North Carolina Newspapers

.Vol XXXIV. Ko: 3. ' k t t ,1 I) Judge W. S. ' Privott. presiding at a session of Perquimans County District Court here, June 7, sen tenced Thad Revell, Jr., to lour months on a driving under the Influence of in toxicants charge. .The sen tence to be suspended upon payment of a S100 fine and court costs. ; William Dail, Jr., Charg ed 'with failing to main tain proof of financial re sponsibility, was given 60 days. "The 'sentence to-be s'uspended upon payment of $25.00 fine' and court costs. Herbert Vamett Harrell, charged with speeding, was given a 30 day sentence. The sentence to be . sus pended upon payment of $50 fine and -court costs. ..The court failed to. find probable cause in the case charging Addle Mae Lily with manslaughter.' Jimmy Preston , Byrum,' charged with . failing . to drive same on the right half of the highway, was given a ten day jail sen- V fence. . i ns sentence vu oe suspended upon payment of $10 fine and court costs. , . . The following were tax '., ed with the costs for fail 's ing to have vehicle , re v inspected: Milton Cecil I Sawyer, George Quinton Holley, Lawrence 8. Perry. V Morris .Johnson Tatiim, Sr., charged with failing fa "comply with the inspec tion law, was assessed with the costs as was Glenn jiirton.' . r . . . Seth Thomas, . charged s with assault. Prayer for jdgmei'mtintoeh'-ttpon payment of a fine of $15.00 and the i costs and . that Thomas not drink any al coholic beverages (or 12 months., The following ' were, tax- edV with the costs for fail ing to yield the right-of way: Geraldine Vaughan, Julie Autto - Harvey, and Hubert Lee Corrcll. Tom Crawford, Sylvester Welch and Alton . Aubrey Jordan, each charged with improper equipment, were taxed with the costs, v Cecil Harris Perry, Jr, , charged with' improper flights, was assessed . with vthe costs. , jf; Estes Octavius Copcland, "charged with failing to dis play two red flags on farm eaulnment nn a N. C. htoh- f way, was taxed with the. court costs. iWisTMatthews $jn p?an List J One hundred and eigh ' teen Atlantic Christian Col lege students earned places on th Dean s List for aca domic achievement during tV spring seme iter of the current academ e year, ac cording to Dr. Lewis H. Swindell,. Jr., dean of the college. '. To barn places on the . Dean's' List, students must achievf at least a 3.20 (B plus) grade average for toe semester while carrying an average load of 12 teroeii- ter hours, . H.A student named from Perquimans ; was. Nancy Whedbee Matthews, daugh ter, Qf Mr::and Mrs., Floyd , fiatthews, Jr.,' 'of 'Houte' fitvwora. f , Town Board yith Same TThe Hertford Town Board, meeting here Mon- qay nisni in . special, ses sion,: gave tentative ; ap proval to the lX'f-ri bud git tf tZ 7,r i . ",.e tax rate will reniuin tie same, $1.10 r-r value f r I f i h f arsessed ' i ":IT t" .. t. s ' 't, a.- r t-x v .l.i :1L.. I in PROMOTED' Herbert R. James; whose parents are Mr, and Mrs. . Henry L. Weston of 416 Dobb Street, Hertford, ' has been- promot ed to airman first class in the ,U. S. Air Force. Air man,' James is a transpor tation specialist at Max well AFp, Ala., in support of ' ; h e . : Air University which,." conducts advanced professional 'military edu cation programs for Air Force officers. The airman is a 1664 graduate of Per quimans High School in Winfail. - Parade Planned Here July 4th Perquimans Sheriff Ju lian H. Broughton,. Com mander of the Wm. Paul vS tailings Leient'PosJq. 126; announced j.here .today the planning and schedule for a . parade in Hertford on. Tuesday, July 4 at 11 o'clock. The parade will be spon sored by; the Legion Post and the fHorse and Pony Club. A barbecue supper will follow later in the day from - 5 -o'clock until 7 . Continued on Pagj 3 Mrs. Fowler Dies In Ohio - ".Word has been received here by relatives of the deatrt of Mrs. i Ambrose E. Fowler of Cleveland, Ohio, ont jJune?'16;f She would have been 90 years old on September 18 and survived I;3Fowler by a year. Mrs. Fowler lived to be told of the-birth of her fist great graadchild on the after noon before her death. . .Some Hertford residents wil remember that -.Ambrose and Eva Fowler came to Hertford in. De cember, 1903. Like his cousin, Reuben M. Fowler and A. W. Hefren, Mr. Ambrose Fowler came to Hertford in connection with the Albemarle Lum ber Company. During their 17 years residence in Hert ford three children were born in the A. E. Fowler family,. Oleta, Ambrose and Ruth. The ifamilv were, mem-, bers of the Hertford Meth-i odist Church. Mrs. Fowler for a time served on the local school board (in com iany , with f Mrp iJudsoA Fleetwddd)1 "bfefoW wdmen had the iranqhise. Adopts feliitlgt Tax Rate in .August. 4 , The 'i:Board voted that five per cent of the net profits from the ABC store be set aside to help estab lish an AAA Council. Dr. Isa Grant met with the Board at last week's meet in" p- '...c-'lainedi. to .,the ne v ' .f d .JTjard '.fcf Cojr...i..,' .j onian''Alr berr;"He . lo Area ,: Alcohqlip Coy ..ljtbnt, would include, Cl'.van,, I .-, ' nansi Curr LILIjiinsoii .'LTcdToPost : Robert ' H. Johnson has joined ' the merchandising division :. of . the i . Personal jfroductS! o m P a n y in Milltown; N. J., as product group 1 director s after v 11. years with 'i Johnson . '& Johnson, the parent com pany.' :i The Personal Products Company is the division of Johnson & Johnson that manufactures Modess and other sanitary products for women.. Announcement of Mr. Johnson's appointment to the newly-created posi tion was made by George F. Tyrrell, vice president and director of merchan dising and advertising for the division. . i Mr: Johnson's : most re cent assignment has been as ' product director , (for Micrin Oral Antiseptic. He previously had major re- sponsibilities for the mar keting efforts of a number of parent company brands. A native of Bingham- ton, N. Y., Mr. Johnson was graduated from Cor nell University in 1951 and earned . a . master's degree in business administration the following year. He" is married to the former i Catherine :. Ann. Holmes of Hertford, daugh ter of Mr. and 'Mrs: ' C. R. Holmes. , . , i'' , , , The Johnsons 'and their three children,', livet' at 420 Prospect Avenue, v Prince ton, N. J. V.fil Divers, Sr. Dies OnSunday William M. . Divers) ' Sr., 82, of 206 S. Church St., died Sunday at 1:30 P. M., in tW 'XaneTResV flome following a long illness. A native of Currituck Coun ty, he was the son of Fran cis and Mrs. Nancy Saw yer Divers and the husband of Mrs. Margaret Davis Di vers. Prior to his retirement, he owned and operated W. M. Divers & Son Jewelers and was the ' Ford ' dealer here for about 25 'years. He was a Presbyterian, Besides his Wife, he is survived i by fftnre sons, Haywood Divers,;. James Divers and Preston Divers of i Hertford; ! five daugh ters: Mrs. NagjnV Banks, Mrs. Thelma Nixon, Mrs. Ramona Elliott '' arid Miss Juanita Divrs bp Hert ford and MMfraret Christgau : Brooklyn, N. Y. two sisters, Mrs. Joe Self of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. Annie t tVers of Elizabeth City; AO grand children and It r great grandchildren 4..' V;, Graveside services rWere hold Monday at 2:3tJ in Cedarwood Cemetery by the Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of Hctford Baptist Church. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. The casket pall was made of ted carinntiong, . white chrysanthemun.g and fern. Pallbearers were Wt W. White, Jr., Bruce White, Preston Winslow, D. A. Carver, Herbert Nixon, Jr., and Howard Williams. Local Student On Dean's List A- Hertford . student) Ru fus ;, Marion; Riddick ' IV, made, Dean's List for the Spring Semester at N. C. Wealeyan : College, Accord ing ;to DrT Jack W. Moore,' academic dean who, releas ed the names of the honor students. Better than 12 per cent of the full-time enrollment, 82 students, made the cov eted list for the semester just completed, : To attain honors, a student must take at least 12 semester hours and make slightly hteheri than a B veri!;e; F.iddipk is, the i - : Mr.1' and t Mrs,,, l r TUd-1 dick,, of .Routei 1, , !, Jorek A rising ophomt?T ?. is a member flf, the iiow s' ! c tui c "vs' pt'i'cr, -'.'Hie V :'' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 23, 1907. . -...I . mu.i I, , 1 i. tmi j ill i SSimlM II ' ' ! i. SMTMS n. W 1 I my Js '- If 4. The7above photos were itnrln ili Flair Tlav muted son is a hrgh school stndant and we thmk he did a great job.' Our thanks to Wallace for lending us his pictures. Flag Day Celebration In Hertford Draws Big Crowd Hertford's Flag Day pa rade, held last Wednes day, drew, a crowd of spectators from Perquim ans and, surrounding coun ties of approximately 2,000. .. Captain William H. Hardcastle, Jr., ' a native son, the parade marshal, led the American Legion ;officers and war veterans down the main street of Hertford to the reviewing stand in front of the Per quimans County Court House. ) American flags waved as the parade passed. The American Fleet Band, di rected by : Lt. Donald Worthy Lake, a part of the Flag Day celebration, pre sented a concert on the Court House lawn. Fol lowing the band were the American Legion, color guard,! World ' War veter ans in cars, American Le gion district officers, the American Legion Auxili ary, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts carrying flags, the Little Leaguers and the Perquimans County High School Marching Unit. The parade was concluded with horse and pony riders. John. William. Yeager of Sunbury, 91-year-old Spanish-American War veteran, was . also in the parade. He is a junior vice com mander for : Virginia's Spanish American W a r veterans." ! Perquimans Sheriff Ju lian H. Broughton, ' com ' mander of the Wm. Paul , Stallings Post of the Am erican Legion, and Charles Skinner, Jr., the , parade chairman and everyone who, participated in the parade are to be com mended for one of the most inspiring and successful events ever put on in this county. EASTERN STAR WILL ' , MEET, MONDAY NIGHT ' The ; Hertford Chapter No 137, order of .thetEast ern Star, will meet Mon-. , day night ) at. 8 ro'clock . in , the, i. Masonic Lodge- room:, . All members-are -urged .40. t attend. . - ' ' " ...nn , w 1 . taxew r.ere last Wednesday h WnHra Nelson, son of Corp. Drive Headed Home The Perquimans County Industrial Corp., which has a drive on this month to ' raise additional-funds for the purpose of developing ' new employment in the county, asks that you join , the 175 of your friends and neighbors wno have shown interest in the problem of -, creating employment , for, those who graduate from school each year to enter the labor field, says Leon Edwards, manager of Per quimans County Chamber of Commerce. Edwards said "Let's con sider the facts furnished by the Employment Security Commission that there are 574 people in our coun- " ty who are eligible for em ployment and have regi stered seeking a job. Continued on Page S MiCoxTakes Camp Position Miss Susan Cox, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. (Bill) Cox, "a senior stu dent next year at WCUNC, Greensboro; has accepted a position and begun her du ties at Camp Betty Hast ings, Y.W.C.A. Camp at Winston-Salem. Miss Cox will ' instruct, land r. sports during,' the camp, -which is for ages 8 . to 15 years. . PCHS Annuals Have Arrived The Perquimans County 1967 . Kilcoctheft has . ar rived. Students may pick -tip their annuals on Mon day and Tuesday, June 26 and 27 ' at " Perquimans High School from 1 P.' Mv' until 4 P. M . It - was' announced rthal extra annuals are , avail-1 able, for anyone who had' 1 not placed an order, : Mrs. Barbae f Is Re-elected ; The Perquimans County Historical Society met on UAnJ... . T. . n A .11 In tV Perquimans ; County i Li brary . with : Mrs. G. . . Wj Barbee presiding. The fol lowing officers were re elected for next year: Mrs. G. W. Barbee,' president; Ray Winslow, 1 vice presi dent, and Mrs. Raymond Winslow, secretary-treasurer. Reports were given on the progress made on the plans and markers for a "Walking Tour" of Hert ford to be sponsored by the Historical Society. i Mr. Honeycutt of Ra leigh, who is Restoration Supervisor, reported on visits and inspection of H old homes in the county. A report was given on a visit to the Harvey Ceme tery in Harvey Point by Herbert Nixon and Ray Winslow, with pictures of the cemetery. The winning of a red ribbon by the Perquimans County Historical Society for the window display in Edenton during the cele bration. After an informal and enjoyable program of Show and Tell pictures by each member, the society ad journed to meet again on September 25. Miss Fannie Elizabeth Lane, 15, died Sunday around 1:00 P. M from in juries received in an auto mobile accident eight miles north of Hertford. A na ..of - Pasquotank .CpUDt. ty, she was the daughter of James Howard and Mrs. Alma Belch Lane. She at tended the Assembly of God Church in Hertford. Besides her parents, she is survived by ,'a sister, Miss' Linda ' Lane'1 of Hert ford; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James , Louis Lane of Route 3, and Mrs. Victoria Belch of Hertford. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4:00 in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. W. A. Renfrow, pastor of the Woodville .Pentecostal Holiness Church, and the Rev. Jerry Smith, pastor of the Richardson St. Church of God in Elizabeth City. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. "Beyond The Sunset" and "We're Going Down The Valley" were sung by the Glad Tidings Singers. They were accompanied by Dan ny Meads, organist. The casket pall was made of red carnations, white chrysanthemums, white gladioli, babys breath and fern. Pallbearers were David Chappell, Bernard Byrum, Lindsey Baccus, Jr., Gene Boyce, Jerry Byrum and Jimmy Lee Lane. Draftee Here Is Delinquent Raleigh Carlton Skinner, formerly of ,223rang , SJt., Hertford, has' necome 1 de linquent !f or 'failure? to re port' for induction as or dered by Local Board No. 73. Mrs. Margaret S. Scaff, Clerk to the Perquimans County Draft' Boardi states1 this is a very 'serious'' of fense ; and' requests that anyone knowing the where abouts of this, registrant to urge him to report to the local board immediately. Skinner will be reported to the U. S. Attorney as re quired by Selective Service Regulations if he does not report within the next few days, v Perquimans County in ducted ten young men into the, A armed forces during the, jnonthi of June-.'!' The' July induction calf! is.' heg-1 auve, "however, ithe; local bosrd hasireceiited'ton ftttn;' J S . 'I 1. ,, ..... tonpnuett on Faf a Teenager Here Dr. T. P. orinn Hamst! president Of Seaboard Medical Association it ' f GUEST SPEAKER Rev. Corbin Cherry, son of Mrs. W. C. Cherry or Church Street, Hertford, will be guest speaker at the morn ing worship service at the First Methodist Church on Sunday, June 25, just prior to his reporting for duty as an Army Chaplain at New York City. Corbin has asked for overseas duty. He has served pas torates on the Bath Charge: Bath, Pantego and Bethany Churches, and for the past two years has been serving at the Jeffer son Methodist Church at Gc'dsboro, N. C. Mr. Cherry attended High Point College and Chowan College before enrolling at Emory University, where he received his B.D. de gree. - Twelve 4-H'ers "Twelve girls filled up the quota allotted to Per quimans County to attend 4-H Club Camp this sum mer," states Douglas W. Taylor, assistant Agricul tural Extension Agent. Perquimans County, along with Gates ; County, Cho wan and Pasquotank coun ties is attending Camp Swannanoa a Swannanoa, N. C. This year will be a little special, in that 4-H'ers Continued on Page 8 Mr. Matthews Buried Friday Funeral services for Fred Tunstall Matthews, 58, of Route 1, Windsor, Va., who died suddenly last Wednesday night, were held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Hertford Baptist Church by Rev. Norman Harris, pastor, and Rev. James O. Mattox, former pastor. "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee" were sung by the church choir, accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, or ganist. The casket pall was made of red roses, white chrys anthemums and fern Pallbearers were W, H. Matthews, Jr., Donald ' Matthews, Paul Matthews, Floyd Benton, Jimmy Paul : and Howard Matthews, Jr. A Burial was in Cedar- ' wood Cemetery. ' Leave For Camp Perquimans Students To Be Given Choice Of Schools . J-t: .. (V fr j ( , 'I Ni I ; Thft. Perquimans County Board of Education met here Monday night, June 12, in the Superintendent's office in, the Court - House and ' voted to assign each student in the county to the school, of his or her choice recorded on, the free choice (forms on file in the office of Superin tendent C. C. Walters. The school calendar r for U 967-68 ' Was- ' approved5 by " the- Board: 's Teachers "will report 'for work"- on 'Aug-"' ust' 28 ' and "students' Will report for tegistfatioh' ahd ' assignment 1 on August t 30. " xne, iara voiea to pay . Va co Copy Swr V'kV. 40200 y Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hert ford is the new president of Seaboard Medical Asso ciation which held its 72nd annual meeting at Nas Head's Carolinian Hotel last weekend. Dr. Brinn succeeds r..1. Jerome Adam son of Norfolk who had headed the organization for the past year. Dr. Charles N. Wright of Jatvisburg, another area physician and incidontally, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Skinner of Hert ford, was named fourth vice president. Dr. Wil liam H. Romm of Moyock, a past president, was nom inating committee chair man. Dr. Janet G. Travcll, M.D., Associate clinical pro- fessor of Medicine, Wash ington, D. C, at the George Washington Universi ty School of Medicine, was the featured speaker at the annual meeting. Dr. Tra vell is known to most peo ple now, as "The Presi dent's Physician," as she served the late President John F. Kennedy as his personal physician and also President Lyndon B. John son when he first went into office. Dr. Travell's topic for Saturday morning was "Re ferred Pain Syndromes of the Skeletal Muscles". Rites Held For Mr. Grunewald ;. -FWiet&l. erviyeg for Jons . Vaughan (Barney) Grune wald, 57, who died sud denly Tuesday at his home in Jonesboro, Ga., wurc held Thursday at 2:00 in the Chapel of ' the Swin dell Funeral Home by th? Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church. "In The Garden" and "Abide With Me" were played during the service by Mrs. J. Ellie White, or ganist. The casket pall was made of white chrysanthemuinf., red carnations, babi's breath and fern. Pallbearers were Keith Haskett, Willie Ainslcy, Luther Sitterson, C. D. White, Carson Spivey, Sr., Charlie Fowler. Burial was in Cedarwood. Cemetery with Masonic Rites being conducted by Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A. F.- & A. M. Students Listed On Honor Roll Perquimans County High School Principal William Byrum announced today the following list of stu dents whose names were left off the honor roll for the sixth grading period through error of the school: "A" Honor Roll Jane Evans. "A-B" Honor Roll Cheryl Copeland, Vir ginia Harrell, Sheila Morse, Dianne Stallings, Cindy Winslow, Nancy Kemp. Ricky White, Carla' Elliott and Julian Baker. j Sytl'Aii : i i I i k i f the teachers on the 25th Hay of each montn with ' the possible exception' of December and May.. ; Pupil insurance for 1967-68 was discussed by the Board. ; However, no action was taken. Under the authority giv en in Senate Bill 544, the Board rescinded its action on April 3, 1967, ini.elect ing C. ; C. . Walters; Xpr ; 1 wW.vn i'&rWi f ' 1 He iKrVn i Vi if !Juiy 1. Wet ,'atid , ending ' (June1 .''iH," and eiectea. .'Supi Waltersfor d'four 'yeaf'trm, f $v&Afg July' l,"l6VM ending .'June 30, 1371,