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Volume XVIII. No. 14.
Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 6, 1951.
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County DoT(l Of Education fleorguiized
At Meeting May; Moms Hew Chairman
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New School Committees
Appointed; Supcrin
, tendent Re-elected
Rotary Speaker
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(Perquimans "County's Board of
Education was reorganizfed on Monday
when four new members of the
Board took oaths of office, rollowing
completion of business by the old
Board.
; Assuming office for new four year
' terms were Mrs, T. IP. iBrinn, Mrs. A.
R. iCook, "Edgar Morris and Clarence
Chappell. Edgar Morris, -who suc
ceeded Julian A. White, retiring
chairman, was elected as chairman of
the new Board. IS. M. Long was
elected as vice chairman.
John T. Biggers, sijperinitendent of
schools, and secretary Ito the. Board,
was re-elected to the position, as sup-,
erintendent for a period of two years,
beginning July 1, 11951. v , j;
- iDuring the meeting the superinten
dent outlined progress made on the
county ' school construction program,
and advised the Board members that
bids for construction of an addition
to the Hertford Negro school should
4m received in about two weeks.
On motion passed the (Board adopt
ed a rule requiring members of the
various county school committees to
be parents of children attending
school. Following adoption of this
rule, the (Board appointed as mem-1
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luge Crowd Attends:
Annual Meeting Of
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A. T. Lane Re-elected as
Chairman of Board of
Directors
judge Morris To
Preside At Term
Of Superior Court
Heavy Docket Listed By
Clerk; Court to Con
vene April 16
BOARD APPROVES IMMEDIATE SALE OF
Deadline Draws Near
For Town Candidates
With the primary election of the
Town of Hertford scheduled for Mon
day, April 23, Town Clerk W. G.
Newby stated Wednesday morning
that as yet no individuals had filed as
Judge Chester 'Morris, of Curri-caniiaates for offices to be filled
tuck, resident Superior Court Judgeine flectin- . ' "
foi this district, is scheduled to pre-' Th. last Vjor ntoJ m
side over the April term of Perquim- nd,tef3 18 .Frlday' ff"!1 . tn
an Superior Court which convene thi balloting to come 10 days later,
hero nn 'MnnHv Anvil i u ...... Saturday, April 14, is the last day
ported today by'w. ;H. Pitt, clerk of ! . votei-s, no already registered, to
court.
A heavv criminal flnrltdf nf 9A
Cases. alreaHv raliuifinrPfl in ovnonM '. "ar,
jeffwilson
Highway safefjy as practiced by
truck drivers, and motor carriers
association was the topic of the
program given at a meeting of
the Hertford (Rotary Oub Tues
day night. .The guest speaker
was Jeff Wilson of Raleigh, Su
pervisor for the ISafeOy Council
of the N. C Motor Carries' As
One of the largest attendance eve?
registered at lihe annual meeting of
the Albemarle Electric Membershipj
Corporation gathered ait the Pert
'nuimana 'Hiffh School auditorium last
Saturday for the election of direct
tors of the REA Co-op, and to attend
the home talent show sponsored by th4
A nnvnvimqta ir 1 I If If 1 ' hiiiaA(i a nr. t
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.-uri-cu lur me iiicrcLiug aim iif u
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uJiunuiii uveriiuweu wiiun .lie cruwuj
..pat naa gaxnerea for .tme event, ine unlikely any civil actions, other than
amateur contest, which was conduct; I a few divorce cases, will toe disposed
cesssd by the REA, met with muck' 0f at this term ofsuperior court,
success. Some 15 ientries were listed, jn making up the calendar for the
on the .program and masters of cere.' court term Mr. Pitt listed 10 civil ac
mony Charlie Skinner and, Billy White tions for hearings, these to be heard
uiu a sum juu in iiawuniig iut. 'ireif at me convenience or tnie court or
formers.
' iFirst prize winners ' were
Duncan, Patricia Bunch and Anna
Spruill' of Edenton, second .priz
went to Sandra Morgan and third
prize winners were Jo Pat Stokes
and Marjorie Brinn.
Ba'lots cast in Uhe election for the
Commissioners
Senators to
Request
Kill Bill
For Clerks Pay
Action was taken by the Board of
County Commissioners, meeting in
regular session here last Monday,
paved the way for immediate sale of
$ 0,000 worth of county school bonds
authorized by the special election held
last January. A motion was passed
by the Board authorizing the sale of
these bonds, amounting to a total of
$175,000, as needed by the Board of
register and be eligible to vote in the Education for completion of the school
election. !Mrs. IB. IG. Koonce, Kegis-'construction program.
will be located in ithe Court Sale of the bonds will be handled
to consume 4he entire week allotted Housa tomol'row and 'Saturday, April .(by the Local Government Commission,
for the court term, and it appeared 14 to register voters for Ae election.lat Raleigh and the order authorizing
unlikely anv civil actions, other thaJSllturday' APnl 21 wl" ,be challenge the sale of bonds sets out the plan
bers of the high school committee,
Henry day Stokes, Edwin S. White,
IMrs. 'Frank Bray, Warner Madre,
Carson. Spivey, Dr. T. IP. iBrinn;
members of tlh grammar school com
mittee appointed were E. Q. White,
Julian Mathews, Howard Williams,
IRoy Chappell, Chester Butt, Hoy
Winslow and Mrs. Henry Clay Sul
livan. . :
Senator J. pEmmett Winslow me.
with the IBoard and discussed legis
lation affecln'ng the schools.
Oaths of office of the new mem
bers were administered by., Clerk of
Court W. H. iritt. . k
Hertford Rotarians
Hear Discussion On
Highway Safety
Jeff Wilson, Supervisor for the
Council of Safety for the Motor Car
riers' Association of 'Raleigh, was the
guest speaker at a - meeting of the
A special mtm' the Board' was "Hertford Rotary Club held Tuesday
v.a led . for ,. Monday. APrilf. at h.iS"x " """'-
o'clock when . tha srroup will Wt in
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..it;-', - ifhA Mm, jrkr .i Biubf WHWBmimflniij, t.t 1
echoola, -
l.i i.1 1 n jn ' i i ,
, ,! ie ciose oi vne cnminai aocKet, 11
Betsy that is reached befor the end of the
week.
'Listed for hearings were the follow
ing civil actions:
J. E. Winslow, et als vs. J. J. Alex
ander, et als.
Clifton R. Hardv vs. Mildred IS.
Board of Directors for Jhe Corpora-1 Hardy.
tion favored, the flection of John N. james E. Skinner vs. Rena Turner
Bunch and Joe Wiggins of Chowan, I Skinner.
A. T. Lane, Charles E. White andi Addie N. Jones vs. Doward A
Floyd Mathews of Perquimans, Walter j0nes.
IiOwery ancHTommls 'lempie oi ras- Thomas W. Coleman vs. Lula iMae
quotank and James WOntehurst and .Coleman.
THIS ivfflrs
HEADLINES
Pointing out that the Association's
WAgan "Safety Is lyq JAccMent," Mr.
Wilson told the, Rotarians has organi
zation Is vitally interested in highway
safaty and is working constantly with
truck' drivers to help (promote greater
highway safety. .
The need for a trucking industry in
North Carolina is very great, Mr. Wil
son stated, adding that 1800 communi
ties, including five couniHes in the
State depend solely upon motor car
riers for transportation of necessities
to and from the communities. He
told the club members the trucking
industry in the state was small prior
to "World War II, but grew with the
demands : until today it is rather a
I. W. Hastings of Camden. (
FoHiwing he eleCSon of the direc
tors this body melt and elected A. T.
Lane as chairman of the board for the
coming year. Named as vice-cn air
man was Joe Wiggins, secretary,
Floyd Mathews, and treasurer, Chas.
E. White. . ' , ;
The by-laws Of the Co-op Calls for
"iwo members from each of the four
counties, comprising .he 'REA, to serve
as director, and a ninth member is
elected at large.
John (Costen, manager for the Cor-
WWtoiw-T;Meh..fl . Pi3 i.H?'!S!peland, Albert
gram for' the jheeting expressed hi
appreciation to individuals and mer
chants who assisted in helping to
make the meeting one of the best ever
held. :
Teachers and other IState employees
failed to win cost of living pay in
creases, sought from the General7 As
sembly, in the appropriation bill-passed
by the House this week. The House
passed, the half billion dollar biennial 1&rj,e ibusjneg
The safety program carried out by
the Association, said Mr. Wilson, is
supported by the 700 members of the
appropriation ' measure Tuesday after
va day long debate over the employees'
jpay increases. A report from Raleigh
stated many key" personnel in State
agencies may resign as a result of the
. failure to get pay increases. ,.;
v United (Nations troops in Korea con
tinue to make small, territorial gains,
and crossings of the 38th Parallel,
meeting little resistance from Com
munist forces. On Tuesday UN sold
iers advanced 10 miles across the di
ividing line of North and South Ko
rea, in. force, with IGaneral MacAr
thur. reporting the 'UN strategy re
mained unchanged, the strategy1 be
ing one of maneuver . and jnot based
on positional warfare. . ...
J( (From, Washington this, week Secre-i-
tair of the Treasurer Snyder reported
tax payments to the iFederal govem
' mient had 'reached such a high mark
, that t6A billions of dollars had been
" . pared jfrom tiie requirements for he
fiscal frear. 'Snyoer statea, nowever,
that 'tye goVernment will need the
' 10 billion, dollars Bequested by Presi
dent Truman to carry on the nation's
i, defense program. '-, ,Ti f
' General Dwight (Bisenhower offi.
cially began his new duties as Su-
.lanti Treaty mflitiry forces in Park
this week on issuing the general or-
der aotivsjbins; tte ; command, i ,The
Genera4'raff L is still being formed,
' there being several vacancies in field
- commander positions. Members ibf
the Notith lAtlanltic pact aie now ais-
signing: troops to be placed trader the
- direction of GeneraS Eisenhower. , ,
I.THVA IMRIiyr !H!!MJ Y
' . The Hertford Lions Club will meet
' Friday nigh at :4S o'docHc' at he
' Hotel Hertford. ' President (Clfiit Eley
' nrgas all members to be present.
Association. These members being in
dividuals owning from one to several
trucks. Safety, based upon engineer
ing, enforcement and education, is a
chief function of the Association. The
organization carries out its own policy
of enforcement and recently adopted a
private policing policy that has been
copied by every motor carriers' as
sociation in ithe country.
A school for training truck drivers,
located at State College, is also op
erated by the Association , with lihe
cooperation of allied industries, and
the organization strives at this school
to train the drivers to be alert at all
times to highway hazards and to help
maintain a high standard of highway
safety. ,
4-H Judging Team
Wins Show Honors
:. CPewjuimans County 4-H Club live
stock judging team, directed by E. IL,
Topping, 'Assistant County1 Agent,
carried off top honors at the. Eastern
Fat Stock Show held Wednesday at
Rocky Mount . The team compewed of
Clarence Chelppell, Jr.. who tied for
third place individual scoring honors.
Bobby Smith, Tilson Chapuell, John
Hill and Craig tLane, the latter two as
alternates, outscored other 4-H dub
teamf competing in the show. J. ' t-ii
The local 4-H team members at
tended a banquet given Wednesday
night in connection with the show, end
were awarded trophies signifying their
accomplishment in winning ton honors
in una niogrng oi uvesvocK. vWi;;
BTU Elimination
Meeting Schedule
Here On April 8th
One of the high lights of the train
ing program in the Baptist Church
es of the Chowan Baptist Association
will be observed Sunday afternoon,
April 8, at 2:30 o'clock, in the Hert
ford Baptist Church.
At this time' ithe candidates from
the local churches of the Association
will assemble and make an effort to
be successful, through this elimination
meeting, and represent the Chowan
Association in the five outstanding
B. T. U. 'Projects at the Regional
Training Union Convention in Ahos
kie, April 13-14. The five projects
are r Junior Memory Work Drill; In
termediate Sword Drill; Young Peo
ple's Better Speakers' Contest; Adult
Bible"; Readers' Tournament;" Hymn
Festival. " : .
After a brief praise and worship
period the five department leaders
will conduct the elimination procedure
and determine who will represent the
association at the regional convention
in each of the five projects. AH train
ing union members, pastors, leaders,
church members, and those interested,
are cordially invited to attend this
very
ing.
Lycurtis Harrell vs. Ruth Branch
Harrell.
Kyree Copeland vs. Catherine Cope-land.
Josephine P. White vs. Willie A.
Whi-oe.
W. O. Hunter vs. D. F. Hopkins.
T. J. Bass vs. L. T. Keel.
Jurors drawn to serve 'on the jury
at this term of court were:
(Miss IMary Sumner, Walter Nowell,
Mrs Henry) C. Stokes, iM. J. Gregory,
Watson IRussell, IMrs. J. T. Biggers,
Ellis Winslow, Job Stallings, Jarvis
Hunter, Charlie Dail, iMrs. Clarence
C. Chappell, Lawrence Towe, Edwin
S. White, W. E. Matthews Jr., Carson
Winslow, W. N. White, J. Quinton
Riddick, Mrs. Howard Hunter, John A.
Elliott, Garland Stallings, C. L.
Mansfield, Alex Sjtallings, Leroy
Lamb, Mrs. Guy Webb, W. D. Land
ing, Carlton Nixon, W. T. Bagley, Cal
vin Mansfield, Jr., ID. L. Reed, J. R. Fu-
trell, W. M. Divers, Jr., IF. M. Cope
land, Ernest L. White, Wni. C. Bar
cli'ft, 'Shelton Hobbs, R. S. Monds, Jr.,
W. F. Madre, W. L. Bagley, Wallace
Baker, Dielton StaHings, Jesse Harrell,
John N. Lane, Sammy Monds, Calvin
Godfrey, Milton Dail, 'Sr., Marion
Copeland, W. E. Winslow, Robert
Harrell, Alvah Madre, Mrs. R. R.
White, Mrs. W. D. IRogerson, Edward
Smith, Roy Stallings, Raymond Eure,
Robert E. ' Sutton, Murden Stokely,
Worth Dail, Corbin Dozier and Blount
Eure.
clay.
Fifteen Selectees
Left Wednesday For
Army Induction
Fifteen IPerquimans County youths
left Hertford on Wednesday for in
duction into the Armed Forces,
through 'Selective Service, it was re
ported ;oday by Mrs. Charley Cam
pen, IClerk of the local Draft Board.
The registrants selected for induc
tion were William Samuel Riddick,
Edgar Ray Mansfield, Emmett Lane,
Walter J. Thompson, George Rogers
Jennings, John Richard Welch, Eu
gene Burke, James IBanks, Henry Gor
don, Daly Rountree, Charlie Downing,
George Godfrey, George Jennette,
Johnnie 'Copeland and ILinwood Sut
ton.
Mrs. ICampen also announced 'Jiat 19
registrants left on Tuesday for Ra-
le;ieh to undergo pre-induction ex
aminations.
Selective Service officials are now
preparing to hold tests for students
during the next two mombs, as or
dered by President Truman early this
week, to: determine further deferment
for students passing the examinations
to be conducted under this new order.
Complete information regarding .these
examinations may be secured at the
local draft Office, incases where reg
istrants are in doubt concerning the
regulation.
Historic Trophy
Given Rotarians
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fateresting . and inspiring meet-in,gBt
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club are the proud possessors of an
historic trophy presented to the lo
cal civic club this week by Congress
man Herbert C Bonner.
The trophy is a gavel, made from
wood taken from the White House in
Washington. Congressman iBonner
secured the wood from timber taken
from the White House, which is now
undergoing extensive repairs. He had
the wood made into the gavel and sent
it to W. F. Ainsley, secretary of the
club. Ainsley presented the trophy
to Club President Herbert Nixon at
the meeting of ithe club Tuesday
Slaughterers Must
Register With OPS
.'-'.it. : ,. .
Perquimans County slaughterers of
Edwards Reappointed
County Accountant
W. IP. C v Edwards,
County Accountant, was re-appointed
to hss position for a term of flwo years,
Eleven Gases In
Court On Tuesday
tor repayment, the bonds, as sold,
will be numbered serially, and in de
nominations of $1,000. Repayment
of each series of bonds will be spread
over a period of years running from
1953 through 1976. $8,000 will be re
paid annually from 1954 through 1962;
$6,000 annually in 1963 and 1964; $4,
000 annually between 1955 and 1968;
$5,000 in 11969 and -10,000 annually
from 1970 through 11976.
Other matters handled by the Board
during this meeting included the
adoption of a resolution to be 9ent to
Senators J. Emmett Winslow and
William Copeland, requesting that a
bill introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Carroll H. Holmes, set
ting a pay scale for the office or tne
Clerk of Superior Court be rejected
by the 'Senate.
Petitions for improvement of two
highways in the county wer pre
sented to the board by Mrs. Joiin hy
mens of Chapanoke an! W. I. Wins
low of Belvilere Township. Both of
these petitions were approved by the
Commissioners and forwarded to the
Highway Commission for its Consid
eration. iFrank Skinner and (Frank ffessup
appeared before the Board to request
office space in the Agriculture . Build
ing for the Artificial Breeding Asso
ciation, recently organized in the Al
bemarle counties.
The Board " was notified the" office
of ths District Soil Conservation of
ficials will shordly be moved into the
Agriculture Building.
Ruring the noon recess members of
the Board and J. W. Ward, Wi iF. C.
Edwards, Clarence Chappell, Max
Campbell. Charles E. Johnson and
Mrs. W. E. White were guests of
Commissioner William C. Chappell at
a dinner at the Hertford Cafej
P. T. A, TO MEET
4'
; fTbe Parent-Teacheiis 'Association of
the ' Hertford (Grammar Fkrvwil will
CC7JM3CTION I hold its monthly meeting Thursdav ;TTr VbtI plated (Peroulmans slamrh-
' The dance recital, o be presemeOj evening, A'pnl Vj, at 8 HVK., at the iters, genially, fall Into class two, and
Fridav n!;ht !hv . ithe Hertford Dancrl school.' Crsw-Tom Madre will 'be in for comolete information negnrding
y ICtas for the iendQt of the Hert-jrharfre of a very interesting irorraTnv smrhMTig regulfltio'ns, individuals
idTroocfT" lrvs wi!J be given ;Ti.e cf e progMm w;:l Ia ii il.lzii to Willa X. Cttr 'of
i tU ITt-'." 3 "l C.'iool ac j- 'T ' i U W C!u V All f lem-lP-' it"WMntion, 7fD Tuc'-r freet.
-urn 5-'' "T-i:r e ? - lJ.: - r "s r " T ' " .
liveatock, who slaughter for resale of I at a meeting of fte Board of County
meats,; must be registered with thejCommissionera. held ..last Monday.
Office of 'Price Stabilization by April! (Mr. Edwards was first named to the
S in ' order 'to do any slaughtering af- jpost when the office was set np on
er th deadline date, H was reported1 the organisation of the local Govern-
here today by I, C. Yagel, who re- nwm Institute early in 1930 and has
reived such notificatiori from the OPS j been ' highly commended on perform
fftejHvrr' '''M&M jane -of his duties by the officials of
. Slaughters, "f; like merchairts,Arethe (Local Ctevermtnent Institute. ,
among those wno may, register .and i
commly with govermn&nt prioe control
iwvnTstions. ad An this case slaugh-
(terers are divided into several cK.
A total of 11 cases were disposed
of in Perquimans Recorder's Court,
in session here on Tuesday.
Cotnts of court were assessed against
Walter Blum and Nat Dvorin, each of
whom entered pleas of guilty to
charges of speeding.
Richard Morris entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of failure to dim
vehicle lights and paid the costs of
court.
iFines of $10 and costs of court
were taxed against John Gladson and
Zack Robertson on charges of speed
ing. Odell Jordan, Negro, charged with
reckless driving, was found guilty.
He was ordered to pay a fine of $25
and costs of court, and pay for re
pairs to a telephone pole which he
struck with his car.
John Kenly, Negro, charged with
driving without : a license, failed to
appear to answer the charge and the
warrant was ordered returned to the
arresting officer for service.
Wilston Bateman entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of failing to have
a 191151 license on his trailer. He
paid the costs of count
Donnie Taylor, Negro, was found
guilty and charged for assault with a
deadly weapon. (She was given a 80
day jail sentence, suspended upon
payment of $10 and coosts of court.
Pteranimans' """" 'iauu, iigiv, raoiew wim
"i-Tjiassault, was found guilty. He was
orderd to pay the costs of count. : 1
Percell Woodhouse, Negro, entered
PHS Senior Class;
To Present Play
On April 13-17 !
The Seniors of Perquimans High
School are hard at work rehearsing
for their annual class play, which is
to be presented in the school audi
torium on. April 13 and 17. This year's
production, "The Thread of Destiny,"
is a comedy-drama of the Civil War
area with a Gone With the Wind fla
vor. ;
The cast,; hsaded by Marv : Duns
moor, who plays the lead as Viriginia
Montgomery. 'includes, Iouis. Dawson,
Virginia Gay, Kelly Miller, Calvin
Butt, Elizabeth (Proctor, Norm,a Jean
Godwin, Harold Colson, Catherine
Goodwin, Christine Thatch, Mfiry Sue
Cook, Burwell Winslow, Annf Bray,
Imogene Chappell, Ruth 'Foster, Doris
Faye Allen, Carroll
Curtis Eure Percy RogersonJ
White and Carolyn Harrell. j
Special songs used in the pliy are:
Are You iFrom Dixie, Yankee fDoodle
Dandy, iSweetheart of Sigma Of, Deep
Xll ouy xirai tLJva-i .
Costumes are under the direction of
Mrs. Anne Nowell. lighting, "Icenery
and properties are being handled by
Tommy ifflasbon, isherroa Tiignm ana
Roy lChappeH. Programs ra being
prepared by Tommy Maston an Sher-
rod 'Pulghum. ,.
Sallie
irercen wooonouse, Tsegro, eneerea g j . AffAn1 VTTW
plea of guilty to a charge "of park-j olXty iVliena V J? Mi ,;
ing on the highway. He was fined
$10 and costs of court.
f4inchroo?n Workers
' A county meeting of , school lunch-
.room workers; teachers and PTA
EASTERN STAR MEETING ' groups will be held at IPerauimans
'ins eiRxea meenng, or xne wernora ign sscnooi on, iraonaay, April , oe
Chapter No. ,187, ordr of the ''Eastern 'ginning at 8:30 o'clock, it wii n-
District Meeting:
Rtsr will' !h" hed Clondav n'gU, April ! no- -.d today by J. IT. IC:r
9. tt. 8 IP. M.; In the h,nter room.V.tvL.;hool SwoerlntenJmt fi
; fJomTnittees and Plans Tor fhe com-ier of the lTtae CTard f C
ing ver will be, announced and all, give ti ' ; i
nembers are iwquetrtcd to be oresentjtri'.ion.
to t'V n r-iv irarfr in-ti.e for vl ' '"" ' '
' ' " " x , V. '. if : . ,1
More than 60 members of t a Viet
trans of;IFoxeign,Wars, from I .teo,
Eliabeth City, Heytiford, IPlymo ' ands
Edenton ottenided the Didtricl jot-".
ing of the W Sunday at L vey
Pointy with the Garland H. On! - - -t
as host. '
During the bur'w-
-t