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I iA LAU -.w)' 1 I. u lYl wof r LJ .Vlii. Number IS. Hertiord. Perquimans County , North Carolina. frYiday, September 22, 1961. 5 Cents Per, Copy; Completion For 'fiirqmiiians Farm j farm Festival time is fast epproaching with a, lot of new): ; ideas- being inaugurated - this j -.year 'in the Farm Festival. The tfirst ,big change is that it ia be ing , sponsored by the Perquim- p A -p If Wb ' County Chomber 'of Com- If) ffT ' iPl rlerc'e and, it is being held in; I U Utfl III I III . I WUl Uie uptown- Section of Hertford j -i , . - '4 Friday, October 6. Merch-1 Mrs. Frank Bray, president' of P nls' will have displays in their i the High School PTA, called a 'windows and different items will beot sale throughout the day. (The farm Machinery and 1962 automobiles will be placed, on 4 Church Street all along from the Court House.- There, will be a Fashion Show for. the ladies, tMi . try for " people of all ages, football between Perquimans) High . School and Plymouth that . ' night and a very good possibil '. ity of other events that will be j- ' of interest to people that come .to the Farm Festival. The ex- hfbif. halls will be Broughton's store, and the old. Post Office . building on Church Street. The exhibits should be brought in be tween 3 and 9 o'clock Thurs . day, October- 5 as they, will be judged .-on Thursday night and .prize money ' awarded. There : will be educational booths put on bv the ,4-H Clubs, FFA, FHA, Home (Demonstration Clubs and : civic clubs. "It would be nice if . we had the most exhibits from ' '- the farm that we have ever had in judging, competition,", stated : R. M. Thompson, County Agri cultural Agent, v - -The following items may be exhibited: Women's sectionDe , partment A: . ; Clothing, , infants' clothing, dress, gown, slip, jack et, cap. H.' Children's ; clothing, cotton dress, bays' cotton' suit .child's wool coat. . Ill, Women's . ; clothing, cotton housecoat, smock. y - school dress, best dress, wool suit,' house dress, a apron, home made ; pocketbood skirt, evening - dress. Department B, home gel food, -pon'ge, pound. II, t layer -cake,' devil's food, choco- ;. late, t caramel, v)cocoamlt, spice. any other fillings best decorated , cake. III, cookies, doughnuts, v . ice box cookies; macarons, cheese straws (12), six cookies any other ' kind); IV; candies, , 12 'pieces, caramel, fudge, sea foam, mints,' dipped chocolate, .cocoq nut, peanut Department C , Canned 'goods, fruits, and. vege tables, apples, apple sauce, figs, jbearhesv, . pears, carrots, toma v IjoeSj soup mixture, beets, string - leags,.' squash, green peas,' corn, lima beans, cornfield peas. II. Preserves, peach, 'per,' ;fig, strawberry, apple, ; blackberry. IVj pickles, cucumber, bread and . butter, peach, pear, watermelon rind, beet, Dixie ' relish" pim'en J to.' Department D-vCut , flow- " ers," specimen rose, , collectiotf t!bt - roses, 'i arrangement ot jmlxed flowers, display of zinnias, ar- - Continued or Pan Elaht . 15th Annual AEMC Meeting Held In ' . ' -- 1 , Albemarle ; l&ectric Member ship Corporation will hold their annual, meeting and flection of directors i for the corporation during the coming year on Sat urday, -September f23,' at 2:v0 P- lit. Jn the Perquimans Coun ty Jrtigh School Ball Park,? or in event of bad weather, In the Perquimans Covntj Hjgh School auditorium, it is announce! by A;,,.T; " Lane, president of the organization. ' . " All members of the corpora .... - tion are urged to attend this meeting and participate in the election of directors 'and' other activity scheduled for the meet ing.' N ' , ' ' , Registration begins promptly at 1:30 P. M.," with the Tneet ing" fpllowbg at 2:33 P. M. Members will sdecfc nine 'di rectors far the corporation and nomln ns f. r, tus r'-" in clude tiie f ji; " ' ': C mden Coun'j'-O. ' C ence rt-A ;t, J. V. I I.iy- i f ; r J. j A. 'PiClcsCsmmlucjS meeting of the executive com- mittee September 12. Plans were made for the coming year and recommendations for the j budget was approved;'' k ., Teachers and parents have ac cepted to serve on the following committees -. Membership: Mrs. H. C. Sul- livan ani Mrs. J. Wilson Dillon. Hospitality: ( Mr..' and - Mrs. Clinton Eley, Miss Frances New by and Mrs. Leon Brickhouse. Legislation: Mr. . and Mrs. Willie Ainsley. - ", , Congress Publications: Mrs. Forrest Cale Safety and Health: : Mr. and Mrs. Bill Winslow and Joe Tun nell. 1 Study Course: . Mrs.. R. S. Monds. ' Program: Mrs, John Hurdle and Mrs. Tom Skipsy. Scrap Book: . William By rum. Finance: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nixon and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith. , Publicity: Mrs.; Lewis Stal- lings and Mrs. J. E. Newby Parents are urged to attend the first meeting of . the High School PTA October J2 tat the Perquimans High School maudi- torium. ' .' " ' Jefesie Willard Sentence On Larceny Charee Jessie Willard.. East, . pleaded guilty.. . 8fS!rtW.( of an automobue in rerquimans Recorder's Court Tuesday and -was 'given a six months - toad sentence by Judge Charles E. Johnson. ' ' s East ' was. given another six months road sentence on charges of no operator's license,, and driving after license was re voked. 4 The court ordered the defendant to be confined in the county jail for- a period of 6 months, and assigned, 4o the roads for work! ' The two road sentences to run . concurrently. Both six months road sentences were suspended upon payment of $400 in fines 'and costs of court. , - . , Twelve other cases disposed of at - the court session were all traffic violations: 'Percy Roy Mizzelle, charged with improper brakes, wajs fined $15.00 and. taxed with court costs. . Robert Alvah Wiggins andand taxed with eos Will Be Hertford Whitehurst; Chowan County- John N. Bunch, Thomas G. Rog erson, J.. A. Wiggins and Frank L. Williams; Pasquotank Coun ty E. H. Bright,-W. R.' Lowry, William Sharber and Tommie Temple; Perquimans County A. T. . Lane, A. T. Land,. Fl6yd Matthews and Charles E. White. Additional nominations may be made: from, the floor, Ernest Bivens 'and his Play boys plus the "Ellison Sisters" aQ Girl Quartet will top the entertainment program . for the meeting. " Officers of Albemarle Electric Membership .Corporation urge all members to be present ' for this important meeting and the public, is also invited to attend. 1 The Annual Meetings held each year by Albemarte Electric Membership .Corporation brings a -large number of people into the community and it is expect ed that all mer'.bers ot the Co-op , will attend Saturday's meeting , plus the' public which is also issued an ' invitation.- - Staging Festival ShmffFrc'jis I l, ami A hJ5 - Perquimans County Sheriff J. Kelly White, - is ' continuing in vestigation of . two break-ins which occurred during the week end. ; ' Sheriff White ' repbrted that the home of Charlie; Lane of Route 3, Hertford, was entered sometime during Saturday : af ternoon. Reported missing from the Lane home was Mrs. Lane's billfold which contained about $20.00. ; v Hollowell Chevrolet Company was entered sometime, Sunday night. Missing from there was about fifty or seventy-five pen nies. ; - , Sheriff White reported that entry to the Hollowell Chevro let Company was gained by breaking a windowin the rear of the building. Nothing else was taken in either of the break-ins, so far as has yet been determined. Historical Group To Meet Monday The Perquimans County His torical Society will meet Mon day night, September 25, at 8 o clock, in the County Library, v The program will be under the direction of Mrs. R. M. Riddick and will be "Artifacts"' From 'We Bottom of a Trunk. East Given Road Jessie Hunter, both charged with faflttre'-iw -observe.' a stop sigh, paid court costs , Herbert James Cash,: Corbett Boyd , Woods, both charged with speeding, were each fined $7.25 and taxed with costs. - Estes Octavious Copeland and Edward Samuel' Patterson, both charged ' with speeding, were fined $5.25 ahd'cdurf cfosts. J, L. Corprew, charged with exceeding the speed ' limit, was fined,. $16.25 and court costs. Elmer Lee . Smith, charged with driving .on, the .wcpng side of the road, was fined $10.25 and costs. . Jon Christel Clardy, charged with reckless driving: was fined $25.00 and court costs. Fred f Dodgla's Bessellieu, charged with speeding, paid a fine of $5.25 and costs of court. James Herman Jordan, charg ed with failure to report an ac cident and drhtfng on the left side of the' road, was fined $10 Yan Referendum Scheduled SepL 23 Air Perquimans County sweet potato growers have- been re minded by Agricultural Agent R. Ml Thompson of ' their im portant referendum coming up Saturday, September 23. . - Yam growers will decide if they are to join most other commodity groups , in North Car rolioa in assessink themselves in order to promote their crop. Leaders in the potato industry say money is "desperately" need ed If Nortlr Carolina is to hold on to'' its sweetstxtato' markets. Mr. 6Thompson says polling places have been set up at Farmers Feed . 6e Seed ; Store, Wink Winslow's store in Whites ton, Hertford ' Livestock and Charles Layden's store. ' .If approVed; the- assessment will be 2 cents per bushel, for fresh market 'sweet potatoes and 2 cents per 100 pounds for can nery stock. ' Twc-thirds- oi the growers vot ing must be In favor of. the as sessment in- ,orer fgr H' to car-? ry.' Any person who has a fi nancial interest in sweet potato production is eligible to vote. If approved, the , boS rd of di rectors of th N. C weet Ppta . Continued oa Pag Eight v A PEA IN A POD ThprP the form of the center "pea Actually, it is no pea at all, but is 4 silver oxide battery system used to power electric wrist watches and hearing aid instruments. The new bafc tery which maintains its performance in both cold and hot weather was shown in New York. Local Morehead Scholarship Group Is Screening Applicants The Perquimans County More- heaa Scholarship Committee is now visiting schools qualified nominate students for competi tion in the ' statewide' selection for Morehead Scholarships to the University of North Caro lina. . ' " ; : , . .' Dr. Allan B. Bonner is com mittee chairman,, the members i are E. C. Woodard and Silas I Whedbee they are scheduled to receive nominations from school nominating committees by Oc tober 15. The' committee will i interview and screen each ap plicant in their selection process. They will make,, their - recom mendations to the executive sec retary of the Morehead . Founda tion by ; November 15. County nominations will then - be pro cessed and forwarded to the I' 1 '' ' I ' . iV rli On NID. Tests Fourteen students at Perquim anS High School have received certificates for ' their outstand ing' ' performances : on the Na tional ' Edifca tion Development Tests,' it has been announced by E. C. Woodard, school principal. The Certificates of. Education al. Development; were awarded by 'Science Research Associates, a Chicago-based ' firm serving education, industry and govern ment through applied behavioral sciences. ; , . - The 10th grade recipients of the certificates included: . Betsy BarbeeV and Richard " Wuman, tied for first place; Becky Fel- ton, third place; Floyd Matthews and Verna Ann Perry, tied for fourth place. . i The 9th grade recipients in clude: Mary Irma Bundy, first place; Wayne Chappell and Jer ry Sullivan, tied for second place; Reginald : Baker' and Gloria Miller, tied for fourth place; Rachel Bass, John Stall ings and Virginia White, tied for sixth place. , In March, 1961, exams were administered to more than 366, 000 students in 9th and 10th grade classes across the nation. : The certificates are provided for students scoring in the top quarter of each state's partici pants, by grade. Prepared and administered by SRA the NEDT-provided scores in English, social studies, math, natural sciences and word us age. The , evaluation of educa tional strengths and weaknesses is particularly , important at this stage of a student's scholastic career, the principal explained, so ' that school authorities, par ents and the students themselves may make better decisions about future careers. A special , aim of the program, the principal added, is to enable parents and educators, to provide realistic guidance!' and motivation for high school youngsters. ' - ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr.: and, Mr Fahey .Harrell of .Portsniouth, Va , announce ia . ktfK' nf -a .-ihuiflhtAr1' "Mart a Amanda, born Saturday, Sep tember 18. . Mrs. Harrell is the former Miss Amanda'. Corprew of Route 1,- Hertford. nnwAt in iWxe A if i.A. seven district committees for further screening and selection. A nominating committee in each cf the schools qualified to participate will recommend -its-outstanding students to the County Committee. .The Per quimans County Committee will select one student from the nom inees to compete in the district competition. Selection of 1,962 scholars will be completed and announced by trustees of the Morehead Foun dation .meeting in Chapel Hill by the end of the first week in March. - The Morehead Scholarship pays all expenses for .an under graduate' education at Chapel Hill and constitutes one of the highest honors awarded to high school graduates in this state. ' . A - .. . it Astor : Perry," peanut specialist, will be " at the Agricultural Building on Monday afternoon, September 25, at 2 P. M. to dis cuss curing peanuts in bins, ac cording to an announcement made today by R. M. .."Pete" Thompson, , Perquimans County Agricultural Agent. County Agent Thompson urges the Perquimans farmers, especi ally the peanut growers, to.; at tend this meeting. Those of you that have done this before will be able to add a great deal to the discussion, and for those of you that this is the first year, thjs meeting may save yotf from some difficult drying the com ing harvest season. , f.'rs. Nettie Barclift Passes In E City Mrs. Nettie Turner Barclift, 79' dfed 'Thursday morning in the Winslow Memorial Home af ten. an. illness., of 22 days. , ' She was a native of Perquim ans Cpunjy a,nd had been resid ing at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Latham Umph tett in Elizabeth City, for the past seven years. She Was the daughter of, the late George and Emma Rollins Turner and wid ow -'of ,WV K. Barclift. She was a member of New Hope Meth odist Church and a member of the "Women's Missionary Society. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Latham Umphlett of Elizabeth City and Mrs. Lew Walston' .of .Laport, fad.; four sons, Archie W. Barclift , of Portsmouth, Va, Kermit Barclift of - Washington, D. C, Robert Barclift of Arlington, Va., and Carlton ' . Barclift of i; ; SUver Springs, Md.; one brother, Her bert Turner of s Westminister, Md.; fl "grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services - were con ducted Saturday at 3 o'clock at New Hope Methodist Church by the Rev. . Dan Meadows, pastor. , Burial was in the church cemetery. - j ' ' ' ' - , Here On Monday Jll'cwbyfted ;rman School Committee The Citizens Committee for Better Schools . held its first scheduled meeting September 9 with seven . members present. Miss Thelma Elliott, E. C. Wood ard and J. T. Biggers were rec ognized and welcomed. James E. Newby was nominated and unanimously elected as vice chairman. There was a general discus sion concerning the rotation of members of this committee. It was decided that each year the PTA presidents would appoint two members from their schools 'to serve a two year term. Mr. Biggers gave a compara tive report of classes, their in crease and decrease of both col ored and white schools for 1961 62 school year. Several suggestions were made for the . betterment cf future school programs. The NDEA fund was dis cussed by the committee and reports were made by the two attending principals of various aids ' secured for their schools through' this program. Due to the cutback on both county and state funds, Mr. Biggers advised the committee that there was not enough money available for Perquimans County's full parti cipation in this i program. The committee deemed it advisable that each school try to match the existing county funds available for this program so that advant age of this program can be taken. Central Grammar PTA Board Meets The Executive Board of the Central Grammar School PTA held a meeting in the school library Friday afternoon, Sep tember 15."-;:';."C':',' '-- '-' ' George Baker, president, con ducted the meeting and asked for suggestions on projects for the 1961-62 PTA year. The projects agreed upon were: Fi nancial assistance for science tables and sinks for six class rooms and repair and purchase of playground equipment. Paul Smith and Thomas Nixon were asked to get men and equip ment together as soon as possible to improve the playground prop er."', The ' Executive Board agreed upon a motion to have a joint meeting in February with the PTA's of the high school and Hertford Grammar School. The "treats" by the Grade Parents will be given at Thanks giving and Easter as in previ ous years. It was decided to purchase a listing on the Jaycee Calendar of the PTA meetings and also to . purchase PTA membership envelopes. Mr. Baker advised the board of the Annual Conference of District 9 to be held in Eden ton October 12 and asked that all members attend this import ant conference. The members of the Executive Board are as follows: President, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker; vice president, Mr. and Mrs. Tuck Webb; secretary, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stallings; treasuier, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Nowell; Budget and Finance, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Nowell; Hospitali ty, Mrs. . Hilton White; Mem bership, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Morga n; Safety, Mr. and Mrs. Ray God frey; Legislation, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Lane; Health, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nixon; Parent Life Education, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith; School Building and Grounds, Floyd Matthews, Mrs. Ned Nixon, Mrs. Billy Winslow, Mrs. Shelton Morgan and Thom as Nixon; Reading and Library Service, Mrs. Claude Williams; Historian, Mr. and Mrs. Elton Layden; Parliamentarian, , Mrs. Graham .Wood; Recreation, Mr. and Mrs. Worth Dail; Room Representative, . Dr. and Mrs. Harold White; pianist, Mrs. Ray Harris; Art, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Bryant; Procedure, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harris; PublicityMrs, Edison Harris; Cook Book, Mrs. Elwood Nowell. N D E A Equipment Enables Teachers To Do Better Job New Doctor Opens Office In Winf all Dr. Robert L. Poston, a grad uate of Duke University, has opened an office in Winfall for the practice of medicine in this area. He will be assisted in his office by Mrs. Wirth Chory who is medical secretary. Dr. Poston received his BS degree at Davidson College and graduated from Duke University in 1957. He served two years general practice residing at the University of Michigan from 1957-1959. He completed a two year tour of duty in the U. S. Air Force in Colorado in 1961. Dr. and Mrs. Poston and their two sons, Clark and Robert, have moved into the Alex Jor dan home at Winfall where he will begin his practice of medi cine there on Friday. He has announced he will have office hours in Winfall in the Alex Jordan home mornings from 9 o'clock to 12 noon, and from 1 o'clock until 4 o'clock each day except Sunday. Joyce Proctor Wins Recognition Joyce . Proctor, a junior at Perquimans County High School, has been cited by the North Carolina Supervisor of Home Economics Education for her home experience project. An announcement of the honor was made by Miss Frances NeWby, teacher of home economics at the high school. Miss Proctor's project, the' making of a wardrobe of twelve dresses for her younger sister, i has been selected as a good il-1 lustration of a well planned' home experSencfe - proj,u.- The project has been forwarded to the United States Office of Edu cation. The home experience project was made as a fulfillment of the requirements of the home eco nomics class in which Miss Proctor was enrolled at the Per quimans High School. LOCAL GROUP ATTENDS DISTRICT BPW MEETING Miss Hulda Wood, Mrs. R. M. Riddick and Mrs. Melvin G. Owens attended the fall meet ing of the Tenth District of the North Carblina Federation of Business and Professional Wo men's Clubs in Roanoke Rapids Sunday. Mrs. Owens conducted the Program Workshop using the theme, "Dimensions in Democ racy for you, the Career Woman". Indians Defeated By Score 25 - 12 By Gentral High Police Report 17 , Arrests In August Seventeen arrests were made by the Hertford Police Depart ment during the month of Au gust, according to the depart ment report submitted by Po lice Captain B. L. Gibbs. Of the arrests made there were four miscellaneous traffic arrests, one careless and reck less driving charge, four assault charges, four drunk charges, three miscellaneous arrests and one disorderly conduct arrest. The police answered 75 calls, investigated one accident, work ed two funerals, ' extended ' 80 courtesies, found two doors un locked, -answered 201 radio calls, issued two citations, found one window unlocked and reported 11 lights out. The police car traveled a to tal of 2,281 mites during the month. MASONS TO MEET Perquimans Lodge No. 106 A. F. & A. M., will meet Tues day night at 8 "o'clock. The National Defense Educa tion Act (NDEA) was passed by the Congress is September 1958. This Act is based on the fact that "the present emergency de mands that additional and more adequate educational opportuni ties be made available." Under this Act provisions were made by which financial assistance could be made available for strengthening science, mathe matics and modern foreign lan guage instruction on a matching basis. These funds have made it pos sible for all schools in Per quimans County to purchase materials that are valuable teaching aids. For example, the Hertford Grammar School has purchased equipment valued at approxi mately $3,000. Of this amount, $1,500 came through NDEA. Thi was matched with $500 con tributed by the Hertford Gram mar School PTA and $1,000 from the local school fund. A portable science table with standard equipment was pur chased in 1959. A microscope, magnets, magnifying glasses, Bunsen burners, hot plate, prisms, barometers and numer ous other items have added in terest and aided the teachers in setting up an effective program. An additional filmstrip pro jector and 3Q filmstrips in the field of science' and mathemat ics were purchased. In the area of mathematics, many , devices that aid in the development of number concepts and enrich the program have been made avail able to all grades. fSeven physical-polital globes, one celestial globe, eight physical-political , maps and one geographical terms map pur chased under this plan made it possible to equip each class room with these materials. Approximately 260 books vau-ueA- at about,.$S7 , have 'hclpe?. to build up our central library.' NDEA equipment has done much to improve the quality of instruction in the field of sci ence and mathematics in the elementary' schools of Perquim ans County. On ECC Student Newspaper Staff East Carolina College's stu dent newspaper made its first appearance for the school year Thursday. Patricia Anne El liott, a graduate of Perquimans High School and a student at ECC, is editor of the student newspaper. Parker Chesson, also a Per quimans County High School graduate is on the staff- of the newspaper. Chesson is sports editor. Perquimans Indians dropped their second game of the cur rent football season Saturday night, losing to Central High School at Central 25-12. Perquimans scored in the first quarter when Combs passed to Frank McGoogan in the end one. Try for the extra point failed. Central "came back to score, with Ronald Jones taking the end zone, making the score 6-6 , at the end of the round.' Much action was produced in the third quarter. McQoogan's kickoff was taken by Roy Har ris, who " returned ' to the Per quimans 49. ' Roy Harros went around right end for 15 yards for the third touchdown. Harris passed to Marion Harris for the extra . point , ' ' Perquimans came, back with a drive climaxed when Francis Combs passed to Freddie Combs for 20 i yards for the Indians' second score. ; The Indians will meet Ahoskie in a home -game at Perquimans on Friday night, "