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zero Mi'.?-) t:;i : M!M,f,f T fM mmmm )um mum U !:!; hill 'Jl .ah r 1 WJii V! ill.''M r, y. 40:j I. "1 I 4...-.' (L Vol.jXXXIVA-No.'l8. Hertford, Perquimans .County, North Carolina, Friday, May 5 1967. 1 10 Cents Per Copy Ccir.ir.iss!2r.crs l!o"cr Students i II : v ED IE I OIF TTTM A TS Ua WW VV U J l A I k ! (Harris MIX ififin kiiuiiiuaii 1 In a letter to the Dis trict Engineer, Department of the Army, Perquimans Chamber of Commerce out lined! the following recom mendations i'or " considera tion , in their " study of Northeastern North Caro lina: - . , , '. " Item 1. That clue con sideration be given to en- largimg . t h e Perquimans River, north of the City of Hertford if any additional drainage is ' contemplated from Gates County. " ' ' (A) Due to the limited capacity of the river in the northern part of Per quimans County v creating possible flood : hazards to farm property in j the.vi- - cinity ;' of r Whitesttwi ' and Bclvidere. (B) If it should be de-. cided, to divert additional I drainage into the Perquim ans River it is requested that serious i consideration be given to the installation of a flood control dam on the Perquimans at a suit able location to control ex cess water from drainage canals or ' exceptionally rainy conditions. .. : (C) That the possibility of towering the' water . tableUo an extent "that it might affect crops in Per quimans County in an un usually dry season be in- -..AA in i - - ;XItem U.-i-Due td -the rcc I torlcaj Perquimans River, ' tfor boating, fishing as well as Water skiing. (A) , You are hereby requested to include the desirability of . removimg unused net stakes and oth er under water hazards, Which create a hazard to these type sports, 'v ; . (B) That serious, con sideration be giveo to the removal of : pilings along the shores of. the, stiver Contiaued oa l Local Schccl Picks Jfcrc!:ais Marshsl i tot commertce- mcnt exercises have been named at Perquimans Highw . School. , . ' The marshals are Shar man Taylor, chief, Carole White and ; Ethel Ruth . Soruill for the 11th grade; . jJaie Bvarw 'and Donald . Perry for the 10th grade; , Karen Haskett and Wayne Ridctick for the 9th grade; Brant Murray and Linda' Harrcll for the 8th grade. Marshals are selected on .the ; basis of having the highest grade average in theiH grade. Each grade selects its top two students for the honor. The 11th ' grade selects its three top averages and names the , student with the highest average chief marshal. ,. The marshals have the honor of serving as ushers fif the commencement! and they, arc permitted an early eating . privilegai as ? gre-... , ward for . tneir superior scholastic' grades; :" KKO EaccUaurtilte services ifre scheduled at ,. TerqUimans jligh, ,, School.-, for . Sunday, Vijne ,. 4, . with, Commence v,mcnt . Exercises ,. scheduled . on tlonday, June '5. All services wiU t";in at 8:00 P. ii.- (C2T). .. TO,!'; - ' ?.Y - . L. j . ;ular I"-,- " " a is a r " nport I City, vn'.a Albe- 1 ! X LVudsPickei InMsville. V LEON I. EDWARDS ; ij T . t '-.ft p-.;1- ''. '...', '1.. i ; Leon I. Edwards, mana i ger of J the Perquimans County Chamber of Com- merce, who attended the North Carolina Federation ' of Chapters Convention of the National Association of . Retired Civil Employees in Asheville, N. CU April 29-29 was elected . chairman of the North Carolina Federa tions .Executive Committee and as such will preside 'ijver iOlstswscjiaivejsessions "of the ! State Federation. While in Asheville, Mr. ' Edwards renewed old friendships with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence . Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Howell, i Mr' and .Mrs. Frank Green and ; Md and Mrs. Star ' Churchill, whom . he has known since 1938 when all of them worked on the Panama Canal Fire Depart ment' , . . The National Association has over, 2,000 members in North Carolina and repre senting over 10,000 retirees , of the United States Civil : Service ; Commission living in North Carolina, with an income of over $21,000,000 per year. Daath Claims f.Trs. Ilcllad Mrs. ' Lois Privott Hol land, 30, wife of the Rev. Douglas Ray Holland, pas tor of , Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, died Thursday morning in the Albemarle Hospital after a sudden ill ness;! A native of Chowan County, she was the daugh ter of Lindsey Privott of Route 2, Edenton, and the late Mrs. Ruth .Wiggins Privott. ; Surviving in addition to . her tfiusband and father, is a , guardian, Miss Beulah ! Privott;, two sons, Richard ; Allah and James Ray Hol ' land; one daughter, Cyn thia !' Dianne 1 two' ' half brothers, 'Danny Privott of . WiniaH, and David Privott i of Edenton, and ihree sis i,ters: Mrs.' Lillian Williams Of Edenton, Mrs.' Dot Jack son of Lewiston and Mrs r-i McLaughlin of New . po. t News, Va, . - I iie was a member of ; 1' f'nai Baptist Church, w. 2 a funeral service - w i .Ad Sunday with K v. R. N. Carroll officiat- ir t; Furinl war in Beaver V.I- 1 C ..etery. . - . r&"lcnrers were , Bobby p; " rveston .,f in, ' ' -n, !&-' M, . , ';.. 3 'jPiy, s !t and, ,. '3 The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners, meeting here, Monday with, R. ' L. Spiveyf . chairman, presiding with Commis sioners W. W. Bundy, Riley S. Monds, Jr., Thomas D. Nixon and Ellis Winslow, it was voted to hold a spe cial meeting on Thursday night, May 18 at 8 P. M., and Thursday night, May 25 at 8 P. M., forj the pur pose of working on the budget and any other busi ness that may come before the Board. Effective July 1, 1967, all County 'offices will be closed on Saturdays. The Board approved the petition requesting the ad dition to the State main tained secondary road sys tem of Lowe Lane, and ap proximately one-half , mile leading from S. R 1223 to the home of David Walton Lowe, in the Parkville Township. ; ' The following resolution was adopted by the Board: The Board of Commission ers of Perquimans ' Coun ty, endorse and respect fully request the Repre sentatives and Senators from this district to sup port the Local Election Sales Tax Election Bill now pending before the Legisla ture, and that the Clerk of this Board be instructed to send a copy of the resolu tion to the Hon. Philip P. Godwin, Hon. W. T. Cul pepper, Jr., and Hon. J. J. (Monk) Harrington and Hon. George M. Wood. 'AittnUn James v Given Honor Airman Second Class Herbert R. James, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Weston of 418 Dobb Street, Hertford, has been awarded the U. S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Airman James, a freight traffic specialist With the 3800th Air Base Wing at Maxwell, will Wear a per manent blue ribbon, deco ration for helping the wing achieve an exceptionally meritorious rating for the period covering January, 1965, through December, 1966. - The airman's unit also was cited (for inaugurating a new transportatioivsys tem that saved $96,000 in operating costs during fis cal year 1966. .,. ; The airman is, a 1964 graduate of Perquimans High School. . The 3800th is part of the Air University which coni ducts advanced profession al military education pro grams for Air Force of ficers. GI Home Loan Cutof fJuly 25 The cut off date for the World War II GI home loan program is July 25, ' 1967, W. R, Phillips, man-, ager of the Veterans Ad-' ministration regional' office, said today. ; That date is the absolute deadline for application for VA guaranteed Of Insured GI home loans . f Jt : veter ans of; World, .War .H, , Phillips' ' sW Wteraris ' o Hhe . Korean'; conflict jmd for the Viet Nam era vet erans are not affected . by the WW II cut off date. For Korean conflict veter ans, the absolute deadline is January 31, 1979; . For post Korean conflict veterans the loan deadline formula is the same as the one for previous programs: . 10 years after the date of discharge, . plus on year .'f-r fch , ttree r .t" ? hc-S ! .e. il-jty, but r i .n ex- . c ! cf 3 years tszxa -date of labt dischar'Si .. j : ' LEADING WOLFPAC? Hertford's Fred Combs is in his second' seasolf' as N. C. State's second base man. He was the tail's leading hitter last year. Coach Sam Esposito's $T. C. State Wolfpack baseball team may be struggling this year with a 6-9 record, but the future appears; brighter for the new Wolfpack coach. Seven sophomores have been in the starting lineup most of the time; with the other two regular juniors Tommy , Bradford and Perquimans County's Fred Combs at second. , Combs is the son of Mrs. A. C. Combs of Perquimans County and graduated from Perquimans County High School. 4-H'ers in Perquimans County should be proud" Of Robert .. FrankJitt;i.(Bobt5)pr Harrell for winnings the 4 - H Development Fund Scholarship in the amount of $500 for' the 1967-68 academic year. Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell of Route 1, Hertford. . Bobby has just com pleted eight years in 4-H and is presently an active member. Currently he is the president of the North eastern 4-H District and an automatic "member of the State 4-H. Council as the Northeastern District Rep resentative. . Bobby has built an out standing , record in his eight years of 4-H Club work. He. has participated in such activities as live stock judging team, 1960 and 1961; in 1961 he also placed, third with his steer. In 1962, Bobby placed third in fitting and showmanship and he was Health Prince. Bobby's accomplishments in 1963 were recreation leader, lo cal vice president, and third place in fitting and showmanship. In . 1964 Bobby was the local re porter, district officer nom ination committee mem ber, best steer and market pig in -the county, und third place in , fitting and showmanship. ' 1965 also proved to be a Juniors Sought High: school juniors who are interested in entering the United States Air Force . Academy .upon graduation - are rerAinded to apply for "a ' nomination .-this .spring, said Cecil E. Winslow, Major USAF Reserve, the academyi. liaison officer in the Albemarle area. ; v . Members of Congress will soon begin to consider candidates to the class en tering the academy in June. 1968.1 Since nomin ating; quotas are limited for . each member of Con gress,' the student should not delay making his ap plication. . . , . Senators and Represen tatives are , interested in , nominating: successful : high : school -studejit'? to bei rohi i.sidered'i forn ttcademy iiapf ..pointmenM nil rem i theitf states - end ' congresfiional 4 H Scholarship very good year for Bobby. He was the local club Mjeesidfint,.. .winner,, ofvktho. 4rH : Key Award, grand champion individual . pig, grand champion pen of three in a show of 150 and second place in fitting and showmanship. As the year rolled by arid 1966 approached, Bob by became the Senior Club president and the winner of the "I Dare You" award. In 1967 Bobby. : walked away with the first place in fitting and showmanship in the Albemarle Livestock Show. . Bobby has other accom plishments and honors district peanut demonstra- ! tion : winner, second in state : competition; . group leader at 4-H Camp, cam per of the . week; received NRA membership while at 4-H Camp; attended 4-H Key Award banquet at 4-H Club Week; head of a cab in at 4-H Camp, and he has : received nine tro phies and 19 ribbons in the Albemarle Livestock Show. As evidenced ' through Bobby's eight years of 4-H Club work, he is most de serving of this scholarship. "We,' wish for him the very best during his future years, "and know that he will use this scholarship to the' very best of his abil ity," states ' Miss Sherri Taylor,- assistant H home economics extension agent. For Academy districts. A good scholas tic standing, participation in extracurricular activi ties, and physical fitness are the , most important factors considered by Con gressmen in choosing their nominees. .Major Winslow is a member of the Air Force Reserve, not on active duty, vho " represents the i aca-' demy in high schools in the Albemarle area. He urges students who are in terested in the academy to get in touch with him for information concerning the application procedure and entrance examinations. ,; Major Winslow may. be contacted by writing him at P. CA Box 85,-Winslow.; Blanchard ' Motor Com- pany, - Hertford, N. Cj or j by calling 428-3634 oY 4284 7312. r Perquimans County High School's honor roll for the grading period ending on April 21, as announced by the principal, William By rum, follows: A Hcnor Roll 8- E Brant Murray. 9- A Nan Ambrose, Kar en Haskett. ; 9-B Douglas Perry, Bet ty White, Janice Winslow. 9- C Anne Simpson. 10- B Susan Harrell, Donaid Peny. 10-C Jane Evans. ; 12-A -Geraldine Meads. 12-B Joe Haskett, Lela Mae Lcng. ... A B Honor Re" 8-A Julian Bukcr, Don White. 8-B Linda Baker. 8-C Archie Blanchard. 8- E Nancy Tunneil, Lin da Harrell. 9-A Dan Nixon, Wayne Riddick, Jim White, Mary Elizabeth Goc'.frey, Sandra Smith, Sheila Ward, Peggy White. 9- B Broughton Dail, Donald Stallings, Ann a Chambers, Judy Hall, Pam Sutton. 9- C Johnny Caddy, Ray Hollowell, Michael Miller, Louise Dale, Brenda Har rell, Nancy Riddick, De lores Spivey, Geneva White, 10- A Doug Haskett. 10-C Virginia Harrell. 10- D Kay Nixon. 11- A Joyce Stallings, Georgia Stallings, Ethel Ruth Spruill. U-B Shelly Bateman, Belinda Hurdle, Brenda Thach. Hollis Williams. - ll-Cfje&ffikipsey, Car ole White, Sharmari Tay lor, Margie Banks. 12-A Grant Chappell, Alma Copeland, - Ava Rae Kirby, Shirley Lilly, Lin da Owens. 12-B Larry Godfrey, Phil Graham, Bobby Har rell, Fred Murray, Andy Rogerson, Pam Cox, Linda Harrell, Joyce Twine, Net tie Umphlett, Jan White, Mrs. Davenport Buried Thurs. Mrs. Sarah Barber Dav enport, 71, died Tuesday night at 7:15 in the Cho wan Hospital following a three month illness. A na tive of Perquimans Coun ty, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Mrs. Minnie Wood Barber and the widow of Henry Seaton Davenport. She was a member of Hertford Baptist Church. Surviving ." are one son, John W. Davenport of Richmond,' Va.; five daugh ters, Mrs. Juanita Anena of Levittown, N. Y., Mrs. Margie Sawyer of Bowie, Md., Mrs. Blanche Godwin of , Suffolk, Mrs. Cassie Matthews of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. Alma Lei-. cester of Hertford; a half-' brother, George E. Dail of Norfolk and 19 grandchild ren. ' , : j;.;,-;- Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral, Home by Rev. Norman Harris, pas? tor of the Hertford Bap tist Church., k, , ,f '. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery . , . is, Joshua Lilly Dies OfWound Joshua Lilly, 46, of Rt. 3, Hertford, died of shot gun wounds Sunday morn ing at approximately 12:30 A. M., by his wife Addie Mae Lilly. According to Sheriff Ju lian Broughton, Lilly was shot by his wife with a 18 gauge shotgun. ' .fivThe Lilly: 'woman1 -who is 48 years old' alsoi! was-'re-t leased i from' the ' Pferquim- ans "County Jail Sunday! night and graced on bond. iWinsloiviElectcdiTo Board In Town Vote Miss Hobbs Top Student Jocyelyn Rebecca Kjbbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Hobbs of Route 1, is E Tiong 54 of East Carolina College's top home economics students vvi.j nave been enrolled as the first members of a new rqmpus co'.ony of the na tional home economics honorary fraternity, Phi Upsilon Omicion. The new organization, formerly ,Phi Omicron, is named Phi U Colony and has already petitioned Phi Upsilon Omicron for full chapter status. Members must have a B average and must be rec ommended by the faculty. ChappelFsCow Posts Records Chappell Ray Pamola, a senior four year old reg istered Guernsey cow, owned by Clarence Chap pell, Sr., of Belvidere, has completed an official DHIR actual production record of 13,480 pounds of milk and 622 pounds of butterfat in 305 days two times a day milking, ac cording to the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Guernsey milk is world famous for "its TilgTi ' pror tein, delicious flavor and yellow color. The testing was super vised by North Carolina State College. M. L Saunders Taken In Death Mclvin Leroy Saunders, 49, of Route 3, died Fri day night at 10 in his home following a long illness. A native of Pasquotank Coun ty, he was the son of Beecher E. and Mrs. Minnie Twine Saunders of Route 3, Elizabeth City, and the husband of Mrs. Hazel Simpson Windsor Saunder3. He was a member of Mt. Herman Methodist . Church and was a retired fireman. Surviving besides his wife and parents are a daughter Mrs. Alice Jean Lamb of Rt. 3, Elizabeth City; two sons, Mercer Saunders of Hertford and Donnie Ray Saunders of Camden; a step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Malko of Rt. 2, Hertford; a step-son, Clifford Jackson Perry of Suffolk, Va.; three broth er, Edward Saunders of Portsmouth, ; Cletus Saun ders of Elizabeth City and Seth Saunders of Minne sota; and six grandchil dren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:30 in the Chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. David Lawrence, pastor of the Greenleaf Street As sembly of God Church in Elizabeth City and the Rev. A. W. Price, pastor of the Poplar Branch Assembly of God Church, t - ; : '!- Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. . . y "Near To The Heart of God" was sung by William Cooper ; and "The Chris tian's 'Good Night'" was sung by Dr. L. Sigsbee Miller. ' They were accom panied by Ambrose Toler, organist. The ' casket pall Was made of white chrysan themums, white pom poms and fern. - Pallbearers' were1 Aubrey ' Ohley Calvin u n"dy, 'Wayne Saunders; Marls Le ' Saunders, Albert Sure' and WUfordJKlnslow. - -, Hertford voters, casting 596 ballots in the Town nf Kertford election here on Tuesday elected Emmctt Landing Mayor of the Town, and commissioners cle ted to serve were W. D. (Bill) Cox, Jesse Harris, Henry C. Sullivan and Ce cil C. Winslow. Landing defeated his op ponent John Beers 354 to 128. W. D. (Bill) Cox polled the most votes in the race for a seat on the board or in the election. Cox re ceived 493 votes of the 596 votes cast in the election. Jesse Harris followed Cox in receiving the next highest vote, 493. Wins low followed with 322, and Sullivan received 307. Other candidates seeking seats were: W. F. Ainslcy with 282 votes; Zack Rob ertson, Jr., 133 votes; Claude Brinn, 109; Richard Morgan, 105; Wesley Nel son, 87, and Charlie Um phlett, 197 votes. The newly elected candi dates, Mayor Landing will serve a four year term; Commissioners W. D. "Bill" Cox and Jesse Harris were elected for four year terms, being the top men. Sulli van and Winslow were elected for two year terms' Union School (Sncirt : Sunday The Perquimans County Union School's Glee Club will be presented in con cert on Sunday, May 7 at 4:00 P. M., in the school auditorium. The program includes numbers from the masters, contemporary composers, spirituals and favorites from the Broadway musi cals. The public is invited to attend. There will be no admission to the pro gram. Cone Has Part In Exercises With U. "S. Air Forces in the Caribbean Maj. Ralph Cone, son of C. E. Cone of 1719 . Highland - Ave., Montgomery, Ala., is par ticipating in Clove Hitch III, a joint amphibious and airborne training exercise being conducted in the Caribbean through April 30th. Maj. Cone is a master navigator at Sewart AFB, Tenn. He is taking part in the massive maneuver in volving some 21,000 per sonnel from the joint mili tary services, including units of the Air National Guard, as a member of the Tactical Air Command con tingent that is providing assault airlift and strike support. The 22-day exercise is being conducted by the unified Atlantic Command Continued on Page 8 COMMUNITY ACTION MEETING MAY 10 The 'Pefquimans County Community Action meeting Will be held May 10 at' 8 P. ! M. in ' the .Hertford Court House. The public ' is invited to be present. ' GUEST SPEAKER Harold . Smuck, who is Executive' Secretary of . Friends '' United ; Meeting Missions Board in Rich-. mond, Irtd., will be the guest speaker at Up River Friends Meeting on Sun- .1 -day night,; May 7th "at' 7 VfeSfc 'til has! .served . 'the''issioji'field 'irV ICenya, toiHai!nw'f '"Friends are invited tp'at taod-. this service,';