North Carolina Newspapers

r III'-:- ,1 ' 21 Volume XaVII, Number 41. Hertford. Perquimans county, North Carolina, Friday, October 14, 1960. 5 Cents Per Copj, 'if '-: nr. U Headliiics ! ; Premier Khrushchev, having tailed to secure - United Nations v backing for any of his proposals, ,i is expected to leave New York ' I for Russia this week Latest re buff to the Soviets was the vot l lag down of Khrushchev's plan for a - disarmament conference. ' Meanwhile, a seaman aboard Khrushchev's ship deserted and . requested political asylum in the : United States. , . Prison officials- in Raleigh foiled a plot of five to eight con victs to escape ' last Hunday. ; Reports from Raleigh said Frank Wetzel, serving; two life -terms for murder of two highway pa- '; trolmen, masterminded the es- . eape .plan but a tip to officials ' led ta failure. ' Fidel Castro has charged the United States is behind a recent build-up of Cubn; resistance to' tb.e Ostro government More opposition to Castro is develop ing as his government tightens ' economic controls to offset short ages which nave ' appeared throughout ; Cuba. - Everyday Items Mich as razor blades, llcht bulbs 83 well as food are get ': ting scarce in Cuba. . ' North Carolina's State Fair is ' drawing record crowds (his week, : fcftore than 150,000 persons - at tended the event Tuesday, and a-huge-crowd was on hand Thurs day when former President Har ry Truman was the headline speaker for the day. V -v.v .. - g " -' It.iJ7 .' Funeral services for f James .. (Harry Barber, 55, who died Scn jday afternoon -at 3:16 O'clock In Sthe Albemarle Hospital, follow ing a long illness were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon It 2 ;30 in the Swindell: Funeral Home by ihe Rev. A. N. Gore-, pastor of i tpworth Methodist Church and he Rev." E. F. Mosely, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1 r "I'll Meet You In the Morn ing" and "Beyond the , Sunset" were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Ray . snond Stanton, Mrs. J, L. Delaney nd Marvin White. They were Accompanied by -v Mrs. , Walter r ' Nowell, ! organist The casket , , pall. was. made, bt white mums, rwhite glads, red carnations and -1 " Pallbearers . were Dr. C. - A. ;Davenport, Bill Jordan, W. L. i "Bagley, Don Norman, Ray Kir , iby, Marvin White, Horace Mil , ler And. Claude White. , I" Burial was made in the Nixon jfamily .-cemetery in Chowan . vCounty. 1 ! Mr. Barber, a native and life ; long resident of Perquimans County, resided on Route 2. . He was the son of the late James Henry and Mary ; Perry Barber, ; husband of Mrs, Mary Nixon a Barber, and a member of j the " Epworth Methodist Church 1 in jWinfali He had been employed ;With. Major-oomis Lumber Co. for 37 years and until his illness Jwas employed with the Foreman Lumber Company ' of Elizabeth ICity. -" Besides his wife, he Is surviv ed by three sons, - James Robert iBarber, Kenneth Ray Earber and Carl Tarber, all of Norfolk; ne lrother,: Durwoo i Earber of Wlri ' fall; - one '"sister,"" Miur Frankie Earber of ' "ill; four grandf 'Chilu.-en'aiid -.; aral nlecesand riephews. " ",",u' '-'f ' "' i G0?C Tc- . ' ;.crn cr. - i m '3 a' -1 c i : ' . for . ' p-over" en- rot i r reOiiTLicL: 4 Registration of voters , for the November . 8 , general election be gin ij .in Perquimans Saturday, October - IS, according toi arvis Ward,!' chairman , of .the local Board ; of Elections, who said registrars will be at the follow ing places - in each precinct on the 15th,, 22nd and 29th to re cord names of newly qualified voters. Persons already listed on the poll books are not required to register for the general election but it behooves each individual to make sure he or she is reg istered -to vote. In addition to selection of county, state and federal offic ers, Perquimans County voters will also vote on a proposal to permit the county to issue $265, 000 in school bonds. This vot ing will take place in connection with the general election. The funds requested through this bond election . will be used, if approved ; by the voters, to construct needed '.classrooms at Perquimans Union School, a cafeteria- - at Perquimans High School and installation of addi- nl .water -lines to supply , the Perquimans" High School, Registrars for the precincts in Perquimans County for this No vember . 8th ' election will fbe: Mrs. Francis Nixon, Hertford; William Stallings, Bethel; M. ',Copeland,;Belvidere; Mrs. R.M. Bauer, wicanor; j. r. . uoiioweii, Jr., Parkville, and W.r E. DaiL New Hope. , v $1X3 Diis.:3l ; . The support rate on soybeans produced in this state, during 1980 will be- $1.80 jper Bushel, accoraing jio ueor iPerqutmanV County manager. Thissupi according (to George Bellmon, ASC office upport rate 'was set at the same dollars and cents level :,. that V prevailed in 1959. According to Bellmon, this support rate is based on 64 per cent of parity. ;t r,' :', - This support ra,te of $1.80 per bushel which will apply in every county , in ; this : state, is based on the national average support price announced earlier at $1.85 per bushel for 1960 . crop soybeans grading No. 2 or better.- - Price support 'on soybeans in this state this. year will be car ried out as in the past through farm and warehouse stored loans and purchase agreements. Support .will be available from harvest time ? through January 31, 1961. Soybeans price sup Dort loans mature May 31, 1961. Premiums and discounts for 1960 will : be the same as for 1959. Except for moisture con tenCwhlch cannot be more than 14 per tent, minimum . require ments for support to be eligible for support under the 1960 op eration ipustV be ' produced in 1960. Monogram Clulj To ' Hold Queen Contest The Monogranv Club of Per quimans High School will spon sor the annual homecoming Fri day night October 14,. when the Perquimans Indians will play Williamston on Memorial Field in Hertford.-", Highlight of the ceremonies will "be during half time when Miss Phyllis Hend ren, last year's queen, will crown the new queen. .":ty"--"vy" 1 Contestants far .honors and their Sponsors are as follows: Paige Ann Chappell, Morgan's Furniture Company;,. ( j)iana. M&-, BohaltTowe-Webb Motor JComj. pany; Connie Sawyer W. Mvpivi er's end Son Jewelry Store;'Lou Vlckers, : Noah Gregory's ; Gulf Station;" Harriet WUliams, Pitt's Hardware Store; ' Judy "Reiet, Reed Oil Company; Liiida "Bass, Gregory's Store; Barbara DiVers; Cannon's Grocery; 'Sandra Hlid son, Bus Station; Ann White; One Stop Service Station; Mary Phthisic, i Winslow - Blanchard Motor Company; Celtic Ann Long, S and M Pharmacy; Marta I.Tatthews. Jordan's Barber Shop; C.-J.'yn Faye Rojrso.n, Oarden's nrtment ior Judy Wins a; Jo Ann " SEE SOAR IN TORONTO ; mid-air while practicing for a hurdles race in Toronto, Canada. up of hopefuls in the Miss Toronto 1960 beauty contest. Bill is . Police Field Day.' Local Pastor Sees Hong Kong Thru Eyes Of Westerner , By JAMES A. AUMAN . Hong Kong island is a half mile off the mainland of Red China, but the airport is on the mainland in an area called Kow loon. The 35 square mile island was ceded to Britain in 1841 as one result of the . defeat suffered by China in the " Opium War. Later 350 square, miles of the adjacent : mainland , was leased and added to the colony. ynder.l the .British ..this small area.-- Brevi6usly almost unin-' habitedfxcept.ftr-a- fewisher- men, has become one-oMhe most pyer-crowded, Phighly industrial ized and politically unique areas in the world. ', Hong Kong was developed by ' the British as a free port The bays and lagoons comprise one of the most beau tiful and busiest ports in the world. : Goods move - in and out of here . without duty or restriction bound for every port in the world. In a normal year, more than 30,000 ships will dock here This is also Red China's one important window facing the Western world. Here goods move freely,, between' s. the Communist East and the free West Red China has made no claims on or threats to this colony simply be cause it is vastly more import ant to her as a. British free port than it would be if annexed to the rest of China. I was quickly caught up in the fascination of this bustling Chinese city and by the sights, sounds and smells of its terrific ally , crowded Streets. j... - Hong Kong means many things to many -people. To the tourist it Spells - "shopper's' "paradise." Here one can buy tart-free goods from all over ,the world at about half the price he would, pay elsewhere.--, To- Western ' diplomats, Hong Kong spells "eyes and ears of the West upon Red China." " The United States maintains one of its largest con sulates with a. "trained staff of nearly 60 persons in Hong Kong. They are the' people charged with ; the responsibility of keep ing our State department inform ed on the ' developments " in China. ' Here they have the op'- v portunity of talking to those who travel to and front the East and the -West '!: Every radio, program is monitored and .every Chinese newspaper ; is studied as Consulj ate officials seek information vital to V, S. security. ' " :" However--to '-manyV :Chinese (there arel 3 - Jnillion -of ?them), Hong ' Kong' spells a "place1 of refuge-." ' " Population of the colony a few years ago was only about 500,000. Then ' as China-began falling to " the; Communists, a great tidal wave of refugees rolled out of China seeking some measure of security in this little haven. - In four years the popu lation lumped to 2 Mi. million al though the tide now has been ! ,t i ' r ci irol, New ' ' . , t a still tson ' cf near- Policeman Bill Costcllo seems to Williamston Here Friday For Game With Perquimans Williamston High School will provide the competition, for the Perquimans Indians in an Alhe- mafle, Conference football, (tame to be played in Hertford'; Fri day night. Game time is eight o'clock and a large crowd of fans are expected to turn out for this contest. ' : On past records -th-e: two teams can be considered evenly matched- Thevlndiansr noW'have won one, tied one and lost three while the Green- Wave has a sim ilar record. j Perquimans High bounced back from three straight .defeats last Friday night to tie the Plymouth Panthers, another , well-regarded conference team. The Indians came from benind . during tne'. final 50 seconds of the Plymouth contest to Jsnot the count at 13-13.';, - ; . Plymouth opened the 1 scoring in , the game by recovering an Indian funible deep in Perquim ans territory during the first quarter and scored a touchdown when Johnson passed ' to Flem ing. . ' . - Perquimans came back to take the lead in the ball game 7-6 When the Indians marched 65 yards, climaxed by a four yard smash Of Julian Nixon -for the TD and - the extra point was made. f , Th'e Panther passing attack Smothered .'Perquimans during the second period when Johnson passed 40 yards to Ganderson for a TD and Plymouth convert ed the extra point to go ahead 13-7. V. Neither team scored - during the third1 period and then when it appeared - Plymouth had the game . wrapped, up, ' Perquimans spurted to .'score its, second TD when Nixon plunged one yard to tie the score. The try for ex tra point failed' and the, contest ended in a- tie.' W-' -, ::;-' ,i; ; ' y - : ' I P. O. Gives Dates Overseas Mailing With Christmas not too far off, the Post Office Department has announced ' the period No vember J to November 20 as be ing the 'best time for mailing of .Christmas parcels to members of the Armed. Forces overseas. , For. -air mail, the - dates will be December 1 to December 10. According , to, Postmastef W.1 W White, the term Armed Force? overseas include personnel of the Armed Forces, members Of their families and authorized U. S,. ci vilians . employed overseas, . who receive ;.' their ' mail through an APO, New Tork,; Seattle, Wash., or San Francisco, Calif V or Fleet Post Office in the same cities, v All packages - should be se- curely wrapped in boxes o! suf ficient strength to withstand possible, : damage, t An number - of a"':rl"s e-e forbidden to. be mail, J have come to a dead Eton in , The arresting sight is made training for the city's annual Mrs. Sadie Gregory Dies In Hospital L'.'-'. j. mrs- oaaie Anonu ey. ; died Monday morning in Chowan Hospital at Edenton af- ter an illness of six weeks. iAi daughteniHof .William., and Janie White Thomas and widow of Charlie Gregory, she was a lifelong resident of ' Perquimans County and a member "cf Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. T. S. Gregory, apd as half- brothe. Mercer Thomas, both v : of7 Winfall, Funeral services were -: con ducted i Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. James Lay ton, pastor of Mt. Sinai Church and- the Rev. A. N. Gore of the Epworth Methodist Church. The church choirs sang "Rock of Ages" and "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again." ' Interment was in West Lawn Cemetery in Elizabeth City.. Methodist Study Next Sunday P.M. Hertford Methodists will join in a church-wide study of alco hol and the Christian responsi bility Sunday night , at 7:30 o'clock, when they meet for a study of Dr. Douglas Jackson's new book,. "Stumbling Block." This year's church-wide study is sponsored jointly by the Com mission on Missions, the Corn- mission on Social Concerns and, the Woman's Society of Christian, Service. Charles ..llpwj Z .ITV" . Missions, today announced that the evening of study will be di vided into three major sections. The Rev. James A. Auman will discuss "Alcohol and the Bible," using a summ.ary comparison of the use of . alcohol in Bible times and today. Representing -. the church school, Mrfe. J. W. Dillon,- will discuss "Alcohol and the .Churches," tracing the stand of the church on the question of alcohol: Finally, representing the .laymen '. of the ' church and the hew . Commission on Social Concerns, John Beers will dis-j Responsibility." Mrr. H. C. Stokes, chairman of - the 'Missionary ' , Education Committee of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service, also reminded the woman of ; the church that Sunday night's study is one of their four goals in missionary' education for this year and that all Woman's So ciety members are urged to par- f-'s lief mayltcT ia . thi church -wide Tax Rate Decrease By, virtue of a -property j raj valuation program undertaken last year, Perquimans County is one of 1 14 counties , in Norh- Ca rolina ; having a lesser tax )rt than - the previous year, accord ing to Alex -McMahon, general counsel for the . North Carolina Association of County Commis sioners. Perquimans County's tax rate was reduced by $1.00, largest decrease within the state, in face of ; rising costs in local govern ment. . According to Mr. McMahon: Fourteen counties had a low er tax rate in 1960. Five had just completed a revaluation and . had a higher total property i valuation as a result. These 5 counties ranged from a decrease of 40 cents to a decrease of $1. The average decrease was 65 cents. Nine counties had a rate re duction for other reasons. In five counties, additional prop erty provided a larger tax base. Here, the decrease ranged from one cent to 15 cents. Four counties had a decrease for other reasons, including a couple of counties that eliminated spe cial taxes for special projects that had been completed. ine laou tax rate decreases tvoro tvnir.nl ror-nnt voarB . t j Generally, a number of coun - ties experience a rate reduction following a revaluation, and oth- ers have a decrease for other reasons. : Looking at total tax rates, nine counties have a rate of $2 or more, the same as in 1959. Eleven' counties ' have a rate of less than $1, compared to 12 in 1959. The counties with rates under $1 are not necessarily carrying a lower tax load than counties with.:higher rates; they have more ' up-to-date property valuations and higher assess ment ratios. Ashas been true every year, school appropriations continue to dominate the - county - prop erty tax picture. Practically every county finds it necessary to provide for larger public school appopriafaons. Some counties can absorb larger ap propriations because they have larger total valuations, resulting from the construction or acquisi tion of additional property. Oth er counties, however, una it ne cessary to increase the rate. Between two-thirds and three fourths of all counties have had an increase : in rate in recent years for this reason. - Recorder's Court Seven cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court and one defendant, Robert Schorr, was ordered apprehended and heM ' for a hnnd of $100 whpn he failed to appear in court to nSwPr t rharaP nf ervpH,n,r Earl Owens submitted to' speeding charges and paid the costs of court. John Phelps, al- so charged with speeding, sub mitted and paid a fSie of - $35. Costs of court were taxed against Ernest Miller who sub mitted to a charge of failing to grant a right-of-way. Light Docket In $2 and costs on a .EZ Cr; Tnl,ftr .,, ,.,. nnl Frank Overton of Windsor; one SSTiESwS--tota-. avenrt of rdS6 oa fnTof $5 Sdild' 23 a 1 ---a--, 2 - Charlie Modlin, Negro, charg ed with disturbing the peace and using profanity, was given . a 30-day sentence to be suspended upon payment of a $10 fine and V . W 5 r , .. uuc, eeru, w, found guilty on a charge of non- support. He was ordered to pay the costs of court and the sum oi iu per monin ior eacn oi.,a. th enn nt Milli- Franklin . . Ann i . . . his children, or; serve 30 days)and Nann;e Eli2abeth Hollowell on the roads. Ausrust Sales Tax Collections Rise . Gross - retail sales and sales tax collections ' in Perquimans County rose during the month of August as. compared with July and August Of 1959, accord ing to a report i by the N. C. Merchants . Association. '-Sales tax collections ,in 'Perquimans County duing August " I960, amounted ' to $7,292.01, ' as com pared with $3,706.33 or the month ' of Juty. , - ' ''u ' ' Age Ordinance For Bob! Hall Colter School New Bond Issue Perquimans County's Better, last Saturday night with 15 S Wf nn reCOrd red, members present, wholehearted- ing the Board of County Com, ly endorsed the approval of the1 missions $ t0 adopt a similar or $265,000 school bond issue to be dinance uertainine to territnrv determined by the voters of the county at the general election on November 8. . .t ' .. , K. .led at the meeting Monday to The meeting, held for the pur-require individuals or firms to pose of organizing the unit io-r notify the Town ClerK of inten- the current school year, adopted j tions or actions to install monu- a set of by-laws and elected of-;ments on lots within Cedarwood ficers for the year. Named as Cemetery. This action followed president was Mrs. Jack Brinn; discovery that an out of town vice president, Mrs. Keith Has-irm had installed a monument kett, and secretary-treasurer, Dr. on a wrong lot in the local Harold White. The committee also adopted a three-point program for the cur- Sir k " laVTh V Pub"-, crzmg the bond election; ar- ranging for a motorcade which ,will tour Perquimans County on Monday, November 7 for the1 . . , lliUiHU3c UA at.-LjuaiiiLiiig voieis 1 with the program for which the funds from the bond issue will i be used, and third, arranging for a study of the local school cur- rinilum. The motorcade; it was an nounced will leave the Perquim ans Library at 10 A. M.; on Monday, November 7. Barnes Funeral Funeral sirvices for Mrs. Sarah Clarkey Barnes, 86, who died Frida afternoon at 12:15 in the Morgan Nursing Home following a long ' illness, were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Swindell Fun eral Home by the Rev. A. W. Price, pastor of the Hertford Assembly of God -Church, assist ed by the Rev. W. S. Brown, pastor of the Woodville Baptist Church. ,'The Old Rugged Cross" was sung by the choir of the As sembly of God Church and "Good Night and Good Morn ing" was sung by Mrs. W. S. Brown. They were accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organist. The casket pall was . made of white mums, red carnations and fern. Pallbearers, grandsons of Mrs. Barnes, were Louis Taylor, James Taylor, Albert Barnes, Van Barnes, Floyd Barnes and Henry Weaver. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes, a native of Wash- Jnton . : County, , had lived on Route 2 for the past two years. ?.he was. the da.u6hter .of th late Jim and Sarah Clarkey Over- on- wfe f: -the Jate Willie Barnes and a member of the I Hertford Assembly of God Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Kyson Taylor of Koute 3, Hertford and Mrs. Wilson Horn of Drivers, Va.; three brothers, , . , r x :n great great grandchild. W.F. Hollowell, Jr. Died Thursday A. M. I Willie. Franklin Hollowell, Jr., 28 of 1 Route three, Hortford, died Thursday morning at 4:45 o'clock in Albemarle Hospital, af ter an illness of two weeks. He of Route three, Hertford. He was a native of Perquim ans County . and a member of Cedar Grove Methodist Church. 'Surviving besides the parents are three brothers, Thomas - and Jerry of Route three, and Clif ton Hollowell of Goldsboro. Funeral services will be con ducted Saturday. afternoon at, 3 o'clock in Cedar Grove Metho dist Church . by, the. .Rev. ; A. N. Gore, ,,. The ; body wil be taken from Swindell Funeral' Home; to the church one hour prior to the services,' , - ... Conducted Monday Visitors I After hearing complaint con-- cerninff vprv vnunir Knva r i w e w v - ing pool rooms in Hertford, the; Town Board Monday night vot. etl to adopt an ordinance pro hibiting youths under the age of 18 to visit in pool rooms within the town. The Board al- outside . Xown of Hertford, a ..H: j! cemetery. The pool room ordinance was adopted following a discussion during which complaints were made thflt and old ,m ,j , , a haI1 tfnr uo ,nt. a' I"BIH. Hie DOdra naS Deen . mi t a i i under the opinion state law cov ered this situation but were ad vised by Town Attorney Chas. E. Johnson that the state law failed; to cover Such action unless- a parent notified the pool hall op-" era tor to keep his. children out of the hall providing they are' under the age of 18. The Board voiced approval of a plan to erect new entrance ways for Cedarwood Cemetery after being advised a firm will provide free plaques for arch ways if erected by the town. Designs of the archways are to be secured before final action is taken on the proposal. Mayor V. N. Darden advised the Board town- officials . will confer next week with ! authori ties of the State Board of Health and Civilian Defense concerning a clearance project for the drain age ditch running between the King Street School and Perquim ans High School for the purpose of controlling malaria in this area. ' v. ''' The Mayor also miormed ina Board two new stop lights are to be installed on Grubb Street One at the corner of Edenton Road Street and the other at the street intersection near Don. Juan Manufacturing Company. The installation will be made for the purpose of controlling speed of vehicles and as a saf ety precaution. The Board was also given a progress report on the renova tion of the town's water plant. Mayor Darden said present es timates by the contractor indi cate the project will be com pleted between the first and 15t.h of December. The Board was advised water is being supplied to the town consumers from the new well and pumps operate . only six hours each day supply ing the water needed. Prior to use of the new wells pumps had to operate 24 hours daily to supply the demand Police Report 21 Arrests In Sept. ; Twenty-one arrests were made by the Hertford Police Depart ment during the month of Sep tember, according to the depart ment report submitted by Police Captain B. L. Gibbs. Of the ar rests made 20 defendants' .. were convicted and one acquitted. The polipe answered 67 calls, investi-" gated two accidents, extended 71 courtesies, found 8. : doors, left unlocked , and reported eight lights out. The police car trav- . eled a total of 2,354 miles , and uied 235 gallons of gasoline ',, ' . Fire Destroys x ,lo i ' Winslow Mill A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Winslow Saw Mill at Winfall last Thursday morn ing. Firemen were called to the scene at about'; midnight and , fought the blaze for two hours; however.: the fire had : gainei such headway the mill was re garded,', total loss. The f men were recalled to , the f r again vat 6:30 A.. M, tn guish a blaze that hr ! under a pKi rf ;