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I 'i' i'lU Hi: ul r!:- ' 1 ..X!; J . 1 J I I ,' v t i j k V U J J. v clurne XX Vj i. Number o . ' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 16, I960. 6 CentePer Co rvr '. i Variety ; Of Cases' Local Units Share d ! aum. jsi ra 'L wL !ln Distribution Hurricane Dama FcrASCFoo :::"D'-,;.ild3:'f;E?'ncb In Distribution Severe dn-tSam; of ttta m 1 ' "'I'T'i li 'HITS .l'''!.ViMVj-'""'i i 'i ."iJ'itJu1'11 V7 m-M W ir i.nuieanUD: unzzortc':" A w " " . '. ::V .-- . 1 .vn and , county officials V? J?',MV:V',I 'Ity voted in the Community ASC Pasquotank, Pfimaost , K 'TfAAlr'c' I committeemen election" held in i I , vwirgii . i.uuiiu um, 4" . ,Xord Friday afternoon , iust 'week for v the purpose formulating plans to push pro posed . highway work for the im proVement of 8.' 17 through the''Albcmarie area',..' About 25 representatives, tn eluding officers, of the various Chambers ' of ; 'Commerce, v dis cussed the projected N. C. State tlighway Commission program ; forthe coming' 15 years and ' Cached ' the- conclusion projects set 'up' for the Albemajle area should "'be advanced In priority to coincide with the completion of X the bridge tunnel " across across Chesapeake Bay, how un der construction by the state pf ' Virginia. - . ' y ; v Mayor Levin Culpepper of Elizabeth City, chosen s chair man for,;, this meeting, told the group he . had investigated the proposals made recently by the - N. C. State Commission and was of the opinion these plans were adopted prior to the sale of the bay bonds sale, and that the Highway Qommission bad no way of knowing Vif the- fridge tunnel program would be car ried out. ' ( , .' . , ' Culpepper also said, "I think all counties and towns in the Albemarle should get together, on united plans to seek improve ment to North Carolina roads in the Albemarle, especially High way 17:" r'.A ' , , Gilliam Wood of. Edenton pro posed a committee be named to Confer with the State Highway Commission requesting proposed projects such as four lane high- ways :jmd toy-passe$ be stepped VP pd' given highef priority In ordejr focv North .Carolina to be pirired &r Hie iui ot '-rtrt- t fiC. whicwill ,e coming1 into 'this ;area . following completion of the' bridga-tunnel near Nor folk.' t ; : '. ' The tri-couiity group named . W. P. Jdries of Chowah,KK. L. Hollowell . of Perquimans and Mayor Culpepper of Pasquotunk to the committee to expedite. Al bemarle road prbjects. . The group also adopted a ,miiin ni. ,., Vhi is to be forwarded immediately bod voted to contribute to the N. C. Tighway Commis-jf25l.4toJward the cnitstoction of a sion,.and the tcttai taten IM-'1" ftetic field at Per day , will be . presented at an ians Union. School. Ocean Highway meeting: in Newi ' N ctin vas taken following Bern on .Thursday of this week,'a discussion of a study , for elec at which? time the grtfup wUljtric power rates "for Hertford, seek' to enlist the assistance pf e matter-was tabled for. all towns and counties On Higbf discussion at plater meeting. -f 17 in promoting the. local I Reports were given to the pjgi) - ' i s board on work' progress toward Wrthor meetings of' 1hij r services dis, " are expected to be w'lWI tne hurricane. There . . .was much favnrahle cnmmpnt on time to time during".. r . " , . ., mitfp. wn ,makp'the toen made .by town Tep ma prov. Wghw. progress being immediate. 1m Albemarle. area' 9 fl fur f Jilt t marriage of Mrs. Thclma .. V.. - . .. . r -lioaoweu or wintaii, to " . r , . , t K r, is.mD"n. will have assistance from ...... . v. ...,., i tilttve r i.. Saturday after- n,,' r 19, at 5 o'clock i a en .". t cr iOi?y at frc i, 1 ti tl.e trkle. ' Tl.e Kev. T.'.ir Ijw -of Ci-eensiboro, ',. ', ""1 ci-emony. t N or".n- t .e p. n, M. " v " c . "O r r- t I - , j - - ' i v .i - "i " i X ! ; , i of U JlJljJLii'"i X of!t Headline J lbwMMwHwW( The East Coast is cleaning up after j Hurricane ponna. v Here in North Carolina property dam age is in the millions of dollars and damage to roads and bridg es Is estimated at half a million dollars. r-The storm finally poop' cd out. in. Canada after having' caused death to at least 143 sons, .25 of them in the .U. S . -.i r-, . . ... jbuii, vaiiuu vviiiiauiii, jcmmeu . The United States has rejected 'Long, Clarence Dail, T. R., Kir a Russian protest made follow- by; New Hope community, Mar ing U. S. decisions to restrict ivin Caddy, Lucius Butt, Belvin Soviet Premier ; Khrushchev's' Kurn. Pen Chambers, Abraham travel to Manhnttem Island on L.- Godfrey, Jr.; . Nicanor conv his visit to the United Nations.) munny, Seldon Rountree, Her PcacticaUy of the Russian jhfrt L. 1 Williamk, Elisha ? S. satellite nations ; will also send. Winslow. Joseph H. Stallings, government leaders to this meet- Jr., i Johnnie Stallings; Park ing which has been termed a ville community, Julian Math Communist propaganda tactic, lews, Tom Banks. Lawrence Pcr- Senator John F., Kennedy will orn hia Nnrlh Parnlini nnwl. dential campaign Saturday in' The wen elected" as delegates' Greenville where -he will speak'0 the County Convention are j at about 10 A 1A in (ho iH.i Per Copeland, William A, lum.vof East Carolina College.' From Greenville the , 'political caravan Will ' travel to several, other cities, winding up in1 Ra- leigh where Kennedy will speak Saturday night. ; ,;; ..' :t . Strife in the Congo has eased elect the men to serve as Couh somewhat this week with the ty ASC committeemen for 1961. UN assuming stronger methods The men elected as commun to end the civil war; however,, jty committeemen . and county uncertainty still exists overt "the committeemen will take office Congo government Premier; Lu-I October 1, 1960. mumba was ousted Irom his Jobf ; ' " "- but the Congolese Parliament,'' ;'"Pllr J ' with more than half its members! lPrTI1 MUfPnT ! absent ,voted, later;, that Lu-' WW Ul-ll UIUUJli. mutiba should jnm he govern ment Jwith wll powers. Reports hfrtkvUw Gof'gc--i' ekttehy $ to- -the; situation following this action.'. ToMIjf ' Cc ju3 Session Hertford's Town Board had a I routine. session for, its Septem-('studies ber meeting, held Monday v night in the Municipal Building. Red Gross Starts Ok a. Here In Periiisnaris 'Perquimans County, faced hwu,f u" I linn tusk , folkiwina Hurricane ... , r, ... American tveQ viussi " a announced -today by John m T. BiggerSi , chairman ''of the- Red Cross Disaster Committee. . Glenn Brozier, Field Represen tative for American Red -Cross, was in Hertford Tuesday. -con furring-: with Mr. Eiggers arfd Claude A. ims, chairman of the Ten; ' ans Hed Cross Ch-pter, - and. Sheriff . J.j Kelley v 1 .te concernng-- a rehabtlita l it j rppr;u: .for -this..county..',-AccoiCiij--' ta best estimates i ide of t e -county situation i i c . np 5 s stained by the -1 r ) ; i 'vcomplete- t.?iler severe-, i ' "i have ma- Z") hous- ' -!a:;"s..a'!'r!!nt-'. ' 1 1 w:'.3 re ..;;. s y. i-re , Eighteen percent of the elig- 1 ible voters in Pernnimans rVnin- """ miv i September 8, George Bellmon, Pequimans County ASC office manager, announced today. , The men elected to serve as.tp charges of speeding and- paid community committeemen for 1961 . are: Belvidere community, Parker Copeland,-Louis L. Spi vey, Harold Copeland, Walter T. Nbwell, Ellis Winslow;" Bethel community, William Stallings, Pnlnn C 1nnUm C PJMnM T " n o , Jr; Hertford community, Joe Roger- 'ry, Paul Smith, Raymond Stan- s,amnS. Joe Rogerson, Marvin Caddy,. Seldon Rountree and Julian Mathews. - The Coun- tv convention, will be neia m day, September 23, at the Ag ricultural N Building in Hertford, at which "time the delegates will Tn l'lCit I.Prtfnril "EsiSnmcs, nosaVtJawij'n;"st iifi; . Revival, services; at: the Bag-JU-1 1MI IICI UUIUf, -Joftv White and "Shirley ll .n w v f ng.to Dw1OTi ley Swamp ' Pilgrlin- Holiness . ix- f " -. r ' .nan ' n 'founri: ""gmeer W. IN. bprUUI. ; I ThiiivS will h rnnHnrtPil hv Martin. Brose of Berlin, Germ any, -will be the week-end guest, of the Rev. and Mrs. James A. Auman at . the Methodist par sonage in Hertford. He wilt ar rive in Hertford Thursday to Slav. with the Aumans-until he has to reoo'rt for his graduate rin Sacred Music in New jYork - i City on Mondays Septem ber 19.' - '--The Aumans became acquaint ed with' their, guest When they were counsellors . for the Euro- pean . Caravan in 1958. Martin, who was a 'student in Germany at -.that time, was ' their guide and interpreter ' during the Caravan's- two weeks, in Germany; He Is the son of Pastor Hind Mrs. fk.,.w t hw . .m .i.;tt.; mL , CommunKEast. Sector .and car- mct ot) J'l ry on a magnificent, work- torWht at the home of Mrs Noah thelMe'.t Clwicii there. Are80 Md" Maude ' Cvntinued on Page Eight v , ;-. wUl begin " aT program ;of re habilitation with' funds to be supplied -by. the national Red Cross - treasury to provide grants to individuals in need of aid due hurricane ' September 19, I960, beginning at 'it " j - v , ' ' 9:30 "o'clock at the First .Metho-He- reported' applications for d . AJ, this asstance wm.be received . t0di- J ; . ent ., of i schools, m , ; the courtr house?,, up to and - including nxt Tuesday. The assistance will "be open( to. those individuals, who show . eed and the lack of. fi nances, to restore their losses. . Following the filing of an" ap plication a Field Representative of the Red Cross. will investi gate each case determining , the individual need : and . the lack of finances and this Investiga tion will be reviewed by the County Disaster Committee for final action, j, , . . ; . Mr. Eiders reported the local Red Cross c' apter set up field N-r'-s In ' -tford Monday :! ' '" r " "q. i ,' a j in ....... iff ed on ;the calendar of hjj . n uutnei ui la caots wot. iiuiii ans Recorder's Court here (Tues- I u ' u . .1 . , t ' ua' )one week f J Eleven defendants submitted. fines' as listed: ' ' Joseph' Costa $35, Margaret Chicano $35, Vir ginia Kennedy : $25, CecU Trus sell $25, Patrick Conley $25, Joseph - Armstrong $23, . James Pnrfn.t .T. ms-w s..f f $25, Lonnie Norris $23, Roderik I. . . " , .. " . Shepard $35, Frederick Richards , . ?25- oc , n.. .... . .. . . i ine ataie tooK a no pros in tne case ; jn ' which WiUie Hw....i.v.H .innnenn . - imoitwv ' .urua iiTiordfln witli driving .with an expired, chauffeur's license! ' Costs fit' court ' were- taxed against Sidney Bateman, '( who submitted to a charge of Using impniper lights. - v. " The case in which .Thomas '-A docket of 19 cases waMsti ii,i. . vw- MiUmA . . . r- - - - ravorao e irom now iiirougn nar- Sh lagand reivTal'L ' alT and basket- tive non-state system local street , Vl.,t. This.' does not include The main force of the hurri With larceny and icceiv.ng, was ball, Sergeant Jordan now has mileage as specified in the sta- j buUdilll!a lat were destroyed or Van, struck here between 1 ancf nol prossed; Henry Gordon, Negro, en lered a plea of. guilty to a 'charge of driving on the -left side of a highway. Prayer for judgment was continued on the condition Gordon post a $500 bond, pay the costs of court anj the;' sum of $450 for the use of Emmett Elmore for damages done to a car owned by Elmore. ' ' . . William' Overton, Negro, -. Was found guilty on charges of. driv ing drunk, driving without li cense and without insurance and failing to' observe a stoo" Jieht. He was given "a 12 months sen tence to be suspended upon pay ments of a fine of $150 and costs of : court and the sum of $800 for the use lot Thomas Ridtiick for , damages-' sustained $ to r click's car. ... .:. V - - . Euuiy oi KMiiiuiinu. cacn ue- ... ... 7 . . p - , . , 1 . ling, with bituminous surface fondant was ordered to pay the:. , . " . " . ' - a a j u f a i treatment nd patching was cofo Of court and be of good -, , . . . V behavior for 12 months. Robert Noble paid the costs of . court after Submitting to a charge of following too closely. Payer for judgment was con tinued i until September 15, in the case of Joseph Mclntyre, Ne-; gro, . whg was found guilty on a . charge .of receiving stolen: property. ' . Girls' State Report Grcn Auxiliary The American Legion Auxili ary of . William Paul Stallings I "" 7 : Junes ana vera xaiion as cu- I fr Devotional was given bv the . chaplain, Mrs. Ethel Perry. t .A ' tnnu -intArpotinff nmtfram1 was given ly Misses Linda BasstUo- .'confessed'; he '- had entered and : Anne Benton on their trip to' Girls' .State Convention held hi Greensboro. During the 'business meeting presided over by the president, Mrs, '.Ann .Goodwin, the group' voted to send out cards remind ing ; members of- the meeting datcS..' If Was' announced that October is Rehabilitation Month and also time for a membership drive, , c I..CW..8 .-... be: held in Elizabeth City on The; l inectmv't adjourned with J we. ' vf.Ved by'the hostesses; Berea Church .To Observe Horaeconiingr The, Berea vChurch . of Christ will hold ..its annual homecom ing on Sunday, September 18, it was announced today.,. Bible School will begin at' 10 A.. M., with preaching and communion at 11 o(clock Dinner will be serired, on the hurch lawn at noon ; Beuinnimr ' at 1. -o'clock1 Beginning an hour of song service will be. - -.-at; of,- -'hurch, f " I " yt r V JuJJTj ftj j;-; 1 . i JflmSI FmmnTP.n ism-.. . I . -,l . ' ., ' ..L-'J . . 1 Vnrtrnnnl M3Sl6l oBFffBM vv fa LaPolk Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement T. Jordan of Hertford, was recently promoted to Master Sergeant in the Unit- ed States- Air Force. Sergeant -r .. ocrp ' Jorda" is presently perform i duties as Serceant Maior at In- i . ... ti . u." r i " "'V , ; eis in Perquimans County w. cirhk Air Base in Turkey. sents a 3.6 increase over last1 . . . , . , . .... . c . ., n ,u . winds blowing com, soybea Incirlik .is one of the most year. Over the ten-year period- . ., Li-u,.. jj m.r ... i ,.,hi..K d n d;m i iand Peanuts rather heavily a highly regarded USAF overseas I bases with a strategic location nrar thp innntiXn f thr n.r. . m. , npntg ; 1 hasp snrvpfl a an overseas training base w Tac. tieal Air Command, in addition tiMl Air rnmrtlnr, in aHHitinn to providing support for other important United States mis-l A graduate of Perquimans 1 . . , ...... ti : 1 . o ..i- . 1 i CountV Hioh School ' wherp hp 14 years of military service. He served in the United States Army as a parachutist before transferring to the Air Force I and his present career. Sergeant Jordan is on his sec ond overseas tour having served in Germany in 1952 and 1953. His wife, the former Mary Fer rell of Tallahassee, Florida, join ed him last fall and the couple are presently residing in trailer quarters on the base. Road Projects In County Completed . t State forces completed paving on more than 17 miles of roads i In. Perquimans . County, pav- vey's Point Road and 5.6 miles of Bethel ' Road.' ' Also in Per- quimans paving was completed on 1.9 . mile of ' Road Landing Road.- '':-.v. ";.' :' ' Paving was ' completed on 3' miles of Johnson Road in the vicinity of Oak City in Martin County and base work and paving.-was completed on 0.3 mile of Butlers Mill Road; in Tyrrell County. ' " Vi ,, i ' i ii Youthful House Breaker Caught .'. A 14-year-old Negro boy Was arrested last Thursday by Sher iff J. K. White, following an in vestigation of a series of break- ins which had occurred over a period of time. ' According to' Sheriff White, the boy admitted to breaking into a store of the late Archie Godwin's and taking some mer- chandise from the buildins'V He the home of Mr, and Mrs. Hay- wood' Smith several times and stealing more than $300 from victory over the Elizabeth City j where Meuoogan puntea 10 mia the Smith home, Yellow Jackets in the opening field. . The Jackets racked up . Sheriff White said the boy' game of the 1960 football sea- four first downs through the ef stated he had given some of the son. ' ' , , torts of Don Mathews, Mc- money to his father and used, . Following this ' score in the phel'S(,n and Caddy, some for the Duroose of camb-i Ung. , $100 was recovered at the time the boy was takert into custody by the sheriff. The youth was given a hearing Tues- 0ay in ;uvenne court ana sen- fenced to the State Training School. Police t)ept Makes 24 AmStS III Aug. Hertford Police. Department made " 24 arrests . during the" month, of 'August according tor a report1 mad'e tof thefowh Board w Monday higM br'JVftfce Cap- tain B. L. Gibbs. ' ' : Arrests ' - made- included ; 9 drunks, one. speeder, two reck less drivers, three for larceny, miscellaneous traffic' viola- tions, one miscellaneous charge, Captain Gibbs reports 22 of the defendants 1 were found guilty and two - not guilty. The de' partment answered 58 calls, ex- tended. 55 courtesies, had 229 quarter when its attack found radio "calls, discovered 26 lights ered under" defensive workfby o and five doors unlocked. . withe ,; Indian ; ' linei Perquimans r- " e car traveled a total ' 'i, an a v..;. of ; i Allocation' of $7,015,112.19 in : vmcn iJin iu tuw uaru-i . .. i I ' PTTr Highway Department. The funds ill: I an I" w e ' distributed annually 'to alified cities and towns for use in non-highway street work within their corporate limits. Checks will be mailed to the municipalities on September 30. Powell Bill funds represent, one-half cent of the regular tax and this years total allocation rcpre- m which the Powell Bill law,.. , . .. . has , been in effect a total of S58.797.140.55 has been distri- i , DUtea. ine numnop or narlioi- pating municipalities has grown from 386 in 1951 frnm 38fl In 1951 tn 41)0 thi. year. j The allocation is proportioned among the eligible and qualify-1 ing municipalities on the basis 1 . . 1 . 1 1 of relativp noniil.ilinn and rpl:a. 'U18' i Highway officials pointed out that they were required by law to use the 1950 census figures for the population factor since the statute calls for using the "most recent certified federal decennial census.". The 1960 census will not meet Statutory requirements of the Powell Bill law until it is cer tified officially. This is ex pected to be done this winter. Perquimans County towns re ceived a total of $8,692.12 from the funds with Hertford receiv ing $7,214.66 while Winfall's share w&s $1,477.46. Batdey Swamp J Church Revival Church will be conducted by,ommended that Perquimans be the new pastor, the Rev. A. 'E. Barefoot. He and his family have recently returned to this country from Africa, where they served for seven years as mis sionaries. ( Mrs. Barefoot will as sist him in special singing dur ing the revival. Services will" be held each j Administrator, whose office is Tuesday due to the aftermath ol . evening at 7:45 o'clock beginning 'over the bus station in Hertford, 1 the hurricane. Friday. September 16, and con-j and inquire about the circum-j The front of the storm push tinuing through the 25th. i Sun- stances which are involved. I ed water ' into the Albemarle day morning services will be at ! There may be ways that this Sound causing flooding condi 11 o'clock. agency could help you, status tions in the Chowan, Perquim- The public is cordially invited; R. M. Thompson, county agricul- ans and Pasquotank Rivers. The to attend. Itural agent. Perquimans River rose to such Indians Shut Out Yellow Jackets; Play Central Friday The Indians of . Perquimans High School, uncorking an of- fensive attack ; with jet speed, scored a touchdown in four plays Friday night to gain a 7-0 .neither team threatened, the opponents' goal line during the remainder of the contest. The Tione ed , numerous times for infrac ,: such as being offside, j backficld in motion and . illegal use 01 : nanus wnicii may nave affected their fine performance. Perquimans, in winning its MlM-tnil r Cfr-O I rtVl t , tffi Kail ff!im i I from Elizabeth CityT won the toss and elected to-,receive , the kickoff in Friday night'J ganne. Reed Matthews returned the kickoff to ; the Jackets' 45 yard ime, then Madre circled the end to the 19 and Julian Nixon moved the ball to the Jackets' one-yard line. Reed Matthews fense contained the Jacket drive smnshed..,-'Over--.,.for.,-..the,mtouch.t..jnkostJy...ta'..Lthe.. middlw of the down and the extra point was 'field. converted by Nixon to give Per- Woodard,; Spivey and Fowler quimans a 7-0 advenvage. J : ; Elizabeth City failed to show much strength during the first - made 3 first downs while the - Jackets had 1 in the' first period. The geeoM quarter "opened TV- v' ' IVrmifrht itawnn To County Crops By R. mT THOMPSON County Farm Agsnl Hurricane Donna created rather seve.e lor.s to the farm- imans County with m3. i crops that are flat on the i ground. The Disaster Committee ,met u ""L". K ' i "-"""" i,ouul -uw- sl,y beans $120,000, cotton $27,000 i and peanuts with all-the previ - ,n ,-in im-inrliti!. i)i,.'seeit safe sneitei- hurricane about $140,000. This totals 707,000, if the 'weather Ls , ' .. , . damage to timber that was hh.wn. twisted and broken, S(mK. lhi can bu done to de.east winds caused only slight crease the loss such as taking damage and many people be care in harvesting corn. This ; lieved the worst was over. How' should be done as rapidly as possible if .the corn is down. A walk through the woods may be beneficial in that the trees into Virginia. These winds have . that, are blown down can ba' been estimated at over 100 used as timber in repairing, miles per hour. - ' farm buildings and is probably! Severe damage was done to salable to mills. 'almost all parts of the county." Extra cure should be taken in Practically every home in Heft- ; case mosquitoes follow his hur-'.ford had some damage, cither to ricane us they did Hazel in the roof, television antennae and 1954 and cause -damage- to live- stock especially young pigs. j There is not an estimate its toi the damage that was. done to buildings, but in the whole county this would amount to j in Hertford the storm appear quite a -few, dollars. ; .;.;'V cd to..hii must jn ihe4Woudand I The '' Di.-aster U.iiiiriUe.. rec- (circle' area and'MfaStt . skifon off. placed on the disaster list which would mean additional credit would be available for the farm- ers in Perquimans County if this recommendation is approved. If you are interested in this, it would be wise to check with Don Norman, Farmers Home with , the Indians in control ot the ball "on the 29-yard line. Madre made first down to the 40 but a penalty placed the ball back on the Indian 25, punt in the third quarter which. enabled the Jackets to move tne SyStem installed this year. Some ball to the Indians' 15-yard Hnesections of Hertford had power: but the Indian defense pushed i by mid-morning while other the Jackets back to the 30. i , .,.-,,. harder hit bv the hur- There the Jackets kicked out or bounds on the 4-yard Une.' The quarter ended with Perquimans kicking to mid-field. Elizabeth City had three first downs while Perouimans got one. ;.Tlie final quarter was : a re Ipeat of the second and third j periods with neither team able j to move into scoring position, 'Elizabeth City, relying v mainly on line -plays,'; picked- up .-four first downs while the Indians collected one, -but the Indian de- were standouts lor Perquimans on defense while the entire In dian backfield performed in good fashion. ' The ( Indians ; will pity - in Hertford again oh 'Friday. night When Central comes' here i for a )contestJ with 'g&me time set for j 8 o'cck, to ' ... , . I 'n''. ' :: " ' ' ' Perquimans County are elearaig a awav thp dchris frnm t'lii -urr.rt!t ; away the .debris from the worst hurricane to hit this area in the past 25 years. ' Hurricane ijonna, spawned in the south seas, swerved through Florida Saturday and after heading baek into the Atlantic ! Ocean struck at the North Caro- a lina coast last Sunday night. lne sl01'm P'CKea up speed ana : Arrived in this immediate area shortly after midnight. Warnings of the storm were is sued for this locality between 8 and 9 o'clock Sunday night and preparations were quickly made ...nu 'r . . " j . Vu." ...J: 7. we e "Pnea io uiose who ae- i i i ji "l,ea -'ve ineir- nomes ana A large num ber of persons also gathered at the Municipal Building in Hert- ferA .2 A. M. Monday followed by the evn of the storm. The south- ever, the backlash with high est winds came from the north west as the. hurricane passed trees. Falling trees knocked out electric (xiwcr and communica . tions and total power failure in , Hertford came about 4:40 Mon-v : dav mornine. Church and Fronf Streets north. nf Covent Garden Street. Town 1 employees, members of the Fire an(j " Police Departments and . Re . Cross disaster units were.' alerted Sunday night and stayed on the job to render assistance throughout the night. Schools were-closed' down Monday and .; a point traffic was closed over jthe causeway and water flood led most areas on Front an : Church Streets near the bridge j This high tide lowered rapidly I as the storm passed through the area. " Estimates as to damage sus tained by property owners run into thousands of dollars. Prao tically every property owner ift 1 Hertford had some damage, much of which is not covered by storm insurance due to deductible clauses in policies. , A clean-up drive got under way early Monday morning. Business was- practically at 3 standstill with - many persons staying home to clear away the wreckage caused b'y Donna. Town employees worked swift ly to restore electric power and this restoration was aided to some extent by the town's new .: hnri lonepr wait. Tele-. pnone employees also worked rapidly to restore communica- tions and this work was well along by Tuesday night - - . : A number of houses in Hert- , ! ford had the roof blown away.' A tree fell across a trailer home ' .7 located on Grubb Street at the . railroad; and a hugef plate glass . Was blown put of Darden's store,.- i Reports from the - county were.. , thaf many homes were damaged ',. when the wind tore away roofs -and numerous outbuildings were destroyed. !, I' :- in i k i H IM i li ! ii iM iliniiiipi'i (' MISSIONARY TO SPEAK The Rev. 2ack Deal, mission ary to Colombia, S. A, will be speaking of his work and show ing pictures. "et Woodville F "- (tist Church an " Friday ni September-; 16, at 8 o'elock, 1 is sponsored by t1 e Cro' - ' sr'3 the-pul lie is i;iv"--- J