Supsribr y': B a '.The April term of Perquimans ' Superior; , Court will convene her? ! next Monday, with , Judge Joseph Parker presiding, for a ne-vleek mixed term. Clerk of vpun w. n. run scaiea is eues are .docketed - on the criminal calendar while eight civil cases are listed for trial. , 1 Eight defendants are involved : in the 12 criminal cases includ ing Fred Bryant, charged with , ' driving y without a license and driving drunk; Alfred Bunch, charged , with driving drunk; Johnnie W. ? Chappell faces nkartfM ft .rfwlrlpnfi strivirtf anH I i,.w(. T,h... ct,.!poved a failure. The Soviets pry is charged with breaking and , entering where , a person was j asleep; ' Billie ; Umphlett, Craia Foster and -Eddie Sutton are charged in six counts with breaking and entering and lar ceny, and Phillip Harrell is v...6v.U v..B ling with t()p al,.ed ,eaderS t() peB - , ('stress the point the U. S. : will ' The civil calendar is made upf df8, directiy with Russia with- or me roi lowing cases:, ive; r er- uimans Drainage District No. 4, Lockwood " .Lassiter vs. B.. D. Pierce;' Curlee Felton vs. J. H. Lilly;, J. Hugh White vs. Otis J. White; Baker Oil Co., ' vs. Malan Construction Co.; Charles Lightfoot vs. Ernest . Morgan; Portsmouth Paving Co.. vs. C. T. White: J. C. Carroll vs. H.l Gregory. - . -u Drawn for jury duty at this term of court were: Elliott Lay den; W. Jarvis Ward. James J. Copeland, James Dail, Fenton Kurt, J. a. sure, tuon iayaen, Edward Nixon, 'William N. Lay den, Mary Etta Walters, Walton Wood,! Otah 'White, Joseph C Layden, Joseph Proctor,, Joseph Ayscue, Willis R. iiaccus, Thom as. P. tlyrum,' W. Ray White, , Chiles. arfWar,W..EAElljotU William y'Jsiuott, waiter inow . ell Elsberty Whedbee, Jr., Em-' mett Stajlings, Johft Byruni,' Jr. . ' . Harvey, Chappell. James Jtoun- ' roa W Hainilnn) .hnith. fvth Long, Sr., Clinton Perry,; Mel 7 vin Chappell, Thomas Russell, ' J. I CurtiSj Linford L. Wlnslow, R. " Raymond Stanton, . Robert ildrreii, Jivuaac'ii, oura O: Copeland, McCoy Phthisic, Sterling Colson, Hazel B. Ma jhe.ws, Lloyd Layden, Arthur Copeland, Clyde Lane Tilden Whitehurst, Charles A, Perry, Roy Chappell; Sr., John D. Lane, i Aubrey ; pail, Samuel Moore. . ' ' 1 Ccb:lPTA!n C;3tin2 C'cr.y The monthiy meeting of the Perquimans .. County 1 ' Union School j Parent Teacher Associa tion was held April 10 in the school auditorium with James, Turner 5 raiding. ' ( 7. following the reading of the minutes, a short business session was eld. - The treasurer -reported that $155 was raised in the Queen's Contest, staged at the March meeting. ' " f ', -,-Mrs. I. E.1- Rogerson, achool treasurer,1 made a report of the receipts . and , disbursements of school funds from September, I960, to March, 1961. - 5 fAs a climax to the health pro jects, sponsored" by. grades 4-8,' DV W. R. Thomas of Winfall ad diessed the - group. He admon ished parents to avail .them ' selves iof the services of the lo cal' , health department and en couraged a closer relationship , t'e'tween parents and teachers as a means of securing he maxi-ia miim mental and physical health for children. " ; Parents were invited o visit the classrooms and see the health displays. - Miss D. M. Jennings' fifth grade 'class was awarded , hi st ' prize in the health display Vfmtest held- on April 6. - Mrs. r.ogei-son's fourth grade class and JZ'y Sharpe's sixth grs-8 class tied for second place in the con I'-t.;;';'' - i ; f'J-':. At the next V ng a tele '' ' '- a rec " . ' yer a-, i a j w j : rs (t:s:e ' " ( ' I - ' y i urt Tof.'rs. Cray Heeled This Week's ! J $ t Headlines t : Russia announced Wednesday , . ... , , it had successfully launched a man into space and returned him safely" to earth after the missile' in which he i was rid ing had made a trip around the earth. 'This announcement fol lowed", earlier rumors the Sov-, iets had tried such a test which made no announcement concern ing an unsuccessful test. r.oV,i. d! . ". 61 " '.""f t Wrg " "rTl uem ivenneay is wKing a lirmer stand on foreign policy than the previous administration.. The re- previous administration.. The re- ports say, the President is meet - wut immediate assistance from the Allies. A high Nazi official, Adolf Eichmanri, went on trial for his life this week in Israel, charged by that government for crimes against humanity while he serv ed under Hitler. The -Israel government has taken every pre caution' to ' safeguard Eichmann (luring the trial which the for mer Nazi claims is - illegal, since Israel was not established as a nation until years after the al leged primes occurred. President Kennedy's proposal to raise the minimum, wage to $1.25 got the approval of a Sen ate committee on Tuesday, and the, matter now goes to a join Po:SiBa:omjByjfpr auJiaenjuch,.? , -the.) Jpn-arjhad agreement since previous House actioh increased the wage d'nry to $1.15. .. J v t' - I-' .' ppmf0m0HAA0 town Rate Reduction To Commerical Users . Hertford Town Board, meeting here Monday ' night, completed adoption of new' electric power rates to b11 consumers served by the Town of Hertford. Rates adopted ' Monday night will af- feet commercial users and per-, The Agc office aMaunced to. nut a drop of about five par , . :v cent on- previous bill. iday ttlat the Bln'uP Penod for The new commercial rates fol- the eed Grain Program will be in, n notfn nin0Di ,..h hv 1 gn Thursday. April 13, and con- each commercial user being as signed a schedule according to the amount of horse power used in the business. ' The new rates become effective immediately I that considerable jt interest has and - will be reflected in bills I been shown in the program' by mailed out the first of May. - . i county farmers and it is ex f New rates for residential users 1 Pected. ,nany wU1 want to were - placed in operation last I participate. , Payment rates and month and according to Town jor" ba?e acreages were mailed Clerk R. C. Elliott resulted in a Wedne9dav: APnl farm" iMawr nHlitv hill for most ,. , sumers. - - - Other matters handled during (he meeting included a recom- mendatioa by Commissioner ,-""" ",u "ml. lal"Kl Henry SulUvan that the U. S. a com or . grwn sorghum base Corps of Engineers be requested fcref 18 assured of an oppor to clear the Perquimans River, iam to Participate in the pro around, : Hertford, of all old: pil-, firam-'' ' ing? ahd other stumps as a pro- i Approximately one-half of the ject to beautify the waterfront. (Payment to participating farm- After a hearing a report con- tor- corn or grain sorghum cerning burial : methods 't being 1 acreage retired in 1961 , will, be used in the colored cemetery; the made two or three days after the board referred the matter to' the farmer signs , up. The balance ! District. Health Department for ruling ; on the' mater and with- held action pending Word fromileea gram ' program recemiy au- that department. The board also adopted a mo tion instructing the Town Clerk to adverti-e all . delinquent I960 taxes due the Town of Hertford and to sell these -tax liens on June 12, 1961. . - I ' BAKE SALE ' Members of the Saint Cath erine Auxiliary will hold a bake C ' .ircLy mo; ..ing fcegln at 13 o'clock in the old r-ing 1' "t t- j en Curh STlreet, Present Of PTA p:YvJr,-'4 jThe Perquimaris High . School PTA ' held its last meeting of 'the school year Thursday , night of last week with Carroll Wil liams' presiding. ' Dr. Harold White gave the devotional after which the sec retary read the minutes of the , st meeting and Mrs. Wallace Hobs eave a treasurer's report. 1 :i 'New officers for the PTA were elected with .Mrs. Frank Bray being named president, Dr. Harold White, vice president, Mrs. Jack Brinn, secretary, and Mrs. Floyd Mathews, treasurer. Mrs. James A. Auman gave a report on the recent study course and Mrs. Jack Brinn re ported on activity of the Better Schools Committee; The FT A voted to contribute $5 to the committee. 4 E. C. Wondard. school nrinci- ' . . . . . pai, cpnauctea the program, tne theme of which was "Today's Dream Tomorrow's Reality." He showed a film ThP Sivth Thair lneme o showed a film. The Sixth Chair. j which dealt with guidance coun cil work in schools. He manzed the program by point-1 Deinon.slraUnn Clubs of the A1. ing out North Carolina Tankg;bemarle area and tho Elizabclh 9th in pupil, population .and AUt city chambar of Commerce, will m money spent per pupil m be held in E!izabeth City Wcd. .the nation. Inesday and Thursday, April 19- Old Rnok Of Iiaw 20 from 1 to 9 R M' oach day in P- vr i t I the new National Guard Arm- GlVen N. C Library lory, just off Enringhaus Street, A rare book of early North Carolina laws, .estimated to be valued at $500 has been present ed to the State Library in Ra it.mnrv "nf hio f Lfhor rwi leigh Dy Silas M. wheahee in Whedbee. Published ifTEdenton in 1791, the worn,,--lea therVbound book is "Laws of the State of North Carolina", edited by James Ire dell, at that time associate jus tice of the U. S. Supreme Court. The .gift by Mr. Whedbee was welcomed by the State Library been .attempting to' secureSuch a volume; Jaut lacked necessary funds to acquire one. es Feed lirain Signup At ASC Office tinue through June 1, 1961. .The sign-up will . be held at tha coun ty office.. George Bellmon, Perquimans County ASC office manager, said ew ' may sign up auer uiey re- ceiVe this notice. ; - Bellmon staled that the coun ty has not -been given an, alio- ,will be paid- after the acreage is measwed in-, June,, The 1961 ihorized by Congress is vplun tary program designed to stop the buildup of the feed grain supply that is now at an all time record high leveL r ; The - program offers all. pro ducers of corn and grain sorg hum an opportunity lo work to gether and in cooperation with their government in 'the task of improving! the feed, grain situa tion. Carryover stocks and pro duction of feed . grains are so high at this1 time,- that to con tinue, . our present . trend i& ."dan--gerous to , the . whole livestock ' C.r-ve c Pa;s Z:-YJt Complet TT TWIST OF FATE This railroad track is testimony to nature's power as it hangs over a deep gorge near Trowek, Java, Indonesia. The twist was caused by a landslide trig gered by an earthquake. County Exhibits Scheduled At A 1U - C-. P I II 1 1 121 III , I ..III - -r " -- . , ' T fl TT WJ 1 111 JL!,laJ)etll VltV llCXt -WCCl.' . . The third Albemarle Craftsman i behind the A & V grocery store. The two main features of the Fair will bo the booths ,in which the craftsman will demonstrate their skills and the exhibition ! which will show various rooms in a home tn,it have oeen com-1 pieiBiy lurr.isnea wun craii items, it was reported by Miss Edna Bishoo, chairman of the fair. ' . . In 'the bonths . the craftsmen will transform the simple things used by the craftsmen into works o' beauty and usefulness.; Corjcs become holiday deccirjltlons. met-, 'alS,oec6me'cncf(ahtVng 'bowl's of, jewelry, etc. The main purpose for the demonstrations is to in terest other oersons in the vari ous crafts, which, it is hoped by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, will develop into imany money - making projects within the Albemarle area. Also included in each of the booths will be items for sale, which the craftsmen hav-3 made or are in the pxqeess of making.. In many instances it will bo possible to buy the item yon ; will watch be ing made. ' There will be twenty outstand ing demonstrations this year, in cluding the following: Per quimans County, aluminum etch ing, , Mrs. E. J. Proctor; wood turning, Mr. aivl Mrs. Orval Dil lon; "My Busy Book," Mrs. Wil- CContimied nn Pae Two) Short Docket In Eight cases , were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court, and one' ..defendant, Robert Roulhac, Negro, charged with improper parking, ' was ordered appre hended and held for. a bond of $100, when he failed to appear in court to answer to the charge. : Costs of court were taxed against Fred Colson and James Robertson after each had sub mitted to charges of failing to observe a strip sign. Lawrence Miller- and Welton Lilly, Negro, submitted to charg es of driving trucks which ex. ceeded ;- the ; height - limit and each paid the- costs -of court. Joel. Perry .paid the costs of court', after submitting to a charge of having no. flag attach ed fa the' end' of 'a' load on his truck.' " 1 Jesse ' . Simpson, ' Negro, paid the court costs on a charge of improper use of dealer's plates. Clyde Nixon, Negro, was giv en a 30 day sentence, to be sus pended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs after he was found guilty on charges of being drunk and disorderly. . : i Prayer for judgment was con tinued : in the" case in which Grant Dail,. Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges 'of as sault. ; " X A MASONS TO MEET . Perquimans Masonic - Lodge, No. 106, A. P. & A.' M-, will meet -Tuesday night at 6 o'clock. at f , 1 IMIIIZIII I1 :iir --- Public Invited To Inspect Town's New Filtering Plant Hertford's newly renovated water filtering plant will 'be onon to Dublin insnpetion nn I Wednesday, ' April 19, between! i the hours of 9 A. M., and 5 T, M., according to Mayor V. Darden who announced the , i.uwu is holding open house at 'he plant on that day. A special invitation has been ! issued to the schools of the i county for the children to visit 'he plant and watch the process j in operation, , The ' plant recently renovated ! to complete the. installation of a r.ew-vatJfer Sttpply ' sysTem ftfr residents of the community, is modern in every detail and pro vides Hertford with a vast im provement over the system it replaced. Mayor Darden hopes every citizen will take this opportuni ty to inspect the plant and see the results obtained from the $100,000 project carried out last year. Williamston To Play Indians Fri. : A strong Williamston High School baseball team will pro vide the opposition for the Per quimans Indians in a conference game to be played in Hertford Fridav afternoon. f"!amp t.imp is 3:30 o'clock. l-'erquimans divided games during the past week, losing to Scotland Neck 7-2 here last Fri day and defeating Edenton Tues day afternoon by a 6-1 score, . C ?ach Bob Perry says the In-: dians are showing improvement and promise plenty of competi tion for opponents in the Albe marle Conference. Freddie Combs led the Indian hitting attack 'against Scotland Neck while Chesson was the leading hitter for Perquimans against Edentcn. Chappell, pitching for Per quimans, gave up six hits and one run, while the Indians col lected seven .hits off Cobb. The Indians were head 2-0 when Edenton tallied its lone run in the third, then the Indians sew ed it up in the fourth with three additional runs. Police Report 12 Arrests In March f Hertford Police Department 'made a total of 12 arrests-dur ing the month of March, accord ing' to Police " Captain ' B. ' L. Gibbs, and answered 76 calls, investigated three accidents, re covered one bicycle, and found merchants had left 11 doors un locked. The' department also apprehended three runaway youths and returned them to Virginia authorities. The patrol car traveled 2,536 miles, , using 250 'gallons of gasoline. ' ' ROTARY TO MEET . Hertford Rotary Club will meet Tuesday evening at- 6:15 1 o'clock at Elliott's Cafe.: 1 Cancer Crusade To Stert In County Monday, April 17 The sound of ringing doorbells will signal the start of the 1961 crusade of the American Cancer Society in Perquimans County J on Monday, April 17. j Volunteers of the Perquimans County unit of the American Cancer Society will call on homes of friends and neighbors to distribute educational leailetsi. which coutd save their lives, ac cording to Joseph H. Towe, Jr., chairman of the Perquimans: County Cancer Crusade. "I hope every door i.n the1 community will be open to wnl- jcome our crusaders in April," Mr. Towe said. "If everyone follow ed the advice contained in the lenilet to be leit in each home, more than 85,000 lives could be savou. mis is uie numoer oi men. women and children who -I mL !..... i. t i aie ot cancer in the cancer in the United States each year but who co'ild have been saved by heeding the simple advise stressed in the American Canter Society's edu cational program." Mr. Towe said the best pro tection against cancer was to have annual health checkups and to get speedy medical atten tion at the earliest sign or sus picion of any of cancer's seven danger signals. Pointing out that at least one half of all those who get cancer could be cured through early de tection and proper treatment, Mr. Towe said that the American Cancer Society could make this goal a reality if it had enough funds to do the job. "The soci ety was mainly responsible," he said, for the dramatic rise in the cancer cure rate. Twenty years ago only one out of seven who developed cancer was saved; to day it is one out of three. With adeauate public support and per sonal action it could be one out Continued on Paq Five Sheriff Recovers Safe Stolen From Store At New Hope A safe weighing between 500 and 600 pounds stolen from the Turner and Caddy store in New Hope sometime Sunday night, was recovered by Sheriff J. K. White about neon Monday nea.r Five Bridges in Parkville Town ship, some 20 miles from the scene of the thtft. Sheriff White, assisted by SBI Agent P. E. Epps, conducted a wide search of all roads in New Hope Township looking for clues and the safe. It was fin ally .discovered on a roadside in the Parkville section of the county. Sheriff White reported the safe had been opened, the thieves ripped its bottom and chipped out the concrete base to obtain access to the contents of the safe, which in addition to between $200 and $300 in currency, con sisted of valuable papers,; checks and savings bonds. ! The sheriff reported all but about $1.50 ot the money con tained in the safe was missing when it was recovered but most of the papers were left by the thieves. One $75 savings bond was listed as missing, as was a gold stamp worth $20. Forty dollars in Boy Scout funds, kept in the safe, was. also missing when a check was made of .the contents by Sheriff White end Ervin Turner. The officers said the robbery occurred probably during or im mediately following the rain storm Sunday night The thieves gained - entry'., into - the '. store through a window and took the safe from the building by way of a rear door. Sheriff White said at least two persons were involved in the theft and that they tumbled the safe from the store for a distance of about 50 yards to either a station wagon or truck. He1 also stated it was believed the theft was the work of people who knew what they were do ing, since the bottom of the safe was ripped away to gain. entry rather-than efforts being made to open the safe door by its com bination." U ' Board Seeks Laws To Change County Fiscal Operation Twelve Complete Sponsored By Club 'Members of the Perquimans Business and I'rofwsional Wo men's Club met TliursHny niht, April 6, at the Municipal Build ing for i!s regular monthly bus iness mcntim; when tho presi dsnl, Miss Hulda Wood, presid I ed Mrs. A lire T. Owens, U eas urcr, gave her reMirt. j jyrs J5,)l;l y ! wa; fim Riddick, who udges for the Health Speaking contest' at the King Street School, gave an in teresting report on that project. Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson gave an informative report on the Health Exhibit contest held at the Perquimans Union School. The club sponsors these pro grams, which are promoted by the Pasquotank-Perquimans Camden TB Association for bet ter health. Mrs. Essie W. Burbagc, Health and Safety Chairman, reported twelve members of the First Aid Classes, taught by Dick Brewer, comnljled the course. She said she felt those who did not complete the course, how ever, gained from having been enrolled and attending as many classes as th:y could. A report from the Membership Committee showed it is making a survey of employed women and will have that report ready for the next meeting. Notas of thanks were read Continued on Fago Five Woodville Fire Causes $2500 Loss A fire believed caused from an overheated stove resulted in a $2,500 loss to a house in Wood ville Tuesday morning. Fire Chief R. C. Elliott re ported the oarnage might have been less bad the fire depart ment received an earlier call to the scene. He reported the per son calling for .the department had difficulty making a tele phone call to the department, having had to wait about 10 minutes to get an open telephone line into Hertfnid. Fireman John Beers received burns while fighting the fire which had gained considerable headway by the time the fire men reached the scene. The house was ow.ned by Ken neth Bateman and was situated near his noma in Woodville. Fire Chief Elliott said the blaze de stroyed two rooms in the dwel ling .and the remainder of the house was damaged from smoke and water. BPW Club Music Festival Friday A Jazz Concert featuring mu sic of . the-i. "Roaring 20's" and the "Early 30's" will be (pre sented Friday . night, April 14, at 8 o'clock in the Perquimans High , School auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Georgia Roberts, Sponsored by the Per quimans Business ' and Profes sional ; Women's Club, , an en semble of four tvianrw and. An organ will be made up of some of Mrs. Roberts pupils from all over the county. , . Peoole tit All. apes jr invit ed to come1 on out fo? an 'even ing- full of fun and music. Tic kets may 'be purchased from any BPW member or performer;'. j County Commissioners meeting ' here Friday night in special ses Ision with St3te Senator J. Em- mett Winslow and Representative 'Archie T. Lane, . Sr., adopted : resolutions requesting the local legislators to introduce bills in the General Assembly placing iVrouinian3 County under a gen eial rtatute which authorizes the Commissioners to set fees col lected by county offices and to pay county officials salaries. A second oill will call for au thority to the county board to -set up a tax department for Per quimans County to replace the present four tax collectors. This department, headed by an em ployee to be appointed by the commissioners, would handle all tax collections during the ysar. In conference with county of ficers, the commissioners agreed such action called for by the bills will beccme effective at the conclusion of the present terms of the various officers unless ilherwi.se agieed to by the offi cials. The bill pertaining to the ax department, if ratified, will oecome effective on the first Monday in December, 1962. The resolutions were given to the legislators following a con ference in which the commis i'oners pointed out it was the dc dre of the board to modernize he fiscal operations of the Per luimans County government,, ind that the proposal had met with agreement from the elective officials who now receive com pensation on a fee basis rather than salary. The commissioners pointed out there has been no discussion con cerning salaries to be set for various offices but that a study will be made -or other counties to determine a fair and equit able system to be installed in Perquimans. Soil Stewardship Week Observance Set For May 7-14 During the period May 7-14, Soil Stewardship Week will be observed in churches of all faiths throughout the nation. Soil Stewardship Week is spon sored by the National- Associa tion of Soil Conservation Dis tricts. The 307 districts for North Carolina, which include every acre of privately owned farm land from Manteo to Mur phy, invite your special atten tion to man's obligation to be h good steward in his use of God's gifts of soil, water, plants and wildlife. ' The Soil Conservation District supervisors of Perquimans Coun ty are furnishing material on Soil Stewardship Week to the ministers in the county and ask ing that they present this sub ject to their congregation. The good steward of the soil seeks no ' quick gain from his woik, nor temporary advantage. Instead, he is motivated by con sideratians of a different and more lasting nature, the well- being and regard of his family, the improvement of the com munity in which he lives with his neighbors. and the knowl edge that his aspiration and per sonal standards of accomplish ment must be tested over,, the -years by his work in the fields rnd in his community. Your attention is-invited to a few statistics listed below:' ' 1950 U. S. population, 151, 200,000; ' crop land per person, 3.1 acres. . ' . 1959 U. S. population, 175,- 000,000; crop land per person, 2.8 acres. . 1975 U, S. population, 228, 000,000; crop land per person, 2.2 acres. - ' 2Q00--.U,;. S population,' 335,- 000,000; crop land per person, 1.6 acres. ... w - , - .,' 1. Net gain of 1 person every. 12 seconds. ' : ' -, ' . " 2: 2,700 acres each day taken out of production for hi'-i'sivs. aimorts. fflrtrti fcnization developments. 11