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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 20, 1967.
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Gdi fJlcnsbs Sunday
3 Sbtod kn7y ,29
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e A campaign against measles
wilf be held oiy Sunday,
January 29. ; The Medical
Society. of Perquimans and
Chowan Counties are spon
soring the clinic and mak
ing it available. Or. T. P.
Brinn ! of Hertford is chair
man in 'Perquimans County,
'In Perquimans all child-1
5kjrj one . to 12 years who
hive not had measles are
yfrged to attend the Sunday
cunic s and, ; receive : the im-
mbnizatiort ' shot, which will
nobe given by jet injector guns.
3 being used in Perquimans
County v for ' the first time,
The immunization is almost
painless, 'according to Dr.
Isa Grant,
i According . to Or. Grant,
thf clinic will be held on
6lnday, January ,;29, from
8:80. m tie afternoon until
5;30 at the: Health Depart
- rnent, Stie urges all to take
their r children from one to
12 t ; this clinic :-. which is
the Medical Society doctors'
idea to help avoid the usual
spring epidemic which we
usually nave oi rea measles.
Red measles, according to
Dr.. Grant affects the eyes,
. causes deafness and ence-
. Continued from Page 8
Commissioners
Plan Meeting
:.Ohown. County Commis
, sioners will host a legisla
tive conference of county of
ficials from 14 counties on
Tuesday, .January 24.
'W,'E., toad, chairman, will
welcome t commissioners; ac
cwintants, attorneys and oth
er county official? from Ber
tie, Camden, Chowan, Curri-
tuck,. Dare, Gates, Hertford,
Hyde, Martin, Northampton,
f'x rasquotank, ... Tyrreu -f er
. quhnans ana Wasnfrtgton. .' ,
. The ' meeting, sixth of t
' series, of 11 district confer
ences scheduled by the
North Carolina Association
of . County - Commissioners,
will begaift at 10 A. M. at
the Chowan County Court
House.
y Association President Fred
Hauser; of Forsyth County
announced today that the
district conferences Will be
devoted - to develonment o:
major legislative proposals
to be presented to the 1967
General Assembly.
: (Discussion ,- leaders John
Morrisey, association general
counsel and Paul Guthrie,
Jr., assistant executive sec-
ary, will present the top
S Jof discussion including a
al option sales tax, am
ulance ; services, juror se-
Uon, health and welfare
Impropriations. -
ft tTolIowing a scheduled
luncheon, the 'group will dis
TUss community action pro
t iVams, schools," organization
ijh administration of 'county
gorernment ana various iea-
eral aid programs. Ad
journment Is scheduled about
3:39 P. M. .
Chamber Selling:
t'erquiir.ans Tagrs
i, The "J Perquimans Countjr
'Chamber of Commerce has
purchased 300 license tags to
i advertise . the . county. They
s i "0 tw inches high and 12
' ches lbng and are in green
J) ;drid; white color with the
' V Aiitme Perquimans1- County,
; ,(,wo Iri:an heads and the
? ' 'oganv "Th ' Land of Beau-
r lie' tag is showa above is
closed hii a bracket to they
y fciigbti be attached to the
he $1XJ.
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vehicle- owneri
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,' JOHN MORRIS
Morris Accepts
Reidsviile Post
John Morris, Roxboro High
School's popular and highly
successful football coach
who is a native of Hertford,
the son of Mrs. J. Edgar
Morris (Patty Blount Newby
Morris) and the late J. Ed
gar Morris, has resigned his
position at Roxboro, where
he has been coach for eight
years, to accept a position in
the Reidsviile city school
system as Raids ville's head
football coach and athletic
director. He will be in
charge of all junior and
sehior high athletics. . ;
Before going to. Roxboro,
one year as an assistant. He J
has sung up an enviable rec-1
ord 'tot Roxboro, compiling
art QUppwgi-i;iLwgnM.
lost-tuna record:" Four of hi
teams, won conference cham
pionships. Continued on Page 8
filrs. Winslow
Mrs. Leanna Riddick Wins
low, S2, of Route 1, Belvi
dere,: died Sunday night at
9:45 o'clock in a florfolk
hospital following a 10-day
illness. ' ' -
A native of Perquimtns
County, she was the daugh
ter of. the late Burwell S.
Riddic and Mrs. Sarah
White Riddick and the wi
dow Hbf Herbert Winslow.
She was a member of the
Whiteville Grove Baptist
Churc$.
Surviving are a foster son,
Raymond Cartwright of Nor
folk; f two nephews, T. Flet
chermftiddick of Hobbsvville
and ,. ft Howard Riddick of
Richmond, Va.: two nieces,
Mrs., Marie R. Luke of Suf
folk, Va. ,and Mrs. Hilda
Perkins, - Chesapeake, Va.;
six grandchildren and 11
greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 P.' M. in the
Up River Friends Meeting
by-Hv. Paul Holoman and
ReVVj'Wimired Clifton.
Ijuiial was in Up River
Cemetery.
"Face to Face" was sung
by tgev. and Mrs. Elmer
Thomas. They were accom
panied by Miss Johnnie
White, organist.
TWe casket pall was made
of ;vhiee chrysanthemums,
whltfe stock and fern.
Pallbearers - were :- Savage
juuvi, nusseu oaKer, . nar
Vey Stalling. - Elmer Lassi-
ter, Percy Winslow, Sr., and
Joseph winslow. -;V ;
BtSICK ON DEAN'S : '
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Barnes VerffitfMk&fotk
Hertford Was among a total
of583 students who achiev
ed grades Which earned them
honors on the (Dean's List at
Appalachian " State Teachers
College during the fall quar
ter, according to an an
nouncement from the office
of Or. : Kenneth Webb, Jr.,
dean of students; w r '
In order to qualify for the
Dean's List,, a student must
carry a minimum of, 13 hours
of, - work must achieve i a
gradt point average ,of at
leastj 3,00, .must have no
grade b.elpw; a C and' must
navel no incompletes, .or Don
ditioiu iii any couiie, -i
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quimans Weekly's deadline
on all news copy and ad
vertising ..copy must be
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It is absolutely neces
sary that this deadline be
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There is no exception to
this rule. By having this
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mailed earlier and you
will receive it on time.
" This week we will more
than likely be late with
your paper, as most of our
advertising copy came in
Wednesday morning and
had. to be made up; also
many pictures and much
news that had to be writ
ten. We . have a box here
at the office for your
news, pictures and adver
tising, and if we are not
in ; and have to be out
picking up advertising or
getting news, please drop
your advertising, : news,
. etc., in the box. It will be
taken care of in the week's
issue of this paper in
which you drop your news
in. If you meet our paper
and printer's deadline, he
must have time to set up
the type that is required
for getting out your paper.
We most humbly ask
your cooperation, as we
want your news and ad
vertisements to get in the
paper fresh, and when you
want thamt in. .
Twelve cases are listed on
the calendar for the Janu
ary 30 term of Perquimans
County Superior Court which
convenes here on Monday
morning, January 30, with
Judge , Elbert S. Peel, Jr.,
presiding over the civil term
of court.
Cases calendared for the
term as announced by Clerk
of Court W. Jarvis Ward fol
low::" Annie R. Gordon vs. Hen
ry E. Gordon.
Thomas - W. Gordon vs.
Eleanor and Shelton Gordon.
M. T. Griffin et al vs. T.
R. Kirby, et al.
Vazelle S. Jessup vs. Cor
nelia N. Jessup. .
Sherman W. Hinton vs.
Odessa Freeman Hinton.
Richard Lightfoot vs. John
ny Larry Moore and John
Henry . Moore.
Robert Lightfoot vs. Viola
P. Lightfoot.
J. L Harris et al vs. L. A.
Truax, ct us. f
J. L. Harris et us vs. Hert
ford Veneers, Inc.
J. L. Harris et iix vs. Hert
ford Veneers, Inc.
John H. Corpres vs.
Geigy Chemical Corp.
Harry Lee Winslow vs. Go
lar L. Newby, et ux.
The following persons who
were called and could not
serve as jurors at the last
term of court and have been
called for this? jterm , are:
Luther D. Turner, Percy A.
Wiggins, Garland 'Eure, Clif
ford S. Winslow and Wood
row W. Godfrey. These ju:
rors are in addtfh ,to .the
list of 41 listed In His paper
last weej to 'fServljt as jurors
at ; the ' January ! Superior
Court term. ( 1
W.T.Njxon,84,
Taken In Death
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Funeral sftrvicesj for Wil
liam Thomas Nixorfi 84, who
died Wednesday were held at
11:00 in the Swindell Funeral
Home by Rev. Verlin Busick,
pastor of Bagley Swamp 'Pil
grim Church; lMi ; ;
"Beyond , the Sunset' was
sung by Edward Jordan. He
was accompanied : by Mrs.
Chester' (Winslow, organist.
The casket pall was made
of white ;.- chrysanthemums,
stock and fern.
' . Pallbearers were Johnnie
Smith, R. L. Stevenson, Jo
seph Winslow, Josiah Smith,
Adrian Smlth,; 'Jr.j and . Floyd
Long; f:'''''-"',,'V:'rT';'"''fi' .,
Burial was In Cedarwood
Ccuieteiy,
Superior Court
Local Citizens
The North Carolina Asso
ciation of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts held
its 24th annual meeting at
the Sir Walter Hotel in Ra
leigh January 9-11. Among
the more than 300 farthers
and businessmen who serve
as supervisors of the 88 soil
and water conservation dis
tricts that cover the state
and soil conservation service
personnel were the follow
ing delegates and their wives
from Perquimans County:
Mr. and Mrs. George G'.
Winslow, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Matthews, Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Copeland and
Mr.' and Mrs. F. A. . Mc
Googan. This annual meeting ' pro
vided an opportunity for
supervisors throughout North
Carolina to discuss and take
action on matters concern
ing conservation and devel
opment of the state's soil,
water and other natural re
sources. Progress to date in
this effort was discussed and
action taken to establish the
association's major objectives
for the forthcoming year.:
James T. Moss of Youngs
ville, president '.3if the asso
ciation, presided at the
meeting. Speakers appearing
on the program were. Hon.
Robert W. Scott, lieutenant
governor of North Carolina;
Or. George Hyatt, Jr., di-
rector of North Carolina ExU pansion in the wood-using
tension Serviced Ralph Ci-4dadustries and the increase
Wlhkwortrv 'state "forester;
Dr. A. W. Cooper from the
National Tillage Laboratory,
Auburn University, Auburn,
Ala.; J. P. Kuydendall, state
conservationist, State Con
Rep. Not Up In Air
Culpepper Likes
Although State Motor Ve
hicles Commissioner A. Pils
ton Godwin, Jr., of Gates,
hasn't shown his hand, there
are strong overtones that he
will ask the 1967 General
Assembly to repeal a law
which prohibits the use of
planes to enforce traffic
laws.
Patrol Flight Sgt. IDan
Williams was in Edenton last
Thursday to give Rep. W. T.
Culpepper, Jr., of Elizabeth
City, a demonstration of the
patrol's aerial capabilities at
traffic safety.
This was one of a series
of demonstration flights ar
ranged ; by Commissioner
Godwin prior to the open
ing of the General Assembly
next month.
Rep. Culpepper tactfully
shunned the invitation to
take a flight in one of the
two patrol aircraft. He made
his manners to Sgt. Wil
liams and climbed into a
patrol cruiser "piloted" by
Trooper Wayne R&wls of
Edenton.
The representative said
later he was extremely im
pressed with the demonstra
tion, He said he instructed
the trooper to drive at 59
miles per hour and when the
speed check came back from
the Diane, flvinfr at 1.200
feet, it was 59.1 miles per SHUNS PLANE RIDE Rep. W. T. Cuilpepper, Jr., of
hour. Elizabeth City, posed with State Highway Patrol Flight
Ren v Culnenner aiA w Sgt. Dan Williams at Edenton Municipal Airport prior to
saw no reason why - Diane! a demonstration of the patrol's aerial capabilities at traffic
t wJtiL" ?n ? safety last week.: Rep. Culpeppeil was impressed with what
would not be effective m en- be saw, bu ot from the The new mmf) member Kain-
forcement pf the .traffic - ed his experience from a State Patrol cruiser "piloted" by
laws. , ."Goodness , kno,ws,-, W& u Mate Trooper Wayne Rawls.
must have more patrolmen ; , '" ' , ',
or use- something' like, 'this,"-' '. .marked area of the i other events where heavv
he said pointing to the air- highway in this case a sec-- automobile concentrations oc
craft -' " - tion 3ust north of the "Y" on cur, to conduct search oper-
; In " the demonstration the highway 32. When a car ; ations- for missing persons,
plane flies over critical traf- crosses a certain line in the and to search out fleeing
fic areas while a natrol highway a trooper in the felons.
flight observer demonstrates .-Plane c'ocks him. "We don't know what the
to the lawmakers techniques The speed is calibrated by commissioner will ask of the
used in traffic control and the trooper and radioed back General Assembly," the
the "manner in which moving to another officer on the flight officer said. "But we
traffic violations can be ob- ground who stops the ve-' want every legislator to
served from the air. ; hide. f ' know first hand what a tre-
Sgt. Williams, carrying a While the two patrol mendous contribution can be
reporter and Trooper R. A, planes have been prohibited ' made by the patrol's aerial
Allen instead or. the -law- from the use in traffic law: arm to traffic safety and en
maker, u explained :', thatB n1; enforcement Sgt. . Williams : forcement"
traffic control missions the
plane rflies -at -between- 800
and 1,200 feet weather per-
i wilting. -:J The- plane huvera
Attend Session
servation Service, and Gor
don Zibbeiman, executive di
rector, National Association
of Conservation Districts.
Washington. D. C.
Gov. Dan K. Moore, who
spoke at the association's
banquet sossion, referred
briefly to the 1967 General
Assembly which convenes on
February 8 and predicted
that the lawmakers will re
flect a spirit of increasing
concern for conservation of
natural resources. He added
"our efforts to maintain a
healthful, attractive environ
ment, with open spaces, clean
waters, and adequate recrea
tion grounds, must be plan
red and developed with
greater care. Fortunately, '
Governor Moore said, "we
are still at a stage of devel
opment where we have time
to plan wisely and to take
positive action." y ''
"Despite an apparent com
fortable 'margin," Mr. Wink
worth, state forester, said
in addressing the associa
tion, "the ratio of tree
growth over drain in North
Carolina is in jeopardy now
for the first time in many
years." He stated that North
Carolina is still producing
trees perhaps a little faster
than we're using them while
losing them to fire, insects
and diseases. But demand is
rising rapidly because of ex
I in production is hot keep-
ing pace.
Mr. Winkworth concluded.
"North Carolina is a big
state in forestry. Much of
Continued on Page 8
said they continue to serve
v a good" purposes They "are
used to aid ; in traffic con-
toil of football games and
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Cancer Crusade
Was Successful
The 1966 Cancer Crusade
was a very successful
event. The goal was set at
$1,000.00 and to date a to
tal cf $1,275.34 has been col
lected, with a few 'more re
ports to be turned in.
"Let us not stop now that
we have attained our goal,"
stated Mrs. M. Jackson,
Cruside chairman. "True,
the money is a very import
ant factor in promoting can
cer research, as well as pro
viding assistance for cancer
patients on the local level,
but we must continue a
year-round educational pro
gram, and we can only do
that with your help.
We have filoi strips and
other material on cancer
available to the public, and
we urge the various organiz
ations in the county to
schedule at least one pro
gram on cancer this year.
My special thanks to my
publicity chairman, Mrs. Ben
Thach, who has done such
an excellent job. Her many
fine news releases on cancer
education and the Crusade
during the past four months
have been outstanding and
inspiring to all who read
them.
The success of the Cru
sade was due to the untir
ing efforts of the volunteers
who gave their time freely
and uncomplainingly to this
worthy cause. But all volun
teers should feel rewarded
for they have helped people
and they have spread hope.
I wish I could thank each
Continued on Pace 8
MONEY. FOUND
There is plenty of money
here in our county, so it
seems. This past week J.
Kelly White, tax collector,
reported to this paper that
someone found some money
on the street and took it to
the tax office. So if you
have had the misfortune to
lose some money, you can go
to the tax collector's office
on the jjeopjjjdv, floor, . at , the
Court House vh1ere:?' describe
the monej or denomination,
the amount, and Mr. White
will be very happy to turn
it over to the one who lost
it.
Planes
- ' '. Rep.' Culpepper didn't get
up in the air oVcr the dem
onstrauon. wevermejess, ne
is uqw a believer.
Preliiiiti
Standard
Low -Rent
Jaycees Buy
ProjectStock
Shawn in the photo is
Welly White, president of
the Jaycees, and Chamber
Manager Leon Edwards
holding the certificate pur
chased by the Hertford Jay
cees. The Hertford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce again
shows their dedication to the
continued growth of Per
quimans County and their
faith in the future of the
area by purchasing 50 shares
amounting to $500 af stock
in the Perquimans County
Industrial Development Cor
poration. The Jaycees have done an
excellent job of promoting
Northeastern Carolina, hav
ing recently sponsored a
"Junior Miss Contest" in
Hertford for this district.
The winner of the contest,
Miss. Linda Hand .- of Gatesi
ville, went on to tfie state
finals in Charlotte, where
she was the third runner-up
for the title of North Caro
lina Junior Miss.
On the night the Jaycees
voted to purchase the stock
in the Perquimans Indus
trial Development -Corporation
the Elizabeth City Jay
cees were present and they
were so impressed with the
Hertford group's interest,
they have joined in the sup
port of the local unit's ef
forts toward the future by
the purchase of one share of
stock in the Perquimans
County Industrial Develop
ment Corporation and in this
gesture demonstrate the unity
of the Albemarle area in the
growth of the industrial po
tential Cif the area.
ADULT CLASS
Plan now to attend the
discussion on laundry and
laundry equipment in the
Perquimans County High
School Home Economics de
partment on Tuesday, Janu
ary 24. Miss Sandra Comp
ton, VEPCo Home Economist
will present a most interest
ing and informative program.
For further information, con
tace Frances Newby, Home
Economics Teacher, or Sherri
Taylor, Assistant Home Eco
nomics Agent.
Annrovetl for
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Historical Society History
The Perquimans County
Historical Society will hold
its regular January quarter
ly meeting Monday night,
January 23. at 8 o'clock in
the Perquimans County Li
brary. George Attix, manager of
the Elizabeth City Chamber
of Commerce, will introduce
the guest speaker, Miss Su
san Stitt, new curator of the
Museum of the Albemarle.
Members of the society
are urged to attend as well
as the general public.
The following is a Per
quimans County legend con
tributed for this column by
the i i Perquimans ' Historical
Society. The... Perquimans
County Historical Society is
interested uot touly in col
Pnntot
Structures
Henry C. Sullivan, execu
tive d rector of the Hertford
Housing Authority, an
nounced today that Secretary
Robert C. Weaver of the
U. S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, has
approved a $6,600 prelimin
ary loan for new low-rent
public housing for Hertford.
The funds will enable the
Hertford Housing Authority
to begin preliminary plan
ning for 44 low rent homes.
Ten of the new homes will
be designed for the elderly,
low-rent heme.
Following completion of
the preliminary planning, the
local Authority will prepare
and submit to H'UD a pro
gram with descriptions of
the proposed housing site,
sketch p!ns and an estimate
of the total cost of the pro
posed housing development.
The low rent public housing
program was authorized by
the Housing Act of 137, as
amended.
Mr. Sullivan stated today
that no. site for the new
project has been picked as
yet.
Reed Returns
From Vietnam
Edwin Corp Reed, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Reed
of Charleston, S. C, and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Corp Reed of Hertford, an
Army officer, has returned
to this country from Viet
nam. Reed, a 1964 graduate of
The Citadel, was a dean's list
student at the Military School
and was commissioned a Sec
ond Lieutenant upon gradu
ation; He served . 14 months
in Vietnam and it was while
there he was promoted to
First Lieutenant.
Reed says Vietnam is un
believably beautiful, "much
more beautiful than the av
erage American thinks that it
is. It reminds me a great
deal of Hawaii where the
mountains come down to the
sea."
The people he said, are
mainly of one class. There
is no distinct caste system
similar to that found in
India.
"Most of the people farm
for a living. Many have a
tract of land not much larger
than the lot on which my
home is built, and from this
space of ground, theyjrianage
to raise enough rico to last
them more than a year.
The majority of the Viet
namese people are in sym
pathy with the" United -States
Continued on Page
PERQUIMANS DRAFT
CALL NEGATIVE AGAIN
Mrs, Margaret Scaff, clerk
to the local draft board, an
nounced today that the call
for the month of January is
negative. There are no calls
for induction, nor for physi
cal examinations for the
month.
lecting history about our
county but legends as well.
Did you ever hear the
legend about the circus that
almost did not get to per
form in Hertford?
.During the time when the
old floating bridge, sup
ported on whiskey barrels,
was in - operation across the
"Narrows," a circus was to
appear in Hertford. With
the limited entertainment
available then, one can im
agine with what eagerness
the arrival of the circus was
anticipated. -',,. .. ,.,
Finally the circus day ar
rived. Imagine the . crowd
of curious spectators on the
river bank to watch the cir
cus come to town. Difficulty
developed, however, when
the elephants were to cross
the bridge. The great weight
of the elephants caused
much unsteadiness ' to the
floating bridge.- ' No -matter
how hard the circus work
men , tried,'; the.; elephants
if latly refused to icross the
bridge, , The difficulty was
finally overcome so Hertford
did' have ' the iv emeus : per
formance. How' did they get
the, elephants to Hertford?
The elephants swam across
the "Narrows," ....
County