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EMUIMAN
Volume XXVII -39
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, September 24, 1970
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WEEKLY
Capt. Hardcastle of Hertford
Gives Oath To
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Captain W. H. Hardcastle. Jr., USN. Commanding
Officer of the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek,
Virginia is shown above swearing John E. Hurdle, Jr. of
Route 1, Hertford, N. C. into the Naval Reserve recently,
while, his mother looks on.
. John left Saturday for Great Lakes, Illinois for two
weeks training and will return to Little Creek for an
additional two weeks aboard ship. He Is employed by
Weyerhaeuser Company at Plymouth, N. C.
Captain Hardcastle is the son of Mrs. W. H. Hardcastle
of Hertford, N. C. and the late Mr. Hardcastle.
C0A Offering
Bookkeeping Course
The Adult Education Division
of College of the Albemarle will
conduct a non-credit Basic
bookkeeping Class beginning
Wednesday, September 23, 7:00
Jnuin room 228 at College of the
Ibemarle.
.Interested persons may
register at the first class
meeting, Wednesday, September
28.
k For further information call
the Adult Education Division of
College of The Albemarle, 335
0821, ext. 251.
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j W. Talmage Lewis and son
nuuvua um tucy wuu me davee ut cvuoijr latr last
week.
:: Mr. Lewis and son Pat walked away with 41 ribbons for
vegetables and etc. 9 of the ribbons were for their
flowers.,
Judge Walker Presides
At Perq. District Court
Judge Walker presided at the
ferquimans County District
ourt and heard the following
ises: ..
Hersey Lee Combs, charged
,ith driving under the influence
i intoxicating liquor, was given
I 80 day road sentence, which
as suspended upon payment of
I fine of 8125.00 and costs and
rdered not to operate a motor
ahlcle for 12 months except
Hdt special conditions. The
rfeadant was allowed a
atricted license for operating
.hides owned by Henry Win
low and William Combs only in
course of employment with
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1 rtalvin Harrell, charged with
'Ul, received a 80 day sentence,
hich was suspended upon
;iyment of a fine of 8125.00 and
gets and ordered not to operate
i' motor vehicle in North
arolina for a period of 1 year.
James Clifton White, charged
"th DOT, was given a 80 day
tence, which was suspended
a payment of a fine of $125.00
Curtis Lincoln- Godfrey,!
; sd with exceeding a safe
1 and failure to report an
:zt, waa given a $10.00 fine
John E. Hurdle
Chamber Urges
Return Of Ballots
xhe Chamber of Commerce
wants to remind all of its
members to return the ballots
received in the mail last week,
by Monday.
Self-addressed stamped en
velopes were enclosed with the
ballots for the convenience of all
participants.
A reminder to the Chamber's
Board of Directors. Our monthly
meeting is coming up - Monday
legato. Time of course is 8 p.m.
Place is the Municipal Building.
Ribbons at hit
Pat are shown holding 41
and costs on - the speeding
charge, and a fine of 850.00 and
costs on the failure to report an
accident
- James Wright Bradley was
taxed with costs for failure to
yield right of way. An appeal was
noted and Bond was set at
$100.00.
Albert Talmadge Freeman,
charged with DUI, received a 80
day sentence, which was
suspended upon payment of a
fine of $125.00 and costs and
ordered not to operate a vehicle
in North Carolina for 12 months.
John Harvey Perry, charged
with over width, was taxed with
costs. An appeal was noted in the
case. v
Andrew Lane, charged with
assault, received a 30 day sen
tence, which waa suspended
upon payment of a fine of $10.00
and costs and ordered not to be in
any building or enclosure with
Lauretta Walker between sunset
and sunrise for a period of 2
years. ::-v;v.- vt
Edward Armstrong was found
guilty of two charges of assault
and given month sentences on
both charges. The pistol was
ordered confiscated by the
Sheriff's Department for
disposal.
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Julian Hughes
Drowns In Va.
Buried Here
The body of Julian Wallace
Hughes, 39, who drowned several
days ago was found Saturday. He
was a native of Perquimans
County but had lived at 1168 Land
St., Virginia Beach, Va. for
several years.
He was a member of Corin
thian Masonic Lodge, Norfolk;
New Hope Methodist Church,
and a Navy Veteran of the
Korean War. He was the son of
Mrs. Julia Hughes Smith of
Hertford and the late Wallace
HugHes.
Besides his mother he is
survived by his widow, Helen
Coley Hughes; one daughter,
Miss Wren Hughes, both of the
family home; two brothers,
Capt. Adrian Hughes, U.S. Army
in Okinowa, and Charlie Hughes
of Hertford; three sisters, Mrs.
Ray Randolph of Alaska, Mrs.
Charlie Hurdle and Mrs. Martin
McDonald, both of Elizabeth
City.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p.m. in Twiford's
Chapel. Rev. Yancey C. Elliott,
Sr. officiated.
Burial was in New Hope
Methodist Cemetery.
Mrs. Parker Dies
In S. C; Buried
Here Friday
Mrs. Emma Blanchard
Parker, 88, of 202 Plymouth
Avenue, Charleston, S. C, born
May 22, 1882, died Wednesday,
September 16, 1970 at 5:45 p.m.
at her home there. A native of
Hertford, she was the daughter
of the late Lucius Blanchard and
Mrs. Jennie L. Blanchard and a
widow of the late Jacob Henry
Parker of Perquimans County.
She was a member of West
minster Presbyterian Church in
Charleston.
.Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Evelyn P. Baker; two sons, Alton
B. Parker and William L. Parker
all of Charleston, S. C; a half
sister, Mrs. Mattie Matthews of
Hertford; 5 grandchildren and 10
greatgrandchildren.
A funeral service was held
Friday at 4:00 in Cedarwood
Cemetery by the Rev. Norman
Harris, pastor of the Hertford
Baptist Church.
The casket pail was made of
Iavendar chrysanthemums and
pink carnations.
Pallbearers were Walter
White, Julian White, Moody
Matthews, R. S. Monds, Edward
Parker and Nathan Spivey.
George W. Harrell
Rites Held Wed.
Funeral services for George
W. Harrell, 66, of 313 Jefferson
St., Emporia, Va., were held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Great
Fork Baptist Church cemetery,
Whaleyville, Va.
He was a retired agent of
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
A native of Whaleyville, he was
the husband of Mrs. Annie Ruth
Morgan Harrell, a native of
Hertford and a son of William
Henry and Mrs. Eva Skinner
Harrell.
Also surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Ann Harrell Rogerson, and
a sister. Miss Eva May Harrell,
both of Norfolk.
Hertford Gets
$11,097 Powell
Fund Allocation
Hertford will receive $11,097 in
Powell Bill funds for main
tenance and improvement of city
streets. 1
Launch Faircloth, chairman of
the State Highway Commission, ;
said allocations totaling more
than $11.9 million will go to North
Carolina cities and towns that
qualify. The commission
chairman said 428 cities and
towns will receive proportional
cash allotments. Checks will be
mailed the last of the month.
Powell Bill Funds, which are
provided by one-half cent of the
state gasoline tax, are returned
annually to . cities and towns
based, on population and non
state street mileage.
v Winfall will receive $2,178 of
the checks being mailed out in
the Powell Bill funds.
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N OTICE
Effective Thursday, October 1, 1970, the price
of this newspaper will adVance slightly. We are
forced by the rising cost of materials and
postage to raise the cost of the paper. We regret
the increase, however the prices of everything
else is up. We have struggled to hold the price of
the paper the same as it has been since Sep
tember, 1966 when we had to increase the cost
due to rising increases in the printing, postage
and getting your paper to you each week.
We have come to the point however where it is
now necessary to increase the subscription rate,
and have raised it only enough to take care of the
present rising costs.
Our annual subscription rate as of Thursday,
October 1st, will be $3.50 plus tax. Out of the
county and State rate will be $4.50 plus sales tax.
Two Perquimans
Escapees Caught
Two of three persons who
escaped Sept. 9, from
Perquimans County Jail have
been arrested in Fort Worth,
Tex., Robert M. Murphy, special
agent in charge of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation,
Charlotte, announced today.
Stephen Spencer Tanner, 23, of
Raleigh, and Vera Jane Starcher
Bailey, of West Virginia, were
being held in Perquimans Jail
with two others on larceny
charges after allegedly breaking
into the home of Mrs. Morris
Griffin, six miles south of Hert
ford. A second woman, who had
given her name as Dianne
Tanner, escaped at the same
time and is still at large. The
fourth person, first believed to be
Walter Johnson of Raleigh, and
later identified as Charles
Russell Stampler, 17, of West
Virginia, did not escape and is
being held in Perquimans jail.
FBI agents at Elizabeth City
obtained federal warrants for
Tanner and Bailey, charging
them with unlawful flight to
avoid prosecution for kidnaping.
The kidnaping charge resulted
when the three escapees
Monthly Report Of
Hertford Police
Department
The following monthly report
for August was given by Chief
Ben L. Gibbs at the regular
meeting of the Town council.
Arrests made: Drunk on the
Street, 3; Assaults 4; Operating
Intoxicated 1; Careless and
Reckless Driving 2; Larceny 1;
Miscellaneous Traffic Arrests 4;
Miscellaneous Arrests 1; Ac
tivities: Calls Answered and
Investigated 97; Accidents In
vestigated 3; Funerals Worked
4; Courtesies Extended 107;
Doors Found Unlocked 4; Fire
Calls Answered 2; Radio Calls
205; Citations Issued For Im
proper Parking 3; Lights
Reported Out 4.
Patrick Stephens Honored On lOOffi Birthday
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Patrick L. Stephens, a former
resident of Hertford was guest of
honor at a block party Sunday
afternoon celebrating his 100th
birthday. Relatives and neigh
bors gathered in the 100 block of
Griffin Street to extend best
wishes to Mr. Stephens and
enjoyed the pot-luck supper
spread on long tables in the
center of the street which had
been blocked off for the occation.
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allegedly stopped a truck on the
south end of Wright Memorial
Bridge and forced Willie Bar
nard of Poplar Branch to drive
them to Laurel, Md.
The second woman is also
wanted on the kidnaping charge.
The arrests were made after FBI
agents in Fort Worth checked
Tanner's and Bailey's names
through the National Crime
Information Center in
Washington, D.C., and learned of
the federal warrants outstanding
for them.
Murphy said that local
authorities in Currituck and
Perquimans counties are ex
pected to extradite Tanner and
Bailey to North Carolina where
they will stand trial on the kid
naping and larceny charges.
Mrs. Taylor Says
Eat Good Breakfast
Perquimans County Better
Breakfast Campaign Slogan, Eat
A Good Breakfast To Start The
Day Right. A Better Breakfast
Postal Contest is going on in the
schools, states Mrs. M. B.
Taylor, Home Economics Ex
tension Agent. A trophy will be
given to the winner in each of the
following division primary,
grammar, and high school.
The donors for the trophies will
be in next week's issue of
Perquimans Weekly, states Mrs.
M. B. Taylor.
Slides Used In
High School
Approximately 150 students at
Perquimans High School will
enjoy slides of the N.C. Museum
in Raleigh. These slides, ac
companied by a narrative, are
offered by the state museum,
and were obtained for use in this
county by the Perquimans
County Arts Council.
Cynthia' and Pam Hales,
daughters of ' Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph S. Hales, Jr. await the
opening of their gifts to Mr.
Stephens.
When asked how he happened
to settle in Perquimans County
he explained that he came to
Hertford to help build the First
Methodist Church, found the girl
of his dreams, and settled down
to a long happy life. -i
Stephen and Hanna Keenan
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1 Punt, Pass, Kick
j Contest To Be Held
I October 4th
1 A special "extra" awaits all
boys eight through 13 who enroll
in the 10th annual Punt, Pass and
Kick football skills competition
j sponsored by the National
j Football League and the Ford
Dealers of America,
j It is a 28-page instructional
book which includes tips on
i punting, passing and place-
kicking from top NFL experts as
j well as a wealth of football lore
: and complete PP&K rules,
j In addition to a special
message from NFL Com-
missioner Pete Rozelle, Coaches
Hank St ram of the Kansas City
Chiefs and Bud Grant of the
Minnesota Vikings talk about
some of the all-time football
greats.
Three of the NFL's top
specialists give valuable tips to
boys preparing for the first
round of PP&K eliminations to
be held October 3 and 4. David
Lee of the Baltimore Colts
describes the right way of
punting, which has made him the
NFL's leading punter; Cleveland
Browns quarterback Bill Nelsen
talks about forward passing, and
Fred Cox of the Minnesota
Vikings demonstrates place
kicking. The PP&K competition is
based upon each boy's combined
distance and accuracy in for
ward passing, punting and place
kicking from a tee. Youngsters
compete only against boys of
their own age. There are six
levels of competition - from the
local level all the way to the
national championship contest at
the NFL All-Star Pro Bowl Game
in Los Angeles on January 24,
1971.
Any boy within the eligible age
limits may register for the
competition at any participating
Ford dealership between now
and September 26.
Library News
Of several memorial books
that have been ordered one has
been received in the library this
week. That is A Guide to Colonial
Artifacts in memory of Mr. Steve
Perry.
Other non-fiction added this
week: A Pictorial History of
Oceanographic Submersibles, by
Sweeney; Ball Four, by Jim
Bouton; , and Up The
Organization, by Townsend.
New fiction titles include Heir
Apparent, by Conway; The
President, by Drew Pearson;
Forfeit, by Dick Francis; The
Child From the Sea, by Elizabeth
Goudge; and four by Georgette
Heyer, The Convenient, Faro's
Daughter, Powder and Patch,
and Beauvallet.
Four easy to read science
books for young children are:
The Toad Hunt; Ants Are Fun;
Benny's Animals, and Prove It.
In addition to these the library is
adding twenty other books for
children.
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were the first couple to be
married in the newly constructed
church, of which he now has the
distinction of being the oldest
member. .
Mr. and Mrs. Stephens were
the parents of six daughters, two
of whom, Mrs. Norman Haskett
and Mrs. Norman Shan
nonhouse, are residents of
Elizabeth City. There are 16
grandchildren and 29 greatgrandchildren.
Bob Jenkins Will Speak
At Farm Bureau Meeting
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Albert Eure, President of
Perquimans County Farm
Bureau has this to say in relation
to the Farm Bureau
Organization. We are living in an
age of organization and the
organized groups are the ones
who get things done. "Farm
Bureau is such an
Organization", and all it takes to
get something done is your
participation. Farm Bureau has
farm service programs and
organized commodity groups
that have proved themselves of
great value to the farmer and
PTA Subscription Drive
for The Weekly Begins
Thursday, October 1st
The annual Parent-Teacher
Association members of the
Hertford Grammar School,
Central Grammar School and
Perquimans Union School will
open their annual drive for
Perquimans Weekly sub
scriptions on Thursday, October
ist. The drive will end on
Saturday, October 31st
The annual project to raise
funds is conducted by the PTA's
of the schools mentioned each
year. They will begin on Thur
sday, October 1st, acting again
as subscription agents for The
Perquimans Weekly. The group
will solicit new and renewal
subscriptions to The Weekly
during the campaign, receiving a
generous commission for each
subscription secured.
Mrs. Jean Harrison and Mrs.
Minnie Wilma Hurdle are co-
chairmen of the drive in the
Hertford Grammar School.
The groups will conduct a
house-to-house canvass for
subscriptions during the drive,
giving each person an op
portunity to renew or subscribe
to the paper and help the
PTA at the same time. All
subscriptions sold through this
drive will be started at the ex
piration of present subscriptions.
Through the sale of the sub
scriptions the PTA of the schools
will raise funds for activities at
the schools and have been very
successful in the subscription
drives which have been con
ducted over the past years.
Subscribers are urged to
support the PTA in the drive and
renew subscriptions through the
PTA members or school
children. The groups receive a
generous commission for each
subscription be it a renewal or a
new subscriber; it's the same.
This year the price of the paper
has advanced to $3.12 in
Perquimans County and to $4.18
outside Perquimans. The in
crease in price is the first since
1966, and is due to the rising cost
in printing, postage and
Registration Set
For Guitar Lessons
Beginning and intermediate
guitar lessons will be offered at
the COA ART Center in
Elizabeth City this fall. All those
who are interested should be at
the Museum of the Albemarle on
Wednesday, September 30 atl
7:00. If there are enough ap
plications from Perquimans
County the teacher will consider
holding a class in Hertford.
rural community.
Thursday mgnt September 24
at 8.00 p.m. you are invited to
attend a resolution meeting at
the Perquimans County Court
House
Bob Jenkins District Field
Representative for the N K Part
of NC. F.irm Bureau will be
guest speaker. His mam topic
will he how to defend the farm
economy through Legislature
halls and arm tommodity
groups
There will be much discussion
regarding farm problems, so be
sure to be there
operations connected with
getting the paper out each week.
In renewing your subscription
PLEASE give the person with
whom you renew or subscribe
the exact address that you are
now receiving your paper, also
the name or initials, in order that
you may be credited correctly. If
you art sending the paper to an
out-o'.-town person, please give
the Zip Code. This is absolutely
necessary in order for them to
receive the papor.
Billy White is vown in the
above picture modeling his
outfit that he will wear
during Perquimans County's
tricentennial celebration to
be held In October.
Mrs. Winslow Is
Special Guest
fit Club Meet
White Hat 4-H Club met
Tuesday, September 1 at the
New Hope Community Building.
Mrs. Sylvia Winslow was our
special guest. Her slides of
Hawaii were very interesting.
In the absence of Mike Stokely,
President, Peggy James
Copeland called the meeting to
order. Pledges were led by Lois
Eure. Mrs. Paul W. Stokley gave
the devotion. Miss Sherri Taylor,
Associate Home Economics
Extension Agent, gave report
on the County Fair which will be
in Elizabeth City on September
14 through the 19th.; She also
talked of her observations during
4-H Club Camp which she at
tended and this was very informative.
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