A 5 I
L 0 LCi
, Forfeited In Ccse
Of Drunken Driving
Seventeen ease -were disposed of
. In Perquimans 'Recorder's Court in
session her on last Tuesday, with
Juoge CbasvE. Johnson presiding. '
Thomas Ambrose, charged with be
inj drank in a public plac and with
destruction of county , property, was
. found guilty on both counts. He was
ordered to pay a. fine of $2 and costs
on the first count and costs of court
and the sum of $55 to be .paid for re
pairs to- the jail, which was damaged
by the defendant
William Carroll. Lawrence Wilson,
Richard Weinacht, Jr., and Robert
Betts, each entered a plea of guilty
,. MV VMWgpB V HfWWIM.. 'HHU
he costs of court
Fines of $10' and costs were taxed
against Norman Campbell, " Edward
Davidson and Hubert. Harris, each of
whom entered a plea of guilty to a
chargeof speeding.
Five defendants, all charged with
driving an overloaded truck, entered
pleas of guilty and costs of court
were paid by Elmer Lassiter, Lyndon
White and Oscar Evans. -A fine of
$25 and costs were taxed against A.
C. Moore, Jr., and a fine of $10 and
, costs were paid by Norfleet Spence,
Negro, .
- 4 Scott Harvey, Negro, v was' found
guilty on, a charge of assaulting his
-wife with a deadly weapon. He was
fined $25-and costs and placed 'on
good behavior for 12 months. .
- X K. Thompson entered a plea of
g"".ty to a charge of burning brash
-hout a permit. He was ordered to
!l v fine of 45 and cost. h--
.. fooseveH FeltoDNegno was fined
J'O and costs- on two counts, of
d vfog a track with iinpet'equtp-
n -t lutu wivaout mgimiu. ,. Aim taw
fine was ; awarded to Capt. H. H.
. Cramer for damages sustained -to Ms
' c-r which collided with A track driv-
e : by Fcton. ' - . ,
- A- Z 3 tond; po 'od, tv Cajmie
tne'- aexeMam ranea xo appear in
court to answer, charge . driving
BETHCB
President Truman's announcement
of hut Saturday night that he will
mm. 1 a t - -J . -
nox oe a eanoiaare ror re-eiecnon nas
thrown the Democratic presidential
race wide open. What with , three or
four announced candidates, more are
expected to enter the field shortly
Senators Kefauver and Russell were
, given boosts by the announcement but
opinion appears to be all eandidates
will go into the convention in July
' with, none a sure-shot favorite. "
' A nation wide steel strike appeared
probable on. Wednesday when it seem
ed negotiations for a wage setUe-
ment were deadlocked. Charles Wil
son, mobilization chief .resigned his
government position late last week
after Prssident i Truman had sided
with his wage board to increase wages
of steel workers and price of Steel.
Wilson said the action will cripple
the mobilization plan.' .Then, the Steel
producers balked at paying higher
wtges, without at. greater increase in
ates! prices. ', ' v f '
Newbold Morris, i appointed . by
rresident ..Truman , to Investigaite
graft within the government, hit a
r-fg this week whn bis superior, At-
ney' General . McGrath refused to
i...jwer a questionnaire Morris has
r -Jled all top government official,
!L a questionnaire dealt with activities
r the ofHciala dm !, r tiie past sev
. 1 years. A !V.'ahington report
( 1 t" e investi ".ion may bog down
' y i t' e ofilcjJs cooperate in; an
t T e trertio"aires. Congress
! w re'ustd tlorris the power
( w i i - c!s and records.
" tsJ EI . " rrrr, in reporting
tTATO, at l,r tose of its flrst
i-i r.eratlon, t.'J Europeans on
r tVre is a 1-.. :t to Ameri
; i - 1 ."! r t Ce Ca-
: yik fur Ce com-
. t.a poir i out,
(;' h" Zy" w-
', t "'srl'.-. to
) 1
, i ' ' r fir
1 t
) t:
C:r.s In Peanut
. Perauimans "County peanut pro
ducers were notified this week by the
local PMA committee of the cancel
lation of their farm permitted peanut
acreage a it applied to mevng
regulations last year, it wa reported
today from the PMA Office.
Congress recently repealed f!he pro
visions of an agricultural adjustment
act which permitted a farmer to har
vest peanuts in excess of the allot
ment for his farm but not in excess
of the farm permitted acreage with
out penalty provided he marketed the
excess neanuts through agencies des
ignated by the Seetary of Agricul
ture to purchase f s ou peanuts.
Repeal, of .this V-alation made the
cancellation necessary and peanut pro
ducers are advised if they market any
excess peanuts of the 1962 crop, such
peanuts are subject to the marketing
yuota penalty. . - J
BlUQiminstion
fMngSctFor
Sunday AtEdsnton
Sunday afternoon, April 6, at 2:30
o'clock, the annual BTU Elimination
Meeting for participants in the live
major projects throughout the Cho
wan Association will be held at the
Edenton Baptist Church.' These are
the Hymn - Festival, Adult Bible
Readers Tournament, Young People's
Better Speakers Tournament, Inter
mediate Sword Drill and the Junior
Memory Work Drill.,, -
Associatiohal Training Union lead
ers wiH be in charge of the meeting.
The1 director, John M. Elliott, will
preside, Miss Carol Jean Bizzell, chor
ister, will conduct the Hymn Festival;
Mrs A. R. Cooke, adult leader, wfli
conduct the Adult Bible Readers Tour
nament; Mrs. Ernest Sanders, Young
People's leader, will conduct the Bet
ter Speakers Tournament; Mrs. L. R,
Dawson," Intermediate " leader, will
conduct the Intermediate Sword Drill;
Mrs.- Leon G. Leary, Junior leader,
wiH conduct the Junior Memory Wort
Drill, . ' ' : . .
: r rtpanta' ftW'Traim'nalnjCMis
rvi--m cuurunoe 91 vit nvvma. Bap
tist -Association . ; will emerge ' from
their church elimination meetings to
this associational elimination meeting.
The successful participants will rep
resent the association at the Regional
BTU Convention' at the First Baptist
Church in Elizabeth City April 18-19.
Those successful at the Regional Con
vention will represent the Chowan and
West Chowan Associations at the
State Convention at one of the Bap
tist Assemblies this summer. '
This part of the training work is
very interesting and inspiring and
produces keen interest beginning in
the local church ; and spreading from
association to association, district to
district and : throughout the State.
For this reason the meeting Sunday
will be of widespread interest and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
03GrgG7.Mson
ScciisCtintyflffice
. George W. Jackson, 60-year-old
Perquimans County business man, on
Wednesday announced Ms candidacy
for the office of Register of Deeds for
Perquimans County, subject to the
Democratic primary election to be
held on May 81. ,-. ' ' :
Mr. Jackson is a well known busi
ness man, of the county, operating a
store' and poultry farm on the' Hert
fonMEIizabeth CStv hiirhwav. ' He is
active in church work and is District
Lay Leader for the Methodist Church.
- He served as County Commissioner
for Parkville Township for two terms,
being elected in 1948 and serving un
til he voluntarily retired in 1960.
He is a graduate of Trinity Park
'School and attended Duke University.
He entered business for himself 23
years ago.
Mr. Jackson is married to the for
mer Miss Lily Whitehead. -
-r " 'i ' 1 ,
4-H Juddngr Team At
Ilociy I.Isunt Show:
The" Perquimans County 4-51 dab
livestock Jadnj team attended the
Rocky I-ount I .tstock Show Wednes
day, April 2, and competed in Ce
y?-T2 t:r.t '.t,-.Two classes of f-t
steers and two classes of fat hogs
v.re jrn'i. '"smbers of the Judg
1'" f t i s .arerjse Ctarpell, Jr.,
J ' i L.J, J J" n Howell and Wallace
"t. I 1 .of t Perry 'went as al-
C j m: " Ce trip were
"r, 1 .-Imars s
i t ' c of I
, H. v. v . tV'A, t?., of L..!-
Jr, in t
ii:is Aflcrnnca
Prize Winners to Re
ceive Awards First
Of Next Week :
Hundreds of IPerauimans Countv
school children have been worldhm
ievensniy uus week completing scrap
books and jingles to foe submitted In
the third annual Safety Campaign, be
ing, sponsored this week by the Per
quimans eBusiness and Professional
Woman's Club.
Various programs have been car
ried out in the schools duriiur this
week and the children turned in scrap
books and jingles on Thursday. These
will be judged, by the club commit
tee, today and tomorrow and prizes!
in , each division yrx& be awarded at1
the schools the first of next week.1
The poster, slogan' and (jingle con
tests are divided into three groups
each in the white and 'Negro divisions.
The first group 'are children in the
first through "toe third grades; sec
ond are children in the fourth through
seventh grades, and third groups are
students in the eighth through the
twelfth grades.
: First and second prizes and special , Rev. W C. Moss, heading up the col
mention -will be awarded in each ored division for Hertford, had not
group. Prizes for the contests, do -
nated by local merchants are on dis
play at the 'Paragon Beauty Shop.
Mrs. D. M. 'Jackson and Mrs. Jack
Burbage are co-chairman of the com
mittee handling the Safety Week pro
gram.' ? v- -I r
Much praise has been directed at
the local KPW Club for its sponsorship
of the Safety Campaign, and the pro
gram has achieved much in the way;
of making school children more con
scious of safety" at home and on the
One feature of the program, which
had been observed in prior years, the
bicycle parade at the close of the wepk.
was discontinued this year by the
committee.
MunuyVaiiieln
l!om:m:::cr Contest i
Mrs. W. W. Bundy of Snow Hfll
White Hat Club took first place in a
Homemakers' Creed for N. C. contest
conducted in Perquimans County dur
ing the month of March. The purpose
of the contest is to select the best six
creeds in th state to be combined and
1 . 1- tr TT Y
usea ey no . wo.um
wwui wj r mvw up i
written by a North Carolinian.
The following creed, written by
Mrs. Bundy, .will be entered in the
district contest:" I believe in coun
try living, for nowhere else will any
one find such peace, - contentment,
beauty and a sense of fulfillment. I
believe in keeping my hands and my
head busy. I believe that to study,
to plan and to work toward greater
achievements is to progress. I Be
lieve that in the country there is a
continual challenge for improvements
in my own home and my community.
t beHeve in giving a helping hand
where needed, in loyalty and service
to my church, my community and my
state. IbelieveJn striving ever for a
better and brighter tomorrow.
Mrs. Robert L. Spivey, Jr., of Dur
ants Neck Home Demonstration Club
took second place and Mrs. J. B. Bas
night of 'Hie Burgess Home Demon
stratfion Club tobk third. ' These creeds
will also be entered in the district
contest. '
i. Judges for the contest were Mrs.
Henry Stokes, Jr, Mrs. J. D. Coston
and . T. Biggers.
Tennis Court Planned ,
As Part of Playground -
Two tennis courts will be incorpor
ated in the plans for a playground,
now being constructed for the chil
dren of this community by the mem
bers of the Hertford Junior Chamber
of Commerce, it was announced todav
by tiie Jayeee president, D. F. Reed,
Jr.
Funds for the tennis courts were
made available to the Jaycees through
an organization In the Hertford Bao
tlst Church, headed by firs. W. B.
Yarns, which conducted a contest here
several years ago to provide funds for
a tenius court. anese runas were nev
er spent and Mrs. Yarns advised the
Jayeesa this week" the organization
'r?l C.e money be used in placing
a t w.'s r- rt on tfte playgrounds. .
.Tlans' fr Ce .pteyground are pro
gre J. kI.J.7, and te Jaycees hope
to have project ready for the use
of the c'u.Jren by tSie early part of
next month.
' T "r. p i ! " j. Le 'i 1 Jamming of
CiT ar.! unca Uie llrth of a
; 1 t m Cur " 7, tTarch. 80, in
1 ' 1 . iinming Is i'-e
' - 1 J-ilIa riwyer of t.'s
Cpiy'sRCuCross
Dtfe Drawing To
t ""' m m m
I!
Contributions Total $1,-
; 121 With Six Re
. ports Outstanding
; . Perquimans County is expected to
reach its 1952 Red Cross fund quota
by Saturday, according to D. F. Reed.
Jr., drive chairman, who on Wednes
day reported a total of $1,12L23 had
been contributed toward the goal. Six
or seven solicitors still have reports
to turn into the chairman, and these
reports are expected to place the
county over tfie top in the drive for
Contributions turned in by the va
rious sub-chairmen were released by
Mr. Reed as follows:, J. W. (Dillon,
business district of Hertford, $363.52,
this total as yet is incomplete; Miss
Thelma Elliott, Hertford residential
district, $355.96, still incomplete; Mrs.
Nina B. White, county residential dis
trict, $371.75.
: Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Negro Home
Demonstration Agent, chairman of i
the county colored division, reported
$40.
I The Rey. Thomas Coleman and the
, completed their report up to Wednes
day, but advised Mr. Reed they will
reach their quota of $190.
: With the reports yet to be made,
the local Red Cross committee feels
Confident the county's quota, along
with the additional $125 asked for dis
aster relief in six Southern states.
will be reached before the end of this
week. :-
With the annual Red Cross drive
coming to a successful close, the
chairman and his assistants desire to
express their appreciation to every
person having a part in the drive,
either by contributing or working as a
volunteer solicitor. v
Easter Seals Sale
SMsilereUay:
Perquimans County's annual Eas
ter Seal sale to raise funds for aid
to crippled children will get under
way here. next Monday, April 7, and
will continue through Satuday, April
12, it was announced today by C. Ed
gar White, director.
' The drive will be under the spon
sorship of the county committee oom-
"""-'posed of Mrs. Robert L. Hollowell,
Hollowell,
wiuis yessup. ,
School children of the county will
handle the sale of the seals,' as has
been the custim in the past, and the
public is urged to cooperate with the
children by purchasing seals to en
able the county to mset its goal of
$800. V--.V
Fifty-five .' per cent of the 'funds
raised here' will remain in, the local
treasury for use of the county com
mittee in rendering assistance to crip
pled children of Perquimans. ..Forty
five , per cent of the amount will be
sent to state headquarters of the
League for Crippled Children to help
defray expenses on a state basis. :
County Chorus Held
Meeting Last Friday ,
The Perquimans County Chorus
met in the Agricultural Building Fri
day; March 28, with twenty women
present, Mrs. Fred Matthews passed
to the women some points she had
learned at a music training school at
East Carolina College. "The Old
North Stated "Song of Peace, fFadr
est Lord Jesus:" "0 Masters Let iMe
Walk With Thee," and "Nobody
Knows" were among the numbers the
chorus practiced,' The voices blended
well and everyone thinks the chorus
has progressed greatly. It is directed
by Mrs. Dewey Yeates and accom
panied by. Mrs. .Fred Matthews. ;
.As special musk, the chorus rend
ered "Nobody Knows" at th Home,
demonstration, vounty tjouncu meet
ing Saturday afternoon." The 'Coun
cil members were very well impressed
wna tnexroorus. . . -Music
'for! the chorus has been or
dered from . list , selected by 'the
state music committee for all. Home
Demonstration, Choruses'. . to j learn.
"You'll Never Walk-Alone" and "Ifs
a Grand Night ' 'Fdf Singing are
among the.'a on the Met . , -. . v
CLAC3 PLAY THURSDAY, ; J
Memters of the 1 Senior, 'Class of
Perqujmans' High School ; presented
their annual, dsns play, in 'the school
auditorium on Thursday night of this
week The title of the play was The
Parting Brats. . ,
pta to iirrrr Thursday 1 '
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford Grammar ; School will
meet in the school , auditorium' on
Thur :av night, April 10, at 8 oWock.:
All r .Ictb are urged to attend.
Construction Started;
On Town Building
Tuesday Morning
County Boards To
Meet Next Monday
The Perquimans Board of County
Commissioners will meet in regular
session here next Monday morning at
10 A. M. The meeting will be held
in the Courtroom of the Court House.
The Board of Education will hold
its regular quarterly meeting next
Monday night, beginning at 7:30 P.
M., in the office of superintendent of
schools.
Individuals having business with
either board are asked to note the
time of meetings and to appear at the
scheduled hour.
Health Department
To Conduct Rabies
Control Program
Dr. B. B. McGuire. District Health
Officer, states that North Carolina
has-been designated as an acute dan
ger area ior rames. figures re
cently released by the North Carolina
State -Board of Health revealed over
250 positive iaboratory-confirmed
cases of animal rabies and over 700
people took the antirabic treatment in
1951. This, of course, does not mean
that only 250 animals had rabies in
1951. When clinical cases are consid
ered, there would be several hundred
positive cases of animal rabies. The
term "clinical cases" refers "-.to live
animals observed showing symptoms
of rabies but whose heads were not
sent to the State Laboratory of, Hy
giene upon 'death.
' Dr. McGuire pointed out that rabies
control is a . state-wide and national
problem, but these programs are only
ns ' successful as- the local programs
carried out in the various counties.
The North Carolina State Board of
Health recently established a Veteri
nary Public Health Section to assist
the county health departments toward
organizing adequate rabies programs
which will be uniform and which have
one objective: the eradication of ra
bies. Dr. McGuire went on to stress
that our counties cannot be free froni
constant danger unless rabies is eradi
cated and unless the neighboring
counties do the same.
In conclusion, Dr. McGuire said that
the District Health Department cam
paign to control rabies will depend
entirely on the cooperation of the citi
zens toward this public health nrob
lem. The rabies clinics will besrin
throughout the District on April 14th.
M iles Held
Funeral services for JMra. Roxanna
Lowe Ferrell, 72, wife of Joseph W.
Ferrell, who died last Friday , morning
at her home- in the Parkville" com
munity, were conducted Sunday after
noon at 2 P. M., .at the home by the
Rev. H. M. Jamleson, pastor of the
Oak Grove Methodist Church. , '
- During the service the choir of the
Oak Grove Church sang Rock of Ages
and Near My God To Thee, i ' o
Mrs. Ferrell was a native of Per
quimans County, daughter of the late
George and Margaret Lowe. I Surviv
ing In addition to her husband, are one
son,, George "'Ferrell of . Perquimans
County; 1 fou daughters. Mrs Alice
Combs of "Currituck, Mrs,, Mattie
Slope. Misses Grace Grace and Addle
Mae Ferrell both of the home; one
brother, Merritt Lowe'; one skrter, Mrs.
W, H. Overman, both of (Perquimans
Countv. . ? y , .
' Pallbearers were Joe and' Sebert
White. Paul, Harmon, Allen and Wil
liam Lowe.,
Burial was in the family plot near
the. home. v i
Revival -Planned
At "Burgess Church
, Revival- services will be conducted
at the Burgess .Baptist Church, be
ginning April 59 and!ii continuing
through April 13, it was announced
today by Rev. Colon Jackson, Jr. Ser
vices will begin each evening at 8:15
o'clock. 'The guest ' speaker will be
the Rev. Leonard Miller of Nash
ville, Tenn who at the present is a
student at Wake Forest College. -
Special music will be conducted by
the Rev. Louis McC&ll, of South Caro
lina, who is at present a student in
the Southeastern Seminary. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend all
services..
Sunday Afternoon
Project Expected To Be
Completed Within
60 To 90 Days
Work was started last Tuesday on
the construction of a municipal build
ing for the Town of Tertford, it was -announced
Wednesday by Mayor V.
N. Darden.
Ground was broken for the founda
tion of the building, and work of ac
tual construction is expected to get
under way within the next day or so.
The building will be located on the
town lot on Grubb Street, opposite the
telephone office.
Contrary to some reports circulat
ing this week, the new building is not '
one proposed last year and on. which
the residents of the town voted for is
suance of bonds to finance the con
struction. The building now under construc
tion will be a much smaller project,
and will house only offices for the
Town Council, Clerk and Police De
partment. The proposed space for a ;
recreation room and library was drop
ped following the rejection by the
voters, and the project now being
built is being financed from surplus
funds of the town.
This surplus represents $10,000
accumulated between 1941 and 1945,,
and with which a war bond was pur
chasd and held. Part of the surplus
funds was received as rental of Har
vey Point, this being earmarked for
part payment of construction of a
municipal building.
Construction of the building is be
ing supervised by Tom Swain, with
materials ' being purchased by the
Town. Mayor Darden and Commis
sioner Robert L. Hollowell are acting
as a committee representing the Town
Board in connection with the project-
The' building will be of all brick
construction, containing three large
room for the administrative . offices .
and" is'expected to be completed wfwi-'
in the next 60 to 90 days.
73 Pints Of Blood
Donated On Last
Bloodmobile Visit
According to Mrs. J. A. Leete, chair
man of the Perquimans County Red
Cross - blood program committee, 73
pints of blood were donated by county
residents on Friday of last week when
the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited the
county. '
Recruitment chairmen were especi
ally active in seeking blood donors,
and while the bloodmobile failed to
collect the 150 pint quota here, the
chairmen were pleased that 89 volun
teers appeared to give blood, 16 of
these persons were, after having been
given an examination, turned down as
being physically unable to donate
blood at that time.
The number of pints of blood col
lected last week was slightly higher
than some previous trips of the blood
mobile, but the committee, which is
sponsored by the Hertford Chapter of
the Eastern Star, believes the coun
ty's quota should be met easily on the
next visit of the bloodmobile. ' ,
The entire committee desires to ex
press their sincere appreciation to all
those who in any way helped in the
program', as well as those who volun
teered to donate blood. .
Rites Held Sunday
- Robert 1 Anderson. .-White, 67, died
at his home in Hertford Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock following a heart
attack.
' Funeral services were held at the
graveside in Cedarwood Cemetery
Sunday at 4 P. M., with the Rev. A.
L. Chaplin, pastor "of the Hertford
Mr. White Was' a native of Per
quimans County and was the son of
the late Richard Shepherd and Mrs.
Esther ; Roberts White. He married
the .former Miss Mattie, Barber who
survives him. , ;
Other survivors are one son, Wil
liam A. White, -Mr Hertford; two
daughters. Mrs. R. C. Glover, of Have
lock, N. C, and,$frs. C F. Iutty,
Of Hertford; two grandclnklren, ifcwo
sisters, Mrs. J. M. Sutton and Uttu
C. F. Reed, both of Hertford.
Pallbearers were Durwood L. Bar
ber, Claude White, E. E, Payne, :
W. Hefren, C. F. Murray, Cam Hour:
mouzls and Crafton Mathews.
ForRobortM'liite