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1 r- WEEKLY .y- ... '2 K V ciume XXVIIL Number 9. issrge Eallmon To Direct Annual Gross Fund 'Drive George . Bellmon," manager of the Perquimans County ASC of fice, has been named to lead the Perquimans County 1961 Red Cfoss fund drive, according to an announcement, made Tuesday by Claude Williams, chairman of the local Bed Cross Chapter. ; ' Drectors - of the chapter met Moriday night for the purpose of reviewing Bed Cross work in Perquimans during the past year and- make plans for the fund drive which will open (Friday, March 10. " - Glen B rosier, area Red Cross representative, was on hand for the meeting ". and he gave the chapter some reports on Red Cross work and commended the - Perquimans-chapter-for an out standing record during 1960. r Reports were also given by a number of the committee chair men present for the meeting. Following 'his appointment as chairman pf the )961 fund drive, i "Mr. Bellmon v announced the names of township captains who will direct, the fund raising cam paign throughout the county and : stated the 1961 Bed Cross goal of- $1,200..' , ' , -, Drive -captains and township quotas ara as follows: Hertford, $500, , Mrs.- Margaret v Sullivan, Marion Swindell and Bobby El liott; Belvidere, $150, Mrs. R. C.i Baker and Emerson Asbell) Beth-! el, $75, E. J. Proctor and Thomas Proctor; New Hope, $75, Mrs. . ' . Melvln ' Eure and S. T. ! Perry, Sr.; Parkville, $200, J. F. Hollo well and Floyd Matthews; col- ored division, $200, Dewey New by and Mrs. .M. B. Taylor. -E Week's President . Kennedy' has pre sented Congress with more pro posal as anti-recession moves and also plans for . his, campaign program.' He has called for a $666 million aid to schools pro gram and a speed up in the fed- eral highway building program. The President asked Congress to increase taxes ; on big trucks rather: than increase the tax on gasoline. , ' . Economic indicators point to an easement for the recession. Re . ports this week- show steel, au j tos and building contracts in bet ter' positionTlhan in recent months. In ' Washington Secre ' tary of Commerce Luther Hodges, said he sees better days come spring.' ' 1 1 ,. V North -Carolina legislators will hear Governor Sanford" next Monday, at' which time the ' Govt ernor will make" recommenda tions concerning taxes needed to balance his advancement pro J - gram-for the state. -'A -Raleigh - report this week 'stated some $130 million extra: dollars will be needed by the state during the ' next two years and rumors have it there may be a change made in the sales; tax set up to provide funds. , - ... ..... .' . .a Congolese soldiers, this week Unleashed an attack against United Nations personnel, but the UN threatened sterri measures to counteract the trouble area which apparently halted the Congolese temporarily, "As , yet, It appears nd solution to' the Congo! 'jssob lem has been- worked oufc-i' - : - Fidel Casira) for- no- apparent reason, renewed his verbal ' a- ' tacljs on the United 'States' this week1 and - in radio addresses warked V e Cuban- people thje ' tf.- S. was tala planhitig ah 3a- vasioa't Cuba.- Duba.- ('i-i'."! T3 iO ..:-:zy 3 for Pc-uimans ' "l.t'c'r I'-rch -3 Tar 8, ".! - this Bank Propose Saturday Closing :; , A public hearing wjll-be con ducted in Hertford, at the . Mu nicipal Building, at 12 noon Mondav. March 13: by Ben B. Roberts, Commissioner of Banks on a proposal by the Peoples Bank & Trust Company that the bank operate on a 5-day week, being closed on Saturdays. ' Any . and all interested per sons will be heard at this meet ing on the proposal, according to a notice published elsewhere in this issue by Mr. Roberts. The Hertford Bank, according to R. M. Riddick, Jr., Executive Vice President of Peoples Bank ti, Trust Company, is joining In this Saturday closing plan with banks in Elizabeth City. ' llGrtfordTuesday There will be a Grain School at the Agricultural Building in Hertford on Tuesday, March 7, aft 2:00 P. M "There is 'a very good pro gram lined up, with several dif ferent people on the program," states R. M. Thompson, County Agricultural Agent E. M. Stallings, Grain Mar keting ; Specialist, will . discuss Outlook and Marketing, N. A. Morrison of the N. C Depart ment of Agriculture will discuss Grain Grading; Ed A vent of the State ASC Department, will dis cuss the Support and Loan Pro gram; Mr Ferguson, Extension Agriculture Engineer, and 'Ed Coates, - Extension 'Agricultural Engineer, xi will discuss Harvest-" mr EqulrAeSiiaaGfaltt 'Stor age and Drying. - This meeting should be of in terest to farmers-in Perquimans county, as mere is a great, aeai of . interest in Storage bins ; end drying. There has been quite a bit of this type of equipment al ready installed -and the possi bility for much more is great Then there is also a possibility of a new program in 1961 for corn producers, that should be of a great deal of concern to the farmers producing corn, and if this is in force, this new pro gram will be discus seel also.' 'Everyone should make ' a spe cial effort to attend because it can mean much in how you plan your farm program for ,1961," states Mr. Thompson, . : , , .... ' f,:rs.Josc;!iCryot To Present Sti;j ; Mrs. "Joseph 'Bryant of Ahos-kie,- district president of the Wo man's Society of Qmstian Ser vice, will present the study Ba- Christian Beliefs" at First Methodist Church, Hertford on Sunday night March 5 and Sun day night March 12," at "7:30 o'clock. ; 'Basic Christian Beliefs' is one of the approved studies for the Woman's Society of Chris tion Service for the 1960-61 study year, and deals with dis cussion and understanding of our beliefs as Christians. Mrs. Bry ant attended the School of Mis sions at Duke University whertH the course was taught '&a& she ia well-qualified to present the material.,'' " ' , ' ," Othen church ' groups' in ? the area who have" ' not " had' ' this study are. invited to participate!, accbidihg :4o- Mrs.-H. -C.Stokes, Jr., Chairman of missionary elu. -Pam Perry has been named as spelling champion to represent Hertford Grammar School at the Ledger - Star Tidewater Area semi-finals to - be hold at the College of William and Mary. Norfolk, Va., on A,- 1 : Lela Mie ton 3 placed seo 1 end was Hertford, Perquimans County, North FbFic;3scJTo G-rifiCOty i Growina Interest on the part of some farmers' In this county to increase farm income througn contracting . for . growing truck croos has' led to plans for es- tohlishment . of a farm labor camo in this county. . ;. Interested people have planned to construct this camp on Frog Hall road in ParkvUle Town ship, ' and will house a total of 75 workers. The camp will be under health supervision by the District Health Department and a foreman; in charge of the workers, - will live at the camp. ' The camp is to be furnished by "local contractors, who . will Use the laborers for harvesting snap beans, cucumbers and oth er farm crops which owners may desire to use this labor supply. The idea for this camp was formulated on the part of in terested people to develop a pro gram for increased economic de velopment of agriculture in this county. ' ' . Meanwhile, it has been learn ed there has 'been some opposi tion to this proposed camp be ing established in the area and it is understood the opponents of the idea will appear, before the County; Commissioners concern ing the; matter on next Monday. - - - . ' ' . IB Tests Underway In lleElth Oistnct .The Pasquotank-iPerquimans- Camden Tuberculosis Association has purchased eight dozen spe cial; '. tuberculin syringes t and needles to be made available to public health nurses in giving tuberculin tests '( to ;students in the-three counties, Recording to Andrew Bailey, president of the Association. . '; Dyer 700 : first graders will have been tested during the cur rent year "when completed. Fam- Hies.-,- thf? t positive -Mrtactor will' be followed up, with TB tests and chest X-ray. Seniors in the three counties will be given the, prrjrilege of a tuberculin test again this year and followed up with chest X-ray. Last year 3B8 : were, tested. .': ' Tuberculin t'tests among" the young and adult is most im portant for if the infection of ' young people can De stopped, tu berculosis can be eliminated rel atively soon,- for the positive re actor will be the source of new cases and new infections to oth ers for many years to come With the usage of the special tuberculin syringe by the public health nurses in the counties, it is another step toward the con trol of tuberculosis in the coun ties by the Iquotankerquim- ans-Camden Tuberculosis Asso elation in cooperation with the Health Departments, stated Mr. Bailey. y ' , ? KiTnrJijiCqjS Perquimans High School clos ed out its 1961 basketball sched ule at - Plymouth last Friday night dividing a twin bill. with the Panthers. The Indian Squaws won' the-i girls' game with a last second shot 51 to 50, while ; the Indians lost to the Plymouth boys 40 io 61. This week ithe Perquimans teams . are . participating; in the Albemarle Conf erftuce Tourna ment and are rated as under dog? .in -th . competition. ;.': v ' ; Phthisic led the Perquimans girls--to victory over Plymouth, utting for, a total of. 29 points Copeland tallied 18.- -Gardner scored 21; points for Plymouth. TljeJ- Plymouth girls. . led ati half time .,28 , to V23 but 'the Sqtsaws bataed; dow$ to thft.fi?d whistle antf hit tthe winning basket as the- sun-ended ;ttie contest. - In the boys' tonftest -'Plymouth raced to a 36-9 lead at half time and coasted to its 61-40 win over the Indians. McGoogan and Robertson ehared scoring honors for Perquimans .with 16 leach, while Plymouth had four play ers who hit in double figures. ON DZAtrS U3T ; Linda Lou Elliott a. student at C .'mpbell College, was among the cf the school i. pyaking s ,?"r's ,1' t f T i 3 f a! BC?T1- rf - 3 r'rert frorA l in D..JIJU.I. tuillll III ' I II ' l I "T . . v ' i ; " ' - ? i ' ; & ' ir v, B , ' V f ' A. 'J ' f'" :-" V' : " v ; - " ? ' ; ' . , ' - vx i 1 " Vi is ' - y ';V ' - VV;..'i' w.-r'., STAND ASIDE, PLEASE The Air Force announced that a Convair B-58 Hustler, like the one shown, has broken several speed records. The plane, flying from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., bit up to 1,200 m.p.n. over a closed course. Local PTA Groups Conduct Two-Day Stucly Course; Hear Wilkerson On School Needs i. Parent - Teachers Associations of Perquimans High School, Cen tral Grammar and Hertford Grammar Schools conducted a two-day study course last Thurs day and Friday, the topic of which was "What We Expect From Our Schools." Ray Wilkerson, State PTA leg islative chairman, was the speak er, on Thursday night. Follow ing an introduction by Mrs. R. S. Morids, Mr. Wilkerson emphasiz ed the fact that we are living in a rapidly changing world and that schools should prepare, stu dents for . their times1. He " said legislative committee of the PTA was formed for the purpose of getting something done for our children in North Carolina. He broueht out the fact that a PTA or any place where laws' are made f Mr. Wilkerson urged action be taken to keep graduates of North Carolina schools teaching, within the state. In 1960, he said less than one-half of some 1,900 N. C. graduates stayed in North Caro lina a He related some . of the difficulties concerning this situ ation and pointed out in , 1950 County Men See Governor Sanford A delegation from Hertford, W. F. Ainsley. W. H. Pitt, Char lie Umphlett, ; Julian A. White and Julian Broughton, were in Raleigh on Monday and had a conference with Governor Terry Sanford. -;::::,:-'l.:-,yi . A spokesman for the delegation said the visit and conference was for ho specific purpose but that the men talked with Governor Sanford concerning the commun ity, and local problems of Per quimans County. -. The group reported they had a most favorable reception. r Wccldy Legislative Summary TUl 1 one In a lerin of Weekly um merlei prepared by the legiaUtive uta'l oi the Institute of Government on the work of ihe North Carolina (ieneral Anembly of 1961. It ta confined to dlMnulona of matter! of general In terest and major Importance. -i, ...., I. i . 'f ' Newshawks. and camp follow ers twiddled their thumbs while the Assembly droned through a rather featureless week, typical for this- stage of the session. The tempo of new introductions picked up ' slightly, Teaching an average of five bij Is daily in the Senate, and 12 in the House. To tal : introductions . to .date are lfil, as compared with-186 .far the comparable period, last s- sioa . House committee . assign ments swere ; completed during the week; a : mild flurry of de bate was -provoked in .the Sen ate on a bUl (SB'.lSi toauthorUe appointment of . tour - additionalj Superior; Court Judges; eporadic partisan crossfire in the House carried a hint that . Democratic- Republican divisions (hay become more in evidence than in past sessions.- -This was about the size and shape of things as the 1961 legislature moved into its third week. - - ' t Court Revision The 1961 version of the North Caroliha Bar: .Association's: bill. 'a revise the state court 'sysr .(em-iiwas Kintsroduced 'IW-'y' byJ Carolina, Friday, March 3, 1961. North Carolina salaries were about $58 below national aver ages while in 1960 this figure had grown to $139. Mr. Wilker- son closed his talk with a ques- tion and answer period. On Friday night the study discussion. After a welcome by Mrs. C. T- Rogerson, Dr. Harold White gave the devotional. Mrs. , iL j j naroiQ wnne was me mouera or or thej panel -discussion, with Mrs. u-ranam wnite ana miss ' . i5 u..! Louise unam representing me- , : - -teachers and Mrs. Royce Vickers 1 c'an, fof ? c- A. Davenport for and R. M. - Thompson represent-, the last 26 years ing the parents. Jesse Lee Har-' Surviving besides her husband ris was moderator for the 8th are one son, Dean Britt of Hertford: two sisters. Mrs. I. M. eiaw eivuy, .- j..... Mrs. J. W. Dillon and Mrs. H. C. e..i. t t t. ii,o. a. erator for the high school group i wUh. the anel -beinji Mrs. Dob- othv Barbee and R. L. Hollo-, well. ; Some conclusions reached in cluded showing greater fespect for teachers, schools and equip ment, quality teachers with a nrnfooainnpl nttitwta. annrecia- mn and culture agneeiallv iniAuman PtOT. the field of music and art. Hertford PTA To Meet March 9th The PTA of Hertford Gram mar School will meet on Thurs-j day. night, March 9, at 8'o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Dr. Ed North of Elizabeth City will be the guest speaker for this meeting, and will speak on Emotional Needs of Children. All members are urged to at tend. ' MASONS TO MEET Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. similar to the 1959 Senate Com mittee Substitute for the Bar Association bill introduced in that session. It differs from the original bill sponsored by the NC Bar Association's Committee on Improving and Expediting the Administration of Justice in North Carolina in that it vests in the General Assembly great er authority , over the courts. The Supreme Court and superior courts.-would remain .substantial ly as they now are... The .Gen eral Assembly would be . em powered to establish an inter mediate Court of Appeals. i A uniform' system of district courts. with jurisdiction fixed by the General : Assembly, would re place aU existing inferior courts. The General : Assembly would set up. . jury . commissions - in each county, and could" provide for 6-man juries in the , district courts, and for 56 verdicts in civil oases. The Assembly would also be 'empowered to allow waiver of jury in all but the most serious criminal cases. The Supreme Court would be au thorized to make procedural and administrative rules 4yverning the whole court system, but the ( General . Assembly- couldj s by" a 36 vote, : alter or repeal anfr tocrt-r"de procedural rule govt- Funeral Services Held Sunday For Mrs. Fenton Britt Mrs. Lucille Ward Britt, 38, died Friday afternoon at 4:45 in the Albemarle Hospital follow- I ing an illness of four days. A 1 native of Missouri, she had lived in Hertford for 28 years, resid ing at 328 West Grubb Street. She was the wife of Fenton T. Britt, daughter of the late Rev. Albert P. and Mrs. Anna Whit- 1 WhVmS I -; - .- worked as a nurse and techni- - - .. . : Hamm of. Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs Charles Hoeee of Balti- more, McL; three brothers, Albert. Ward of, Marketree, .Ark., Gil: bert Ward of Tennessee, and Woodrow Tenn. Funeral Ward of Memphis, services were con- ducted Sunday, afternoon at 2,C0Ire ot tllls county, lo the o'clock , in the . First Methodist Church by the Rev. James A. Music was quietly played dur ing the service by Miss Caroline Wright, organist. The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies, white mums, red carnations and fern. Pallbearers were W. W White, J. Kelly White, W. M. Knight, R. C. Elliott, Haywood Divers and R. S. Monds. Interment was made in Cedar wood Cemetery. New Furniture Store Opens Here Saturday Hertford's newest business, the National Furniture Company, will hold its formal opening Sat urday, March 4. The store is located on Market Street, in the Jackson building, and will feature-, ar complete- 4ine of house hold furnishings. v i ' Jake Mathews is the owner of the business and Floyd Whaley is manager. They invite the public to attend the opening Sat urday and inspect the store's line of merchandise. Board Of Education To Meet Monday P. M. The Perquimans Board of Ed ucation will, hold its March meeting next Monday night, be ginning at 7:30 o'clock in the office of the superintendent of schools Perquimans ASC Office To Conduct Feed Grain Acreage Survey Under Ne Program The ASC Office announced, to day that a feed grain acreage survey . will be made for all farms in Perquimans County. The survey to be completed by March 15th is necessary in order to establish a basis for 1961 feed grain payments; These pay ments will be made to" farmers who participate in the proposed Feed Grain Program in 1961, Arrangements have been made for ASC representatives' W be in each1 community' to ' obtain the needed Mormatiorir for ' afch form... Post cards , have- - been Varied Docket; Li Recorder's Court At Session Tuesday; Easter Seal Sale Plans Announced Mrs. Mattie Matthews, chair man of Perquimans Society of Cripppled Children and Adults, today announced that she had completed arrangements for the annual Easter Seal campaign, which will start March 2 and continue through Easter. Mrs. Mattie Matthews has been named chairman and Mrs. Maude H. Jones, treasurer. Bert Hawley of Chapel Hill, representing the state society, explained the different phases of the campaign and operation of the program. Hawley said Easter Seal Sale funds in Perquimans were used to support the Ortho pedic Clinic, buy braces and wheelchairs and furnish X-rays. BloodmobHe Has Successful Visit Blood donors contributed 123 pints of blood to the Red Cross blood program here last Mon day when the bloodmobile unit set up at First Methodist Church. . In reporting this successful bloodmobile visit, Talmage Rose, Jr., and John Beers, co-chair men of the county committee ex- pressed the following thanks to those . who confuted to the nroeram- lu6"". 'This was an exceptionally good turnout due to the won derful cooperation of everyone interested in this vital program. There were 14 rejections but to, ,,ui u j -a u: -"" P" a big thank you is m for the effort There were 32 colored w.!Sf. :. ar(j measure Map - viiii ana a largo measure ui ap- sey for his excellent work as Blood Program Chairman for the following we would like to ex tend our .grateful appreciation: Dr. T. P. Brum and Dr. Ward, . ai i- i wnite, mrs. J&veiyn wneaDee, Mrs. Gertrude Zachery; Volun teer Nurses Mrs. Charles Mur ray, Mrs. Frank Skinner, Mrs. Willis Jessup; Registration As sistants Mrs. Cecil Winslow, Mrs. John Biggeis, Mrs. Talmage Rose, Jr.; Publicity Pete How ell; for excellent help in the food preparation, thanks go to the Perquimans County Home Demonstration Clubs. Other as sistants were Jimmy Dozier, Al ton Daniels, Riley Williams and Richard Auman. "ine largest voxe oi uianiw goes to the actual blood donors of this county who made this visit such a success. They are to be congratulated for their wonderful cooperation. During' this past year patients from this county usea so pmus in While contributing only 219 pints. It is to be hoped that in the near future this county can at least furnish through the blood program the amount of blood that it annually uses. Thanks again to everyone for a 'job well done this time." i nno - ' -1 - -X 1.1 i MORE COMMITTEES Two more committee assign ments have been ' given Repre- sentative Archie T. Lane, Sr., to addition to those reported last ween, ine ssiiuiwu the legislative j-iorary nq. wgn Education committees. mailed to all farmers in the county announcing the time and meeting - place tor their com munity. George Bellmon, Perquimans County ASC Office Manager, stated that since we have only a limited time in .which to corn- plete this work, farmers can be of great help to us by meeting our ASC representatives in then, community at the time and place specified on the post card.' 'Details of the program will be made public as soon as they are, received, " r 5 Cents fti wt, A varied docket consisting of fifteen cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court pre sided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Charlie Grant, charged with failing to grant a right-of-way, failed to appear in court to an swer to the charges and he was ordered held for a bond of $50. Costs of court were paid by Shelton Miller who submitted to a charge of parking on a high way. Clinton Skinner, Negro, paid a fine of $25 after pleading guil ty to a charge of speeding. Jesse Purvis, Negro, was tax ed with the court costs on a charge of driving on the left side of a highway. Costs of court were paid by Stewart Ambrose who submit ted to a charge of failing to ob serve a stop sign. William Burke, Negro, was or dered to pay the court costs af--ter he submitted to a charge of reckless driving. A fine of $25 and costs were paid by Melton Reaves, who pleaded guilty to charges of ex ceeding a safe speed limit John O'Keefe paid the costs of court on a charge of driving with an expired license. A fine of $2 and costs were . taxed against Charlie William son, Negro, who submitted to a charge of being drunk. Edward Davis paid the court costs on a charge of improper passing. J. R. Lane paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of assault. A fine of $25 and costs were paid by DonaW ; who r - - submitted to a charge of reck, pss Hiv.inl, Welcn Negro was f jundj. not milty-ofi a. chareoi j rLkiSs rdrivins. V reckleSs ' driving were taxed against James Jennings, Negro, on a charge of driving without a chauffeur's license.. The case of Grant Dunstan, Meffro. nharpwl with Hrwini n left side of a highway was continued until next week. Local Club Women Attend Flower And Garden Show ''Perquimans County Home Demonstration Club women were greatly impressed with the Southeastern Flower and Gar- den Show, at the State Fair Ara Raleigh," said Miss Da Grey Mcnwean Home Economics Agent of Perquimans County, cliff Morgan and Mrs. Joel Hollowell, Sr., of Winfall, Mrs. Mpvin Eure. pt. 3. Hertford, and - ' ' Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Rt 2, Eden- ton, traveled to Raleigh on Feb ruary 24, to see the spectacular show. The show consisted of 25 gar dens, growing flowers in full bloom displayed to give a nat ural effect The women could easily see the effects of expert planning and landscaping. The Coastal Garden, planned and displayed by Roger Bell of Hprtftwti received favorable (Vn,mt f- th. indie. Mr. Bell and his wife, Ann, who is assistant home economics agent, lSOent severai davs at the show. Highlights of the show were the huge display of camellias and orchids. The flower ar rangements, exhibited by garden clubs, created interest among the women. 1 )' . ' ' '-'.v'-'j, ' . The ladies came back to Per. quimans County with a greater ; appreciation ; for flowers and landscaping. As quoted, "the show was an illustration of live, growing and exciting beauty.' . Science Fair At School March 6-9 A science fair will be con. ducted, at vPerquimans High School March' 6 through March ' 9, in the , science room on th e stage at the school The publ.c is invited to attend this fair, e- '. may go to; , Hhe school t r time during the day wh if'Jx a in pro ' i f "f 1