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!,.''.' . . ' ' r ' x . THE MMUIMANS WEE Y Co ffl-,VollXXXIVNo.7 ;t Hertford, Perquimans County, Morth Carolina, Friday, February 17, 1967. 10 Cents Per Copy Traffic Judge5 Fentress homer, Ciik TOciri 'presiding in Perquimans OUU"iflllltl' Meeting Held ' The Chowan - Perquimans MYF Subdistrict met Febru ary 6 at Anderson Metho dist Church. Due to the absence of the County' District Court here "on February 8, disposed of 'rihe following .cases: ' Carroll Ray Gordon. Hen ry. Nixon; Gregory Aquilor ' Matteo, ' Bobby Nelson Fur lough. iHenry Nixon. Bettv J. jyWeiss, I Robert Michaef He brilt LI r4r ?r tte Tvey, Percy Iancelot -Wins- tAeL J?: low, Winnie Jones Robin- l:s " 7 on P.ul-J -' j meeting to order. OVit VKClia ilUCUIWU vmu- I . WL. : . . . . frey,- RolW Peasley,-: each 1 ? T I01; charged with failing to com- ? """" and Ply with the inspection law, kv a r a wem taxMt urHh 1K0 ay Nixon and Leondra l!! TT Stallings led the devotional " -.v , -' t service. . , ;.. . , axceeauig ine speea limit Margie Banks led the . brought fines to the follow- group in recreation as the ingX ' ::!l-yfiK'r.X" Program for that , night. Ronald ittinton Pas'chket, Each church was: to provide John Harrison Malbon, Her- ne game or sk. bert Tilton Bray,- Willie Les-1 ; MF Benediction was lie Edwards, Bill ' Everett said in. nisn. followed with pell, Michael J, Gray, Wan- """us'- reiresnments serv son oene White, Donald cu "'..v cnurcn. . naroid Mtiler, Willie Leslie . Edwatds each ' was ,;fined $5 ;ahd taxed with.,. th? costs. FfetnaiidQ Calvin, Hodges, Jr., ;was fined $15 and costs, as was Ruth Swain . MnCraw. Reginald Thomas Webb, Al- onzo ',1 urner, Jr., . and Paul Judson 1 Newbold were earh costs- EV$EliWMand Cotv religious and civic w ti lL h M?Ie S'1018' me at the Carolinian uZL Z "d Fae,to Hotel here Sunday afternoon Richard Irvinir , "Phnrm7 lS ZLr, cosU jof . court and that he along the oceanside during surrender license for" fid 5,0mi -v 6 days: Jessie Brothers 3 fim.1 - j ... .u. ,.. (and rnt.w , T' T 7 r l - . uw. 'iuy . " u ranam Kvanirn kl a Acer.. Hubert1 3entrv" Barr'wVin l elation. ' MlaneaDolis ? Minn 1 tvras chargeo! witnout vflid i film , was reported .to .- im arMcqarry-nneaiW'ww wrge ,audi-; ana eoure costs. ences wnen preseiHed a8 a court costs. "! V v v7 7 tionisU at Myrtle Beach and vviia ijcatll. '-.' v Temporary co.cha4men of the project , are ' Rev. ; Hank Summer Viewing Schod Systrnli r Eugene Warren, drunk on ine puwic street,. Hert rora, ftt line nd costs, Bernard B. Morrmtnx. r.l0: tor ; of Kitty ing within a no-pas ione; KLTS $10 rfihe and court iosts, John" Korbach. an active lay. man i of Mt. . Olivet Memo- ing? the " project to realiza, Continued on Page 8 1 i 1 ' I: Willis WendPlr ,. man poi Mt. Olivet Metno- , JMent ooulri ho !- I uwuMwmoT cry. Prayer, fop judgment was continued, upon payment Clarence Drayton ItaUance, SfttH DiviMOIl uuga wim operating a Tif1' i - cn i 1 motor - vehicle after license JHeetlllg Slated had been ; revoked, was given --""iLil i-monins road jientpnro; I TviTrTi, m v . Ben ?-iU'tim'''Wa"ii;j'1 Ae nation for , a national re- , , ;,7 i r Vr' BI1 Blwnaanc'i 01 between 6 DO ZXL i'!tJ: 'v .; courl I and "1,000 is expected. JIiXkk.; . m "i ' i ; v?e . Jack Tar Durham laSwi;0 Hotel and Motor .Lodge will trl reunion headquarters,' it i.Z"-" was,, announced today by .fc toiS ?J h e r ; King, nM 47r ;",; . wuu President of the 30th Infan thi court costs.;; ;' : try Division Association. yames waucer, charged L R HolloweU of Edenton im. W ., operator ; heensetis head of the state eroua a over neignt , was fined t ThA smu r!,,;.i ,..uji. WiTiiT 117 j j ' i. distinguished, itself with a William WoodariL chareed I hrAnV.tKi.i,ru tr: with receiving, a motion for denburg Line during World wwweu. .war I, and was called the . .- v.ici6cvii . yvuinnorse 01 ine western fwith exceeding a safe speed ; Front" by-war correspondent ' fop- arnarro windmg road, ;Hal Boyle during World War w i.mcU fin una court n, originally was made ud i8- , ;; '- ', of National Guardsmen , of nergu.es ee uance, cnarg. Georgia, Tennessee and Jhe ed. with driving iinder the .Carolines. This ' year will influence of intoxicating li- imark the 50th , birthday of wa ; eivcn a w-aay tne division. , road sentence. , The sentence J!. Durinir ; hoth : wars ' liAur. t .be suspended Upon con- ever, ; the combat' - hardened aition that he pay a fine of division was composed of iuv tuia cuuri'cusis and lur ther condition that, he sur render his operator's Jicense and not 'drive for 12 tmonths. J 1 J I.. 1:1 2 f he Perquimnns : County ' jstrial Devc' . ..lent Cor tJcn ' met 1 re ITonday -t and elect 1 y-ven di rulors. )The U J. of dih r ' rs wiH. elect new ' of "' ? ft' their f t i "eting. i A "IV -us.!, Lidm v nc is .Cfcdrls "I . c' led f,.f !. "V C. r . , 1 . r i.' II. soldier rcitizena from through out tne nation. . - ,u Veterans and their friend desirinit , additional informa tion 1 about : the reunion - are requested to write to J. : B. Liles, reunion ehairman, 920 ttavenwood Drive, Raleigh, N. C-27606. ,,-,,).!, The- Perquimans , County Board of Education met here Monday night in the Super intendent's office in the Per quimans County Courthouse and vacancies in the school faculty were filled. The resignation of Fran ces Marshbourne, who' has been teaching the seventh grade in Hertford Grammar School , was accepted. The employment of Mrs. Julian A. (Minnie) White to fill the vacancy was approved. The employment of Miss Mary Morris and Miss Fran ces Marshbourne by . the E.S.E.A) Office was approved by the Board. - During the meeting the board voted to approve the extension of the period of absence because of sickness for Mrs. Fenton ( Elizabeth ) Britt and George' Reid. , . It was decided that the old house on , the property which the Board is in the, process of acquiring would be given to the Hertford "Fire Depart ment upon the receipt of the deed of the property by the Board. A lengthy discussion of Compliance Plans" for the 1967-68 term ensued, how- eber ' no decisions, on the matter were made. The instruction program in the schools was discussed at length. : It was pointed ' out that the teaching of English was the most difficult of all teaching. A thorough knowl edge of English is needed for all other phases of instruc tion, and the Board resolved to give greater support and emphasis to the teaching of bnglish in the future. D. H; Eure made a motion which was seconded by John Danchise and a resolution was passed to offer for sale, in the manner prescribed by tew49'4en(glet 'dump truck and a 1949 Ford pick up truck. These, vehicles are no longer ; needed for scnooi purposes. v , , - 3 ' WIN NATIONAL AWARIt. C. Rnnrh i itj ton, right, is congratulated by Wttliam J. Klein after the niwaant gon ana waier Mmservauon District's monthly newsletter. ' The Northeaster'' won first place in the 1966 National Newsletter Contest ; The award was presented last week in Cincinnati. j . National Honors' Won By "The riortheaster" ers Tor, leet Tuesday HAyiXG PROBLEMS? r LETJS GET TOGETHER ; The .Perquimans ' County Community Action meeting will;. be htld in, the Per quima'"i Cc nty Court House Monday nii,Ut, February 20", at 8 o'clock. . Community action means: Better he'" h,- better- educa- i o : It is'.'very. j ite pre ' you! I i Uon, . con j ' 1 and better porUint that W in- ?Y. . V. . The annual peanut pro duction meeting 1 will be held at the Court House in Hertford on Tuesday, Febru ary 21, at 2 P. M. ' ' Astor Perry, extension peanut specialist, widl be here to conduct this meeting and he will bring the. latest recommendations for pro duction of peanuts for 1967. Joe Suggs, , executive sec retary, N. C, Peanut Grow ers Association, will present the trophy for the highest yield , in Perquimans " County and ! will also bring peanut growers up to date on ac tivities that the association is carrying on. : ' "Peanuts are v still Per quimans County's No; lcrOp on the acre basis, and even though we experienced dif ficulties in 1968, during the growing ; season .our ' yield ws very respectable," states rt. m. xnompson, county ex tension chairman. "The av- erage yield for Perquimans County was about 2,500 pounds to the acre, which is a little lower than it was in 1965. We know that we have the opportunity to push this average on up through proper production practices and the purpose of the meeting-is to , inform you of these practices," -1 1 : We hope you. will ibe pres ent so that you' can partici'- paie, :. you., nave,,isou samples you would" like Sent off, this will be a good op portunity; to send them to Raleigh, says Mr. Thompson. -?;t FMENDSMEWNO:;' , Eastern Quarterly Meeting of Friends will be held at Corinth, Va, on. Saturday, February 18. This will be an all day meeting, begin ning t;10 A. M. - ' Oft ; Sunday" February ;i9, Piney Woods and Up Rfver Friends Will hold their joint quarterly meeting at' Piney Woods ; Church, Belvidere: Sabbath School will bebi at 10 A. M. Rev. Elmer Thom as jwul give - the lesson. Puring : th 11 'ib'clocK ' wor shi . ..hour Tev. ' Wliif CJilton Will deliver the me- The-Albemarle Soil and Water Conservation District's monthly newsletter,, "The Northeaster," was honored in the opening session of the 2lst annual convention of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts by being selected the nation's top district newsJ letter in the 1966 National Newsletter Contest, reports L. C. Bunch of - Route 1, Edentonr Albemarle District chairman. y ' Bunch reports he is well pleased that the Albemarle District's publication was so honored at the convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 5-9 out of the many hundred district news letters published throughout me united states. MIowevcr, he quickly add ed that the real purpose and intent of this newsletter not be overlooked. The purpose Being a Way of better.com municatibnstj.to the people seuing tne ; ideas : of ;-con-servatiort of our natural re sourccs.N , . y.. . Bunch was presented a cash award and a very at tractive plaque by William J. Klein for the district's achievement. Klein is chair man of the National Farm and Industrial Institute Soil and . Water Conservation Committee. 1 Bunch, expressed his ap preciation to the sponsors of this program, the National r arm and Industrial Equip ment Institute, and the Na tional Association . of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts. : , Also not to be overlooked are ithe sponsors of the News letter itself at the local level. They are as follows: The First and Citizens Na tional Bank, G. E. Small and Sons, R. C. Abbott Company and Southern Loan and In surance Company, of Eliza- Detn city; Hobbs Implement Company, Byrum Implement and ; Truck Company and Home Feed and . Fertilizer Company of Edenton; Bank , of Hobbsville; Planters Chemical Corporation 6f JCoinjock; Winslow Oil Com-! pany and Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation of Hertford, and F. P. Wood and Son. Inc.," of Camden. ' "The Northeaster' is mail. ,led'monthIy to 'around' l.SOO farmers, businessmen, minis ters and others throughout the five-county district (Cho- wah, Perquimans, Camden, Pasquotank and - Currituck Counties) interested in con servation. It is klso mailed to a -limited number of in terested people-' throughout the state and nation.' -In the past the newsletter has received recognition in this Contest r in -the . south eastern area of; the' United States by placing' first or second each ' year since the district started publishing it in , I9bi. The southeastern area includes the 11 south eastern states. The national : association meeting was attended by approximately 3,000 people from throughout the United States. Commissioners T'ie Action The Perquimans County Commissioners, R. L. Spf. vey, chairman, and Commis sioners W. W. Bundy, Riley S. Monds, Jr., Thomas D. Nixon and Ellis Winslow, met here Monday in their February meeting and au thorized D. F. Reed, Jr., county accountant, to invest $15,000 paid back from cer tificates of deposit. The board approved a pe tition submitted by' James G. White, et als, requesting the State Highway Commission to add to state maiinatincd secondary road system four tenths of a mile of the old Woodville road leading from &. ,K. 1330 m Woodville. to ward Little River in New Hope Township. A resolution was adopted by the board that the State Highway Commission hav added to the state maintain ed secondary road system road known as Lee Wilson Koad in New Hope Town ship. The State Highway vommission is now request ed to grade, drain and stub ilize with local material the l-ce Wilson Road if neces sary right of way can be acquired by the State High way Commission. Estimated cost of the work is $5,000, me lunds for this im provement are to be derived from regular secondary road improvement funds allocated m Perquimans County. Keports were , received from the Agriculture Exten sion Service and the Wei rare Departments. dotal ' Business Places Offer Big; Big Values During February Sale Firemen Have Joint Meeting it Death Claims Marvin D. White, 57, of Winfall died Wednesday at 1:30 jP.- M. in . Duke Hospi tal following an illness of two and, a half months, . A native, of Chowan Coun ty, he was a -son of the late John A. . and, Mrs. ' Margaret Snowden. White. . """Mr. White was a foreman and millwright with L. R. Foreman & Sons in Eliza beth City. He was a mem ber, of Epworth Methodist Church, where he, was a Sunday School teacher, for mer superintendent , of the Sunday School, member of the official board and the Methodist Men's Club. He was a 1 Methodist lay. preach er and mertber of the Park-1 tfilfe JJuritan- Club. '". iSonvl'ving ' are - his wife, rs.'i!iunice w.l. White; two sons, Wayne White of Win fall and' Billy " Wite-.,, of Edenton; ' four daughters, Mrs, ;.BiIl ,' Mann .and , Mrs. James Griffin ::,of Elizabeth City, Mrs." Lloyd Byrum of -Sunbury and Miss, Donna Lee; White' of Winfall'; three brothers, Willie White of M urfreesboro, C: D. White and Paul White bt Winfall; two sisters, Mrs; Mary Wins low of Belvldere and Mrs. Addie Whitt oi; Hertfdrd, and U grandchildren. ' ''. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 f o'clock in Epworth Methodist Church by the pastor,1' Rev.Frank" Parhara, anfRevV Eai4 ,EdWailds,'pas twr of "Ctty J Road "Methodist t nurcn," Eitiiaibetb: ; Cit jr.' ' : . Services Held For Mrs. Perry Funeral services for Mrs Mabel Chappell Perry of noute I, who died- Wednes day night, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel of the Swindell Fun eral Home by Rev.. Frank Fortesque of Clinton, former pastor, and Rev. R. Lv Bame, pastor of First Methodist Church. 'The Old Rugged Cross ana in tne traraen were sung by Willie Ainslev. Tom. my Byrum. Pete Riddick and Carroll .Williams. . ' They were accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, Organisi The casket pall-was made of r pink carnations, 4 white chrysanthemums' - and fern. Pallbearers, were 'Hazel Matthews, "Phi-lip- Thach, Preston Nixon. James t El- wood Perry; James Hunter and-: John Newby- Winslow, . Honorary pallbearers were Joseph Rogersoh, Sr., Jo seph Rogerson. Jr Ellibtt lyden, Wayiahd f.: Howell, Louis Howell and Haywood Perry." ' ' , Burial f was in ' Cedarwood Cemetery. , i -THIRD DAUGHTER v1-j Mr. , and - Mrs. . - Clarence Winslow frdm Hatteras an nounce the birth of their third daughter, born Febru ary 10, 1967 at the Albe marle Hospital. r, ; s 1 NAME OMITTED Perquimans County . High School regrets W .omission of .i Tim i Baker's nnmn from thet high school; , honqr rou. wuch was-published in A. Pnrcto Xt V, Joaep tl aagYqu-w taviltea-to Ktif 'ttoriai jltfrki'iCWwrVThe Ibbruary 10" issue ,Kof f He So gave som , .u.-i.a-' ' mqulmiuijUWeeUy.-:' 'I CtttlaUfldtmo The firemen of Perquim ans County will meet on February 22 at 7:30 P. M. at the Perquimans County High tcnooI auditorium for training in forest fire! ; coh trol ,and protection, Honrv Precythe,. district forester tor the North Carolina' For est' Service, will present the training. Lewis Stallings, Perquimans County forest ranger, will be on hand to assist in training. Thij is the first time men oi the three fire depart- iments in Perquimans Coun ty have met ifor training as a group, c'niel R. C. Elliott of Hertford, Chief Maynard Fleetwood of Bethel com munity. Chief Sam Jennings or woodville have announc ed to their respective de partments about this train ing. The purpose of the meeting is to better - ac quaint all firemen With the forestry service, their duties and the role the volunteer departments will plav in as sisting the forestry service in woods fires. The county unit '.'of'. the Fire Department . responded to 24 woods and grass fires during 1H66, five of which were within the city limits of Winfall. The woods and grass fires have increased in the past ifew years. . All firemen of the Hert, ford, Bethel community and inter-county fire departments are urged to attend this training session. Other in. terested persons are invited to this imeeting, as this is of vital concern to all land owners in Perquimans Coun ty- i rv,. v. . , i... i. , j : ; Siipt, Walters lU Club Speaker J C; C. Walters. Perauimans County: school superintendent spoke to the Hertford GVan mar School FA (PhursdsV night on "Federal -Aid 'In Our Schools."., ' In his re marks, he stated that fed eral . aid was not. a new thing but began in the schools ,ln 1917 with voca tional education which in cludes Our " agriculture and home, economics departments. Of the available federal aid programs now in use in Perquimans County, he list ed vocational education, the lunch room program, voca tional, equipment ., program, national j defense , education act,-, the elarnentary second, ary , education act and, the NeighborhoQdYouth , Corps. some interest- Pgr Stores and business places throughout Perquimans County arc going all the way out this year in the celebration of George Wash ington s uirinaay, and are offering a barrage of bar gains. .It's a real birthday party, so read this issue of The Porquim;ns Wecklv throughout, each mid every advertisement is a bargain lor in occasion. Tl. .4 1 jiiu suirus nave Deen in the process now for many weeks marking down mer chandise for this special oc casion. You will do your Vlf and your pocketbood a favor, too, by visiting the advertisers as early as pos sible on the sale day, Febru ary 22. There arc bargains from major appliances down to the smallest items. The special values that are being offered in this gigan tic Washington's Birthday Sale are expected to bring snoppers and buying minded folks in droves. . If you don't, have buying in mind, a trip through any of the local stores will no doubt change your mind in a hurry after you see the bargains they are offering. Vernon L. Perry Taken In Death Vernon Lea- Perry, 41, of Route 3, died .suddenly Sat urday afternoon in the Al bemarle Hospital. A native of Perqxnmans County, ' "ftp was the son of Joseph B. Perry, Ci. and the late Mrs. Mabel Chappell Perrv. and the husband of Mrs. Georcria Barnett Perry. He was a member of 1hn First Methodist Church and was a Navv veteran of World War II. He was as sistant engineer of District I, Division 1 of the N. C. State Highway Commission. Besides his wife and fath er, he is survived by a son, Bryan Lee Perry, and a daughter, Miss Nancv Kvra Perry, both of the home: two brothers, Joseph B. Per ry, Jr., of Route 1, and El wood. H. Perry of Route 2: a. sister, Mrs. Paul T. Per ry of Virginia Beach, Va. . A funeral service was held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Metho dist Church by Rev. R. L. Bame, pastor. "How Great Thou Art" was sung by Rev. Norman Harris. He was accom panied by Miss Caroline Wright, organist. The casket pall was made of red roses, white chrysan themums, stock and fern. Pallbearers were Rov west, u. A, Jolliff, Herman Arnold. Jr., Carl Skinner. E. A. Walker and Phillip L. Jackson.' Honorary pallbearers were co-workers with District 1 of the N. C. State Higsway Commission. Burial was in Cedarwood cemetery. Notice To Subscribers In the past few weeks we have been in the process of changing expiration dates on our mailing lists. We first had to '-work our out of town subscribers in order to get the Zip Codes n which are now required by the Post Office Department to insure delivery. Anyone who subscribes to this paper and are not in the county are urgently requested to let us know if you have missed any copies of your paper. In handling all the new subscriptions and re newals, and cutting off those whose subscriptions has ex pired, we no doubt will make some mistakes.. If through error your paper is stopped, either here in the county r outside the ' county, , kindly notify this office preferably by card or letter so that we can make the necessary cor rection. Please, in advising us as to whether you are receiving jour paper, getting two pa pers, or no paper at alL give us your address, the exact name in which you were receiving it, and most of all' include your Zip Code. We must know where v n r paper is going: in nnW give you faster srvW in checking on it Due to the manv sub scriptions handled during our campaign, it is hirhlv probable that some errors have been, majle im addmw--r the papers, retting the correct name on the paper and in some cases a sub scriber may be receiving twrt copies of The Weekly. If such be the case with your, subscription, we will appreciate it very much if you will notify this office immediately, and as we said "give name, address and don't forget that Zip. Code." We would like 4o. get the corrections made as: quickly' as possible, so that you will not miss a copy of your county newspaper. (Im hlett-Sn VowsSp ivey oken Library Given Job Repair After several weeks W. tng which extensive repairs were made, the Perouimnnc County Library has taken on a new look. The falling plaster has been plywood covers the damaged wbuk; a iresn coat of paint brightens the interior, and some r new shelves . relieve me crowaea condition of the steadily growing collection of books. . Plans for this renovntinn began; in 1964 . when it be came apparent that the brick building housing the library was J literally falling to pieces. A drive for funds was begun 'find . frienri nf the library, including adults' Tne Perquimnns County and children, present resi- Central Grammar School WILSON The Fjrst Meth odist Churoh iia ( Wilson was the setting last f Saludify for they yvedcliiigLceceimeny of Miss Susan Borden Umph lett and Edwin Herman Spivey: .. fci1 the. bride Is the ' Aughter' of the late Dr. and Mrs W. W. Umphlett, and grand daughter of : Mr. "and . Mr w. W.-Umphlett, formerly W x ne- oriaegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Herman Spivey of Wilson. ' . .. '; .. Rev. Charles Hubbard of ficiated at the ceremony and was assisted by Rev. Robert Bradshaw. Mrs. Charles Davenport and Dr. Robert Pope provided the nuptinl music. - The bride was . given ia marriage by her brother, Wallace William , Umphlett, Miss Michelle Rogers of Haddonfield, N. J, "was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Catherine Vmphlett, sister of the brides Mis Judy Adams and Mis PamJ ela Smith of ; Wilson and Mrs. Allen SH Conner, Ml, bf Morehead City.,, ;- , 'Edwin SpeyHaJ 4 his son's best man. Groomsmen were W. B. Rand of Wilson, Robert Slater of ; Columbia, S. C., S. Borden Umphlett, brother of the bride, and E. B. Jordan of Wilson. " . SCHOOL PTA dents and former resident i of. f the area .4 corttributed , a ganerOuU sum tb -make the library saf e , for ' books. ; tter 'the county and the t&wa.-together. . put- a new roof on the buildu.?r-a peri- vonnooed oa ragt I PTA will hold its regular meeting on Moiiuay, f ebru ary 20, at. 7;30 K M. in the school auditorium : in Win- fall,. A Founder's Day pro gram U being planned - and ' all pai'ents are urged to at ' ' teud. '