North Carolina Newspapers

v , REALISTIC PEOTOGEATES OF KSONf LINE COMBAT IN KOREA Left; dramatic scene when the firing of 155 MM "Lone Tom" mobile guns illuminate! the now-covered landscape. These U. S. artillerymen are support elements of the 25th Infantry Division. Right, ' u. Bi'Siannes launcn -v swmw vnuiw uvuuuuuuu in j Department of Defense.) - JvVvvwxAAAAnjxnlrijTjuwuv'-"juwin v " TI!!S WEEK'S GQffiUXB The Supreme Court is still consid ering' a decision on tie government's seism re of the .steel Industry. - A re port on the courtls decision was ex pected Monday but none was made, leaving official Washington wonder ing on the final outcome. Meanwhile agreements were; being readied in the nation-wide oil strike, and it was be ilaved this dispute will be settled shortly, relieving the gas shortage in many localities oyer the country. ' ; ' A report from Washington Tues day announced OPS may permit an in. crease in prices on certain canned foods. l Controls on raw cotton and textiles were suspended and there was talk of other commodities may be decontrolled. The report stated sus pension of credit 1 regulations have caused no great flurry of ;; buying throughout the nation.';H "f" : . ' ', .a'.-' . . , ';. ''' ". ''"v 'V v: -The Senate on Tuesday approved - Ce appointment of James P. McGran , y as Attorney .Gene-!t.:;,-,r-y succeeds James llr&Ji, v, as . d JixJeaident ;Tru3na fuin the Newbold Monlnddent fThe ap proval of MdGraney to the high post , in the Justice department came after much debate in the S!ipscy Rites llold Tlns&y Afternoon , George Thomas Skipsey,' 68, died suddenly early Tuesday morning at his home in Hertford. - ' Mr. Skipsey was a native of En gland, a son of the late George and! Elizabeth Dawson Skipsey. He had lived in this country for many years, coming to Hertford in 1942. . Her,was a member of the Church of England, the Benevolence Lodge, No. 146, A P. & A. M., of Mason City, Iowa, the Cherokee Chapter, 14, Royal Archi Mason, Tyrian Council, 19, Roy al Select Masters, Griggs Commandry 14, of Elizabeth City and the Sudan Temple AAOOMS, of New Bern. ! iSurvivors, in addition to his wife, who was the former Miss Elizabeth Stephens, are one daughter, Elizabeth Beatrice; three sisters, Mrs. J. W. .Boulton, Mrs. T. W. CTCfit and Mrs. A. D. Wolfe, and one brother, Daw son Skipsey, all of England. He was. employed as Inspector at the Oceana Naval Base. ' Funeral: serives were conducted Thursday afternoon at I. "BO o'clock at the Lynchi Funeral. Home by the Rev.i Charles Wulf, rector of Holy Trinity; Church. -v Masonic ceremonies at the grave were under the auspices of the Per i"mans Lodge, No. 106,. A. F. 4 Ai l. '.' '"""'. i-"'.' I: ''jit' ''""", ';.:',"'' Pallbearers were BCVBerry, J. S. KdNider, R. C: Murray, C. G Wins, low, W. F, Ainsley, T. E. Raper, Geo. W, Jackson and A. T. Lane. Burial was In Cedar Hill Cemetery at SuIToIk, Va. . 1$. i.a.i. r:rn .Demonstration : x .inr.cd For Monday . t C, Yagel,TCounty Agent, an nounced today that the, public is ln- " 1 to attend a demonstration in 'ying , liquid nitrogen to ' corn, h will be held at nine o'clock, y, May 26, on the farm operat- Jvnes Sawyer, located; on the J iJ' J.-V:," i f: : i u of nitrogen, Commonly , v .1 be Used for the purpose of j Ce effects, and to show lue of liquid nitrogen is cheaper the types of nitrogen now in , stated liquid nitrogen has 1 successfully In the Kir.!3- since 1347, and is gairg 7- JJs ri all farm- i' ' ' ".m t ' V:'U:S..;;'.;.;v'-.-'- a,, m Perquimans Indians For Chance At Eastern Championship Playoffs Scheduled For This week-end With Site' Unannounced Coach EUie Fearing's Perquimans Indians will play either Bayboro or Troy for the Class A Eastern Cham pionship, with the serieg to start Fri day of tills week, according to an an nouncement made Tuesday by Hap Perry, secretary of the State Athletic Association. . :V '" '.;'..; I The Indians 'Won the right to play for the eastern championship by de feating Red Oak in two out of three games. , Red Oak won the first game of . the ' series on Thursday of . last week when the Nash Countians won a 2-1 decision on the Red Oak diamond. In, the second game played hi Hert ford on Friday night the Indians won 8-4 - 'Perquintans collected 14 hits' and committed three errors while the Red Oak boys got f iu hits and nine walks off Billy rr n, who pitched for the J-'"-" cie iwas tied going utoH- v.,w -9mM9J inning whenRed .Oatlle,.np, Rowing Jwo walks, making four errors and the Indians were; getting fiw.bits, Per quimans scored three ' runs in ' this bming and placed the game on ice. On Monday the two teams played at .Tarboro with Vernon White doing the pitching for the Indians and Rose and Bass hurling for Red Oak. White struck out 12 batters, walked one and allowed three hits, while his team maters wer. collecting 12 hits.. The final score was 10-1 in favor of Per quimans. '. v"; :v .' : '.'v-.' Allan Winslow led the Indians at the bat in the final game, collecting three hits in four trips to the plate. Garland Walker's home run in the third inning was the batting highlight of the second game. In connection with the playoff for the eastern championship, the State Secretary also announced the winner of this series will play the winner of the western division for the state championship, and in the event Per quimans wins the series this week-end it is possible the state play-offs will be held in Hertford. ',.-'' An announcement as to the site of the playoffs will be made as soon as it can be determined as to which teams will participate in the games. Ftrm Leair Gives Td For Umstead A C. (Lon) Edwards, of Hookeiton, one of North Carolina's most out standing farm leaders, spoke here last (Saturday night in support of William B. Umstead's campaign for Governor. Edwards, a former president of the State Farm Bureau, stated his sup- port of Om stead came about In part as a result of the intensive work the former U. S. Senator has done in help ing to make the national farm pro gram a success. '-:; Edwards has served six terms In the North Carolina House of Repre-, sentatives and is now unopposed for another term, i He reviewed Um stead's record on farm legislation when he was a member of Congress and his work in behalf of the Soil Conservation Service, the RBA, the Triple A, the Production Credit As sociation and the Control Program and Agriculture Research. 'Hia (Umstead's) record in behalf of farmers : proves," ' Edwards said, "that he knows the farmer's prob lems and works hard to increase farm income, which in turn means more prosperity for all" - Followirr? t" 9 r aech by Mr. Ed- wari, h r - " r e! -1" v ' "s rj f i 7 tLe Per; . i i. j is. ra oy a large Ir.rbecue gand v ' i ' f. & frved jc . "1;e for Uni Korean fighting. (Army and Defeat Red Oak Local Jaycees Win : Attendance Prize Four members of the Hertford Jun ior Chamber of Commerce attended the Jaycee State Convention, held last week-end at Charlotte. - The local group won the convention attendance record, having the largest membership present which had traveled the most miles to the meeting." Rpresenting the local organization were Henry C Stokes, Emory White, Jarvis Henry and B. J. Holleman. , t Finalleport Given Perquimans .Cdtonty's , 1962 Cancer Crusade waatbreturht to a successful close here isfwek-;by be Hertford Lioness CliXponsors of the cam paign. ContributSons totaled $1,018.04, which was 678 mora than the county goal. Final reports made by the solicitors were as follows: Grubb 'Street North and , Front Street, Helen Woodard anl Annette David, $67.46: Grubb Street South and Woodland Avenue, Jessie Uox, .Eliza beth Thach and Becky Cox, $30.06; Pennsylvania Avenue, Edna Eley, '$23.36; Market Street, Margaret Lane, $3026; Dohb Street, Kathemne Big gers, $32.00; Woodland Circle, Doro thy Bass, $23.31; Church Street, Irene Towe and Minnie W. Hurdle, $11.60; Academy Street, Solicitor Mrs. Elmo Cannon, $6.00; Covent Garden and US 17 South to Livestock, Irene By rumj $21.60; Railroad Avenue, Wil low Street and Edenton Road Street, Mrs. Annie Lane, $70; Route 17 North, Mrs. Jack Burbage, $6.00; Downtown Merchants, Roxanna Jack son and Minnie W. Hurdle, $163.60; Don Juan Manufacturing Co;, Mrs. Bill Boyce and Mrs. Claire Murray, $106. Belvidere community, Mrs. T, C. Perry, Jr., and Mrs. Jack Symons, $26.60; Hertford Banking Company, Anna Lee McGoogan, $25.00; Balla hack community, Mrs. Sallie Lane, $16.68; Beechspring community, Mrs. Howard Winslow and Mrs. Preston Nixon, $27.00; Bethel community, Mrs. Lula M. Ward, $7.69; Burgess com munity, Mrs. Paul Smith, $11.68; Har vey Point Highway to Center Hill, Ann M. Berry, $7.00; Chappell Hill communty, Mrs. Willard Copeland, $7.00; Bagley Swamp community, Mr. and' Mrs.- R L. Stevenson, $9.66; Whiteston conmranrty, Ruby White and Becky White, $61J26; New Hope, Old Neck, White Hat communities, Mrs. Claude -Williams, Mrs.. Nathan Sawyer, Mrs.' Delvin Eure and E. A. Turner, $36.96; Woodville community, Mrs. A. R. Cooke, E. S. Felghum, Phil- Jin Perry. $al.OT: Parkvilie communl- ty, Mrs. T. G. Rogerson, $6.00; Chap anoke community,. Mrs. Will Elliott, $29.00; Durante Neck, Mrs), Horace Webb, $200; County Home to Wood ville, Mrs. Ruby Long-, $266; Cho wan ' County , line, Mrs. Mary Long, $21.85; Winfall, Mrs. Helen Winslow, and Mrs. Ruth Stanton, $7660. " OontributioUs , reported by schools were as follows: -Central Grammar, $28.05; v Hertford Grammar, $11.33; Perquimans 'Training School, $30.00; Hertford Colored School,; $2J.85. ;; . Organizations and blubs contributed as follows: .- Hertford PTA, $5.00; Winfall PTA, $5.00; Hertford Lions, $15.00; BPW Club, $5.00; Bethel Ruri tan, $5.00t Hertford Jaycees- $10.00; American Legion Auilianr. ?5.00; Eastern Star, $5.00; Hertford Lioness Club. $10.00. - ; ' v ' ' The sponsoring club again expresses its thanks to the public for the splen did support given the crusade,' and to i the solicitors v N) volunteered1 their tie i e' .ts In behalf of Ce t' . . " x' ' ' 1,019 Marine Corps photos from the .u-M-ir-innr-xnAj- Recorder's Court Docket Listed Nine Cases On Tuesday A varied docket, consisting of nine cases, was disposed of in Perquimans Recorder's Court here last Tuesday morning., with Judge Chas. E.' John son presiding. George Privott and George Lupton, both charged with failing to observe a" stop sign, entered pleas of guilty and eath was taxed with the costs of court. V ';' '.' 'A finest $10 and costs were assess ed against Albert Branch who sub mitted to. a charge of driving with an inrproper.muffler Howatp Jones entered a plea , of guilty t'S charge of speeding and paid a file of $25(and costs. A verdict of not' guilty was return ed in the'eases in which Gordon Rhein was charged with trespass and as saulting; Mrs. Wallace Hendrix with a deadly weapon; Fred Motor and Thomas i Vivian were charged with trespass,; , The trio, all sailors, were arrested Vt Sheriff M. G. Owens on a 6mp1i)tiT sworn 'Out by MTiTHeft-1 drix on. Friday evening of last week. ' A fine of $10 and costs were taxed against Walter Rogerson oh charges of being drunk on a highway and pos session of tax paid liquor, the seal of the bottle being broken. ' Albert Meads paid a fine of $125 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of driving drunk and possess ing a bottle of liquor on which the seal was broken. William Privott paid the costs of court on. a charge of driving an over loaded truek . , James Thatch,' Negro, was ordered to pay a fine of $110, ninety dollars of which is to be used to pay a hos pital bill f6r Callie Lee, Negro, on a charge of assaulting the woman with a deadly weapon. , Political Rally At BeMFriday A political rally will be held on Fri day night of this week, beginning at 8 o'clock,according to an announce ment made here Tuesday, The rally, the first of its kind planned in the county this year, was arranged by a number of interested citizens of the Bethel community, who have invited candidates for the office of Register of; Deeds, and representatives, of the Gubernatorial committees to speak during the rally. , It was reported Emmett Long will serve as master of ceremonies at the rally, and a number of the local can didates have indicated their intentions of attending. . -:. -..'- ; .' : ' ' There has been some talk of con ducting a' series of political rallies throughout the - county, similar to those held two years and it is possible the rally planned for Bethel tonight will lead others to be staged in the various townships of the county. . The 'committee,, working up the ral ly at Bethel, hag issued an 'invita tion to all candidates and the public to attend the rally. ' Furniture Store To Honor Senior Girls '' ,'' k f ' '" '' . ' X -''' : Following a custom established sev. eral years ago, the1 W. M. Morgan Furniture Company wiH honor girl members of the graduating 'class of the Perquimans High School by pre senting each girl graduate a. minia ture Lane cedar chest. Members of the senior class have already received notice that their gifts , have arrived at the store and may be obtained any time between now and graduation day. ( Girl members of the Hertford JNegro High School and Perquimans Training School 'erp $mX&Bg classes will also re ceive id onl r.ral miniature of the chesa have t-'.o received word that their glita await thcro at the local store. - CG.nmanceni:nt Exercises Start tlaxt Sunday At Perquimans High School Wildlife Qub To Meet Saturday Night Members of the Perquimans Coun ty Wildlife Club will meet in the Court House in Hertford on Saturday night at 8 o clock, it was announced today by Charles E. White, club presi dent ''.t;j-:':''::''.::v:-:', .'. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the current wildlife pro gram and open a membership drive for the local club. All persons interested in hunting and fishing in Perquimans County are urged to attend this meeting. Central PTA Holds Final Meeting Of This School Year Group Commended For Membership And Activities The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram mar School held its last meeting of the school year Monday night, in the school auditorium. Preceding the program a picnic supper was served in the new lunch room. Open house was observed following the supper. Old Neck-White Hat community had charge of the, program - with Mrs. Claud Williams as chairman. The meeting opened with the audience singing "Love's Old Sweet Song." The devotional was conducted by Mrs. Jo seph Winslow followed -by two musi cal selections beautifully rendered by Miss Mollie Lu Yeates, accompanied at the piano by her'mother, Mrs. Dewey Yeates. " ' The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Frank Skinner gave the treasurer's report. She announced that the amount now on hand is $1,401.42. Thomas. Maston, principal,- gave the lunch room re- port."? He statedTthat during tiie mont3: of ' Aprir 6385 meals were served in the-school cafeteria. A splendid report, "The History of Perquimans County Central Grammar School Parent-Teacher Association, compiled by Mrs. Roy Winslow, was read. .. Mrs. John Hurdle, Girl Scout lead er, asked the PTA if it would spon sor the Girl Scout program for the coming year. The Association approv ed this request and agreed to donate $50 for this purpose. Mrs. Hurdle then announced that the Girl Scouts would give their annual program in the school auditorium on Friday af ternoon, at 2 o'clock. She invited everyone to' be present at this time. ! IT fLr'Z fnTto Mr Rw,-n h&Mi Airr- t,ltoB 0' pe next two years, and se- Mrs. Swain, district director, wrote Mrs. Matthews, congratulating her for the outstanding work of this organi- zation. Mrs. Swam informed Mrs. Mathews that this association is the only one in this district having 100 per cent membership and one of the two in the district meeting the re quirements for a standard PTA. MrSi' Matthews, president of the association, thanked the officers and members of the various committees for their help in making this a suc cessful Parent-Teacher organization. Mrs. Matthews welcomed all guests present and Called on J. T. Biggers, superintendent, for remarks. Mr. Biggers praised the splendid work accomplished by the' association. - The officers elected for the year 1952-1953 were installed into office by Miss Thelma Elliott, principal of the Hertford Grammar School.: The recreational period led by Mrs. Eddie Harrell was enjoyed by every one. ' . v , The sixth and seventh grades. Miss Johnnie White, teacher, received the attendance award. Rotarians Hosts To High School Team (Members of the Hertford Rotary Club entertained the Perquimans High School baseball team and its coach, Ellie Fearing, at a dinner held Tues day night at the Hotel Hertford. . . During the program, the team mem bers were introduced to the Rotar ians by Mr. Fearing, and this was fol lowed by a baseball quiz program pre sented by A. W. Hefren. . At the close of the meeting Mr. Hefren praised the team for its out standing record for the year. -LETTERS AWARDED , ' '-.'-' - -. .-; atmmat 'v ' -. .''. Five baseball letters and nine stars were 'awarded by E. C. Woodard last week.'. Those receiving letters were: Billy Chappell, Allen Winslow. Pres ton Morgan, Fritz Wulf , and Robert Morris , Winslow.; Those receiving stars j were : Clyde Stallings-' Vance Bright, Garland Walker, A. L. Lane, John Morris, Joe Towe, t Vernon White,. Billy Benton and Clyde Lane. Seniors To Present Pro-; ; gram At Finals On Wednesday Night .Commencement exercises at Per-' quimans High School will vary this year from the past wnen memoers oi the graduating class will present the full program and speeches. It will be the first year that no guest speak er has been invited to deliver the com mencement address. E. C. Woodard, principal of the school stated all exercises, marking , the close of the school term will be ' held at the high school, with the three- day program starting Sunday with the baccalaureate services. All services will start at eight P. M. The Rev. Bennie Crawford will give the scripture reading for the bacca laureate services and the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. A. L. Chap lin. A duet will be presented by A. L. Lane and Clyde Lane. Class night will be held on Tuesday night, May 27, with the Seniors pre senting the program for the evening. Special assignments have been given to Sarah Ownley, Pauline Burbage, Marvina White, Walter Humphlett, Fritz Wulf, Joe Towe, Margaret Sy mons, Nellie Cartwright, Marguerite Butler, Clyde Lane and Amy Van Roach. Nine students, Jay Duling, Garland Walker, Marvina White, Betty True blood, Irene Hunter, Marjorie Wins low, Walter Humphlett, Tommy Sum. ner and Julian .White will have parts on the program at the commencement services to be held Wednesday night, May 28. Superintendent of Schools, J. T. Biggers, will introduce J. Edgar Mor ris, chairman of the Board of Edu cation, who will award the diplomas and special awards will be presented by Mr. Woodard. " Marshals for the closing exercises will be Faye Butt, Chief . Mabel Mar tin Whedbee, Mollie Lu Yeates, Mary Frances Eure, Marjorie Brinn, Tilson Chappell, John Morris, Peggy Harrell and Judith Winslow. The honor roll of the senior class includes Tommy Sumner, Valedictor ian, ..Pauline BurbaaTA,SotafrjAanv. afarvina White, Marguerite Butler, PAmy Van Roach, Margaret Symons. Democrats Beet W. F. Ainsley As County Chairman Perquimans County Democrats held their biennial convention in the coun ty Court House here last Saturday lected delegates to the State Conven tion, held Thursday of this week at Raleigh. ;, At the opening of the convention here, C. P. Morrjs who has served as chairman of the county committee for 20 years announced he was not a can. didate for re-election to the post. W. F. Ainsley and Max Campbell were nominated for the position, with Mr. Ainsley being elected to fill the chairmanship. Upon his election Mr. Ainsley as sumed the duties of chairman and called the convention to order. On motion duly passed any Democrat in good standing, planning to attend the state convention, was designated as a delegate from Perquimans. County. ' The county convention also re-elected to membership on the county execu tive committee the same members who have served for the past two years. Some 25 to 30 party members at tended the local convention giving evi dence of increased interest in the local party organization. Officers Elected For High School Clubs The new of fleers for the Perquim ans High School Beta Club are: Presi dent, Mollie Lu Yeates; vice president, Marilyn Baker; secretary, Kay White w Stanton; treasurer, Nan Ella White and reporter," Emily Anne Sumner, j I,' The new officers for the Future ! Homemakers of America, the ' Home t Economics Club, are: president, Mar ilyn Baker; vice president, Carolyn Faye Eure; secretary, Barbara Saw-,, yer; treasurer. Nan Ella White; song leader, Nonie ' Lou Lane;- reporter; ' Mary Frances Eurej historian, Doro. thy Jean Winslow, and Parliamentary ., ian, Shirley Eure. : . v J The committee chairman for the . 1952-63 Student Council of Perquim ans High School have been appointed, by the president. They are: . Elec. tions Chairman, Bobby Smith, traffic;' Clarence Chappell; citizenship, John ( Holmes; calendar, Marilyn Baker; social, Kay White Stanton; finance, , Mollie Lu Yeates; house and grounds, 1 Nan Ella White.v publicity, Mabel Kartln WheJbee and Margaret Anne Banks, and standards, Tilson Chap- pelL ' i '.