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The wedding of Miss Nancy Cooke
Bar den, daughter of Mr. and Sural
.Doi- las Stokes Darden, and Mr. Cart
Edward ; Burleson, son of Mr.
'ml Mrs. C. E. Burleson of Deland,
1 lorida, took place on Wednesday,
racerober 28, 1949, at high noon, at
Holy Trinity EpiBcoipaIChurch, with
the rector, "the Rev. E. T. Jilson, of-
floating.''
A program of inuptial rniusic was
rendered with Miss Kate Blaachard
at the organ and (Mis. Edwin Aydlett,
Jr., of Elizabeth City as soloist.
The church was decorated with
;te flowera, including lilies, snap-
, t yna and gladioli,' interspersed
wlJi palms and fern.
The bride, given in marriage by her
father, more a wedding gown of brid-
. ftl white satin, and imported Chantil-
' ly lace, fashioned with a yoke filmed
ia sheer, nylon and outlined by lace
. applique. The long lace sleeves end
ed in calls points over the hands. The
princess line bodice of fine lace was
accented by ft full gored skirt of satin, ,
facing from the notched hipline and
' sweeping into a graceful court train.
Her fingertip length veil of delicate
Imported illusion was arranged from
-' a triple crown of pearls and cyrstals.
She carried a bouquet of bride's roses
centered with a white orchid and
showered with stepbanotia.
Mrs. J. D. George, of iWinston-Sa-
: lem, only sister of the bride, was ma
tron of honor. She wore a gown of
waits: blue satin, styled with a scoop
neckline outlined by a tucked satin
bertha, and small cuffed sleeves. The
taut bodice was accented by, the full
gathered ' skirt, topped by a bustle.
Her flowers were an arm bouquet
of red roses.
' Misses Celia Dail, of Washington,
D. C, and Durante Neck, "Mary Park
er of Cristobal, Canal Zone and Nor
folk and Frances LaJirib, of Greenville,
.as-.; bridesmaids, wore gowns .?' made
like that of the matron of. honor, in
the selfsame shade. They carried old
fashioned nosegays of mixed fJoweTS.
Th b honor attendants U wore satin
h&j hats trimmedwith ostrich tips
: to i&tch their ffbWns.
.TheJigridiM'"lietJ
man Ms father,: and the ushers were
Marion Causey of Richmond, Va.,' J.
D. George of Winston-Salem and
"Robert Jenkins of Norfolk, Va.
The brides' mother wore a turquoise
.blue dress with black accessories and
her flowers were an orchid corsage.
The bridegroom's mother was attired
in a teal blue dress with black ac
s cessories and she wore an orchid cor
sage, i '
Immediately after the ceremony
the parents of the bride entertained
the bridal party and out-of-town
guests at a luncheon given at their
i home on Front Street, after which the
couple left for a wedding trip to New
. York City. The bride wore for
travel a dress of brown woof, with
matching accessories 'and a fur coat
and an orchid lifted from her bridal
bouquet. They will be at home after
January 3, 1950, at Takoma Park, Md.
Mrs. Burleson is a graduate! of
'East Carolina Teachers Colloge and is
a member of the faculty of IWhittier's
SCool in Washington, D. C. Mr.
Bu: lesori is a graduate of Washington
and Lee Umlvensity' and Is now doing
gr !uate' work at George Washington
Ur" rarsity.
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Mile X-Ray Units Resume Survey
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' The New Year, "reviving old
thing the poet never mentioned
tag trumpeted in. 1
It is accorded this fanfare because it is more than a
day in "this petty pace" and continuity of life. It is a
brief halt and a starting over. It is the abandonment
of despair and the donning of hope.
It is a social time. We of this newspaper join all
of you in the celebration. We want td attend the wake
for 1949 and the birth of 1950 with all the blare of horns
and laughter.
Also in your fellowship, we pray that the world may
achieve its goal of peace in 1950 and that our commun
ity see fulfilled all its plans for betterment.
btnctly on our own, we wish tor you a
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un i ucspay; in Hertford For Two weeks
VBV POST PLANNING TO MAJCE tEV
NOTICE TO OUR
SUBSCRIBERS
:! Security
; To Increase
t i i'V". ,v. v.
asfungton . press report ' says
i fifty percent increase in social
nee taxes will go into effect
y 1, raising $667,000,000 more
Employers and employees
ill pay a 1.5 percent tax on
, and salaries tip to a wage or
maximum of $3,000. The pres
e is one' per cent, it has been
:t since the system of retire
and survivors benefits was
thirteen years ago. The ached
mefits will remain .unchanged.
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.18 Duties Monday
. Topping, sewly appointed as
"arm Agent for IPerquimans
will assume his duties here
Monday, it was announced to
ounty Agent I. C. YageL
Tig graduated from North
Stata College thirf month,
; in Animal Industry, and
Tcrquimans highly recom
'r the position he wfl fil
" Me at State College .Top--ve
in campus work, and
t of the College Meat
n and iU vestockf Judging
ried and a veteran, hav
Tlve years in the Navy.
r his wife are expact
j Hertford this week. -.
? Effective January 1, 1960, the fol
lowing subscription rates for The (Per
quimams Weekly will become effect
ive.
Subscriptions mailed to addresses
within Perquimans, Chowan, Gates
and Pasquotank will be $1.50 per
yeBnafei& the same" how ifi
effect.
Subscriptions mailed to addresses
outside, the above named four coun
ties will foe $2.00 per year.
This slight increase in subscriptions
mailed our own and adjoining coun
ties is announced due to added postage
for mailing ana also wJU place The
Perquimans Weekly rate in line with
charges for other weekly newspapers
in this area.
Dividend Checks For
Veterans To Be Due
Starting Jnjanuary
Perquimans County veterans will
begin receiving their first National
Life Insurance checks about mid-Jan
uary, according to officials of , the
Veterans Administration.
According to its schedule, VA ex
pects to put checks into the snails,
starting in January, at the rate of
200,000 per working day. Since' it is
estimated that about 16,000,000 Veter
ans and service men are entitled to
receive dividends, this means that it
will require something like six months
to complete the payments. 'Approxi
mately 700 applications for refunds
were filed-from Perquimans County
alone, according to the service offi
cer. 1 .. K '" .
Unauthorized reports that the divi
dend checks might start going out
before Christmas are entirely without
foundation, according to VA officials.
. More than' 12,000,000 applications
for the NAL1 dividends have already
been received by the VA in Wash
ington, eligible Veterans of World
War II who have not yet applied may
obtain the necessary forms from the
VA off ices, post offices and veterans'
organizations. Payments are to be
made roughly according" to the or
der in which the applications are re
ceived. '
Myrtle Louise Whedbee
Weds Joseph Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Whedbee of
Burgess; announce the marriage of
their daughter, Myrtle Louise, to
Joseph Sidney Copeland, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Copeland of Harveys
Point. ; ' ' -
, The couple were married Saturday
night, December 24, at 10:30 o'clock
by the Rev. J. R. Byeriy, pastor of
the Burgess Baptist Church, alt his
home, i r." - " . i
; They were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Ayscuei
ECTC Collegians Will
Furnish Music at Af
fair Tomorrow
Members of the Garland H. Onley
Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
have completed arrangements for
holding their annual New Year's Eve
dance at Harvey Point. Jarvis Ward
and Broughton Dail, co-chairmen of
the generLconunjatpcieA toW1
day.
This year's dance will .be held in the
gym at Harvey Point, enabling the
VFW Post to provide more space for
the dancers than was available in the
building where the dance was held
last year. The co-chairmen announced
that the Post will provide plenty of
chairs for all who attend the event.
Bob Lee and his ECTC Collegians,
a 15-piece band which is very popu
lar with music followers in this area
of the state, will provide the music
for the occasion. ..
The VFW Poet will provide favors
and noise makers for those attending
and committee members said this
year's dance will be one of the out
standing affairs in this section of the
state. The gym has been decorated
with usual New Year's decorations
and indications are that the dance
will be most successful.! ;
A door prize wil be awarded hf
the Post during the evening.
Tickets for the dance have been on
sale for more than a week but Edison
Harris, chairman of this committee
stated today that individuals may pur
chase tickets at the door in the event
they desire to attend and have not al
ready bought a ticket.
Proceeds from the dance will be
used by the local VFW Post to carry
out civic projects sponsored by the
organization.
Masons To Install
Kay Officers At
nesting January 3
Officers recently elected to head
the Perquimans iLodge, No. 106, A F.
A. M for 1950, will be metaled at
services to be held in the lodge rooms
on Tuesday, January 3 it was reported
today.
The officers to be installed are Dr.
A. B. Bonner, Master; C. R, Vann,
senior warden; 'Ralph R. White, Junior
warden; K. C. Murray, treasurer; C.
R. Holmes, secretory; J. IS. McNider,
Cecil C. Winslow and W; IF. Ainsley,
trustees J, T. Bigger, W. J. Kanoy,
and G. C Buck, members of the fi-
nance committee. . ; ' -. s -Appointive
officers, selected by the
new Master, and who will be installed
at these services are dim Bass. senior
deacon; Hoyle Uiuphlett, junior deac
on; h. B. Sitterson, senior steward;
W. J, Kanoy. junior steward; W, A
Hoffler, tyler; and G. C. Buck, chalp-
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County Tax Listers
Start Job Next Week;
Taxpayers Must List
Members of the Perquimans County
Board of Commissioners and five tax
listers for the county met in a special
session here Wednesday for the pur
pose f reviewing plans and regu
lations for the listing of property for
1950 taxes, which will get underway
next week.
Each of the tax listers set up a
"Schedule of hours and locaons-where
ne iiiay "be foundUJr" propmy'owners
during the coming month. The tax
listers, appointed by the County Board
in December are John O. White for
Hertford township, C. V. Ward for
Belvidere, W. R. Stanton for Park
ville, Julian Loiigfor Bethel and Seth
Long, New Hope. (
The tax lister's job will run through
the month of January and all property
owners must list their property prior
to January 31, otherwise there is a
penalty of one dollar for the late listing.
Schedules for the tax listers will be
published next week, and property
owners are urged to list early in order
to avoid the usual last minute rush.
There are few changes in the list
ing regulations and the tax rate for
the property listed next month will be
set by the Board at its meeting in
July.
30 PHS Graduates
Enrolled In College
Road Commission
Manages Largest
Road Network In U.S.
North Carolina's Highway CommiS'
sion supervises the largest state sys
tem of raods in the United States.
The Tar Heel road network em
braces 63,000 miles of double-ilane
boulevards, regular hard - surfaced
and remote rural roads, spreading
over mountains and rolling hills,
through cities and villages, sandy low
lands and swamps.
Only three other states Virginia,
West Virginia and Delaware have di
rect jurisdiction over alll rural roads
as well as highways. North Caro
lina's 63,000 miles exceeds the mileage
managed by highway departments in
these states and all the others in the
Union.
This diffuse responsibility means
that roadbuilding is extra big busi
ness for North Carolina's Highway
Commission, especially with a $200,
000,000 secondary road prdgram just
picking up full steam.
Many Tar Heels know little about
the functioning of their State High
way Commission and even less about
its history.
By statute the Highway Commission
has a task which includes the build
ing of roads with its own forces, the
supervision of road construction in
charge of private contractors and the
maintenance of the State's 63,000
miles of roads and highways.
To do this job it employs about
8,000 regular and approximately 3,000
temporary workers. The 3ize of the
payroll varies with the roadbuilding
season. (Construction has been at
peak capacity recently because of the
mild autumn.)
The Commission itself comprises a
chairman and ten members; one from
each of ten designated highway divis
ions. The Governor appoints both
chairman-and commissioners for four-
year terms. Working directly under
the commission is a StssnaHlsjt
way Engineer. He supervises an en
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Thirty graduates and former stud
ents of Perquimans High School are
now enrolled in colleges and prep
schools in North- Carolina and Va.,
according to E. C. Woodard, principal
of the school.
The students, and Colleges attended
were given as Catherine Ann Holmes
and Thelma White, W. C. U. N. C;
Pat Morris, Duke University; Howard
Pitt, Virginia Episcopal; Cecil Wins
1W, Clarkson White, (Peggy White,
Calvin Wilson, Curtis Wilson and
George Wood, ECTC; Richard Fut-
retl, Howard Broughton, Bill Mur
ray,. Reginald Tucker, Jim Mac Hol
Howelh Zack Harris, UNC; Charlotte
Duling, ; Vivian Evans and Lindsay
Reed, Wake Forest; iBetty Carlton,
Severn School; Jean Winslow, Sullins;
Anne Owley and Gene Proctor, Cho
wan College; Daly , Rountree and El
wood Long, Richmond; Marietta Jol
liff and Bob Layden, Loulsburg Col-
t -f (Continued on Page Four)
Christmas Holidays
Quietly Observed
The Christmas Holiday week-end
pased over Hertford with campara-
tively little excitement indeed a rari
ty.
On Christmas eve, a warrant for
me arrest oi ira Jones, iegro, on a
charge of assaulting Sol Malone, also
Negro, was issued, and Policeman
Robert White made the arrest, the
only one of the three-day week-end.
Saturday afternoon the volunteer
fire department was called to King
Street to extinguish a car fire.
Around 7 o'clock Monday night, the
fire department was called to the
burning home of a Rountree Negro on
Pender Road near Bethel, but upon ar
rival the house was almost completely
demolished. However, the burning
woodland around the house was swel
tered with water to prevent its gain
ing momentum.
Indian Cagers To .
Resume Play Friday
' Coach Ellie Feeling's boys' and
girls' basketball teams of Perquimans
High School will resume their regu
lar schedule of games next Friday,
January 6, after ta vacation during
the Christmas holidays. ' ' o
The i Indians' and Squaws will re
sume play, meeting the boys? and
girls', teams of Elizabeth City and
the local teams will be out to revenge
the defeat suffered earlier in the sea
son when the Yellow Jackets copped
I both, end of a double "header here Bib '
License Deadline
Will Be Tomorrow
Perquimans County motorists whose
last name begins with L or ,M, who
have not as yet renewed their driv
ing licenses must do so by tomorrow
night, otherwise they will be violat
ing the law if they drive with old li
censes, H. L. Dail, State Auto License
Examiner said today.
December 31 is the final date for
motorists in this category to renew
old licensee, Mr Dail stated. Begin
ning Monday motorists whose last
names begin with N, O, or P will
start renewing their licenses and this
group will have until June 30 to com
ply with the law.
Mr. Dail is stationed in Hertford,
each Wednesday and Thursday for the
purpose of receiving applications for
renewals and giving examinations for
new licenses.
School Holidays
Terminate Monday
Persuimans County Schools will re
sume regular schedules next Mon
day morning, John T. Biggers, School
superintendent, said today, marking
the close of Christmas holidays. '
. 'Full schedules are planned to be
observed at all schools, Mr. Biggers
said, and parents and; students tare re
quested to remember that Monday
will not be a holiday even though it
is only one day after New Year. -
Program Meeting With
Success; AH Residents
Urged to Get X-ray
Made During Week
The big mobile X-ray units oper
ated by the State Board of Health
will swing into action again in this
health district, and particularly in
Perquimans County, next Tuesday.
Residents of Hertford will have
the opportunity of getting chest X
rays during the next two weoks, ac
cording to officials of the local Health
Department, who announced today the
unit will be stationed at the Court
House in Hertford continuiusly from
January 3rd through January 14th.
A second unit will also operate in
the county next week, following this
schedule: , At Woodville January 3
and 4 and at New Hope January 5, 6,
7 and 10. Individuals residing in
communities where the unit has al
ready been, and who failed to get an
X-ray during that visit, may apply at
the unit either at Hertford, Wood
ville or New Hope, it was stated.
the mass X-ray survey, which is
being conducted by the District Health
Department for the purpose of com
batting tuberculosis through discov
ery of the disease in early stages, is
meeting with success. Generally.
residents of this district, which ha.j a
high TB rate, are taking advantage
oi ine opportunity of receiving, free,
an X-ray, and thus learning whether
or not they are victims of the dis
ease. This is by far the largest health
survey ever conducted in this area,
and it is believed that th results ob
tained will prove beneficial v.: helping
to wipe out this disease, or at least
reduce the rate in this area. The
survey has been under way since De
cember 7, and practically even- school
child, 15 years of age and over, has
nad an A-ray made, and hundreds of
adults have also visited the units and
aided the health department with the
program.
The schedule for the unit in Hert
ford has been announced as from 11
A. M. to 5 P. M. each day except
Sunday and Monday.
Health Department officials urge all
residents to join the fight against TB
by having an X-ray taken next week.
Indians Drop Two
Games; Squaws Win
One And Tie One
Closing their pre-holiday basket
ball schedule in games against Eden
ton and South Mills, the Perquimans
Indians dropped both games while the
Indian Squaws defeated Edenton and
tied with South Mills.
Led by Perry, the Perquimans girls
turned back the Edenton girls by a
score of 29-16. Perry scored 22 points
for the Squaws and White tallied the
other, seven. The local girls had little
difficulty in marking up this victory.
On Monday night the Squaws played
the South Mills girls in a game that
ended in a tie, both teams having
scored 36 points, with Perry again
leading her teammates in scoring,
racking up 16 points, while Olds was
high score for the visitors, scoring
19 points. The Squaws trailed at the
end of the first quarter 8-11 but came
back to hold a 16-13 edge at half time.
Neither team gained an advantage
during the second half and the score
at the end of the game was 32-32. In
a two minute overtime period each
team scored four points and the game
was called a tie.
The Edenton Aces dropped the
Indians by a 33-22 count. Dobson
pumped 10 points through the nets to
lead the Edenton cagers while Thatch
scored seven for the Indians. Eden
ton jumped into a lead early in the
game and Perquimans never threaten
ed. Four of the Indians, Sumner, Can
non, Towe and Thatch tallied 19 of
the points in the South Mills game
but the local boys were unable to
match the sharp snooting of the visit
ors and went down by a score of 50
34. South Mills boys jumped into a
ld-5 lead in the first period and push
ed this advantage to a 24-J.2 count at
the half. Each team scored 10 points
in the third period but the visitors
ralliel in the final quarter to score
16 while the Indians garnered but 12.
Only One Case Heard
In Recorder's Court
Only one case was heard by Judge
Charles Johnsoa at Tuesday's regular
sesion of recorder's court
: Charlie J. Trueblood, charged with
non-support of his wife aftd child,
was found, guilty and ordered to pay
(7 a week to his wife for use by the
child and herself.