North Carolina Newspapers

1 r r "It ii Volume XXVIL--Number 23. Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, June 10, I960. 5 Cents Per Cops. Property Owners Protest Proposed Tentative Budget Adopted By Board Of Commissioners . klP Drainage Pro jec I,, a IFEMllJllWWS WMEISL ,, f " .Iii l ( "' il . - -r'VH -J V " ' n Vc. , rt - vat4 - V s . 1 -1; f M ' I ': . H FROM MISSOURI Former President H rry Truman and j'Sen. Stuart Symington; of Missouri, arc all smiles in Chicago. . Truman endorsed Symington for Democratic presidential spot. Board Votes Social curity pweragf e County WW IHH I Jhis Week's el 4 '. Headlines New Jersey residents near the McGuire Air, Force Base were assured Tuesday there was no danger from widespread radia tion in the area following a fire on ,the base which destroyed a Bomarc missile. . Officials .have checked the area with geiger counters and other radiation de tection equipment fbllowing the fire.;' Thousands 'of Japanese stu dents believed communist-inspired, have been demonstrat 3ng."against the scMuled visltof President Eisenhower .. to their native land. Included ' in the protest is the . ratification of a U.c S,-Japahese ..military treaty. Some reports from Japan state the' students contend the events may . lead Japan into an ' East West war. .- Mednwhilei Soviet Premier Khrushchev - .continues his, . ef forts to belittle the President of ' the' United States as he seeks to : justify, the scuttling of the sum ; im(i conference at Paris. - Some t, reports ..concerning ' U. S.-Rus-' siart relations point iOut Khrush chev is .in trouble at home and is 'sounding off against the U.' S. td;divcrt attention to his own position. - ''Jk-i lash fire in a New York CtSfo 'subway Tuesday ; trapped 3,000 persons In choking smoke, ; - hesjjt and darkness for. about .' , three hours. H8 persons were hospitalized following the blaze which was caused by a flash froBv: the third 'rail, which pro- vides power for the subway trains. , Patrol Cracldng Oil Unlicensed . Auto Oparators ! "When the records in the Mo "toi? Vehicle Department in Ra : leigh are out of balance the State Highway Patrol usually : toes, to determine the facts.' ''''( - JKecently it has been revealed ': motor vehicle' registrations in ' North Carolina had increased 10 ptx cent during the past two ' ears, but fewer driver's ; li , censes are being issued. . . t . was reported thei depart ,' jnent came to the conclusion ; tTiit many operators are driving cars without a license! and' -the. 'patrol wishes to issue a warning that it has begun ; an enforce ". ment crackdown. . y ; ;; Highway Patrolman B. R. In : ' scoe stated Monday the patrol, ' T) i at unannounced times, will have a group of officers in one area i .or, county to conduct checks of i f vehicles and drivers. He points ' ' I r ovit in view of the fine nd costs ' I involved in cases where defend ' l anf are convicted of driving ' 'ji without a. license every driyer p Bhould check his or heraicenge i' and take Whatever' nepr neeeg Employees Perquimans County will very shortly join with the other 99 counties in North Carolina Di viding social security coverage to its employees. Commission ers, in session here Monday, vot ed to seek admission to the Governmental Employees' Re tirement System , in order to give local employees some type of retirement. The board has been in confer ence with the state officials concerning this program for more than a year and it is an ticipated the action will be com pleted sometime during the next six months. Perquimans Coun ty, up to now, has been the only county .not , providing its' em ployees with a retirement plan. Other matters handled during the ... meeting ...Monday inchtdf 4 approval of an amendment to the current budget for the Board i of Education for an additional j $5,005 whiqh includes a .number I of miscellaneous items purchas ed by the Board of Education with funds- refunded by local school organizations. Lewis . Stallings, County Fire Warden, reported to the board some 40 acres of land in the county was burned over in! sev en fires reported during .the year. -Loss was held to a mini mum and was estimated at only $273. :-,.;; , A delegation of residents liv ing on the Southern Shores de velopment appeared before the Commissioners requesting the State Highway Commission im prove a road within the develop ment which services nine resi dences... : ' ' ! The commissioners disoussed with representatives of the Board " of Education, proposed donstructiort at the Perquimans Union School but it was pointed out the Board of Education is still investigating the project and had .no recommendations or re-! quests to present concerning the building at this time. The Sinclair Refining Com pany was awarded a contract to furnish fuel - oil for county buildings during the year begin ning July 1 at a contract price of 2.68 cents discount on tank wagon prices. : Winslow Oil Company also submitted a bid for the contract with a price of 2.67 cent discount. The regular July meeting of the board was set for Tuesday, July 5, since the first Monday of the month falls on a holiday, July 4. Banks. Reappointed VA Service Officer C C. Banks. Perquimans County service " off icer, was re appointed to. the post for- an other year by the Board of Com missioners ' in. session here on Moijday. -Banks made an annual report to the commissioners on the ac tivities of his office and pointed out he had made 1,139 veteran contacts during the past ' 12 months. He conducted 268 inter views on veterans matters; he handled a total of 281 letters, made 108 field trips, worked on 92 compensation and pension ap plications,, six- on. job training, 44 hospitalization ; cases and 22 farm ' training , cases.- The; re mainder of .the contact were of a miscellaneous nature. ; !' A . proposed f drainage ; project, under, consideration by the State Highway Commission, for the benefit of an area in the Dis-1 mal Swamp section . of Pasquo tank County is being vigorously opposed by landowners of the Whiteston community, associat-1 ed with some property owners of Pasquotank. 1 More than 50 farmers met in the Perquimans Court House Monday night and organized for the purpose of presenting peti tions of protest to the State Highway Commission at a meet ing scheduled for New Bern next month. Heading up the organization is L. C. Winslow as chairman, El mer Lassiter, secretary, Elsberry Lane, treasurer and directors are landowners from both coun ties. The proposed project has been a bono of contention for several years, it being the belief of the Perquimans landowners such a project will, if carried out, be detrimental to the Whiteston community property. Only last year, according to reports, State Highway Commission represen tatives meeting in Edenton ad vised Perquimans landowners that the Commission would not install the project which calls for a culvert being installed un der U. S. 158 resulting in the water drainage flow ; coming down from the Dismal Swamp area of Pasquotank County into the Perquimans River. According to reports received by the Perquimans County landowners the project is being pushed by a large land owner of Pasquotank County and other interested parties of that county. The residents of the Whiteston area believe that the Pasquo tank River should be utilized for the purpose of draining the area in question rather than for a project to- be , carried out which would result in the pos sible flooding of the Whiteston area. Petitions protesting the pro posed project will be secured by the group's committee and, ac companied by a large delegation, be presented to tae Highway Commission at tW New Bern meeting. 7 Taking part lu the discussion during the meeting Monday night were ladowners expected to be. affected by the project as well as County Commissioner R. L. Spivey and Carroll R. Holmes White-Humphlett Vinfall Church In the Winfall Methodist Church Saturday evening at 7 o'clock, Miss Patsy Jeanette Humphlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Humphlett, be came the bride of Jerry Wayne White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. White. The Rev. A. N. Gore officiated at the double ring ceremony. ; Music was rendered by Mrs. Ray Harris, organist The bride .wore a light blue dress of. silk organza with bod ice of Chantilly lace, her veil was attached to a cap of match ing design. - She carried a white prayer book topped' with a white orchid and. satin streamers. - The bride and bridegroom en tered the church together and were attended by Miss Betty Lou White classmate of the bride, and Billy White, brother of the bridegroom. : , ; . " 'After their wedding trip the couple will make their home in Winfall. Society To Meet Next Monday Night The Perquimans County His torical Society will meet Mon day night, June 13, at 8 o'clock in 'the Perquimans County Li brary.':' ' .''.-v.;:.. - Plans for the- forthcoming booklet will be discussed by Mrs.. Mary Edwards. She asks that all reports be given to her bv that- time . ': .? ;!' . A I Officers for the ensuing year win be electee;. vows Spoken In Schedule Of 4H Activities Listed For Summer As summer approaches, 4-H Club activities in - Perquimans County climb to a peak. The public is invited to take part in all 4-H activities. The 4-H Club dress revue will be on June 9 at 3 P. M. at the Agriculture Building, at which time a senior girl will be chosen to represent Perquimans County in the dis trict dress revue. The crowning of the county health queen and king and the talent contest will be June 10 at 8 P. M. at the Agriculture Building. Princes and princesses from each club will take part in the health pageant and will be entertained by a variety of talent. District 4-H Elimination Day will take place in Chocowinity, N. C, on June 22. Boys and girls from the Eastern District will compete in demonstrations and other 4-H activities. ' A bus load of 4-H'ers will igo to Camp Swananoa near Ashe ville on June 27 for a week." of 4-H Camp. To be chosen to. (go is an honor; camp facilities are limited so only a limited num ber of 4-H'ers can go to camp. State 4-H Club Week in Ra leigh, N. C, will be observed Julyy 25-30. Several boys and girls are making plans for this event. The4-H Club Picnic which in- volves all 4-H Club members will be in August. . Of It Witness Found In rt A prosecuting witness. Clin ton Riddick, Negro, was ordered to' spend two weeks in jail or pay the costs in the case in which he had charged Maude Johnson, Negro, with assault with a deadly, weapon. Riddick had a warrant issued charging the woman with assaulting him with a shot gun. On the wit ness stand Riddick testified there had been no assault, whereupon Judge Chas. E. John son-found the witness in con tempt of court. Fines of $25 and costs were taxed against Reynolds Wilson and Joshua Lilly, Negroes, each of whom submitted to charges of driving without a license. Herbert Steward, Negro, pleaded guilty to two charges of driving without a license. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs on the first count and a fine -of $50 and costs on the. second charge or serve 90 days on the roads. A fine of $10 and costs were taxed against Emanuel Miller, Negro, who submitted to a charge of assault. A bond posted by Elsie Har- . i r i ris, Negro, was oraerea loneu ed when the defendant failed to appear in court to answer to charges of assault with a dead ly weapon. . Benjamin Burnham, Negro, was ordered held for a bond of $50 when he failed to appear in court to answer, to charges oi driving, without .a chauffeur's license. Paul Jordan paid a fine of, $25 and costs after he pleaded guil ty to a charge of reckless driv ing.' - Fines as indicated were paiai by the following, defendants, all Of whpm submitted to charges of speeding: Amman Weinsiock $25, Marino Cardella $35, Jon Hood $35. Jackson Griff ith $35, James Woodard $20 and Willie Vaughan, Negro, costs. ; ; ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT . . r v Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gurkin of Roper announce the birth of daughter barn, Saturday, ) June ttt the Plymouth '(Hospital'. Mr -Gurkin to the fortner Mist Birth Hasten.- Contempt Of Cou ft; m 1 3f OFFICIAL SEAL--Looking as somber as a judge, this 'digni fied old seal checks the outside world at Miami Seaquariu- Indians F or Perquimans High School, East ern N. C. C:ass 2-A baseball champions by virtue of its vic tory over Wallace-Rose Hill here I last Friday night, are playing Davidson County in Lexington this week for the state cham pionship. Davidson County, western champions, will be the host team at the three-day play-off. All championship games will be played in Lexington on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday nights. The winner of the best two out of three series will be state champs for 1960-6U , The Indians won the right to , participate in the state final, by winning two straight from Wal lace-Rose Hill by identical score, 4-1. The .second, game, r.U4vi in Hpntfnrrt FridilV nieht " : : . , oetore a large, crowu oi iau, was almost a repeat ' perform-, ance of the first contest. Pete Hunter Perquimans pitch er.' and Jos Moore had another pitcher's duel, although errors on the part of 'teammates ac counted 'for all the scoring. Each pitcher struck out 12 batters, each gave up three hits; Hun ter walked four men and the In- Cuans commiuea iuui enuu., Moore walked one man, . while his team made five errors . t-erquimans won u.e night game in the first lrining when Bunch, starting pitcher for j Wallace, walked Hunter, John-1 ny walked before he was re-! lieved by Moore. Preston Wins-1 low then walked, filling the J bases. Colson grounded to sec- 1 ...1 .l I 11 U..,,t ,1 Davidson ono, wnerc- u.t: ... . ure tQ ,nc,ude omy county res,. and two Indians scored. Tilley . u Hq are recipients- of pub. grounded and was safe on firstly assistance. when the visitors errqred and j or ..hogpitaM. the Indians scored their third ( during the pgst ,2 months rUn' '... ' ' j exceeded the amount appropri-Wallace-Rose Hill scored in ated by the commissioners for me sixtn iiiiiuiK wnci ..iuuiv. singled and scored when the In dians committed a wild throw to first base, permitting Moore to scamper home from second base. Home Agent Resigns Effective July 31 Mrs. Paige Underwood, Per quimans county nome ageni, has tendered her resignation of. the position to the Board of j County Commissioners to become , effective July 31, 1960. The resignation, handed to the commissioners on Monday, was; accepted with regret. ' Mrs. Un derwood became associated with the local Extension ' service as assistant home agent ' about three years ago and was named home agent to succeed Mrs. Nancy Henderson Lilley. SERVICE SCHEDUlTTt HOLY TRINITY CHURCH The rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will be teach ing at a church camp . at the episcopal wonierer.ee venter oi;meet wlth the local welfare Kanuga near ' Hendersonville, N C. from June 6 to 18 and the services at Holy Trinity on June 12 and 19 .will be in charge of laymen. The - morning , prayer ' Will, be at 10 A. M. Beginning i the fourth ' Sunday - in June, there will be the usual ,8 A. M. i celebration bf Holy Communion and morning prayer at 10 A. M, This achedule Aq continue 'until Playing County State Title Perquimans Loses First Series Game The Indians of Perquimans High School, eastern baseball champs of 1960, lost the first round game for the state title Wednesday to Central of David son by a 2-0 score. Beck, pitching for Davidson, I gave up two hits while rete i Hunter allowed two runs and live hits. Each team commit- ted one error. i T;.tv..rt ehtirH hnnni-B with , Beck jn fo. Davidson when he got two hits and scored both runs. The second game of the two ?st out of three series will be ' ' "" ".' best out of three series played in Lexington Thursday night, with the third game, if j needed, scheduled for Friday. ! Commissioners ! Order Reduction Hospitalization pci.quimans county Commis- .,. faced with a seeminely ever-mounting expenditure for the payment of hospitalization for indigent residents of the rountv. Mondav ordered C. Ed-! gar White, superintendent of I public welfare, to curtail the ! authorization of such expendi- this purpose last June and re sulted in the need for the board to amend the county budget by $1,500 to pay most of the out standing hospital bills. It was the opinion of the com missioners, as the board issued its instructions to Mr. White, many of the individuals pleading for assistance of this type can make arrangements personally without having to secure aid from the, county, The Board of Commissioners also considering looking into a request submitted by the State Department of Public Welfare to report the names of individuals now on the welfare rolls, who are. misusing welfare check funds by spending money for use not intended by the State Department. ' ; A number of "the commission ers reported they had received complaints concerning welfare check recipients; who are squan dering money on non-essential items rather than purchasing articles prescribed on the wel fare application for assistance. The commissioners plan to board to continue consideration of this matter, and it can be ex pected the ! board will report a number, of these cases to the department in Raleigh. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT i Mr; and Mrs. Archie: T, Lane, Jr.; announce the birth of a son, Archie Travers Lane i III, born Monday, June 6, lit the Chowan Hospital.: V Commission Seeks 1 Bids For Bridge ; The State Highway Commis-; sion has advertised for bids on a road project in Perquimans County calling for installation of a bridge and approaches to 0.29 miles over Raccoon Creek on road No. 1338, which is to leplace the one over Skinner's Bridge. Bids tor the project are to be opened on June 28. Funeral Services Conducted Sunday For John Broughton Funeral services Broughton. Sr. 76. suddenly Friday morning 7:03 o'clock at his home. South Church Street, were con ducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chiipel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. Bryan Holloman, pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church, and the Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church. "In the Garden" was sung by the choir of the Hertford Baptist Church, accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellic White, organist. The pall was made of Easter lilies, red roses and fern. Pallbearers were Sidney Broughton. Julian Broughton, Howard Broughton, Broughton Dail. Milton Dail. Jr.. Shelton Moore. Jr.. Josiah Proctor and Joseph Proctor. Burial was in Ccdarwood Cemetery. Mr. Broughton, a .native of Perquimans County, was the wi dower of Mis. Vera Phillips Broughton and son of Thomas S. and Mary Frances Long Brough ton. He was a partner in the J. Broughton and Brother Grocery and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors are one daughter. Mrs. Mary Lucille Johnson of Hertford; a son, John Brough ton, Jr., of Hertford: two sis ters. Mrs. Mary Harrell of Hert ford and Mrs, Milton Dail, Sr.. Route 1. Hertford; three broth ers, Louis L. Broughton of Sa vannah. Gr., Sammy Broughton of Portsmouth, Va., and Julian Broughton of Detroit, Michigan, and five grandchildren. Committees Named To Head BPW Club The Perquimans Business and Professional Woman's Club met Thursday night, June 2. at the home of Mrs. Essie Burbage. The newly elected president. Miss Hulda Wood, presided. Routine matters of business were taken care of and Miss Wood appointed committees for the year's work. The committees and chairman are as follows: Public Affairs. Mrs. Marie Elliott; International Relations. Miss Thelma Elliott; Health and Safety, Mrs. Essie Burbage: Career Advancement, Miss Anne , Elliott; Legislation, Mrs. Nezzie Haste; National Se curity, Mrs. Alice Kanoy; Pro gram coordination, Mrs. Dora Riddick; Membership, Mrs. Rox anna Jackson, Finance, Mrs. Alice Owens r Public Relations, Mrs. Betty Swindell; Social, Mrs. Sally Lane; Loan Closet for the sick, Mrs. Roxanna Jack son. After the business session the hostess served delicious re freshments to those present, Ma rie Elliott, Thelma Elliott, Rox anna Jackson, Alice ' Kanoy. Sallie Lane, Alice Owens, Dora Riddick! Betty Swindell and Hulda Wood. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Sawyer announce the birth of a son, Roy : Carlyle Sawyer, , Jr., born Tuesday, May $lst at the Albe marle Hospital. Mrs. Sawyer is the former Mi Kitty Sue John- I I A budget, for PerquimaM County for the fiscal year 1960 61, calling for expenditures of $424,409 was tentatively adopted by the Board of County Com missioners in session here on Monday. The new budget requires five thousand dollars less in local t taxes than raised during the current year although the over all figures remain at about the sate level. Under new valuation on real property the funds required from ad valorem taxation will permit a county tax rate of $1.25 per hundred dollar valuation and this rate was also adopted dur ing the board meeting. Under the new budget ex penditures for the general coun ts' fund drops approximated $10,000 during the coming year for Johnas compared to fiscal year 1960. who died i e iimounl required under the I new ourjgei win oe sai.iou; me atpoor fund was also reduced $442 301 IfinH ihp npur nntl7 will amnnnt to $2,010. Requirements for the payment of county bonds and interest on the bonds will amount to $48,31! 1. Df this amount $30,900 in bond ed debt will be retired a id in terest will amount to $15,131. Appropriations made for the operation of the Welfare De partment amounted to $185,329, of which amount the county will be required to raise $23,800. the remainder coming from federal and state sources. The budget for operating the general school fund increased by $3,809 to the sum of $89,189, while the school supplement fund rose from $8,400 during tha current year to. $18,350 for the coming year. A nine thousand dollar item, connected with the National Defense Educational Act resulted in the big increasj in this department. The new lower tax rate of $1.25 will raise the required $175,000 .needed by the county to balance the overall budget. An- ticipated sources of revenue other than ad valorem taxation, will provide the county with $249,409. In preparing the budget this year, the commissioners reduced appropriations for tax., listing and assessing, which ran to $13,000 last year for a revalua tion to a sum of $2,500. This action being taken under state law which requires the board to set aside each year a sum to be used for another revaluation project during the year 1967. Baptists To Hold Daily Bile School Commencement On Friday evening, at 7:30 o'clock the Hertford Baptist Church will have its V. B. S. commencement program, as sisting of portions of what the children have learned this week in the school. They will share some of the Bible, some of the new music and some of the lives of noble men whose lives ex emplified Christian character which they have studied this week. After the 'commencement pro gram the pupils will display their handwork they have done this week in their departments. Teachers were: Nursery De partment, Mrs. Geneva Kenton, superintendent, Mrs. Pat Daven port, Mrs. Ruby Bateman, Mrs. Lucille Jackson and Cornelia Cannon; Beginner Department, Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, superin tendent. Mrs. Shirley Elliott, Mrs. Jean White and Mrs. Marge Ambrose; Primary Department, Mrs. Ellie Mae Vickers, super intendent, Mrs. Flay Dail, Mrs. Eugenia Beck and Mrs. Mary Beth Lay ton; Junior Depart ment, Mrs1. Colon Jackson, sup erintendent, Mrs. Doris Chap pell, Mrs. Hazel Krause, Mrs. Carolyn Cartwright, Mrs. Tom Madre and Mary Ann Robert son; Intermediate JJepartment, Mrs. Addie White, superintend ent, Mrs- Hazel, Mathews, music director, and Linda Bass,' pianist, have made adequate preparation and have, taught their subjects Continue P? Elfbt ;4 i.