North Carolina Newspapers

s i: ,ciried pocket In Recorder's Court iter W esk Recess Di.G.nsyJori!ii To Frcncli Rovra! t r"-,--.':ri.1M.,i. ' l. . .ulMUIUIUII Pr. G. Ray Jordan, professor of preaching and chapel preach er, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Georgia, Mil preach in revival services at First Methodist" "Church, Hert-i ford, beginning Sunday, Febru ary iz, at me u O'clock wor ship t hour,; Dr. . Jordan ; will preach again on Sunday at 7:30 P. M.,. and each , night, Mon day through Friday at 7:30 P. M. ' Dr. Jordan is the author of seventeen books, and a contribu tor to numerous magazines and periodicals. For; a number of years he 'has been, a , member of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church and a member of the Peace, Commission. Prior ,to accepting the professorship at P!mrrv in 1Q4.1 Tin .Tnv)in ecrmr ed as minister in' College Place, & Greensboro; V Wesley . ;,Memorial, Salem, and First. Church,- Char lotte. - - He has ftech a delegate to five general conferences of the Meth odist Church and 'was also delegate to the .World Confer ence in Edinburgh and Oxford. He is educational advisor for me Christian ' World Seminar and ' during the past summer was a fellow-traveler- with the Rev. James Auman on this Seminar. George Bellmon is chairman of the Commission on Member ship and Evangelism which has made plans . for Dr. Jordan's coming, and - through his com mission has issued invitations to the people of Perquimans Coun ty to participate in these spe cial services February 12-17." - PriiCh i Official r Is Fcr l:.jstry N, C. : Prison Director George Randall reported Tuesday- from 'Raleigh that the Woodville pris--o-n cami Vi Perquimans County had been josed as part of a re duction 'and consolidation pro l gram. '. I ' -lie also stated in the an nouncement that the prison de- ' partment is : working ; with the Department of Conservation and Development in an attempt to . attract a small industry into Per- 'quimans County, using the pris on site as a location. - , Tha Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce sought a reversal of the department's de cision to close the camp when it was learned several weeks ago . the prison was scheduled for closing. IT-wever the consolida tion pn .n by the prison .de partment i;-Je this proposal lm possitJj. - ; - r. , " " - .-,v TT-Jj ' 1 Lvaiis of Ahoskie, as . e duties as chairman ; '3 Highway Commis ' ' wef '-, f blowing his ap ; i t tj i i e post by Gov- r '-ri. v; f " Iloi i' eastern i e 1 pkes ' t'..i Fourteen cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court which was in session following a one . week recess. 1 i' ' Costs of , . court were ' taxed against Roland Gilliam, Who sub mitted to a charge of speeding. James Felton also submitted to a speeding charge and paid a fine of $25. . James Lane -submitted to a charge of exceeding a safe speed and he was fined $10 and costs. A fine of $125 and costs w!n paid by Joe Garrett, "Negro, who I submitted to charges of driving without a license and driving drunk. , - Lennon Floyd was ordered to ay the court costs after plead ing guilty iq charges of exceed ing a safe speed limit, ''i. ; Jackson Costen, Negro, and William Davenport each paid a fine of $2 and costs after sub mitting to charges of being drunk..''; ' Costs of court were paid '. by Frank Brown and George Cheese after each submitted to Charges of failing to observe a stop sign. Willie Clark, Negro, paid the costs of court on a charge of driving on the left side of a highway. Beulah Moore pleaded- guilty to a charge of being drunk on the highway. ' She was released after having served four days in jail. Edward Earle Mitchell, Ne gro, pleaded guilty? to a charge of larceny. He was ordered" to pay a fine cf $50 and costs of court or serve six months on the roads. :r" Thomas Riddick, Negro, was found. guilty on a charge of V -J " , , , ., ty to" charges of driving ori the left side of a , highway, having improper lights , and possessing tax paid liquor with the seal broken. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs or serve 30 days in jail. William O. Felton and Jack Hassell failed to appear in court to answer to charges and each was ordered . held for ' bonds of $100. 1 ' This Week's ! Headlines Finding v money to finance many new proposals for state services was expected to be the North Carolina Legislature's big problem during the session which convened in Raleigh on Wednes day. More money for. schools, roads and public buildings .will be needed than now . available under present tax structures, so it is likely the legislators will search for new sources of in come. Ia Washington President Ken nedy is moving ( at a fast clip presenting proposals to Congress which he believes will stem the flow of. gold out of the U. S. aid depressed areas and help speed Mnnwttwiin rnnmiamr - JLmmcf tnA proposals offered is a minimum pay increase from $1 to $1.25 per hour, to be achieved over a two year period. ' , ..-. ' : ' According to Washington re ports, total outlay of cash for the new government proposals will be a slightly more than $7 billions over a period of time, although the President, had stat ed he believes the current bud get will need little changing to accomplish some of the pro grams this year. ; . . . A- federal judge in 'Philadel-; phia, this week meted out heavy fines and a number of jail sen tences to electric companies and executives of the firms following convictions In the court on charges of violation of anti-trust laws. 'Twenty-one companies were fined $822,000 while 36 in dividuals had fines ; totaling $109,000. , Eir.TH akkov::c:mt Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ray Mor- r n c? Elizabeth City announce ' 'iota son, C;"ord Dar- -Ji-.ur.ry : ft t' n -4- f'1 i LONG WAY FROM HOME The motor launch of the Santa Maria rides at her mooring in the harbor of St. Lucia. Windward Islands. Eicht crew members of the Pnrtnpupcp shin were put ashore in the craft after the liner was taken over by pirates who oppose Portu gal's present government. .. .. Board Seelts To Relieve Drainage Problem In Bethel On the recommendation of George Mack, District Highway Engineer, commissioners for Per quimans County : on Monday adopted a resolution opposing raising of the level of a road running adjacent to the Harvey Point Naval Base, as proposed by the Navy Department as solution to the drainage problem affecting some 983 acres of land in the area. Commissioner - W. i- W. ' Bundy informed the board he had con ferred with Navy officials and highway engineers on this prob lem in Bethel Township, which has apparently been brought about by construction ' work at the base - two years ago, and which resulted in the stoppage of the natural drainage' of the land., -., - ;, p:;.:: ., ' The Navy, according to report, had V,requeste,4,), J the' "' Highway Commission Ho raise the level of the road ap a .solution to the problem but both Mr. Mack and Mr. ; Bundy believed this action "would not solve the problem and were of the opinion a drainage ditch needed to be installed to provide proper drainage of -the land in question. Mr. Mack advised the board upon receipt of its resolution, he will report to the State Com mission his findings on the Navy proposal . and that he believed further consultation with Navy officials will follow. Jury Drawn For March Court Term Commissioners for Perquimans County, meeting here Monday, drew the names of 36 residents for jury service at the March 13 term : of Superior Court, which will convene for the purpose of hearing civil actions. . " Drawn for : jury duty at this term of- court - were Frances E. Monds, J. Wesley Harrell, J. Winf ord Chappell, Henry Mai- lory, : Z. D. Robertson, Sr., Charles E, White, Jr., Keith ' ' ... Haskett, Ray Harris, Robert h Smith, . Thomas ; W. Chappell, Willard Baker, J. P. Chesson, Jr., Alva Madrey, R. H. Cope land, Benjamin . Chappell, Irvin C. Long, Thomas H, White; Cal vin Godfrey,' ; James T. Nixon, William j; Elliott, Walter True blood, W. D. Rea, Wesley Nelson, N. Stanley Riddick, Claude D. Whitej Percy E. Hunter," Joseph Walter White, W. E. Matthews, Jr., Willard Copeland, Wallace Morgan, Alton Stallings, Garland Stallings, Clinto Ray Wins low and Lawrence B. Perry. Chamber manager, At ttoads Meeting Allan Mills, manager of the Perquimans Chamber of Com merce, was in New Bern Tues day attending a meeting of in terested officials concerning im provement of U. S. Highway 17, to meet the anticipated- increase " in traffic stemming from the opening of the bridge-tunnel across Chesapeake Bay. Mr. -Mills, representing , this county at the nctlng, went . to -T! Con Town's New Water Filtering Plant Is Now In Operation There's gobd news for - the' residents of Hertford. J The town's water filtering plant, which has been undergo ing renovations for several months, was placed in operation Tuesday night, according to an announcement made Wednesday by Mayor V. N. Darden. The filtering plant has been rebuilt to handle the water sup-j ply from the town's new well,' wnicu was insutueu ,-iasi jrcai,inj m and during recent months, wnne renovations were under way, theWilliamSi called the meeting t0 waier was aeuvurea v ers direct from the well. For- eign substances developed in the water causing considerable con cern to the consumers but they maintained their patience pend ing completion of the i)lan.tT rj-J pairs.:- .; . Operation of the filtering plant, according - to Mayor Dar den, will clear up this situation. He said town employees worked Tuesday night draining all wa- ter lines in an endeavor to fill (An announcement was made all mains with a new water' about the spaghetti supper to supply which had been run through the filter plant. He stated if any consumer should find the "yellowish" coloring in the water it will be only a mat ter of a day or two before the situation is completely cleared, Contractors for the renovation of the water plant have corn- Dieted about 95 percent of the work, and are expected to fin ish the job in the next week or two. The town, according to Mayor Darden, is planning to hold an open house at the plant just 3s soon as the contractors have completed .their s work, to give Hertford residents an oppor tunity to visit the plant and see the completed work. 4-H Council Plans For National Week The' Perquimans 4-H Council met Thursday in the Agricul tural Building with Vernon Winslow presiding. . . A committee was selected by the council president to plan for the observance of National 4-H Club Week, March 4-11. Serv ing ons this committee are Vern on Winslow, Eva Ann Smith, Diana McDpnnell, Beth Hurdle, Ann Benton, Tommy Harrell and Harriette Williams. Preceding National 4-H Club m t. - ! : i l I ""' I u: per will be served on March 3, 1961 at the Perquimans Central urammar ocnoui. me viva president of each 4-H Club will be in charge of tickets. MNonu nations for district officers will i be selected by Eva Ann Smith! and Beth Hurdle. . ;. The recreation' cLairman, Beth Hulled the group in several . were servea. Superior Court Term Concluded ; . The January term of Perquim ans Sunenor Court was con cluded late 'last Friday - after noon following completion- of the suit between Mary Lane and Creg Lane. The jury received the case late Friday afternoon and returned a verdict in favor cf the p'.i:.:tl3, Mary Lane. High School PTA Held Thursday The PTA of the Perquimans County High School held its February meeting on Thursday the high school audi- torjum order; the secretary, Harold whitp rpri tho inl,OK nf ,h last- meeting and read the presi dent's message. Mrs. H. C. Sul livan, presented the devotional. The program was a panel discussion-- between the r; parents, teachers and students on the topic 'Tomorrow's Citizens', Ev erybody's Business." The why a cure of cheating and absentee- iSm was emphasized. Mrs. Ri- w Monds acted as moderator. be held Friday night, sponsored - by the Student Council. It was also announced that the dedi cation of the trophy case in memory of Julie Lane and Joyce Faye Owens, was to be- Friday morning, February 10. Mrs. Henry Clay Stokes' 8th grade won the room count. - Mr. Williams appointed a nom inating committee to bring a report to the next meeting. Those appointed to serve on the committee was Preston Nixon,' Mrs. Ruth Burden and Mrs. Johnny Hurdle. After the program, the PTA was invited to inspect the new science laboratory where re freshments were served. Former Resident Arthur Newby Winslow, 83, died in a Norfolk hospital Thurs day at 4:15 A. M. . A . native of Belvidere, he had been a resident of Norfolk for six years. He .was the son of the late Rufus and'. Abby Gill Winslow and husband of the late Alethia Lane Winslow. He was a member of the Bap. tist church at Chapel Hill, N. C. winslow is survived by a (daughter; fh. Mrs. Mary Ann Tur- Alton Alonza winslow o Nor. folk and Thomas E. 15 grandchildren and grandchildren. Winslow; 19 great- ; Funeral ,- services were con ducted at the HollomonBrown Funeral Home in Norfolk Satur- rinv nf II A 'M- Tnformofir tiros jmade ln the famiiy cemetery at Belvidere. World Prayer Day At Holy Trinity ' A union servipe of Hertford churches, observing the 75th an niversary of the World Day of Prayer, will be, conducted at Holy " Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford on Friday; February 17, beginning at 3:30 o'clock. ' . ; The public )s invited to attend this service, . t Loan Association Change its Name Stockholders of the Hertford Building and Loan Associtation conducted their annual meeting here last Wednesday afternoon in the Court House and voted to change the name of the financial association to the Hertford Sav ings and Loan Association. - This action was taken on the recommendation of the North Carolina Savings and Loan League an J the Deputy Com missioner Oi"; Insurance, who is supervisory officer for savings and loan associations in North Carolina. , Some 60 per cent of the stock holders of the association was present, in person or by proxy, for the meeting, and following the action on the change in ! names the stockholders elected ' directors for the association for the coming year. Named as di j rectors were A. W. Hefrsn, J. P. I Perry, V. N. Darden, Max R. Campbell, Chas. E. Johnson, J. W. Ward, Henry Sullivan, R. M. Kiddick, Claude White and Edi son Harris. A financial report, revealing operations of the association for the past year, was made by the secretary, Max Campbell. He told the stockholders assets of the association had increased more than $..9,000 during the past year, or between 15 and 20 more than $49,000 during the the association's reserve fund bringing total reserves up to $29,000 at the close of business on December 31, I960. At a meeting of the board of directors, following the stock holders meeting, officers elected for the coming -year were: A. W. Hefren, president; J. P. Perry and V. N. Da,-den, vice presi dents; Max R. Campbell, secre tary and treasurer and Chas. E. Johnson, attorney. Rev. A. L Barefoot Speaks On Africa At BPW Meeting The Rev. A. E. Barefoot, pas tor of the Bagley Swamp Pil grim's Church, spoke to the Hertford Business and Profes sional Women's Club Thursday night on "The Wind of Change Blows Through Africa." The program vns under the direction of the International Relations and National Security chairman, Miss Thelma Elliott and Mrs. Betty Swindell. . Mr. Barefoot, who returned to the states last March after hav ing served as a missionary in Africa for seven years, traveled over the country lecturing until his assignment as pastor of Bag ley Swamp Pilgrim's Church last August. He and his wife are the parents of four daugh ters, two of them born in Africa. Through the use of an inter estingly detailed map of Africa, Mr. Barefoot pointed out differ ent factors which have led to the recent uprisings in all parts of the continent. At the end of 1960 around 75 of the nations were independent and the rest will soon bo, probably through violence. The natives number 224,599,000 to the 5,401,000 white people and they are anxious to run the white people out. During his talk he used col ored slides to show areas where he and his wife had worked and the people with whom they worked. To illustrate some of his points, he showed a lot of items native to Africa, among them a drum owned by a witch doctor whom he converted. Miss Hulda Wood, president, conducted the : short business meeting following the program and .announced , the . business meeting would be March 2 at the Municipal Building and the program meeting under .the di rection of the health and safety chairman, Mrs. . Essie Burbage, would be on March 16. BAKE SALE Members "of the S) Catherine Guild of the Holy Trinity Epis copal Church will hold a bake sale Saturday, February II, in the old bank building starting at 10 A. M.u There will be a bake sale each' Saturday for. the next seven weeksi' " ' ,J )"," "; i Board Adopts New Policy For County Hospital Patients L 1 - . A K w VI I I Mil l 'WMflX''H ' p f Revival services will be held Mrs- Oliver Winslow, represent by at' the Bagley Swamp Pil- inB tne Belvidere. Home Demon grim Church February 17-26 at Nation Club, appeared before i :30 P. M., each evening. The j Doard requesting the county special speaker at these services j t0 sel1 10 tne club the Belvidere will be the Rev. Harold Rick-1 Community House. Action on ner. He is now District Super-1 the request was tabled until the intendent of the Pilgrim Church next meeting of the board. I in the State of Florida. The I pastor, the Rev. Barefoot, knows Mr. Rickner as a man of wide nlgnwav department to mvesti and successful experience. He'gate the possibilities of raising has a personal interest in all the load limit on a . highway in that attends his ministry. The1 Belvidere Township. public is cordially invited to at - tend these services. Perquimans High Honor Roll Lists Fifty-One Pupils Fifty-one students at Perquim-! ., ui.i, ca,i iioj thfe- htinor- -oh . iat - '-WW third . . i" .. - . . grading period, it was announced by E. C. Woodard, principal, who released the honor list on Friday. Honor students according to Mr. Woodard were: Eighth Grade: Judy Long, Wayne Owens, Marcia Copeland, Lot Winslow, Reggie Webb, Ninth Grade; Freddie Combs, . Price Monds, John Stallings, -Ktsic uaM1, Yvayue nappcii, Perry Monds, Jimmy Perry, Ra - chael Bass, Susan Cox, Faye, Liong, uma ounu, juaii oreen, Gloria Miller. Tenth Grade: Judie Baker, Verna Ann Perry, Jimmy Bon ner, A. C. Lay den, Betsy Bar bee, Becky Felton, Dianne Saw yer, Janice Stanton, Billy Wins low, Wayne Winslow, Susan Broughton, Celtic Ann Long, Kathleen Story. Eleventh Grade: Frank Ains ley, Sarah Dail, Sidney Long, Wade Morgan, Linda Chappell, Pete Cook, Sandra Hudson, Lin da Rountree, Brenda Smith. Twelfth Grade: Hubert Bur den, Mary Frances Baker, Linda Bass,- Phyllis Hendren, Eva Ann I Smith, Brenda Stallings, Betty j York, Ann Benton, Dellie Rae i Copeland, Dianne Hollowell and Patsy Swayne. Local Legislators Off To Raleigh State Senator J. Emmett Wins low and Representative Archie m t e i n. j.... -1 4. uauc, 01., icxv Aueauay xvi Raleigh for the opening session of the General Assembly which convened at noon Wednesday. Both of the legislators had ex pressed to the Board of County Commissioners the desire to co operate with and serve the com missioners on matters pertaining to Perquimans. They also ex pressed a conviction the State Highway Commission needs to speed up plans for development of U. S. 17 to provide better traffic- facilities to serve ' the bridge-tunnel being constructed across the Chesapeake Bay. - -Representative Lane told, the County Commissioners he 'will give every consideration to mat ters which they' are interested in during the Legislature session. CLASS TO MEET The Judson Memorial Sunday School Class of the Hertford Baptist Church will meet Tuesday- night, February 14, at 8 o'clock, with Mrs. R. E. Vkkers, 200 S. -Churtih Street All mem bers are urged to attend - A new policy concerning hos pitalization of county patients was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners last Mon day, following a lengthy discus-, sion of the mounting costs of this program, and also a dis cussion with W. E. Bond and -Spec Jones of the Chowan Hos pital Board. On a motion adopted by the commissioners, the superintend ent of welfare was instructed lo begin immediately to secure a promissory note from all indi viduals certified by the county for admission to any hospital The note is to be paid by the patient if and when resources become available for such pay ment. Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow and commissioner Savage Jolliff requested George Mack of the 1 un motion adopted the board amended the current budget to provide the sum of $200 for clerical work in the soil conser vation office for the remainder of this year. ' Fire Chief R. C. Elliott ap peared before the board and made a report on the activities of the fire department; giving the number of fire calls an swered throughout the county during last year. y n"V -county rabies ln .; spector, discussed with the com.- T5 Tri a . . . " mice I AH OK(u.4a --a.n.1 ha.. . 'A Wl '""r-yt .-. iu-i j r 'M4. j .. - . . , jt uuB puuna, using tne iown of Hertlord pound for penning"" stray dogs caught in the county. Mr. White called attention t the fact many dog owners are failing to comply with the state law on the vaccination of dogi, and expressed the opinion dog warden would help correct this matter. No action was tak- en at the meeting concemin-r the proposal at Commissioner R. advised the hna. Li. Spive? a request u lower the speed imit on High- way 17, in the area of Perquim. ans High School, should be di rected to the State Highway Commission, which holds the au thority over , highway speed limits. A request was also submitted to the board that Perquimans County ask the Motor Vehicle department to assign another resident highway patrolman to this county, and this matter was referred to Rep. Archie T. Lane with the request he investigate the possibilities while attenduig the legislature.. Course Feb. 23-24 Parent-Teachers Association of the Hertford and Central Gram mar Schools will joinly conduct ,' Grammar School a study class at the Central on Thursday and .Friday nights, February 23 and 24, it was announced today. The theme of the meeting will be "What Do We Want From Our Schools" and officials of the PTA's urge a large attendance at all sessions of this study. On Thursday night Ray Wilk-" inson of Rocky Mount, state leg islative chairman for PTA, will be the : principal speaker. He will discuss the current legisla tive program as it deals with school budgets and operations. On Friday night the 'assembly will be divided into three group meetings, 1 one : for grammar grades, one for 8th grades and one for high school parents and teachers.- These groups' will dis cuss the theme of the meeting as . it applies to each group. . r. A special invitation to attend , this, study class has been issued to the Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County. ; . , ; : MASONS TO MEET Perquimans Masonic Lodge Nv 106, A, F. &'A. M.,.will ment Tuesday night, at 8 oV.Jc PTA's Plan Study