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WEEKLY ) M 3 l:?!r' 1 1 ( - J -.1 r t 'MANS 1 Vc'iana XaVIIL Number 44. 4:i Pc:r::!::::ns': 22713? .iLC-ii :C":DtCJ. W0J; ,. . ...Ml,... ....... 4 T Thf rriminal rtrwlref f ' fho iXjctober term of Perquimans Su tferior Court,' consisting of .19 eases, was concluded Wednes , 'flay after which the Court, pre sided over by Judge 'Chester Morris, ;. proceeded to hear a raUnber of civil actions. - v v r rieas of guilty made by a number of the defendants en abled : the court to ,move with dispatch , in ' clearing' up the lasge criminal docket. 'Alfred . Bunch was fined $100 andi costs after he pleaded 'guil ty to a charge of driving drunk. The cases of Louis Taylor and Thomas Lane were continued until the 4 next term of court ' .Jack ; Jones paid a fine, of $10V j and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of driving drunk. ' Jones was - placed on good 'behavior for six months and bordered to attend Sunday School regularly. ' Four defendants pleaded guil ty td charges of escaping from a prison camp. Raymond Car ney was' given a 12 months su3 Vended 'sentence, Ira 'Alfred an additional six months sentence, benny Wheeler, an additional 12 months and Kenneth Chamber- land,: a 12 months suspended . sentence;. .... . :;..:'. John Boyce and Clarence Dail entered pleas of .guilty to charg es : of conspirary and arson. Each defendant was given a five year sentence which ; was sus pended and each was placed on probation' for five years.' ' William Modlin, Negro, paid a fine of $25 and costs after plead ing guilty to a charge of speed ing.' The Court also ordered Modiio not to drive his personal iar for tf period of "six months. JEarlie .Wjnslow was found not guilty.Cby a jury, on a charge ... ' Leon. Armstrong , was given a ,,,threp.jfear i; sentence 1 after r he pleaded .guilty, to charges of , breaking -and, entering and lar- . , cenv. i The, .sentence was i sus peimed and , the defendant placed ;, on probation for four' years.. Jack; Hassell; was fined $10 . and costs after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of driving on the left side,, of a highway and possession of tax paid liquor. . James Johnson, after pleading guilty to' a charge of larceny of a iar, was given a three: year suspended sentence, ordered to pay the court," costs and placed ; ore good behavior for two years'. Judgments were still pending Wednesday evening in the cases , in . which 'Joseph Moore pleaded guilty to c a charge of driving drunk and Samuel Marsh, Ne gro,' was, found . guilty on a: charge oft assault with a. deadly .. weapon.'.'.,' a-. , . In civil cases heard up to . Wednesday, the court non-suited the action of Jane . Ward vs, Jo seph Ward; divorces were grant ed ton Rachael Riddick , from Israel Riddick and Obed Wins low from Martha Winslow. ., ' The cases of Towe Motor Co., vs.- James White and' Baker Oil Company t vs. Malan Con struction Company were con tinued. ' " - . Final case on the criminal doc - ket. was reached Wednesday morning, that being the case in which' Johnnie Chappell 7 was Charged with manslaughter. Evi- dence was completed Wednesday ' but the case did not go to the jury until Thursday morning. Ferry Schedules ' . f (HOW ilViSIKlJMC! r Now available upon request are' the' 1961-1962 fall and win ter' schedules and fares for ferry-' service ' to : North Carolina's Outer '. Eanl-s. , These schedules, have been received by the Pub lie Relations Department of the: State Elj'iway C.r.-jion in Jlaleigh, anJ 1' t s .- ri'My fer ry schedules . for- f a "Jigator fciver, ,Ore;-n Inlet, Latteras Inlet, a 1 Atlantic Ocracoke i are f - s ratns r-; 'sl'a fr v i. : " 2 ' t 1 1 ...V ,-J.. ,.1 .v. . .. fc:isToFlay Scatlcinfl'ack Here Friday Night . The Indians of Perquimans High . school have two more home games on their 1961 foot ball schedule, meeting Scotland Neck Friday night' and playing Camden here on November 10. - From all indications, Per quimans is favored to -mark up another grid victory at the ex pense of Scotland Neck, the In dians having a better record at the present time. The game will be the final conference Contest for the season for Perquimans, which holds a 2-2 . conference record. ' ' i : The .Perquimans team lost , Its homecoming game Friday night of ; last week to a superior Greenville team,' one of the leaders in the strdng' North eastern Conference. Greenvilk romped to 34-0 lead during the first half and coasted to ? finfil 42-13 victory, Foley and MacArthur score?" two touchdowns each for Green ville and Anderson and Sum merel each tailed one. McGoogan - scored ; both tht TDs for Perquimans, running V yards for the first tally and SO yards to score the. secdndv' ... . Greenville presented' a fine passing " attack- combination in James and ; MacArthur, which dominated the play during the contest ' ' 1 Prf:Jl:ryI:cts fliOnCterge Offczztat Virgil Sutton of RoWjthrie! Hertford,' was taken into custody Monday night on charges of env bezzlemenjt of guardian funds. Sutton , was indicted by the Grand Jury at the October term of Superior Court following an investigation of evidence pre sented to the Grand Jury, He was arraigned in court Tuesday morning and r faced with the charge after which Judge Ches ter Morris ;set appearance bond for the 'next term of , court "for Sutton in' the amount of $2,000. According to the Grand Jury indictment, Sutton, is alleged to have embezzled funds which' were the property of his .: son, Edward Sutton. It is understood Sutton will be tried at the next term, of Superior Court. i f.iOtat.liitthavsr Miss Marta Matthews; a popu lar member 'of the i sophomore class- at ' Perquimans- County High School, was : crowned Homecoming Queen at half time of the Perquimans - Greenville football game Friday night. Miss Matthews,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Crafton Matthews. was crowned as queen by Wil liam Chappell, who acted as master of ceremonies during the half ' time which climaxed the annual ceremony conducted 'by the iMonogram Club of j the school. ' First and second rUnners-up irt the' Monogram' Queen contest were both seniors. Ann Chap- pen was first and Frankie Hur- die second.;'- Voting for the con- Uwtants was done at numerous stores and business houses" in the community. . " 1 : ? . - ReWdcr, Court , ani'In Keccca Tuesday lcs us-, Perquimans Recorder's Court e to'liwas in recess Tuesday of this I week due to- the October, term a f ree j c f Superior Court which con " " '. i . here on Monday. Cases I : . on the, docket of the re ! r's court are set for hear M" t"r cf court on No- Hertford. Perquimans County, Norm II M age few WINTER'S TALE Fred Ties, of .Brodhead, Wis., says that anyone can predict the number of snowfalls' by using this " method: On the day of the first snow that is deep enough -to track a cat, add the date and the age of the moon for the total. The method was given to his grandfather 64 -years ago by an Indian. Fred says he was never wrong, v Truax Veneer Operations In Truax Veneer and Plywood olant, a new industry for Hert-( .'ord, owned by'Lyn Truax, and located at the old Southern Cot ton Oil Company site, has begun construction to begin cleaning up and operations ard already under way. ' . ' ; ';': : Mr Truax has taken possession it the industry site and heavy equipment machinery, and sup plies began arriving this weeki The buildings are undergoing repairs, and are being wired to conform with the type of opera tions that will be carried on at the plant. It is expected : that completion of the repairs, to the buildings and installation of the machinery will bejinished and operations will begin about De- 4'M' i The, plant.:. will v manufacture yeneer ,tqK begin . with and later plywood.' & ' : " Truax will have from 30 to 40 employees i-and; t ,.is ; understood will .employ1 hiost of their .help locaUyjf The economic effects oh the community of Hertford, have been welcomed. . ' There is a possibility that an other industry in ... conjunction with and because of the Truax plant, is Considering location in Hertford, according to Jesse Lee Harris with whom the; new in terested, industry has been' con ferring.' . f Negotiations for seourement of , the industry in conjunction with 'the Truax plant have been underway for several weeks be tween company officials and Mr. Harris. . This company would ' occupy adjacent buildinga to the Truax plant and. would employ be tween ,40 and 50 men. v : Plans Shglng UpFcr Dedication Of Watersheds , Plans are moving ahead for the dedication of Burnt Mill LCreek ' Watershed and the groundbreaking of Pollock Swamp Watershed on Thursday afternoon, November 16, at 2 o'clock. L. C. Bunch, chairman of the Albemarle- Soil Conser vation Iiistrict, 'met with repre sentatives 0?, thel Agricultural Extension' Service, "ASCS, N. C. Wildlife Commission SCSJFMA, Boy Scouts, Future Farmers of America 'and asked their coop eration' and participation in the soij and water conservation ac tivities on' November, 18. The dedication , 'and groundbreaking will be on the farm of I :C. Bunch' in , the -Pollock Swamp Watershed.' Mr. Bunch's farm is located three ; " miles ' north: of Edenton on N. C. 32 highway. : . ' Agricultural workers' are plan ning some exhibits to be on the site. . N. C. Forest Service will have a display on' woodland management in watershed pro-. iects. They will have an equip-i ment display including firelane plow, tree iiijectors an Other tools used by N. C Forest Ser vice. ' ! ' . .. ' -.'(' . The Agricultural Extension ICof - n Trrt Three) ilBi'?':T!lplfili' t0: ilililililllllllilip cfr1 ' TCI AL ' ' -1 " (L Plant To Begin Near Future j This Week's I Headlines The United States is expected to resume air-tests of nuclear bombs, following action by Rus sia in ignoring a UN request that the Soviets refrain from exploding a huge 50-megaton bomb earlier this week. The UN protest failed to secure Rus sian recognition and the bomb's fallout is expected to affect the earth's atmosphere in the weeks ahead. ' ; Meanwhile, Soviet Premier Khrushchev received a t. vote of confidence at ''"the Communist! Party Congress and is now be- Iieved to be : firmly entrenched ! as 1 the f Russian ' dictator. ' The party confereh6e endorsed Khrushchev's plans for Soviet progress. I and. s dpwngrededi a feurobef r'piAJleaclCfs Isapvn to oppose'the Premier's, pro., "gram. , Tension inside Berlin decreas ed somewhat this week when the ... Ui S. changed its; attitude toward inspection of diplomatic passes, and proposed a discus sion ' between the Allies and Russia as to these regulations. The U. S., however still main tains the same position that the West has rights in Berlin which will not be relinquished. Meat prices - are . expected: to drop : slightly in (he ,' months ahead when huge supplies of beef and pork reach the mar-: kets. Department of Agriculture reports substantial ' increase in production of beef, pork and poultry which( will result in lower prices in the near future. - Hurricane Hattie, headed to ward Florida earlier this week, changed its course and struck British Honduras Tuesday. The storm had winds reported at 140 mph and caused waves of some nine feet to sweep through the city of Belize. ; News re- I ports on the storm .were incom plete due to communications be ing disrupted by the hurricane. Seal Chairman Mrs. Sallie Ea&er Everett of Palmyra community leader and housewife, will be Slat Chair' man of the 1S81 ChxUrmaa Seal Campaign, Hal Wilson, President! of the North Carolina Tubercu lo.'ia AMsslacn, has ancouactd Carolina, iday, November 3, 1961. S!ios'i Time Left To Pay Weekly Subscriptions For Benefit P.T.A. Grouji Only a short time remains for subscribers to The Perquimans Weekly to renew their sub scription through the Parent Teacher Association of; the Hert" ford, Central Grammar and Per quimans Union School and thus help . these associations to raise extra funds for school activities during the current year. This subscription drive, being con ducted by the PTA, will come to a close November 17. i the three Representatives of PTA groups have been solicit ing renewal subscriptions to The Weekly for the past three weeks and will close their drives No vember 17. Individuals who have promised subscriptions to one of the solicitors are urged to see the solicitor within the next few days in order that the PTA may secure credit for every possible subscription. The PTA groups ar"e working on a commission basis, receiv ing a generous commission on each subscription sold, plus a bonus if the group sells a quota of 400 subscriptions. The PTA is working hard to achieve this bonus award and can if given support by the large number of subscribers whose subscription expires now. Subscribers are again remind ed The Weekly office will not mail out notices of expirations, but all expired subscribers not renewed during this PTA drive will be discontinued at the close of the campaign. Subscribers may note the expiration date of their subscription by checking the numerals on the label of their' paper. These numerals stand for the month and year of the expiration date. The presidents of the PTA associations are urging all PTA solicitors" working on this pro ject to complete" the "canvass "of their territory by the time of the next PTA meeting in order that all subscriptions may be re ported at that time. Total Slaughter Of Livestock In II. C. Doubles In 10 Years While livestock production in North Carolina has increased in recent years, markets for live stock have increased even faster. Jack Kelley, in charge of Ex tension animal husbandry at N. C. State College, says the North Carolina meat packing industry processed over twice the volume of' slaughter in 1960 as it did in 1950. S -' . Total livestock slaughter in the state was 547,000 head in 1950. By 1960 it had risen to 1,317,000 head. i Hogs accounted for most of the slaughter. About 420,000 were slaughtered in 1950, while 1,141,000 were slaughtered in 1960. Cattle ' slaughter rose frpm 70,000 to 150,000 during the per iod. 'Calf slaughter declined from 57,000 to 27,000. - Kelley says . that expansion of slaughter capacity has led to keen competition for livestock, especially hogs. As a result, yearly average , hog prices in North Carolina usually are about $1 higher than the national average. Savings & Loan Offers Stock Sale The -. Hertford Savings and Loan Association will Offer an other series of savings stock .for sale beginning Saturday, Novem ber 4, it was announced today by Max Campbell secretary of the association. . , '':: This stock is purchased on. an installment basis, being paid for at a- rate ef 25 cents per share per week for a period of 346 weeks when it matures' at a par of 100,,r The secretary stated individuals may purchase shares in any 'amount by applying at the Savings and Loan office, which is open each Saturday af ternoon from 1 to, 4 P. M. MASONS TO MEET , Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A. T. Si A. M- will meet Tuesday nifiht at 7:3d o'clock..,' i -1 & C. Alden Baker, Albemarle District Chairman, . announced I today Jhat Joe Towe, Jr., has ' been selected as the area Scout finance Director to the Tide water 'Council, Albemarle and Coastal Districts. Baker added the recent fiasco and failures in maintaining financial support and recruitment of the men to do the job has led the chair man and the District Finance Committee to streamline the program. Joseph Betsch, National Direc tor of the Financial Service of the Boy Scouts of America, held a training conference last Thurs day at the Municipal Building. Betsch added that the best way to have a ' successful fund was to recruit enough workers and get the job done in the quickest time possible. ,The money that is raised lo cally by the district stays in that district and provides the pro grams of Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Erploring. Also provides the organization of new Scouting units and the area with utilization of manpower, boys and the effective use of the pro gram of the Boy Scouts of Am erica. . The Boy Scouts of America through the Tidewater Council has extended a program of Cub bing, Scouting and Exploring to various civic clubs and PTA in Perquimans County for those institutions having boys. Any institution' approved or the civic club, either in the county or the cities of Perquimans County may have the Boy Scout pro gram. ;, C. Alden Baker announced that the North Carolina Tide water Council Fund Drive will begin November 30. Perquimans Chamber of Com merce nominating committee named to select eight candidates in preparing for election of four new directors of the local Cham ber, whose terms will begin next December have named the following candidates to be sub mitted to the membership which will select four persons to fill the positions. They are John Coston, Erie Haste, Jr., Joel Hollqwell, Sr., Julian A. White, Robert Louis Stevenson, Pres ton Nixon, William A. Russell and Steve Perry. The four new directors to be elected will serve a. period of two , years.: The nominating committee was composed of R. L. Hollowell, chairman, R. M: Thompson, Carson Spivey, R. L. Stevenson, Marion Swindell, W. F. Ainsley and J. F. Hollowell, Sr. ..- - Those left on the board serv ing two year terms are Charles M. Harrell, president, Floyd Matthews, Claude Brinn, Warner Madre and R. L, Hollowell. , Commissioners To Meet Next Monday Commissioners for Perquimans County will hold their November meeting next Monday, Novem ber 6, beginning at 10 A. M., in the Court House. Individuals desiring to confer .with the board are requested to note time and place of the meeting. JOHN STALLINGS INJURED : Df J-V FOOTBALL GAME , John Stallings suffered a back injury during the football game last Thursday : in Edenton be tween the Perquimans and Eden ton Junior Varsity teams. -Stallings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stallings, was.. taken to Chowan Hospital' in Edenton fol lowing the' injury, where he was treated and released. Joe Towe, Jrv Is Named Finance Eight Candidates f if " HOLDING HER OWN Mrs. Fay Champlain holds her own, "Crazy Cat," who holds her own, a kitten named "76th." . The kitten is so named because she has seven toes on both front feet and six on both hind feet. They all hold their own owner, cat and Wun s home in Chicago, 111. Light Vote Is Anticipated hi Bond Election Here Tuesday Prospects Appear Bright For Good Rockfish Season The U. S. Biological Labora tory at Beaufort, in cooperation with North Carolina State Col lege, has obtained information over a period of five years Which now provides predictions of fu ture success which should be of interest to the commercial fish ing industry in Albemarle Sound. James E. Sykes, chief of Atlantic coast striped bass research for the V. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, released the informa- tion jointly with' Dr.. WflliantfiW. Hassler, associate professor, of zoology at N. C. State College. The research program .consisted of trawling young stripers .. for indices of abundance, tagging adult fish for estimates of popu lation strength and sampling size and age of fish in commercial catches. The catch of striped bass in j North Carolina consists largely of two and three-year-old fish. During the years of study prior to 1960 these two age groups combined represented from 79 to 98 per cent of the total catch in Albemarle Sound each year. On the basis of data from these years, it was predicted by the striped bass researchers that the two age groups would comprise in weight 93.2 per cent of the catch in the fishing season Sep tember, 1960, through April, (Continued on Pag Three) Board Of Education ing ii The Perquimans Board of Ed ucation met in special session on Monday, October 30, in the of fice of the superintendent of schools. In connection with the Union School site a letter, signed by the owners of the S. P. Jessup property was read. The letter stated in part: "We accept your proposition of $8,375.00, for the 7.25 acres of land described in the - plot that is a part of the petition in the condemnation proceedings, net to us. ; We re quest that the. Board agree in the deed to be delivered for the property for the dedication of one-half of a sixty-foot street on the southern or eastern edge of the property, the other half, making-a total of sixty feet to be dedicated by us." After much discussion, a mo tion - was made, seconded and passed agreeing to the request, provided the : driveway that will be installed at completion of construction shall be centered on the dedicated portion of the land. ' , "V" The preliminary- plans were reviewed for some time with several., suggested changes rec ommended. 't&.i. V'-" ' ;" ' ' ' : , , Motion was :. made, seconded and passed permitting only two basketball games to be played Special Meet 6 Cents Per Copy "n. W. Jarvis Ward, chairman of Perquimans County Board of Elections, said today the county election machinery is ready for the special bond election being sponsored by the State of North Carolina to be held Tuesday, November 7. The election is expected to bring out one of the smallest vote totals recorded in Per quimans County in recent years, according to prediction by a number of local residents. Little interest has been shown so far in the Tuesday election, at which time citizens of the state will be asked to pass upon trie issuance of some $61,655,000 worth of bonds, the funds ' of which are to be; used by the State for numerous capital im- provements. The election was set up by action of the 1961 Legislature which passed upon the proposals subject to the final decision -of the citizens regarding the issu ance of the bonds. - ' Registrars and judges for the bend election Tuesday have been appointed by the County Board of Elections.' Polling officials are: Belvidere Precinct: J. M. Copcland, registrar; J. L. Lane and Mrs, Lola Copeland, judges. Hertford Precinct: Mrs. Ma deline Nixon, registrar; Mrs. Ance White and ' Mrs. Mary Frances Cobb, judges. New Hope Precinct: Mrs. Mattie Umphlett Dail, registrar; S. D. Banks and Robert Rob- bins, judges. Bethel Precinct: " William Stallings, registrar; Dan Berry and J. W. Gatling, judges. Nicanor Precinct: Mrs. Annie Mae Baker, registrar; 1 Quincy Riddick and ' Archie White, judges. Parkville Precinct: Joel Hol lowell, Jr., registrar; Mrs. Joel Hollowell, Sr., and Joseph A. Winslow, fudges. Heads Students For Bond Issue Claude Oelton White of Hert ford will serve, along with 98 other students at East Carolina College, as chairman of a stu dent committee to work in er- quimans County toward passage of the $61,665,000 State Bond Is sue on November 7. These chairmen, representing East Carolina and the State Stu dents' Committee for a Better North, Carolina will work with friends and with local Citizens' Committees in their home coun- es. -r-;., :.-;--; ',. 'iV' - , , i, ;' ; Methodist Bazaar On November 8th The Woman's Society ' of Christian Service 1 of J Hertford Methodist Church will hold its yearly bazaar" in the' Education Building of the church on No vember 8. ' ".' A chicken salad plate will be served, at lunch time and a tur key plate at supper. ,, : . . . There, will be tables of various articles of hand work JU, well as candies and desserts for sale. '." Everyone is invited. No tickets will be' sold at the door for . the plates . You . may secure your tickets from mem bers of the cir ' "s. . . t : on Tuesday night i , t - .'. , v v j ,s li .