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mi WEEKLY Volume XX. Number 8. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 20, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy v. Fcjrtc:n Csses On ' n:sorL':r's Docket ILre LastTuGsdsy Eight Defendants Pay Fines And Costs On Charges of Speeding 'Fourteen cases were disposed of by the Perquimans Recorder's Court in session here-last Tuesday with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding. - - A majority of the cases involved violations of traffic taws and eight of the defendants paid fines and costs of court on charges of speeding. Fines of $25 and costs were levied against Frank Williams and, Walter Thompson, Jr., each of whom submit ted to. charges of speeding. Avery Powers, 'Jr., and Benjamin Lerner were fined $10 and costs each, after entering pleas of guilty to charges of speeding. Jenning Johnson, David Hary, Keith Maginity - and George Burnett sub mitted to charges of speeding and paid the costs of court. , A verdict of not guilty was return ' ed in the case in which H. N. Nixon was charged with driving drunk. IShelton Zachary, Negro, and .Gurney Bass, charged with driving trucks loaded over the weight limit, entered pleas of guilty and paid the costs of : court. : . (Lemuel Ash, Negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weap on. He was sentenced to jail for 60 days, sentence" to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs of court. , Leroy Lightfoot, Negro, charged with driving with improper lights, en tered a plea of guilty and paid the costs of court. Three cases were continued until the next term of court and one war rant was returned for service when ' the defendant failed to appear to an swer the charges. . x iesllsld 1iui5iun hi Sbuday Af tcniGuir ; William Herbert Winslow, 71, prom ' Inent resident of the Whiteston com munity, -died at 8:30 A. M., last Fri ' day in a Suffolk, Va., hospital, after a short illness. (He was the son of the late Lancelot and (Mary Winslow, a native and life long "resident of BeMdere township. " J Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Leanna Riddick Winslow; one brother, Ralph Winslow ' of Hertford, two sisters, Mrs. Percy Winslow of Whiteston and Mrs. E. L. Whitehurst of Eliza v bethCSty. - ' Funeral ; services were conducted ' Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Up River Friends Church by the Rev. ' Elizabeth White, assisted by the Rev. D. V. Pike and the Rev. Mrs. Bertha S.White. , During the services the choir sang Abide With Me, Nearer 'My God to '.Thee and Asleep With Jesus. ; Pallbearers ; were Percy ; Winslow, . Jr., Burwell Winslow, Will Winslow, . William Lane, Fletcher Riddick and (Nat Perkins. -J , - Interment was in the church ceme- , tery.v . tv-fC'-y': '.-'i. "- Thatch-Byrum Vows Spoken January 18th The marriage of Miss Christine Thatch,' daughter - of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Thatch of Route 1, Hertford, and Robert Lee Byrum. Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Byrum of Route 1, Edenton,. was solemnised Sunday, January 18, a 12 o'clock at the Bethel Baptist Church with , the v bride's pastor, the Rev. Bennie Craw : ford, officiating. : r - '! The bride wore a suit of white flan- nel with brown accessories and a cor sage of nd' rosea, rr--.-i .i' .- , Mrs. Waverly Hollowell, who wore a wine suit with black accessories, was matron of honor. Waverly Hollo well was the bridegroom's best man. "; Following JOom ceremony Mr.. and ' - Mrs.' Byrum left, for- a trip to unan .' nounced points. ' They are now mak ing their home at Route 1, Edenton. Mrs.- Byrum is a graduate of Per raimans High School and is employed in the office of Barren Gas & Coal Co., Hertford." Mr. Byrum! attended Chowan High School anil is now en gaged in fanning and fishing. r World Day cf Prayer .' Services On Friday ' .'. World Day otJPrvyet will be ob- served in Hertford on Friday, Feb ' ruary 20, with a onion service to be conducted at . the , Hertford Baptist (Church, beginning at 8:30 o'clock, it was announced her Wednesday. Participating in the services will be ' members of the Baptist, , Methodist and Holy Trinity Episcopal Churches. ' The puUie is cordially invited to tend. ----- '--- . . - . Swine Sale Termed Success By Breeders r A Purebred Swine Sale held at the Hertford Livestock and Supply Co., barn Friday, February 13, was term ed a saccedd by breeders selling hogs in the sale. The sale was sponsored by the Albemarle Swine Breeders As sociation and the Agricultural Exten sion Service. It was the first such sale held since the Association was formed last December. ' Twenty-five hogg were gold 10 of which were bred gits, 8 open gilts and 7 boars. The top bred gilt and the top boar were owned by Clarence Chappell, Jr., a 4-H Club member of Belvidere. The gilt was sold for $86.00 to L, L. Daven port of Creswell. .The boar brought $68.00 and was bought by H. E. Lane of Tyner. They were both Durocs. The average prices for the sale were bred gilts, $70.70; open gilts, $40.95; boars, $50.57; over-all average, $56.14 The Association is planning to hold another sale in August. THIS VEBl'S HEADLINES President Eisenhower in his first ' press conference on Tuesday told newsmen farm .prices are now a prob lem but his administration is working to maintain price support, and it was his belief farm prices will rise before the end of the year. The President also stated he favors a balanced bud get before taxes are cut, and that he did not know haw soon these two items can be accomplished. Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means Committee this week approved a bill calling for tax reductions for industry and individuals. The bill will now go before Congress but re ports from Washington say there may be a delay in its adoption pending ac tion on tiie reduction of the budget. One source pointed out it probably will be May before any definite de cisions will be made toward tax re duction. ' . A Federal Appeals Court on Tues day, granted Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Roseribergi a. new" stay from their death sentence scheduled for the week of March 9. The pair, convicted of passing atom bomb secrets to Rus sia, seek through their attorney, to have the case reviewed by the Su preme Court which has already de nied a review. Installment buying has reached a new high in the U. S. and install ment debts now stand more than 16 billion dollars. Of tJiis amount more than five billion dollars represents debts on purchase of new cars. Cred it buying has jumped considerably since 194T, and is now more than' eight times the amount owed in 1942, when the nation's installment ' debt stood at only two billion dollars. Local 4-H Clubbers Win Judging Contest The Albemarle Purebred Swine Breeders Association carried out their first annual all breed spring sale on Friday, February 13, 1953, s :., In connection with the sale, there wag a Junior Judging Contest based on the individual's score, rather than a team score. Two Perquimans Coun ty 4-H'ers took third and fourth, while a Perquimans 4-lH'er took fifth. Winners in this county were John Hiir of Beech Springs and Wallace Baker of, Whiteston who tied for top honors with" a score of 147 points, out. of a possible 150 points. (Winners from Pasquotank County who tied for second place were Jerry Hardesty and Charles Wilson-with a score of 143 points each, out of a possible 150 points, j Clarence Chappell, Jr., was ISifth. In the contest with a score of 141 "points out of a possible 150. In cilently, John Hill arid Wallace Baker, respectively, took first and second place in the-junior division judging contest : at the Southeastern iDuroc Congress, held in Rocky Mount last month. v .... . Three Injured In Wreck Last Friday Three persons were" injured late Friday night when, a car operated by Charles Augustas White, 18, Negro and owned by James Edward Brick house of Hertford, failed to make a curve at Winfall and turned over sev eral times, striking "a store near the house of Mary White. The accident occurred around 11:30 oclock. White and two others whose names could not be learned, were car ried to the Chowan Hospital for treat ment. (Considerable damage was reported done to the store and the 1947 Chevro let was said to be a total loss. r 3 I BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ? " Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bundy an nounce the birth of a son; William Voodley, on February 12. Mrs. Bundy is the former Miss Myrtl. Lee Nixon, Centre PTA Observe Founder's Progrem At Meeting Monday Nominating Committee Named To Select New Officers The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram mar School held its February meet ing Monday night at 7:30 o'clock, with the president, Mrs. W. H. Matthews, presiding. . The meeting opened with the sing ing of "Love's Old Sweet Song," by the audience. Miss Johnnie White jthen read the State President's mes sage. . The president presented Mrs. Mer rill Winslow, who with Mrs. Clyde Lane had charge of the program. Mrs. Winslow introduced Mrs. Russell Bak er who conducted the devotional. This was followed by a rendition of "Bless This House" by Mrs. Robert Lewis Stevenson, who was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ralph White. A "Founder's Day" program in ob servance of the 66th anniversary of the organization of the Parent-Teacher Association was presented by the Whiteston community under the di rection of Mrs. Merrill Winslow and Mrs. Clyde Lane, The program open ed with a' recitation "We Observe Founder's Day," by Emmett Winslow. This .was followed by an acrostic 'Founders and Builders" by pupils of the various grades. A group of girls composed of Lola Jane Winslow, Nan Ella White, Dorothy Jean Winelow, Marilyn Baker and Patricia White presented a play "Youth Takes a Hand," which portrayed in a most in teresting mariner many pertinent facts pertaining to the founding and development of the Parent-Teacher Association, including the enrollment, in the local and national organisation, the objects of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and inter esting facts about the lives of the founders, Mrs. Alice McLellan Bir. ney and Mrs. ' Phoebe Apperson; Hearst. This was climaxed by the lighting-of a huge birthday cake.p - At the conclusion of the program a' silver offering amounting to $14.38 was taken to help advance the work of the Parent-Teacher Organization within the state. The minutes of the January meet ing were read and approved. Mrs. Matthews, the president, re ported that 21 subscriptions to the PTA magazine had been sent in. jShe urged that other interested members contact Mrs. Nathan Sawyer, the mag azine chairman, as soon as possible in order to bring the quota of maga- zines up to par. (Continued on Page Eight) WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY MOTE: This is the fifth of a series of weekly summaries of the work of the North Carolina General As sembly of 1953. It is confined to discussions - of matters of general interest and major importance. The big issue in Raleigh in 1953 (as in all recent years) is, or will be, money. After appropriations are de termined and balanced with anticipat ed revenues, the big job is done. Vir tual, completion of appropriation com mittee hearings and the promise of Governor Umstead's budget message in the next few Oays bring this legis lative session to a crucial point. If legislators like his recommendations, quick solutions may be forthcoming. If not, c if his recommendations in volve increased taxes, a battle may be in the offering. ! Appropriations The need for substantial new mental hospital and school building construe-; tion has become, increasingly appar ent with, only state sanatoria and the State Art Society remaining to be heard by the joint appropriations com mittee, i Uncomfortably aware that Advisory Budget Commission esti mates of; $390 million in revenues for 1953-55 seem very accurate, commit tee members have heard requests for $142 million over Budget Commission recommendations. These requests in- elude $33 million for operational ex- nenses and over $109 million for per manent improvements. Topping the list was the State Board of Educa tion's bid for $60 million to equalize school facilities in the state and $16.6 million for operational expenses (in cluding 2.5 million to finance the purchase of all school bused by the state and over $10 million for an ad ditional 6 per cent salary increase for teachers over and above the 10 per cent recommended in the budget bill) v . Meanwhiln the Governor Bpiked-ra mors of separate legislation giving state employees the 10 per cent retro active pay increase immediately by re questing legislators to Handle appn. prifctions .in, the biennial appropria Indians Play Msnteo Here Friday f'iglit For League Title Rural Conference To Conduct Tourney Starting Next Wed. . A conference championship will be at stake when the Perquimans Indians meet the boys from Manteo in a bas ketball game to be played at the lo cal high school gym on Friday night of this week. The Indians and the Manteo team are tied for first place in the Albemarle Rural Conference and the winner of the game tonight will go into the Rural (Conference tourney as top-seeded team. A preliminary game between the girls' teams of the two schools will start at 7:30 o'clock. The Manteo girls hold second position in the con ference while the Indian Squaws are in third position. In a double header, played at Man teo earlier this season, the local girls lost while the Indians defeated the Manteo boys. Fans can expect an ex citing contest tonight as the two teams play for'the season champion ship. On last Friday night the Indians and Squaws met the Central High School teams in a return engagement with the Indians gaining revenge for an earlier defeat, turning back Cen tral 44 to 41. Williams, with 14 points and Morris with nine points paced the Indians while Blevins hit for 17 points for Central. Perquimans came from behind during the second half to over come a five point lead the Central boys had at halftime. Carolyn Jones, scoring 27 points, led the Central girls to victory over the Squaws by a margin of 52 to 41. White and Winslow led in the scoring for the Perquimans girls The Perquimans boys and girls played Kitty Hawk at Manteo on Tuesday night, winning both games with ease. The Squaws scored 41 points to Kitty Hawk's 23 and the Indians romped to victory by a score of 56 to 20. ... '; 'Scoring in the girls' game- was di vided among White who hit for 20 points, Stokes 10, and Winslow 7. Hayward was high scorer for Kitty Hawk with 18 points. Williams and Morris scored 14 points each to pace the Indians to victory over. the Kitty Hawk boys. Matthews scored seven points and ToWe hit for nine. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER World Day of Prayer will be ob served at Woodland Methodist Church Friday, February 20, at 7:30 P. M. Mrs. Ernest Cartwright will have charge of the program. The public is urged to be present. ! tions bills. Finance : Against this background of more money needed, several newspapers on Friday published reports that the Governor would ask the General As sembly in his budget message for bond issues of approximately $88 mil lion 150 million for public schools, $23 million for mental hospitals, and $15 million for state agencies and in stitutions. Only the latter issue could be approved by the legislators without a referendum. To finance these bonds, several million dollars would be re quired for the biennium, revenue that is not presently available. While the Governor may ask revision of sales tax exemptions to produce this rev enue, such revisions are considered new taxes by many tax conscious legislators. Currently more sentiment is to be found in legislation for tax reduction than for tax increase. SB 97 pro poses that all surplus built up in the first year of the oienmum be appro priated in the second, and that per sonal income taxes be reduced for the second year by the percentage that the surplus bears to appropriations. HB 232 would increase from $300 to $600 the exemption allowed taxpayers for each dependent other than hus band and wife. It is estimated that this measure would reduce state rev enues by $3,158,000 each year. - The only bill proposing to increase taxes was HB 242, which levies heavy additional taxes on- wine, beer and liquor. These taxes were, later in corporated into the long expected vet erans' bonus bill to pay for a $165 million bond issue (subject to voter approval) which would provide a max imum of $500 to veterans of World Wars I and PI and the 'Korean con flict; HB 264 asks a $1,596,000 bond issue for the construction of a State Archives and History Building. Organization and Reorganization The cry of "sail, on" went up in the House the. reorganization of the Coneervf tion and Development Board was explained as a "simple little bill" (Continued on Page Five) Holmes Offers Bill On Tax Deduction Representative C. R. Holmes has introduced a bill before the Legis lature calling for a new tax deduction, according to a report from Raleigh on Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Mr. Holmes, if enacted, will permit a taxpayer to deduct commuting expenses in fig uring State income taxes. Mr. Holmes stated any man who has to commute to his work ought to be able to deduct those traveling ex penses in figuring out his tax. He pointed out many individuals from this area work in Norfolk and bring in come into the area but do not have the- right to deduct the extra expense of earning that income in figuring in come tax. The measure was given to the Fi nance Committee for its consideration. Savin-Trueblood Ceremony At Bagley Swamp Church IMiss Marv Rebecca Trueblood, i daughter of Mrs. James Shannonhouse Trueblood, and the late Mr. Trueblood, of Hertford, became the bride of Clar ence Adam Savin, son of Wentworth Savin, and the late Mrs. Savin, of Route 1, Elizabeth City, on Sunday afternoon, February 15, at 5 o'clock, in the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Holi ness Church. The pastor, Rev. Coy S. Saunders, heard the vows. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Medford S. True blood, attended by Mrs. Ernest Mel vin Winslow, matron of honor of Eliz abeth City and Miss Allie Mae True blood, bridesmaid of Hertford, both sisters of the bride. Ernest MelVin Winslow served as best man. Ush ers were Preston Reese Stevenson and Marshall Allen Winslow, both of Hert ford. One large basket of gladioli and fern against a background of palms, lighted by white cathedral candles in candelabras decorated the church. Music selections by Mrs. J. Percy Trueblood pianist, prior to the cere mony were, "Indian Love Call" and "I Love You Truly." "Oh Promise Me" was played softly during the ceremony. Miss Neppie Maude Smith, soprano, sang "Because," "Together Life's Pathway We Tread," and "The Lord's Prayer", with piano accom paniment. The bride wore a gown of white bridal satin with an off -shoulder Chantilly lace yoke, low fitted waist line, with self -covered buttons down the back of the waist, long tailored sleeves with lace cuffs ending in bri dal points over the hands. A full gath ered skirt with a bustle back extend ing into a chapel-length train. Her finger-tip veil edged with lace trim draped from a Bo-Peep style head gear made of white satin and small pearls. 'She carried a cascade bou quet of white carnations and baby breath with lacelin streamers. The matron of honor wore a white taffeta gown with fitted bodice, high, neckline, with scalloped yoke, trimmed with self -covered buttons, three-quarter sleeves with lace trim ,and a full gathered skirt" She carried a cas cade bouquet of red and white car nations. The bridesmaid wore a white gown of nail-head taffeta with fit ted bodice, three-quarter sleeves and a full gathered skirt. She carried a bouquet of red carnations in cas cade design. The attendants wore identical hats of Bo-Peep style. Mrs. Robert Lewis Stevenson was mistress of ceremonies. , For the wedding .trip the bride changed to a black gabardine suit on which she pinned a white carnation corsage. Her -other accessories were black andwfiite. ' The couple will make their home in the Simons Creek community, Route 1, Elizabeth. City, where Mr. Savin is a prominent farmer. Non listers To Face Court Action . - "- Perquimans County residents who have failed to comply .with the law by If sting'' their property for taxes face possible court action it was learn ed here this week. ! c ; It was brought to light in record er's court, on Tuesday, that one of the defendants had failed to list proper ty for taxes, aslprovided by law, and after the disclosure, it was learned this defendant, with others who fail to list property fop taxes, will be ser ved with warrants for violation of the law. .. It was not disclosed when the action will be started against known vio lators. V '. '.; BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Apple of Jack sonville, Fla., announce the birth of a daughter born Thursday, February 12. Mrs. Apple before her marriage was Mis3 Fern Douglas. Jaycees To Conduct Project For Benefit Of School Children Plan Drive For Funds To Buy Activities Bus For Students Members of the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting held here this week voted to sponsor one of the largest fund raising cam paigns ever conducted locally, for the benefit of the school children of Per quimans County. The project adopted by the local Jaycees is the purchase of an activi ties bus, for transporting students of the Perquimans High School. Cen tral and Hertford Grammar Schools to and from school activities in towns and cities other than Hertford. A committee composed of George Fields, Jaycee President, Henry C. Stokes, Jr., Tommy Maston, Ellie Fearing and Ab Williams, will spear head the campaign. In announcing plans for the drive Mr. Fields stated representatives of the Jaycees will meet with each and every civic club of the county to ex plain this project and to enlist the assistance of other clubs with the project. A goal of $3,500 has been set as the amount, needed to purchase the bus, which will be a large, heated coach-type vehicle, arranged and equipped to provide comfortable trans portation for the children. The Junior Chamber of Commerce has contributed from its treasury the sum of $300 as a starter for the $3,500 goal. The committee plans to open the drive next week, with representa tives calling on Hertford business houses, and a special representative soliciting contributions from each rural community in the county. The Jaycees are hopeful the drive can be completed in time to secure the bus for the next school term. In adopting the project members of the Jaycees announced it was their opinion "it is much safer for the children to be transported on various trips and tours in a vehicle driven by a responsible adult, than having them traveling to activity programs and contests in cars driven by teen-age drivers". The bus will be used not only for transporting school athletic teams to various contests, but will be available to the three schools for use by all students, whether the trip be a 4-H Club tour, school student visits to Ra leigh or other historic scenes. It was announced that any person desiring to contribute to the project prior to the opening of the drive, or by anyone not contacted by a solicitor, may mail contributions to "Jaycees, Box 13, Hertford, N. C. Local Residents See Flying Saucers Flying saucers made their appear ance in Perquimans County on Fri day of last week, according to re ports made to this reporter by sev eral residents of the county. D. R. Trueblood of Winfall reported he saw a blazing object flying through the sky at about dusk Friday evening, and the object appeared to be travel ing at a very rapid rate. The object, Mr. Trueblood saSd, was going faster than any plane he ever saw, and was very bright. L. N. Hollowell also reported seeing an object near Woodville, at about the same time Friday evening. Mr. Hollowell described the object as re sembling a large sized light bulb, brilliantly blazing. He said he first saw the object moving m a northeast rly direction, as though it had come from Hertford going to Elizabeth City and he watched the object until it seemingly disintegrated in the air. The object, according to Mr. Hol lowell, was moving rapidly in a posi tion horizontally to "the earth. Speight Funeral Conducted Wednesday Mrs. Mary G. Speight. 82, native of Perquimans County, died -at the home of her -daughter, . Mrs. John C. San ford, at Mocksville on Tuesday morrf ing. She was the wife" of the late Dr. J. W. Speight of Roper. , Surviving besides her daughter are three grandchildren and 'three great grand children; two sisters, Mrs. Isa Tucker and- Mrs. Thomas Nixon, both of Hertford. ' ' Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Roper, of which she was a member, by the Rev. E. M. Spruill, rector, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Roberson. Burial was in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church cemetery in Hertford.
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