moderniza arwood Cemetery for graveside I tion of the present filter plant, services at 2:30 Thursday after-The Town of Hertford will have noon. The Rev, . A. Auman, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiated. ' "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me" was sung by members of the First Methodist Church Choir. Pallbearers were Edgar Fields, Sr., Henry Stokes, Eldon Wins low, Bill Cox, Jim Bass and Ben Gibbs. 4-H Club Members To Participate In Fat Stock Show On April 26 and 27, the 15th annual Albemarle . Fat Stock Show and Sale will be held at the Scott and Halstead Produce Terminal on the Weeksville Highway. Perquimans County 4-H Club members who have stock enter ed in the show and sale have been very busy getting their ani mals ready for the two-day event. Of course, they have been feeding and caring for their animals for quite a few months, but with the show and sale get ting close they have been, wash ing and cleaning the animals and getting them gentle. The 4-H'ers who have steers entered are: Betsy and Jimmy Kirby, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Kirby; Tommy and Bobby Harrell, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell; Waldo Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy. Winslow; J. A. Bray, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bray, Sr.; 'Willis Williams, son of Mr.' ' and ' Mrs; . Claude Wil liams; Melvin Eure,. Jr., son of Mr.' and Mrs. Melvin Eure, Sr.; Carson Spivey, Jr., son of Mr. and Mis. Carson Spivey, Sr., and MaryBeyi ..Hurdle, daugh ter of Mrs. Fannie Hurdle.' Those'whtf will have hogs' are: Bryan Millerr son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller; Carolyn Faye Rogerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs 'C ,T. Rogerson, Jr.; Ed and Gene Nixon, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Nixon; Waldo Winslow, . Tommy Harrell and Bobby Harrell. On Saturday morning, April 23, Beth Hurdle will have a fit ting and showmanship demon stration i for "the other 4-H'ers who have 'Steers entered in the Fat Stock Show: They ar all invited to come" to her horn on Camp Perry Road -in- the New Hope Community at AO o'clock and take part in this damoratra- -tioa. , .. . . . Meeting here in special ses sion Tuesday night, Hertford's I Town Board awarded contracts for construction work in connec tion with the installation of a new water system for the town. Piedmont Housing and Con struction Company of Durham received the general contract with a low bid of $71,220, while New Home Appliance Company of Elizabeth City was awarded contracts for the plumbing, heaU ing and electrical work on a low bid of $4,530. A total of seven bids, ranging from a low of $71,220 to a high of $154,700 was submitted on the general contract while one bid was submitted for .ie plumb ing and heating and three bids were submitted for the electrical work. All bids were received and opened at a meeting held Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Fol lowing the opening of the bids, William F. Freeman, engineer-, and architects for the project, made a study of the proposed bids and at the special night meeting recommended the board award the contracts to the low bidders. Mr. Freeman announced the general contractor will have 240 calendar days in which to com plete the work, the time to be; gin about May 15. The contracts call for 'con struction of a pump house at the responsibility of : installing. .i "pipe " lihe' from the filter plant,"; to the well site as well as in- ' stallation of' a power line from , the plant to the well. Total costs of the program, in cluding the drilling of the well last year at a cost of $7,500, will run close Jo $105,000, which includes the architect fees. Or iginal estimates on the project amounted to $100,000. The project will be financed through funds raised by the sale of $100,000 in bonds, which is completed, authorized by a referendum conducted last Sep tember.' completion of the work, Hert ford water consumers will have a much improved water supply and the town will have doubled its water demand capacity. Indians Trip Aces; PlayWilliamston Here Friday P.M. Perquimans High School con tinued its drive for another Al bemarle Conference baseball ti tle Tuesday afternoon by defeat ing the Edcnton Aces 1-0 for the second time this season.' Pete Hunter, the Indians' iron man pitching staff, again baffled the Edenton batsmen, giving up on'ly two hits while his team mates garnered three safeties off the Edenton pitcher, Harrell. Perquimans scored its run in the second inning when Nixor hit a double, : Colson grounded to third and Nixon scored when Edenton committed an error at first. , The Indians will play in Hert ford again Friday afternoon when they meet Williamston in a return game in conference i competition. Game time is set for 2:00 P. M. ' - , Junior-Senior 1 Prom Friday Night Members of . the Junior CTiss at Perquimans HijJi. School will entertain the Senior Class at th annual prom on Friday night this week. E. C. Woodard, principal nt ther school, hasv announced tlio prom will be 1 '1 r-f-w i c hours bf 8 e ' " ', that tie s ' have ho i f e sttit1 -ctr -41