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7?i ESLY t .Volume XX. Number 17. Hertford; Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 24, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy WEE Pointing Of Historic Event Unveilod At fating Of Central PTA fonday Night f " Frith Winslow Presents School With " "Durant,sDeed,, Tba " 'PTA- iBeialnBJi County Central Grammar School held its April meeting 'Mondial night, April 20, ait 8:00 o'clock with the president, Mis. W. H, Mathews, presiding. ; The meettfne opened wiih ia piano 4nfoeTlude by Mas. Percy Trueblood. Mrs. Mathews then recognized Mrs. Dennis Window, program chairman jfoar the month, who presentled the Eev. C. S. S aunders, pastor of the Pilgrim , Church latt Barley Swamp. Mr. Saunders conducted 'the devotional. This Iwas followed by a beautiful ren- ditton of "The - Holy Cfty by Mrs. Hobert Louis .Stevenson, accompanied at itihe piano by Mrs. Pficy Trueblood. . iMj. Winslow introduced , 'Robert Uouis Stevenson who gave a moat in teresting talk on "The Art of living Together." He stressed the rich herit age, of iritegritiy, tooleniance end. under standing which our forefathers be queathed Ito vs. Alt the conclusion of This ftalk (the group joined in-singing "America The iBeauWul. " The v president ". welcomed guests f rom ' Plymouth', Windsor, Elizabeth Catty 'and Hertford, lis well as all ctam mnmfties M, ithe ' county. She . called aWtenltion tar ittie- State President's mes sage; with speda! reference to the Report Given On Easter Seal Sale Mrs. J. I Harris, chairman totf the Perquimans County drive for Crippled children, reported 'Wis week Who dose of the campaign with weal receipts of 1229.51. - IFdflty-five per cent of .the receipts will remain Ito be used in ituus county with forty-five per certt going ,1io the State office in Uhapel Will. Most of " the conMniraons eame Itihioughi itlhe white and colored schools of the ttown and county. Mrs. Hant's .wishes alt this time to thank ail who helped make this drive a suceess. BPWCIub'sAnnucl Safely Campaign Observed LastWeck Winners Of Contests jTo Be Announced At ?M A Later Date Adopts Resolut ions On Married Students Isaac Perry Elected Ath letic Director At Local High School Blaze Destroys Dry Kilns At Major Loomis Company Last Monday Afternoon Heavy Docket In Thirty one cases were disposed of In Perquimans Recorder's . Court this week. The extra volume "of business being due to the court recess of 'last week. Thirteen of the defendants were cited !tk court for driving itrulcka load ed over the weight limit. These defendant. 'Bruce 'Stevens, Ibth-ma RricMwvmus ThAmnn Rapid' 'J. State PTA CtmveWtion which w3H. belro tjmm,,. '.Wriw tTenrv Jbu.1t. -a. -ni.i TiTn- -1 it un no nn 9 ", wirminwn on avprai. to, igan, George Keisler, Charlie Cham and 30. She stated ithlait Mrs. Edward Harrell iwlUl represeirtt the isdhiool' ait ithalt'meeiting; CTh miniirtes were read 1 and approvied, aftwr vAlich Itlhe secre ary, Mrs. Delvd'rt lEutreiread a letter r . from the Lkme'Auxiffiairy treWive to ( Itihe Cancer Crusadei. The Associa I Won wilted itb send $5.00 from the Treasury to Whis caiMetiv ; . , : ; Mw:iVMiWMimMctA :'".aeiel& &ng T ae1 EScecuffive ." ComrafStee "at . achagi iW April 28 aft S3(h !P. M. i ,; :,.;'.-', ate. Jf Roach, Aopi6al5r .chair nistif. eamoiinced Wnslb Mrs, Lucile White's fifth grade i WKHtiHhe 'ia)tftend lance -Award, x.--r- y Mte Ruth Tucker lea!aMly sang . . 'i'OarolS -Mr3nQan3ed W'Vi Mm Malthftwrf'reidiogW Thomas - Mastkm,' sdhooll principlall, who 'intro duced W. OFVIth WSnalww, guoat aittiist of wis evemng, who slpoko m detail -on his ' idnginal pairiting 'TOuranft's Deed' which ws preserited Ito the school by interested paltfons of - the . school and community. i Mr. Winsldw is a natflve of 'Winfall. For .Twejilty years he IpaMed as a Tiobby and exhibited hs wiorkg in all -me ataie gaMenes. 'In 1947 he diS posed of his business and went into art professionally, istuldying (three sum - mora under Hhree well known artists. In additi&xn to exhibits in- eHnlte eol- Oeries he has also exhftftied Sn the ' mnoiic Museum of A-nd in ILong .( tarmaa, new iotk. In 1948 Mr. WinaTow (held a one iman show.wt 'Shepherd Memorial (3al ' ' lery in Greenville. He won fdrsl prize in an exhihfs in Ch!arIotft)e land has (Continued on Page Eight) ngn ;em2 Concerning 0:.'l On Hecord:r'sCcL7t d County officiab have reached an greememj conoeffmng a bill ' intro druced in the tteghrlabore by Repreaen ftaitive C. R. Holmes, pertaining ito the offioe of khe clerk of Kibe Recorder's Court, It wats learned here on' Mon Iday. . The bill, whSch catted for reneal of a meaBura enacted Sn 1949 placing fthe.office on a salary rather than a fee basis, is to be withdrawn from Khe LegsMjure, and no action ibaken on ie iwaWer, St was dwetosed. Oounity (mmissSanera met with'Mr. ilotmes for mte inmwm of diseassfaff the bin week before tost,' and met again on MdaysfgMt of last Iweek, to ftnlther dinuat he pending Jegisla- After coiwultling again on Sarmday Itha Commtesteners expressed She de- aire that no changes be made in the present law, nor the aet-up of the court, and this fcSinimation was pre vented to Mr. Holmes early this week. OFFICE CICZZD - The office of Ithe PewjuSmanS Qraft moard wul be Closed for ithe Mnnajn. . der of this week, it was announced by Mrs. Charles Campen, clerk to the , uoara. - The office will reopen next Monday. - SERVICES CHANGED 1 Church services ejt Itlhe ChappetQ HiH lptt Church will be conducted on EtjclIw, April, 28 inatdad of Kay 3, . as prevloiRfly ' announced, it was re ported today by Ralph Knight. bars. Gordon IWalker, Lealtha Fon- villa, ShMey Spenicer, George (Baylard artti . John iPorter erttered pleats of jruiilty' to the dharges and each paid the court-co9ts.-i- . - .. iPteas of guilty to charges of speed ing were entered by Ariton Davies, James Baker, - Joseph iPoKnski, BUton Amsley and VCMtOni Gfoertes. Each of ,t4ieS9 rdefendanlts paid Itihe,' costs of coTBtt.: Creg iLame, charged with 75 miles per hour, Iwas' fined Z5 and costs. , In aheariinlg, grownng ooj of a dis pute over discipline within a school bus, ChaVHe Roberaon was found not guiiof,taeisMng Hubert Hamtell, and iHutAjHiairrefll imm found guOty of ssmunmg Roberaisn, driver of the wmool bus. Harrell was fined1 $10 and costs of court. ; Randolph Cooper, Elmer Jaimies, Ed gar Malliary and Wfflie Webb, iNegroes charged with driving wwout a license, each entered a plea of guilty tio the charges and each (received a fine of $25 and costs of court, Ray Hurdle 'submitted ito a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs, A fine of $10 Bind costs were Hax ed against Bobby Brickhouse on charg es of driving with fflmproper Mghlts. Howard Ellis submitted "So a charge of driving a (truck exceeriSwg Itihe height limit. He was taxed Iwith ithe costs of court. Paul Taylor entered a plea T guilty to a charge of failure Kb observe a stop sign. He was taxed .with Ithe court costCs. . A 60 day road sentence was meted out to Clinton Boone, Negro, who en tered a plea of gufflty ,1ta driving wfflh- ont a license. Serttetnce was ordered suspended upon payment of a fine of $100 and coitts. A sentence of one week In 7a3, al ready served, was handed down in the case of Ira Jones, Negro, charged wren neing tfrunK on Kihe 'highway, WiMde ; 'Lee Winslow, Negro, ; was fount gufflty of a charge of assault wimh a deadly weapon. He was sen fenced to Khe roads for 120 dam sen fence to be suspended upon namnent or a nne of ana coss. Javid Turner, Jr., was Ibared .with - The PerouimiainB iBusinesia and Pro- feesional Women's Club Bponsored its Fourth Annual Safety Campaign dur ing Safew Week. April tL6 the chairman, Mrs. Roxannla C. Jack son and co-chairman. Mrs. Essie H Burbage, assisted by Mrs. Alice E. Fufflrell, 'Field Representative for the .hnA Hio4iwv IRafpthv Divssiion. Pave Italks and showed films ait toll the schools, - both white and collared throughout the county. The films shown .were: "The 'Closed Book', furnished by ithe Farm Bureau; "On Two Wheels" and "Play Safely", famished by Wie N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles. The Closed Book, es pecially for adults, was tehown to thei members of Ithe Parent-Teacher iasso ciaitfon and the Rotary Club. "Safety Measures in Music" was diisVibuited to ithe First and' Second Grades where ithey painted (the picture as they learned Khe verse. Quiz tests amd Booklets were given the older studenlts. These materiails were re ceived from 'local inSlereslted people and' Brom Naltional Safety Coun cil. - ' ; '- Much interest is being shown in the Positer and 'Slogans Contests which will be done by students only and judged by "ouibsiideirs" when cash, prizes will be awarded the wSmhers. "Scotch light," wfll be available to all school children who own bicycles and especially urge those who ride on Ithe highways Ito use it as a double precaution far safety measures. The Seventh 'Grade at Whe Hertford Grammar School is making a display of the various modes of (travel using miniature vehicles with drivers of each being molded from clay. 'Pictures have been itake n of all bus drivers, bus monitors and safety pa trols at ithe schools and will be pub lished along with ithe names lof the winners of Ithe various contests. . Perouimans Jun lor Senior Party Held Last Friday Night The Junior Class of (PewruSmans High "'School entertained the Senior Class and guests Bit Ithe annual tf unior 'Sewior Banquet and Dalnce on (Friday nicWi, Aprl 17. The JbancFuet which was held in Ithe high school llunchnoom consisted of .turkey with dressing, green peas, candled yams, gravy, cran berry sauce, pickles, hot rolls, butter, ice cream, cookies and iced ttea. A gypsy itheme was carried out. tin the declarations and program. E. C. IWIood- ard, pnncipaj, gave ithe tavotealtion; John Morris, president of Khe Junior class, welcomed ithe guests. Sally Overton, treasurer of Ithe 'junior class, gave a itoaat' Ito Ithe seniors.; (Fred Martfthews, Jr., pres'ldortt! of Mhe senior cfasa, responded. The waitresses, Bil lie Caroie (Divers, Sue tPerry White, Patricia "Riggers, iFhylKs Truebkiod, EheTby Overton, Joyce Sumner, Mabel Keel, Jo Pat Stokes, Mary IDow Chap, pel and Evelyn Ann Stanffiom, girls seHedted ffirom Itihe lower classes, dress ed as gypsies, sang "Tel Me, 'Little Gypsy" and "Sing Gypsies (Dance Gypsies". Seima Dean Uane, seere- T Perquimans County's Board Of Edu caltton met here last Tuesday night and v 7 Jdk sdopted a resolution concerning mar 17, wnen( . j ituidenlbs attendine local schools. The contents of Ithe resolution stated that the Board of Education, believ ing that married istwltemts 'are not a good influence within .the schools, will request the withdrawal of 'any aca dent i who marries while a student of schools in 'Perquimans County. The Board will .then receive applications foil readmittance from any student withdrawing with Itlhe isltipiilaltions that np student re-adimitlted will be Per mitted to parsicipaite in any extra curricula activities of 'the school. Prior to the meeting of Ithe Board of Education, the committee for Per quimans High Schooil met for the pur pose of electing teachers for 'the school for the school year 1953-54. 'Princi pal! E. C. Wioodard nominated all pres ent' members of Ithe faculty for re election .and Ithis nomination was ap proved by itihe committee, subject to action by .the Board of Education. Isaac P. Perry,- Jr., a native of Elizabeith City, and graduiate of Wake Forest College, was elected as aithletfc director a"i the high school, to suc ceed Elbert Fearing, who resigned the position fast week. Mr. Perry, who tos a B. S. degree from iWiake Forest and M. A. degree from Colum bra University, 'is now coaching at Coferain. He iwill assume his duties here next September. Pie Board also discussed the pastsi- biwties of 'SitrengWiening the curricu luft offered ait 'Perquimans High Sohool, and approved action for a survey to be made at the school, aimed alt 'ascertaining ithe changes necessary Ito'i improve itfae school standaPds, Board Chairman J. E. Morris appoint ed; an advisory commi'btee composed otilas M. Whedbeev chairman, Mrs, T.Brmn, Oarence Oiappeffl, Mr. Ar.H. Edwards, Herman Gurkm, E. C, Woo'dafd' and J. T. Biggers to conduct the survey of Khe present school cur riculum and standards. This commit tee is to report its findings to the Board of Education. On Wednesday night of this week, the committee for .the Hertford1 Gram mar School met for election of teach ers, and on nomination of Miss Thel ma Elliott present members of the faculty were re-elected for "the coming year, with one exception, Miss Louise Chalk was elected as .teacher of the first grade, to succeed Mrs. Thad C. Chiappel, who wj'11 retire at Ithe close of the present school term. Student Elections Scheduled At H.S. Campaign speeches for ,the annual Stuldenit Government elections at Per quimans High 'School will be held on Friday, April 24. Elections wiM be held early in May. Those running for the various offices 'are: Presi dent, Marshall Winslow and Myrtle Gbrdan Williams; Vice-President, Joe Butt, Ann Burke ChappoH and Sue Perry White; Secretary, Marjora Brinn, Jo Palt Stokes, and Judy W''n slow; Treasurer, Hudson Fisher, Mary Frances Eure and Jean iButt; Ser-geant-at-arms, Bobby Smith, John Hill and Daryl Allen; 'Pianist, Jean Long, Patricia Biggers, Anne Stallings and Jean Stallings, and Lina Ruth Proc tor; Songleaders, Shelby Overton, Evelyn Ann Stanton, Jean StiaMings, Sallie Overton, MaWle Trances Keel, Eddie Overton and Wayne Whftte. loritan Club Holds Unique Meeting At Durants Neck Huge Loss Sustained By Firm In Four Hour Fire Program Of Health The Durants Neck Ruritan .Club held lilts monthly meet'ng on Wlnesdiy1 nighlt of last week, at the oommunSity house in New Hope with a fcotiai of 58 mfembers and guests present for a very unusual meeting. Special guests for the meeting' were all ladies and genlltsmen of Itihe com munity, who iwere 75 years tild' or older. The Rurftianis arranged Ito es- corjt the guests to and from itihe meet ing. On arrival of the guests at the community house each lady was pre sented a corsage of red roses aina the gentleman a .red rose hud. The Ruritans were delights!' at the opportunity to entertain the guests who were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Grif fin, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barclift, Mrs. Dan Simpson, Mrs. Annie. Small, W. H. Harrell, E. A. Gbodman, Mrs. J. W. Hasketit, 'Charlie iStallings, Ed Cart wright, Mrs. Aloe Wilson, Mrs. Olivia Dandy, Mrs. R. L. Spivey, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ctorbatt, C. P. Banks, Mr. and Mrs. 'Ed MaJtihews and J. W. 'Shannonhouse. Other guests attending Itihle meet ing were Miss Anne Cobb, Miss Grace Sullivan and Miss Geneva Anderson, .students at Roanoke Bible College in Elizabeth City, who rendered a beau- tiSul musical program. Ruritan District Governor Reginald uregory was Ithe guest speaker f or the meeting. He Was introduced by it. u, opivey, chairman of the pro. gram commlirtltee. A delicious Isupper was served iby the Young Adult Class of the New Hope Sunday School. The meeting was adjourned wMh prayer by the Rev. H. M. Jamieson. A fire, fanned by high winds, raged at the Major Loomis Company last Monday afternoon for approximately six hours and .resulted in heavy losses to Itihe local firm. Cause of tihe fire was undetermined. The fire istarted in a shed adjourn ing the company's dry kilns ,at about 2:15 P. M., and soon spread to the kilns which contained 300,000 feett of lumber. Hertford fire department ar rived on the scene at about 2:20 o'clock and hose lines Iwere laid to the Perquimans River which was used as a waiter source in f:gfhlting -the flaimes. A call for assistance t)o fight the fire was sent to Erferiton and Eli abeth City and firemen from these towns soon arrived to help 'the local department contain the blaze to the kilns. Company employees used several lines of hose in aiding the firemen during the blaze which wag brought under control after two hours' battle. Loss caused by the fire was unoffi cially animated at between fifty and sixty thousand dollars. The lumber stored in the kilns for treatment was valued at about $24,000 'and Ithe dam age to the five dry kilns was expected to run another 25 or 30 thousand dol lars. Sparks from the big fire at the mill iwere earned some distance by the heavy wind, 'and set fire to a house owned by the Major Loomis Ootmpany, near its off:ce, and to a barn own ed by Willard Hurdle. These side fires were soon extinguished by the fire men. A. W. Hefren, president of the company, stated Tuesday ithait the firm has a sufficient amount of dry lumber to continue operations of the planing mill for about two weeks, but it may be necessary to close the mill after that time until the dry kilns are rebuilt. DepsrtmentTopic ii At Rotary Meeting the court costs after submiitltantr toJairy f Juniar claas "Pot O t - . . 7?. , IVTis fW Hum" mhiiMI. MncRatvA lf a charge of passlinir a vehicle lai in injteirsectfion. Local Students At ECC Senior Day Twenty seniors tftwm IPenMbnAna High School attended Ithe anRUaO; 'tSen- tot (Day at East Carolina OoMeeie in UresnVille iriday, (April 17. Tba first fejatmre of the day was a prograsn in the audftorium, , with the operetta), The Student Prince. Next was an ROTO parade and drill on the foot ball field. ASter Visiting several of buildings tfie group reJJurned home early because of .the Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance that rfght .Those going wen: Kay Stanton. Nome Lon Lane, Mary Ann Harris, Ann MyersJ naioeu uamn WMdoee, iQtenda. lope, Mae Wood Nixon, 'SbMy Oojpetand, Hazel Trueblood, AEcs !Pwctiokv Gays Cobb, Suflton, Emily Sumner. Hall, Leo Long, ettty Davis, Carolyn MaV hews, Peggy Ktolrely, Casrlis Roberson, James Griffin, , Billy Ghappell and JOary- StalBnga.' -vThey iwere aocom panied by H. H. Gurkin, science teach er at Perquimans High. 9 MASONS TO MEET ",; ;, " The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, 'A, F.. AA. INL, will meet Tues day night t 8 o'clock. , Hot Gypsy SW which consiated of jokes. : Suzanne Towe, 'vice presSdent of the junior class, prophesied what the seniors would be doing In 1963. Following Ithe banquet a dance was held in Khe gymnasium, whfijdb was deooraltod ltk represent a gypsy cam p. Ronald Stokes and his 'IKmgs of Swing", an orchestra from Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., provid- the music for thOHance. The first dance was a closed one- tar Whs class y Continued on Page Eight) Winners Announced In Festival Contest - Miss Annette (Proctor, daughter of Mir. end (Mrs. Josiah Prodbor, was seledtfid to oepreseritl Perquimans County, as local Sueen, in the annual Potalbo Festival be held in EJaza beth Cftey nexft month. v- V 'Riunners-up 5n Hhelojeal contest, wWch :.3.,;spoiored!by "ithe Hert ford Janior Chamber of Cjcvntnerce. were Miss Suzanne Towe, daughter ofMift jBjnd vw 9, 1H.;Tow,Awho placed second and Miss Anne Burke Chappefl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, L. D. ChappeH, who was third, : Selection of the queen lb represent Perquimans County alt Khe featnval was made on Wednesday ngjhit of last week, in a contest conducted at Per qubnans High School The multiple activities of Ithe Dis triot Health Department was the top ic of an interesting program preSenV ed at a meeting of Ithe Hertford Ro tary Club, held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Miss Audrey UmphMIt, County HeaQta Nurse and Ed Oavanaiugh, a field irepreseritative of Ithe iU. S. iPub lic Health Service, were guests of the dub, and 'both gave brief but highly informative -talks on the aims and achievement of Ithe health program, The speakers were intaoduced by Dr. C. A. (Davenport, program chair man for the meeting, Miss Umphlett told the Rotariana of the many services rendered by the local Health Department, nointtimr out the aim was toward preventing disease Perquimans Team Wins At Baseball Two more basebalH victories were chalked up during the past week by the Indians of 'Perquimans High School, when the local diamond team defeated Windsor by a 15-7 score on Friday of last week and (then defeat ed Oolerain on Tuesday by a 9 Ito 0 count. In ithe Windsor coriteat Paul Mat hews and Jack PhUtips limfted Wind sor to five hits, struck out eight and walked five men. The Indians got 13 hits off AsbeH, Windsor hurier, who walked eight and struck out four. Perquimans scored 10 runs in the fifth inning ito assure Whe victory. On Tuesday afternoon Vernon White pitched a (onehftter while his team mates blanked Oolerain 9 Ito 0. A Single by Kale in Ithe fourth inning . ". : " 1 wwuer in nne season piitcned a no- aminations. She stressed the fact tfcat the department did not (treat sick patients but referred them Ito family doctors. Among 'the better kmdwn and out Standing of these various programs are Khe school clinks, pre-naM clirtics, wlMby cHnScs, TB surveys and mass chest X-rays, and work done in connection wWh Itihe crippled children pnogram. . -. Mr. Cavanaugh Itold Ithe 'Rotarians of Who work being done by the 'Fed eral, State and local governments to stamp out venereal disease. He related the program is aimed fighting the disease .through educational 'methods in: Jthe schools, but lit. present head way is being made Ito ward stamping out VD by itracing diseased persons and contacts then providing treatment of (these individuals. He stated (that in 1942-43 165 persons were receiving V Itreatments each week but this figcre had dropped to three per cent during the current year. . v hmter agadnst) Ahoakde. White Btruck out 13 and walked none. Ted Chap pelt led the Indians wiXh two of the six hats mads by Perquimans. The Indians scored Dour runts in the first inning, two runs ih Whe fourth and sixth and one run in She seventh. Ihres games remain on ithe iPer qubnans schedule, wHth AhosMe fom ishing the opposition in a game here Friday. On next Tuesday the Indions wit play alt Prymouth and on May 1 the local (team will play Gatesville at Hertford, Gateswile Ss Ithe only team holding a win over Perquimans thus for ithis season and the Indians wiQ be out Ito revenge this loss, try ing Ito secure a tie for Ithe Group 1 play-ioff Itfffle. WMU MEETING TUESDAY A Perquimans County WMU meet ing will be held alt Mt. Sinai Church on Tuesday, April 28, beginning at 10:30 A.M.. Hertford Jaycees Join Civic Groups In Operation Prayer Over six million members of the nation's largest civic and veterans or ganizations will join forces May 3 to offer a united prayer for world peace, Horace E. Henderson, presi dent of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, announced to day. The program, titled "Operation Pray," was originated' in March by the U. S. Jaycees Ito assist churches in bringing about a nation-wide re ligious reawakening. In recent weeks the 'American Legion, ' Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lions and Kilwianis have offered their full support Ito Opera tion (Pray, Ithereby initiating for the first itim a consolidated religious of? fort on 'the part of major service or ganizations. "In carrying out Operation Pray, each of itihe '2,050 Jaycee chapters 'and co-operating organizations will adopt a resolution calling for a day of nat ional prayer on 'Sunday, May 3, ask ing for divine guidance for President Eisenhower, the Cabinet, Congress and Jiudicilairy dn their efforts .to lead the world tio peace," Henderson said. The resolutions will be signed by chapter presidents and returned ito Hender son who will forward ithe won to President Eisenhower. Additional cop ies of the resolution will be sent by each chapter to Ithe local mayor and to the governor. "The program also wil include an all-out campaign on the part of the local organizations to encourage com-munity-flviie participation tin the nat ional day of prayer," Henderson add ed. "In every community, tatters will be sent t local ministers asking for ttihoir cooperation, and ithe mayors will be requested Ito proclaim May 3 as Ithe .day for every, local resident to offer a prayer for world peace." Henderson expressed the belief that Operation Pray, by enlisting the con solidated effort of five organizations, will exert a powerful fores in Stiniu Wfcing renewed national interest in the principles of God. Laurence Sutton In Saudi Arabia Staff Sergeant Laurence S. Sut ton, U. S. Air"iForce, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sutton, Route 3, Hert ford, and husband of the former Miss Irene Marie Dettloff of r Rochester, New York, has recently been assign ed to the 1949th AACS Squadron, Dhahron Air Field, Saudis Arabia. At Dhahran Sergeant Sutton will per form duties a a senior communica tions cetJter specialist (with the Air ways and Air Communications Service Squadron. -V, 'r .
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