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THE PE MU1MAMS WEEKLY li Volume XXVII. Number 25. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 24, 1960. 6 Cents Per Copj. ft I. Cirtfcrd SccJts b-jctcdlntp GrL'cr Of Arrov . i Scouts r John ' . Settings and , Howard Robertson, were induct ed into the Order of Arrow of the Boy Scouts of America in the Blue Heron Lodge -last week' ertd by completing their Ordeal Ceremony at the Colgate Darden Scout Reservation near Frank lin, Va, -The ' group traveled with their fellow1 . Scouts and adult leader of the Albemarle District from Elizabeth City. , ' The Order of the Arrow is an honorary .camping fraternity of the Boy Scouts of America cen tered around cheerful service , through a brotherhood of Scouts. Leadership and camping abili ties are requitfementi heavily weighed along with certain rank 'requirements. The boys them selves elect their choice of can didates, for. the Cder of Arrow. Adults are selected by the unit committees. .-' . ! The Order, of Arrow is cen tered around Indian lore. Its ceremonies take their roots from the legend of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Many dances of '. the Indians of this fohnet area are colorfully re produced in costumes by the Sciuts themselves. 'The Boy Scouts of America through the Tidewater Council carries on a great tradition of the American Indian." J The Order of Arrow, Blue Heron Lodge, is one of the many facets of program made avail able : by the - Tidewater Council to the boys of Perquimans County.;' . , Going- with the candidates were Albemarle District Chap ter t Secretary : Frariklin McGoo gan,' " . Charles . Woodard , and Charles Eley." '' Currently enrolled in the Al bemarle District Chapter are Billy j Willis,- Carlyle ... Woodard, Vernqn Hardlson, James Auman, Guy McCracken and Larry Wil- lis,Vh tea held, vorVis Urict and .CouncH. Lodge' pffices. : Robert Matthews ia the only current Scout receiving the Vi gil Honor in - the entire Albe f marie District it wa pointed out Uoday'hy Gene Trautwein, dis j trict Scout executive. v . Jifsyferdi Conucfed Monday I Funeral services for" Arthur F. Laney, Jr., 30, of South Norfolk, Va.i yftio died Saturday, at 10:45 A: M. following a short illness, were conducted Monday after noon" at 3:30 o'clock to the Beth el Baptist Church by the-Rev. Bryan Holloman, pastor, assist ed by the Rev. O. D. Poythress, pastor emeritus of the South Norfolk Congregational Christian Church. - ' The Bethel Church choir sang "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and a solo, ''Sometime WeUl Un derstand" was sung by O- P Pojthress. They, were accom panied by Miss Maude Lee Cor prew, 'organist Pallbearers were R. S. Chap pelt Jr E. J. Proctor, Jr, Wil lie Proctor, Thomas ' Proctor, Marion? Simpson and Thomas Hartis. - ' ' ' " ' ;; Burial was in the Gatling family cemetery 'near Bethel. A native, of South Norfolk, he was the son of Mrs. Louise Gat line Laney' and Arthur Francis Laney, Sr.; He was a member of th Bethel Baptist Church and had' worked as a clerk tor the Norfolk It Western Railway. ' He was a veteran of. the1 naval ser- vice. ' j, - ' V-.;-.; ';-' . othiir survivors are one brother, Donald G. Laney of Portsmouth, "V, ' and Ms ma ternal grandparents; Mr. and Mrs, Jphnnie , Gatling of Route 1, Hertford. , , -U i" BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr.and Mrs.' Lloyd Dtdi an !nouno.!the Wrth Of daughter, Donni Anne, "born Sunday, June j2th, pi the Albemarle (Hospital, , Elizaljeth City. , Mrs. Dail ' and daughter- have", return! home and ire getting along nicely-. J." ;'; f.f -j-r ' - BATH AlWOVXCEMENT. .' ; U. jaiid Mrs. Joseph H. Towe III announce the birth of a son, Joseph Henry Towe TV,, born Wednesday, June 22, at the Cho wan Hospital.' J.:r, Tbwe is ithej f.rmer I "In y Uew- f (. Hertford's new $45,000 Post Office building is expected to be completed md ready tor occupancy this week-end, according' to Postmaster AV. V. White. The building is located on Grubb Street, just opposite the Hertford Municipal Building. Modern throughout the building offers additional space for postal operations and has parking space in front and at the rear of the building. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brunson of Albemarle, the building will be leased by the Federal Government as a post office site for a period of 10 years, with an option for an additional 10 years. Edenton Guard Unit Off Camp Members of Edenton's National) Board Of Education Guard unit, Combat Support im . -j , , . Company, 2nd Battle Group,! 0 IVleet JUIj Otn 11 9th Infantry, many of w"hom! ' ar from Perauimans rouwtv. riv.i The Board of Education for turned home Sunday after, two weeks of intensive training at Fort Bragg, N. C. During the period June 5 through June 19th the local unit received . training with ,the 4.2 inch mortar which is the largest mortar the Infantry has. The Heavy Mortar Platoon fired "the mortars with extreme accuracy, knocking put all argets request ed to fire) on by the unit's for ward observers. Other; training consisted of operation of 6 field tactical bivouac, iire direction center training, platoon in the attack, night, displacement,, pla- Snjp ,defensevand nighxjvtth. ; , awal.''V:f''?'V'.::.rI; All units- of the 30th Infantry Division were inspected daily toy regular army inspectors, and the local unit, received the high est grade "from 4inits of the 2nd Battle Group,- U9th Infantry.' Edenton's . outfit won special honors, ., the most prominent be ing the battle group commander's trophy for being the most -outstanding unit during the summer encampment. A formal presen tation will be made by Lieut. Col. B. A. Peterson in the near future. '' ' '. . Capt Charlie W. Swanner re ceived the 30th Division com mander's certificate of meritori ous achievement for outstanding performance of duty during the encampment v, '. : Sergeant First Class Walter E. Mills received the same award for being the most outstanding member JoMhe local unit. Specialist . Fourth Class Oscar E. White received ' the Battle Group commander's certificate of meritorious achievement for out standing performance of duty. Captain Richard T. Duke of Williamston, commander of the local unit,' stated that it is a great pleasure to be in command of a unit withthe calibr? of per sonnel it has and refers to it as the "cream pf the community." Members , of . the local ? unit who' .attended camp at Fort Bragg were: . Captains Richard T. Duke and Charlie W. Swan ' Contiauad on Pag 5 Section 1 iFuneral ; services for William Henry Cant wright; Sr, .72, who died suddenly last Thursday morning at his' home' on Route 3, were conducted Saturday af ternoon at 3 o'clock in the Swin dell . Funeral ' Home chapel by the ,' Rev. Dan ' Meadows, pastor of the Woodland Methodist Church. -..' ' , - "I Won't Have to Cross Jor dan Alone" , was sung by Mrs, Eddie HarreR, ' accompanied by Mrs. J.. Ellie White, organist. The casket pall was made of red roses, white carnations, Easter lilies, baby's breath and fern. ! Burial 'was ' in ' Cedarwood Cemetery. 1 Pallbearers 1 were Davis ; Cart wright, Wallace : Cartwright El ton Layden, Shelton HarreU, r;'rh r-urall and CurtS Eura. Uright Rites Ilsld Saturday P. M. National les Honors Perquimans County will hold its regularly quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 5, beginning at 8:30 A. M in the office of the Superintendent of Schools. At Indian Show According to Gene 'Trautwein, district Scout executive, a large following of friends of Scouting are coming from outside Per quimans County to witness1 the first arca-widev ScfltttShow pro-' oucea m ine.jiDemane uisinci. Trautwein added that due to the , recent development and growth of Scouting, the base of Scouting activities have been spread to seven counties. The Indian ceremonial dance team has been in national com petition at Lawrence, Kansas, and placed fifth in the nation. Thjs includes winning by per formance over real Indians. The dance team is? under the. direc tion of Doug vWaldorf, son of Mr. and Mrs, L. D. "Strut" Wal dorf of Elizabeth City. , This program of the cham pion Indian dance team' is one of the many avenues of program furnished to the boys of Per quimans County by the Tide water Council. Wallace It. Baker Is Commissioned Wallace. R. Baker, Jr., of Bel yidere, graduated from North Carolina Statte College on Sun day, May 29 with a BS in ag ricultural education. Wallace received high honors, graduat ing second in his class in educa tion. . .While at State College, he was a member of the Agriculture Club and the Agricultural Edu cation Club, where he served as an officer. He was a member of Alpha Zeta, professional ag riculture fraternity,'' where he served asi chairman of the Alpha Zeta -Book .Exchange. He was a member of Kappa Phi Kappa, professional education fraternity, a member ,of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi .Kappa, P1, both honorary scholarship fraternities and a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, the honorary "fraternity of agri culture.! ' i , : He also ' graduated in ROTC as a distinguished military grad uate, receiving' his commission as a second lieutenant He will begin a two year tour pf active duty on August 1. He and his wife, Lois By rum . Baker, are spending the summer with their parents before moving to Fort Benjamin. Harrison in Indiana. ATTENDSWNra"TARTY ; IN CHARLOTTE SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. Archie T; Lane, Sr.; were in Charlotte ' test . Sat urday attending a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Belk in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunt of Greensboro. The guests included a large number of representatives-elect ' to the next General jsraMy, Crowd Expected Nine Cases Before Recorder's Judge At Term Tuesday A varied docket consisting of nine cases was disposed of dur ing Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court pre sided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. A fine of $25 . was assessed against Clinton Scott, who sub mitted to a charge of speeding. John Avery paid the court costs . on a charge of driving without a chauffeur's license. Costs of court were taxed against Jack Brown, who sub mitted to a charge of driving with an expired license plate. George T. White, Negro, paid the costs of court on a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. William Holmes, Negro, plead ed guilty to a charge of violat ing a special operating permit and paid the court costs. Emma Holley and George Er Vin Jackson, both Negroes, were found guilty" of assaulting each other with a deadly weapon. Each defendant was ordered to pay a fine of-$25 and costs or serve six months in jail. George R. White, Negro, was found not guilty on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Elsie Harris, Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. She was ordered to pay a fine ofl $25 and costs or serve 30 days in jail. White Funeral Held Last Friday Raleigh Edward White, , 53, died Wednesday night of last week at the Chowan Hospital in Edenton after a short illness. He was the son of Mrs. Estelle Miller White and the late Bryant White, husband of Mrs. Bertha Miller White, native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County and member of the Hertford Baptist Church. In adlition to his wife and mother he .is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lorene Bateman of Edenton; one brother, Tim Munden of Norfolk and four grandchildren. Funeral services ' were con ducted Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. Norman Har ris, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial was in Cedar wood Cemetery.. , . , Pallbearers were Margin Towe, Trotman Miller, Bilne White, Jake White, Keith Haskett and Kermit Lane. ; John Brou crhton III -Assigned Fort Bragg Cadet -John Broughton III, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Broughton of Hertford, has been assigned to the ; ROTC Summer Camp, Fort Bragg, N. C. The encamp ment will continue until July 29, : i960, I , Cadet Broughton . will Undergo a thorough indoctrination in ".all phases of military operations. He will participate in a variety of field combat exercises includ ing one week in bivouac. Upon ' graduation from N. C State College, Cadet " Broughton will be eligible for a commission in the United States Army Re serve. 1 - MASONS MEET, TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A F. & A. M, will meet Tues day night at 8 o'clock. All nembert are urged to attond. !Primary In Governor Race Comes Up Saturday Effective July 1 July 1 is an important date for the widows and orphans of World War II and Korea vet erans, the Veterans Administra tion announces. On that date the new Pension Law goes into effect and widows and orphans r tir..u J7 tt i I- i I ui wuna war n auu. ivureci vt;i'Iay 28 erans lor me nrsi nine oeeome eligible for VA pensions on the same terms as the dependents of World War I veterans. Starting with July 1 the wi dows and orphans of veterans of ' World War II and Korean scr- . t C I . 1 1 ,1, T vice ana oi wuiia war i aie eligible for pensions if- the vet eran was in active military ser vice for 90 days or more, part of it during wartime, and was dis charged under conditions other than dishonorable.' Certain limitations of income also apply. But, VA said, it will no longer be required after July that the veteran had a service connected disability at the time of hi? death. .. Under the new Pension Law, if the widow has a minor child and her Income is no more than $1,000 annually, she is entitled to receive $75 per month. If her ; income is between $1,000 and $2,000 annually, she may get $60 monthly. If the income is between .$2,000 and $3,000, she may get $40. VA said if a widow has more than one, child, the monthly pay ment may be increased by $15 for each additional child. But if her income totals more than $3,000 annually, she will not be eligible for pension. VA recommended that widows of World War II and Korea vet erans who may be eligible get in touch with the nearest VA.tural students and has 36 active office to make inquiry as soon as possible. lsfk:y,y7 ,;l vy :4 It t ' ') y ' ' L y' lt 'k' I MUZZLED FOREVER Never fired in anger, the big guns .i nu$ Vonffnarri have their fancy murzle plugs, called : tomplons, removed. The vessel, ' belag icrippedjn Portsmouth, Election W. Jarvis Ward, chairman of the Perquimans Board of Elec- tions, said today everything is ready for the run-off election to be held tomorrow which will determine the nomination of the .next Governor of North Caro lina. Locally, the election will in volve only the contest between Terry tantoid and J. Beverly Lake for the office of Gover- . nor. these bcinc the two hich m the fi t primary held Mr. Ward said the same elee- tjo offidals wju Ue at the! polling places in mis second election as served last monm, and that the polling places will be open between the hours of 6:30 A. M. and 6:30 P. M. for the . . i convenience c.l voters, Election omciais anticipate a,with mo.e tnan $300.000 which normal vote for the election, but this figure will be Somewhat less than the more than 1.800 votes cast in the first primary when there were a number of hot local and state contests. In the first primary Mr. San ford was high candidate for Governor in the returns in Per quimans County. He polled a total of 705 votes while Mr. Lake received a total of 602. Both candidates have, during the past two weeks, stepped up their campaigning seeking to win over portions of the more than 180,000 votes which were cast throughout the state in the first primary for candidates Lar kins and Sea well. INITIATED IN FRATERNITY Edward Lee Madre was re cently initiated into Alpha Gam- ma Rho, agricultural social fra tcrnity at N. C, State College. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Madre. Alpha 'Gamma Rho's membership consists pri marily of forestry and agricul- ( chapters all over the United States. .-as. 4 i.i.'miim.un.g.'' Mi ; ? built n 1948, now Obsolete, is England . , , Post Office Moves Into New Building Monday Morning Former Resident Dies In Louisburg Mrs. Janie Blanchard v'ar horough died suddenly last Thursday at her home in Louis burg. She was a native of Hert ford and had resided in Louis burg for a number of years. Mrs. Varborough was a daugh ter of the late Thomas C. and Kate M. Blanchard of Hert ford. She was the widow of Or mond Yarborough. Survivors are one sister. Miss Kate M. Blanchard of Hertford, and two brothers, W. Preston Blanchard of Hertford and Rob ert Blanchard of Chicago. This Week's j Headlines vQW'Wi4$&Q&bW&$& prcsidcnt. Eisenhower arrived in Hawaii this week following his tour of the Far East and of. ficial Washington is now at tempting to determine how it misjudged Asian events result ing in the good will mission be ing a near failure. Japan has ratified the treaty which caused student rioting and cancellation of the Presi dent's visit but reports frornthn hlliIHil, is now Tokyo state the Japanese Prime : T'T 1,1" nm ,probaDiy , in hands of a coalition leftist leaders. Thieves broke into a vault in ' vnanesion, wesv Virginia, cauj Monday morning and made aWay (. ,on(,pd , the state Motor 'tr - , - u:l ,naftmnl unit camp k LJJ... ..I...... from the sale of auto license plates. A late report from Charleston said police believe the robbery was the work of amateurs. Efforts to repeal some excise taxes this year failed when the Senate approved the federal revenue measure this week, much in line with decisions made by the House. A House Senate conference will be need ed since the Senate, voted some increases . not approved by the House but Washington reports indicate no reduction in phone and travel taxes will be made this year. Gen. Douglas MacArthur re ceived a unique honor from Ja pan this week when the Jap anese emperor awarded him the Order of the Rising Sun with laulownia flowers, the highest honor Japan can bestow on a foreigner not head of a state. Little Leaguers Ready For Games Bobby Kea ton and Demp Pierce, directors of the Little League baseball teams, an nounced today practice sessions for the Little League have been changed from Monday to Tues day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Keaton said the Little League teams are progressing very well and are ready for games. Teams wishing to play the Hertford Little Leaeuers are asked to contact Bobby Keaton at Can non's Grocery. He pointed out, however, teams playing the Little Leaguers must be made up of players of the same age group. ; Plans are now being made to develop a Little League diamond on the grounds of the Hertford Grammar School, and Keaton said the directors need help on this project. Funds are needed to purchase wire for fences and backstop. Individuals , wishing to contribute are asked to see either of the two coaches. CORRECTION The wedding of Miss Mary Ann Harris and James L. Tep- per' will take place in the Hert-i ford Baptist Church on Sunday, June 26, at three o'clock instead of Saturday, June IS, i pub i iwaea. wit, ween. Hertford's new $45,000 Post Office building' is being com pleted this week and will 'be placed in operation beginning next Monday morning, it was announced today by W. W. White, Postmaster, who said the present Post Office will be open through Sunday night. Postal employees will begin moving into the new quarters Saturday and this move will be completed by Monday morning. Patrons having boxes at the Post Office will begin receiving their mail in the new building next Monday. - A picture of the new build ing, which has been under con struction for the past several months, is shown on this page, revealing the modern design of the structure. Construction of the building has been under the supervision of Allen Brown, who represent' ed the owners, ' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brunson of Albe marle. The owners were low bidders on a government contract for providing the building for the Post Office Department on a lease basis which calls for the government to rent the struc ture for a period of 10 years, with an option for an addi tional 10 years lease. The Postmaster stated Mon day he is expecting orders daily to move into the new quarters. i Assignment of postal boxes in :ar)d ,hc oUice fa cndeavoring to provide box renters with the same number now assigned but this is not feasible in all cases due to the increased number of boxes provided in tnc new building The new Post Office is mod ern throughout, containing 3,290 square feet of interior space, 360 . square ' feet of platform space and 8,354 square feet of park- Ung area. The building is air- conditioned and has a central . . hot air heating unit. The building has two public lobbies, one containing lock i boxes and a mail drop, while the second lobby features the open-type service counter. The.) latter lobby will be locked eaci night. However, the servieC area of the boxes will remain open during evening hours. y Mrs. Owens Named State BPW Officer Mrs. Alice Towe Owens was elected State Recording Secre tary of the N. C. Federation of Business and Professional Wo men's Clubs at the State Con vention held last week at Blow ing Rock. A charter member and first president of the Hert ford Club, she has been active in all phases of BPW work on the local, district and state level. Locally, she has served two terms as president, been chair man of almost all of the stand ing committees, has been the Club Woman of the Year, and at the present time is serving as club treasurer. She is a past district director. While serving as State Chair man of Career Advancement, she began the Spotlight on Wo men Conference which is held each year in Chapel Hill. Also, she has served as editor of the Tar Heel Woman and a member of the : State Nominating Com mittee. : RECEIVES PROMOTION LaPolk Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement T, Jordan of Hert ford, was recently promoted to grade of Master Sergeant, Hq USAFE selected Jordan for the one vacancy On Incirlik Air Base. Sergeant Jordan arrived at In-. cirlik. in June 1959. Joined la ter by. his wife, the former Mary E. Ferrety of Tallahassee, Florida. A former grduate of Perfluim ans County High. School, Jordan Is presently assigned. as Bass Sergeant' Major. , " Prior to Joining , the Air Force he ; served ' from '1943 to 1953 with the, .82nd 'Aba Civ fefti