North Carolina Newspapers

:L.-fJ c r -v PE1 WEEKLY (QUIMANS .1 'I -Vlli. Number 48. f Increased telephone service, 1 featuring one exchange for. the entire area, was proposed at a meeting of the Albemarle Area Development Association, held Tuesday at Plymouth. The pro posal was advanced by John Costen of Hertford, vice presi dent of the AAD A, who stated he' was not critical of present service nor was he advancing a plan counter to present service, but he felt a committee should be named to make a study of the v itoaiumiv ui uic men. t ,: . feasibility of the idea. V v Cos ten and Oeorge Lwis of auenwu were named ro seieci an area commiuee 10 carry - oui the study, ' i John .Crawford of Raleigh, representing the state program, -called upon the AAD A repre sentatives prese-nt to start action toward advancing the program ,. of the association as it was for- ntulated at , its organizational meeting several weeks ago. Gates County was admitted as the tenth member of the county association during ; the meeting, 1 which was presided over by City ,1 president of the associa tion. ' On recommendation of Craw- " - . tion calling upi the S ate High - way Commission to improve ... """lWhich may control from 10 to me construction 01 we wiesa- ' peake Bay bridge-tunnel. Craw ford told the group such organi zations should back over-all highway; Improvement plans but- not singhjfMMit particular pro- ed Nations . unless agreement jects, which 'might lead to fric-'can be Veached between Russia tion among counties within the and the Western Allies. Recent area. . J i developments indicate some pro- Other ihatters handled during gress'may be made in negotia te meeting included various re-:,tlons concerning the Berlin prob- ports by committee chairmen concerning program already adopted by the AADA. Bet!:.; !rften Club T i Elect? irroint&s: J At the last regular ' meeting the Bethel Ruritan Club elected their officers who will serve during 1962. . They are: Presi dent, ' Marion 1 Swindell; ' vice president, George Bellmon; sec retary, ' Don' Nbrmanr treasurer, R. S. Chappell, Jr.; director, I. C. 'Long; ,sergeant-at-arms, Free mart S. Long. During this year the club has sponsored as its fund raising project a fish fry and operating a farm in the Bethel com munity. ' Several of the members as sisted in ' obtaining uniforms, equipment and 'playing site for the- Bethel Little League base ball team. Other projects in community service were also as sisted by members of the Bethel Club. 1 ; ' LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The American Legion Auxili- ' ary "f WiHiahi Paul -Stalling' Unit 126 will meet Thursday : night, December 7, 1961 at 8 Eighteen men were in attend , o'clock , with Mrs. Kelly White, a nee, at the meeting and the All members are urged to be! past president's - pin was pre present. - , I sented to Jesse Boyce. Rpspone Very say3 Oinstmas Mrs, Roxanna Jackson, chair man of the, 1961 Christmas Seal Sale, stated today that Perquim ans County's response to date has k"en very good Jnthiii year's drive. . Many have mailed their contributions following re ceiving the seals . sent out re cently.1 . ' . " ' . With Christmas drawing near Mrs. Jackson urged the public to contribute to the TB Seal Sale drive as the money will be used to expand the health education program in Perquimans County, since we need to know more how to recognize TB; just what Jhe: disc: e is; how' to prevent TB; how to find -T3 and how to treat T3. Te bive three cases of TB f reported from Perquim ans this yt r t..l they ere no' 'v''ent3 ii t'-.e f.ritoriuin and bei. t n i ' -e - 1. r f hav 2c?UE2d "Fez Arcs i This Week's Headlines1 Russian ' people this week were treated to unusual news re? ports in an official Soviet news paper when an interview of President Kennedy by a Russian editor was published in full in Moscow. ;U. S. officials believe the action will lead to closer re 4 lutlnnehir. hatwaart' IUa r cA..j and.U. S,,' especially as it per tains to ' problems in" Europe. President Kennedy was quoted in the publication as saying part of the ; world tension is due to the Soviet position of trying to communize the entire world. ., ' Meanwhild Soviet and West- em officials meeting in Geneva are making little progress to ward adoption of; a nuclear test ban. The Western representa tives have turned down. Soviet proposals for resuming the ban jwitnout. strong controls and in- various - coun tries participating in the plan. Dr. Jonas Salle,' discoverer of medical convention in "Denver this week h(J foresaw development bf a vaccine 100 diseases. A West German official has proposed the Berlin situation be presented for action to the Unit- lems. 4- Methodist Men To Meet At, Oak Grove Perquimans Charge met in their J regular monthly meeting at Oak Grove Church on Monday night and were, served a turkey din ner by 'the WSCS ladies .of the church. The club is in the 11th year of operation," the charter being granted in 1950 by the General Board of Lay Activities of the Methodist Church. Claude White, president, pre sided over the meeting. The program for the evening was ' under the" " direction of George W. Jackson. The devo tional was ' given by t Jesse Boyce. The MYF Of the church pre sented the program under the leadership Qf Miss Sandra Jen nings, president.1 Brenda and Betty Ruth Smith sang "Whis pering Hope." - Irene Elliott gave, a very interesting talk, on " Achievements and Possibilities of the .United Nations." 1 -' - During the business session of the ; meeting .; the recommenda tions to fix a study for the pas tor in . the Epworth Church, at Winfall was passed upon. Good Thus Far seal.Uimrman House lawn were made by Joe Tunnell and the FFA boys - at Perquimans High School Mrs. Silas Whedbce is as- ilrl loaned out, to remind the pub-1 lie of the drive. ,TB posters have been placed in. all the businesses , throughout the. county;- These - were pre pared by Mrs. Betty. Swindell, Mrs.. ' John Hurdle, Mrs. Irvin Turner, and Mrs. i Russell Baker. A display 1 window ' in i Blanch ard's. store is being devotee) to the use of the TB drive, show ing the necessities of a TB pa tient - to i-", encourage people td send gifts to the patients and the type of gifts that, they are in need Of. . They are being as sisted in he window display by Talmadge Rose of J. C. Blanr dif.rd & 'Co., Mrs. Hettie Saw- irrs. Ethel Perry and Miss j ror-p'son. ', t o, can he?p just by 1 our c ' -'bu'ion to- Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 1, 1961. Crev;:rteGances District Ruriten Convention Dec. 1 '"!.! Ii. "Dirk" TtrPUc nf Wort. tA' .m, t lu aii 1 District of Ruritan National, has announced, the. Albemarle Dis trict convention will be held December 1 at 1 the Virginia Dare Hotel in Elizabeth City. ' Rome Schwagel of Keedys ville, Md.,, a ; past president of Ruritan National and now on the board of directors, will be the guest' speaker. Schwagel is vice president and general manager of. the Eastern States Spilbuilders, Inc., of Sharpsburg, Md., and has done' much ; advance Ruritan work in many states. He is a graduate of ; Georgetown Univer sity with a bachelor of science degree in business administra tion and a. masters degree , in foreign service. He served four years in the Navy. ; v Approximately 300 delegates are expected to attend the con vention from all the clubs throughout the district. The clubs included in the Albemarle District are Bethel, Chowan, Currituck, Durants Neck, Gates, Gatesville, Hobbsville, Moyock, New land - Providence, Parksville Township, Pasquotank, Poplar Branch, Shawboro, South Cam den, South Mills, Sunbury and Wanchese. ? lew district officers will be elected during the convention. , Riddick Named As "Key Banker" A prominent Hertford, banker has been named to coordinate farm activities of the N.' C. Bankers Association in this area. NCBA President C, M. Van- story, Jr., of : Greensboro, has announced the appointment of Rflfus M. Riddick, Jr., as""Coun- ty. Key -Banker"- -lor Perquimans County during the next 12 months.;Mr., Riddick is execu tive vice president of the Hert ford branch of Peoples Bank & Trust Company. ' ' " ? Vanstory stressed the contri bution that North Carolina's 100 County Key Bankers have made to- agriculture through the farm programs Of the NCBA. He not ed that ,Tar Heel bankers have won for North Carolina a top agricultural award for, 17 con secutive "years. ; J . And . Vanstory thanked Mr. Riddick for his willingness to help promote the NCBA's pro grams ' to f assist in building a sound J farm economy in . North Carolina,. The " NCBA spends more money- ' and time on its farm programs than any) other phase of its activity. , The , association sponsors, among other things, a two week school at State College ' each February, attended by about 150 young ; farm leaders ; from throughout the state. : Since its inception the bankers have awarded 1,055 scholarships to the two week school, all ex penses ' being paid by their hometown banks. , , ( Another activity of the asso ciation is the annual farm cre dit conference attended by hun- 'dreds of farmers and bankers. A soil judging contest in Jthe in terest of soil conservation is also another project of the. NCBA. Meanwhile the banks of , North Carolina continue to ,lend more money to. farmers than any other j ; institutional . group of lenders. ; ':'Th .'' " ; Commissioners-Will Meet Next Monday, Commissioners for Perquim ans County will hold their De cember meeting next Monday, December " 4, beginning at 10 A, M. in the Court House., ,: Individuals desiring to confer with the board are requested to note the time, and .place of the meetings !v . '..:-.'X ; Perquimans HS PTA Meets December 7 The Perquimans County High School PTA will meet on Thurs day night for ' its . December meeting in the i auditorium of the school at 8 f clock. . : All Darents are ureed to at' tend the meeting and enjoy the program "Teachers and Parents As Partners." - ; i A social hour will follow - the business rr.ee'.; " and program, Tv;c-n2y-Tvjo In Qoioi'dGi's A docket consisting of 22 cases, , most of which involved traffic violations, was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court, presided over by Judge Charles E. Johnson. .( Cornell , MacNeil and . Willianl R. Kitchin, both Charged with speeding, .paid fines of $10.25 each and court costs. Jafus M. James, also charged with speed ing, was fmed with costs. ua ana taxea William L. Privott, charged with reckless driving, was fined $25 and court costs. Privott ap pealed to Superior Court and bond was set at $10. Floyd W. White, James L. Nixon and Archie R. Asbell, charged with improper mufflers, paid court costs. A motion to dismiss was al lowed in the case charging John Davis with failure to yield right of way. Lloyd A. Twine paid the court costs for driving on the wrong side of the road. Kenneth Stephen White, charg ed with improper exhaust sys tem, was taxed with the court COSts. : Cecil Miller, charged with im proper signal lights, paid the court costs. ' Lloyd W. Nixon and Leroy Smith were fined $25 and taxed with court costs on a mo opera tor's license charge. Gordon Hampton Turner, charged with ; reckless driving, was fined $25 and court costs. Linwood . J. !, Lamb, charged with improper signal lights, was taxed with court costs. Walter R. Brown, charged with failure to comply with re strictions on operator's license, paid the costs. : William : Brown paid . court costs for driving on the wrong side of the highway. Harvey W, Becknell, charged with .. improper., brakes,, pa& a $10 fine and costs. Ralph White, 'charged with be ing drunk on the streets, was fined $10 and court costs. John Coston, Negro, charged with be ing drunk on the highway, paid a $2.00 fine and costs. William A. Jackson, charged with being drunk on the streets was fined $2.00 and court costs. James Thomas Hassell, charg ed with being drunk and disor derly, was fined $10 and court costs. Tri-County Reports On First Week Of Christmas Seal Sales ' The first week of the 1961 Christmas Seal Sale as reported by the chairmen of the three counties to Andrew J. Bailey, president of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden TB Associa tion, amounted to a total contri bution of $860-$660 from Pas quotank, $115 from Perquimans and $85 from Camden. This is the first report from . Christmas Sealsand health bonds. Bailey pail special tribute to those who made their returns so promptly and gratitude to postmen of the three counties ; for the extra burden of delivering Christmas Seals and the returns at this busy time of year. Hertford PTA To Meet December 9th The PTA qf Hertford Gram? mar School will hold its ue cember meeting Thursday night of next week at the school at 8 o'clock. ' ! . The Seventh Grade will pre sent a Christmas program. This will be followed by a coffee hour. , All members are urged to be present . , Town And County Share In Beer Taxes Perquimans County and the Town of Hertford late last week received a total of $9,494.64 as their share of the distribution of state beer and wine taxes, col lected by North Carolina during the past year. i Perquimans County received $7,290.70 of the amount while the Town , of Hertford's share was $2,203.94. " The local gov ernment units use these funds in estimating annual income for budget : purposes and thus are able to decrease taxes by a like amount. 1 - A Cases Heard Court Tues. County IID Clubs To ristmas .6 The "1961 Christmas Open will be December 6 from House' n m-on p tut u cuHural Building in Hertford The public is invited to see "Christmas Ideas" displayed by Perquimans County Home Dem- onstration Clubs. Arts and crafts leaders and food and nu- tntion leaders in the 11 clubs are responsible for the exhibits and the open house. The ex- nibits will be as follows: Bel - videre, wreaths; Winfall, piano decorations; Ballahack, door dec - orations; Helen Gaither, decora - tions for Christmas tree; Beech Springs, window decorations; Durants Neck, table decorations; Bethel, mantel decorations; Whiteston, table setting; Chap- anoke, candles; Snow Hill-White Hat, packages, and Burgess, gift ideas. Mrs. Warner Madre is Per - quimans County Council presi- dent; Mrs. J. E. Wood, Jr., is county foods and nutrition lead - er and Mrs. E. J. Proctor, Sr., Open House Dec is county arts and crafts leader.1 January 19 Scotland Neck The display will remain in .there, 7. place Thursday, December 7. January 26 Plymouth there, from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. The 7; Jayvees at 4. public is invited to visit the ex- February 2 Edenton there, 7; hibit at any time. Jayvees at 4. In 1960 approximately 500 per sons were present at the open house, y Local Library Adds Reprints of Old Books The Perquimans County Li brary has this week added sev eral reprints of old books. The fUbrary's supply has hot inet"thS demand of high school students required to read worthwhile books by American authors. But with the addition of: Death Comes For the Archbishop, by Willa Cather; My Antonia, also by Cather; Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton; the complete works of O. Henry, and Emer son's Essays we hope the stu dents will have less difficulty in finding interesting reading. These books may also give plea sure to others who enjoy re reading old favorites. Other new books in the 1 li brary this Week are: The Epic of Man, by the editors of Life Magazine; Mexico, also by the Life editors and from Mrs. Lucy Hollowell of Woodland the li brary received a copy of The History Of the Rich Square Monthly meeting of Friends. This Meeting in 1760 was on out growth of the Meeting of Friends In Perquimans County. Board Of Education Meets Monday Night The Board of Education of Perquimans County will hold its December meeting next Mon day night, December 4, at 8 o'clock at the home of J. T. Big gers, superintendent of schools. Prior to the meeting Mr. and Mrs. Biggers will entertain the board members at a dinner at 7 o'clock. Anyone desiring to confer with the board will please con tact Mr, Biggers prior to the meeting. ". 4-H Achievement Day Set For December 7th The 1961 4-H Achievement Day ' program will be held on December 7 at 7 P.' M. at Win fall Grammar School The theme fori the program wUl be "4-H In the News." - Reports on the years high lights will be given by 4-H Club members Who participated in them. After this the agents will present ithe - certificates . - and medals to outstanding 4-H Club members, j f . '' : . 'f ' ",: ; . ' There are, eight committees n charge of ' the program. , T. ft. Kirby, Betsy ';. Kirby and Har riette .Williams are on the pro gram eommittee. Tommy .Mas ton is in charge of the arrange ment' committee. In charge of the decoration committee is Mrs, (Continued oa Pag Thxee) Perquimans Opsns Basketball Season On December 1st Perquimans High School will play a 21,-game basketball sched ule during ; the 1961-62 season, i which includes the Indians. Squaws and the Junior Varsity teams. The Indians and Squaws j will open the season on Friday, December 1, at Windsor. ' The week 01 February 26 has been scheduled for Conference i Tournament at Perauimans Hiah .School. i The schedule of games for the coming season is as follows: December 1 Windsor there, 7:30; girls and boys. December 6 Plymouth there, 4; 7th and 8th grades. ' 'December 8 Elizabeth City at home, 7! Jayvees and Varsity. 1 December 13 Plymouth, at home, 4; 7th and 8th grades. 1 December 15 Edenton at heme ,7; Jayvees at 4. ' December 19 Elizabeth City there, 7; Jayvees and Varsity. January 4 Ahoskie there, 4; .Jayvees, boys and girls. January 5 Ahoskie there, 7. January 10 Plymouth there, 4; 7th and 8th grades. I January 12 Williamston at .nome. 7; Jayvees 5:30. January if riymoutn at home ,4! 7 and 8th grades. 1 January 18 Scotland Neck 'thore, 4; Jayvees, girls and boys. February 5 Ahoskie at home, 4; Jayvees, girls and boys. February 6 Ahoskie at heme, 7. February 9 Williamston there, 7; Jayvees at 5. February 15 Scoland Neck at home, 4; Jayvees, girls and boys. February 16 Scotland Neck ,at home, 7. ' .--February- 23 .. Plymouth at home, 7; Jayvees at 4. CD Awards Tonight At Perquimans HS What will be the results of the Community Development Program? The awards night for the Perquimans County Com munity Development Program will be tonight at 8 o'clock at the high school auditorium. " The Peoples Bank & Trust Company is sponsoring the pro gram and has provided prize money for the programs in quimans County. er- At the awards program to' night the prize money , will ,be presented to the six communi ties, Belvidere, Beech Springs, Bethel, New Hope, Whiteston and Winfall. These communi ties organized and carried On the community development pro gram during the year. They were judged on November 16 in preparation for the second an nual Awards Night Program tonight. The judges who visited the communities in helping to make their decisions were Miss Edna Bishop, Pasquotank home agent; Ned Honeycutt, Pasquotank ASCS office manager and Don Steagall, Tyrrell ASCS office manager. This is the second year that the program has been sponsored by 'the Peoples Bank & Trust Company, in cooperation with the Perquimans County Agricul ture Extension Service. Merchants Set Up New Store Hours Hertford's . merchants,, in co operation with the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce, . are working out a schedule of store hours for the . holiday shipping season now coming in, it was announced today by Allan W. Mills, manager of the Chamber of Commerce. v ' - ; ' Most stores-will be open all day i Wednesday ; , during Decem ber and Will remain open nights until ; 9 O'clock, ; beginning De cember1 18 . and v continuing through Saturday, December 23. Present plans i call for the stores to be closed on Monday, December 25 and 26, enabling store employees to have a two day Christmas holiday. ' Peanut Referential Day Set For December 12th Student of Month Each month the Hertford Ro tary Club will sponsor the "Student of the Month" at Per quimans County High School. For the month of October Miss Mabel Louise Cook, better known as "Pete," daughter of, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cook, Route 3, Hertford, has been chosen as Rotary's Student of the Month from Perquimans County High School. The selection was made on the basis of tenacity, leadership, scholarship, school spirit and participation in school activities. Miss Cook is 17 years old. She is a member of the Senior Class and her activities include three years on the Student Council, two years in the Beta Club, Annual staff one year and FHA four years. She is state treasurer of FHA and presided at tne district rally neld in Scotland Neck on October 14, which was attended by 1.000 other FHA girls. She also at tended the Student Council State Convention held in Fayetteville on October 22-24. She plans, following her grad uation, to attend Woman's Col lege in Greensboro. Miss Cook will be the guest of the Rotary Club on Tuesday evening, November 28. Christmas Seal Origin The 1961 Christmas Seal, de signed by Heidi Brandt, born near Great Falls, Montana, and educated in Seattle, Washington. One of the greatest joys a fam ily has at Christmas is being to gether. Some families, how ever, cannot celebrate Christmas together because one family member is in the hospital with tuberculosis. Much progress has been made in the fight against tuberculosis yet TB continues to interrupt the lives of our people, said Mrs. Roxanna Jackson, chairman of Perquimans Christ mas Seal Sale. Mrs. Brandt was inspired by these thoughts and portrayed the theme of keeping the fam ily together in each of the four- panel designs of scenes of fam ily life depicted on the 1961 Christmas Seal. 1,609 letters carrying three sheets of 1961 Christmas Seals went to the "homes of Perquim- ans citizens this week. A total of 7,780 letters were sent to the three counties, Pasquotank, Per quimans and Camden, said Mrs. Jackson. - ' ' i i . I 1 VVSMVVVffVVVWSAfVMAAAAAAfVtAAMfVMAMAAAAAAMMAMAAWVVWVtfVWVVWWV New Chamber Officers Will Assume Duties December 6th The annual dinner of the Per quimans county unamDer oi Commerce will be held next Wednesday night, December 6, at the Hertford Grammar School at which time the . new officers and directors elected for 1962 will be installed. Charles M. Harrell, re-elected, will again be installed as presi dent of the P.erquimans Cham ber. W. Claude Brinn, re-elected vice president, and R. L. Stev enson will be installed as the new secretary and treasurer of the local "Chamber. Directors are R. L. Hollowell, Floyd Mat thews and Warner Madre, mem bers of the old board. The new members are Dr. T. P. Brinn, John D. Coston and Julian A. White. r-:-v':v--T':- ;',':. Allan W. Mills was again named manager of the Perquim ans Chamber for the coming year. , Following the dinner meet ing on Wednesday night, a kickoff breakfast will be held on Thursday morning forv the 6 Cents Per Copy December 12th is Referendum Day for many farmers in East ern North Carolina in that they will be given an opportunity to vote on that day on the continu ation of the peanut assessment, the continuation of the assess ment for Tobacco Associates, on the tobacco quotas and on cotton quotas. This is a definite ad vantage to the growers in that the four referenda are combined and all of them can be voted on in one trip. The peanut assess ment idea, whereby growers could vote to assess themselves and use the funds thus derived to promote the production, mar keting and consumption of pea nuts was first put into effect in Virginia at lc per 100 pounds. Then in 1953, North Carolina voted in lc per 100 pounds. Seeing the need for increased funds, the peanut growers in 1955 in North Carolina increas ed their assessment to 2c per 100 pounds. In 1957, Alabama, seeing the successes in North Carolina and Virginia, voted to assess themselves 5c per 100 pounds and then in 1958, Geor gia, seeing the advantages, vot ed to assess themselves 5c per 100 pounds. Texas and Okla homa are now in the process of getting legislation passed so that they too will be able to assess themselves and raise funds to promote their peanuts. The fact ihat Georgia, Ala bama, Texas and Oklahoma are coming in on the assessment basis, following North Carolina and Virginia, is certainly en dorsement to the success of the program. The peanut growers of North Carolina who are aware of the activities of. the North Carolina Pegnut Growers Association or who will study the activities of the Association, will certainly feel that a continuation of the 2c per 100 pounds, assessment is to their benefit, Detailed infor mation of the activities of the Association will be made avail able through press releases, ra dio, county agents, vocational agricultural teachers, and other agencies, to all farmers prior to the referendum. It is hoped that the peanut growers will turn out in large numbers and give strong support to a favor able vote on the peanut assess ment. It is even more import-, ant now with the other States competitively promoting their type of peanuts with more money than is being raised in North Carolina that we all sup port the assessment referendum in order that the North Caro lina Peanut Growers Associa tion can continue and expand its activities in promoting the North Carolina grown peanut. Yule Lights Now Being Installed ' Yuletide decorations are being placed along the streets of the business section of Hertford for the holiday season. F. T. Britt, superintendent of public utilities, stated the lights will be turned on just as soon as the installation is completed. concentrated one-day annual membership drive to be held on Wednesday, December 7. The goal for this year's drive is $10,000. A concentrated drive on this date will be to secure $10,000 worth of memberships in the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce. . A long range program of work planned for 1962 include develop farm market activities.' Secure ways and means of in creasing the market for pro ducts of the farmers of Per quimans County. Secure industry, attract in dustry into Perquimans County. Maintain and preserve present business operations. Develop tourism and attract the transient tourist To build up summer tourism and 'ithe hunting and fishing sport here: ' Community betterment, 1 local commercial development. -- ... Short range and immediate projects have also been drawn up whereby the entire commun ity will benefit v " . "