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r , t:- ! . '. I.,'..! r rt n A v mo xxi; HeruorcL, Percmiinans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 19, 1954. 5 Cents Per Copy -t- J la;.:.; .ate Senator A. Pflston Godwin, , of Gatesville is a candidate for re- .Uon to the State Senate from the in Senatorial District. ; Godwin's announcement came as no nrpnse since it has long been the atom of the First Senatorial District for its State Senators to' serve, at laast two consecutive terms and, too, he has made no secret of the fact that v e planned to announce his candidacy. In making this announcement Sena tor Godwin said, "When-1 elected to the Senate in 1952, it marked the first time ill more than , a generation that Gates County had been permitted to furnish one of the two District Sen. ators. Since It has become a tradition rh this district for the Senators , to serve at least two successive, terms, I am again offering myself a candidate for nomination by the Democratic Tarty as one of its two nominees for action to the SUM Senate. If nomi ted and elected, I shall again make . v sincere effort to fairly and honestly r. present all of the people and eoun . ties of the District In th 1955 Gen eral 'Assembly." , . i , . : '- Godwin never sought public office before 1952 when he was elected to the Senate. He was born and reared In Gatesville, where, he attended the pub lic school; he graduated front Wake Forest College Law School In 1937 and "was licensed to practice law the same . year and has been , engaged in the Seeldng Re-election 1 Innns And Sqjr;s Flay Camdsn Friday Perquimans Indians Top In Conference Lead With 13 Wins A. PILSTON GODWIN; This week State Senator A. Pfl ston Godwin, Jr.' of Gatesville announced he will be a candidate' for re-election in the Hay election. TinS WEEK'S ininns Twenty HveCases Itod By Recorder InCcirjSession Fourteen Speeders Head List of .Traffic Violations Russian refusal to agree to an Aus trian peace treaty and proposals for unification of Germany through free elections has deadlocked the Berlin meetmar of the Bir Four foreign nun- practice at Gatesville since that time, igters, After four weeks of confer oxcept for the years ,1942-46 when heieneM the ministers, according to Ber- was a special agent of the FJJ.I. In . addition to his practice at Gatesville, he has maintained law offices in Ahos kie since the fall of 1852. Godwin is a Baptist and has taughi the Men's Bible Class of the Gatesville Baptist Church for a number of years; he is past master of the Gatesvfle Masonic Lodge and a former District Governor of Ruritan National, a dvic organiza tion he is a former chairman of the ' First Congressional District Executive I Committee of tha Young Democratic V- vClubs and a former member of the 1 lin reports, have failed to achieve pro gress toward easement of the cold war tensions in Europe. Observers at the meeting, however, state tne itussian tactics have brought about closer unity among the Western powers, J State YDC Executive Committee; for a number of years, he has been a 1 - member of the State Democratic Exec- judicial District during an illness of So- - i it : tif xtr i- - . it. . lituwjr w . vv . ViBnoon. fie was nun in the organization of and is general counsel for the N. C. Peanut Grow ers' Association. His wife fa the for mer Mildred Vann of Ahoskie, and they have a small son and daughter. The Perquimans Indians and Squaws will make their final home appearance during the 1954 basketball season on Friday night when they play the girls and boys from Camden. In games played at Camden last month the local girls lost a close decision while the Indians defeated the Camden boys. -Next week the local teams will com pete in the annual Albemarle Rural Conference tournament which will be held in the Camden gym starting on Wednesday night Drawings for this tourney have not been completed but the league leading Indians will be the number one seeded team. On Thursday night of last week the Indians and Squaws traveled to Man teo where they played return games with Kitty Hawk; .The Indian Squaws won the opening contest by a 87 to 24 score while the Indians easily de feated the Kitty Hawk boys; 60 to 44. Cella WUte. scoring 22 points for Perquimans,' led the' scoring for her team, while Mary Winslow was second with four points. The Squaws held a 21-9-lead at halftime and moved to a 82-18 advantage during the third per iod. The Indians controlled the game against the Kitty Hawk boys, leading 10-7 at the end of the first quarter and 28-10 at the half. Howard Wil liams with 18 tallies and Paul Mat thews with 14 led the scoring for Per quimans. During the third period the Indians went out front 44 to 81 and coasted to the final victory. .; Board Of Education Approves Pkns For Central Grammar School Project JNot ituniung 1 1 - With France losing more and more interest in the progress of the war in Indochina proposals have been made in Washington f or the U. S. to sena vol unteer technicians to the area to help train natives for the fight against Communists. Announcements from Washington say there is few possibili ties IT. S. tenons will be sent to Indo china but a greater border of thiaVar , - to- Art announcement made this week by the Secretary of Agriculture, re ducing support prices on butter ana some other dairy products effective April 1,, has. drawn fire from Con iirressmen representing areas nrodue- ey nave a smaii son ana aaugncer. : , ,r . . - . During the 1953 session of the Gen-Kthe8e Plul?.n,!i" I A ...M . flAr, r.o imrouuceu in wiiKrewi " appointed by Lieutenant-Governor Lu- Perquimans'' Recorder's Court had another heavy docket during the court term held last Tuesday. A total of 25 cases were disposed of during the session. - Fines of $10 and costs were assess ed against Gladys Wiggins, Adolf Si mons, Richard Tobin and William Mc- Causland, all; of whom entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding. Costs of court were taxed against Pasher Watson, Ray Waterfield, How ard Phillips, Willis Pearce, Wilbur Smith, William Privott, David Brick house, Edward Hoffman, Kenneth Cawley and William Cawley, after each entered pleas of guilty to speed ing charges, Roy Cox and Arthur Gurganus paid the costs of court after submitting to charges of failing to observe a stop sign. v. Alice Scott and Lee Stepney, Ne gro, were fined $25 and costs of court on charges of driving without a li cense. - each entered a plea ol guilty to the charges. The case In which Luke Daniel is charged with issuing a worthless check was transferred to Washington County for trial. Calvin Bowson submitted to a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs. Elsie Harris, Negro, was sentenced to Jail for a period of two weeks on charges of assaulting her husband with a flashlight. Robert Parker plead guilty to charg es of illegal passing and paid the costs J. William Copeland, one of the Fitst Senatorial District's two State Senators, announced this week that he will not be a candi date for relection in the forth coming election. , Senator Copeland's statement follows: "I have decided not to seek re election to the State Senate this year. It has been the custom for some time to serve only two terms in succession in this District. I appreciate the opportunity of hav ing served the people in the First District and hope that the situa tion will be such that I can repre sent you again at some future time- To dste there are three candi- dates for the two Senate seats, A. P. Godwin, incumbent, N. El ton Aydlett of Elizabeth City and C. Wayland Spruill of Windsor. M On First Aid Sv Walter Gsorge Walter George, Safety Engineer of the VEP Company, spoke at the monthly meeting of the Hertford Grammar School PTA in the school auditorium on Thursday night on the subject of "First Aid and Safety In the Home." Clinton Eley, safety chairman of the PTA, introduced George, who told the audience about the new methods used State Action Transf er- ing Students To Coun ty Unit Sought Plans for the construction of an ad dition to Perquimans Central Gram mar School, consisting of four class rooms and a library, were approved at a meeting of the Perquimans Board of Education held on Thursday night of last week in the office of the Superin tendent. J. W. Griffith, architect of Greenville, presented the plans, and after these were approved the archi tect was instructed to present the plans to the State Board for its ap proval and he was also requested to expedite the project in order that the addition might be ready for use when the school opens for the 1954-55 school term. This project, as approved by the lo cal Board, is the first of a number planned to be carried out under the program adopted, and which will be financed from state funds, in a spe cial bond election held last year. The Board passed a resolution ap proving a petition of residents of the county requesting the transfer of 15 county students from the Hobbsville school to the Perquimans County unit The resolution and petition are to be sent to the State Board of Educa tion for final action. The petitioners seek to have the students reassigned to Perquimans County schools begin ning with the next school term. After a long discussion on a request to. extend a school bus route up a road leading to the home of S tai lings, in New Hope Township, the Board ordered Superintendent J. T. Perquimans divided a Arable header! of court with Central High on Tuesday night Motion for non-suit was granted in 01 this week, the Indian Squaws loa-'the cases in which James Copeland, Negro, was charged with transporting non-tax-paid liquor, and Andrew Cope land,. Negro, was charged with pos session. . Katty Hill, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of possession of nontax-paid liquor. She paid a fine of $25 and costs of court . ing to 'Central girls by a one point margin 50 to 49 and the Indians win ning from Central boys 50 to 32. The loss moved the Perquimans girls into a conference tie for fourth place and the win for the local boys was number 13 without a loss to a conference, foe during the season, fommdniticjTorm Organization To .. ther Hodges to the following Senate Committees: ' Conservation and De velopment Finance, Judiciary II, Pub lic Roads, Salaries and Fees and Wild life, y ;r,;.;''v'7v?'"'ct.v. Senator Godwin's announcement brings to three the candidates seeking the two Senate seats allotted to the First District which is composed of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Per quimans, Chowan, Gates, Hertford and Bertie counties. N. Elton Aydlet of Elizabeth City and C. Wayland Spruill of Elizabeth City have already thrown their hats into the ring. GiCAudCyFTA CieoirdSttod- The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County.' Grammar School held its February meeting on ITonday evening, February 15, in the school cafeteria with the president, Urs. B. F. Bray, presiding. .The meet ing was pened with the singing, of "The Old North State." Th Winfall community, with Mrs. X V. Roach as chairman, had charge tf the program. Mrs. Bray reeognis fl Urs. Roach who stated that the ting for February is always desig i as Founders' Day. In paying per cent any annual reduction of sup port prices cn these products. Fight Rate Plea WerTaxpayer Biggers not to extend the route un til final approval was given by the State Division of Transportation. It being pointed out school buses travel- fnts rmn.annMvaj1 wttif asi eiwa nnf mv. in first aid that had been developed ered iiabnity msurance for either through experiences in the Korean Uv , warefare. He talked in detail about a .i,, ' a ... . . . . . a x couiuviuii woo iaaocu uy uic Board recommending1 a fence enclos- Given HE'pingHand i r Lnara to the founders of the PTA r ovement, she also paid warm .tribute i i the teachers of today.' She stated i "nt the subject for the month was ' :mes Changethe Beginnings and iy," and that in honoring the lers, Mrs. Alice McLellan Birney 1 " rs. Phoebe Upperson Hearst, the Nation also recognized the sterl I : o.u&Itles of those who had follow - i ii t'.eir footsteps. , v .'-.;?;-' " .' i. J. L. DeLaney conducted the :.l, using as her theme "The 1 l oundations of Christian Prin Raymond Stanton and Mar v.l.ite sang as a duet "God's Way . s Eest Way." . thf wer accom ,i at the pSana Ij'Un. D. L. .. rrecial, Founders' Day program ' ; resented by Mrs. B. F Eray, Congress is expected to approve a proposal extending from March 15 to April 15 the deadline for filing per sonal income tax returns. A Con gressional committee is now studying numerous changes proposed in the na tion's tax laws but reports state it is doubtful if any action comes before April 1, which is the expiration date for some excise taxes now being collected. I'linsIow-LanaVovs Snellen Last Sunday The marriage of Miss Effie Lucille Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leoni das Lane of Belvidere to Robert Car son Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs,. El bert Winslow took place Sunday af ternoon at 5 o'clock at the Up River Friends Church. The church was dec orated with palms, fern, white gladi olas and white cathedral candles. . The Rev., Fred Wright vaster of the Da mascus Christian Church at Sunbury, performed the double ring ceremony and Mrs. Ralph White played the wed ding music,,. Miss Thelma White sang "I Love Thee Truly,? "O Promise Me" and The Lord's Prayer.'',. , The brjde wore a powder, blue suit with navy blue and white accessories and an orchid corsage; v t ,.. '';'.;. 4. The bride is employed as cashier at Rosa's store while the bridegroom is engaged ta farming where the .couple will make their home. Rus Line Ownership Changed This Week ,f . ' 'V, . '.( , CarpHna Coach Company, a member of the National Trailways Bus Sys tem, completed its purchase of the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation on Monday of this week when the direc tors of th two companies met in Nor folk to make the legal transfer of the properties involved. . The actual mer ger of Norfolk Southern's operation into the Trailways system will take nlace on March X. m -X ' . Te. Virginia and NorUi Carolina Seven communities of Northeastern North Carolina, including the Town of Hertford, organized an association in a meeting at Edenton on Wednesday night of last week binding themselves together to tight as one against pro posed utility rate increases of the Vir ginia Electric & Power Company. A hearing on the proposed increase will be conducted in Raleigh on Febru ary 24. - Not only will the community com bine seek to have the higher rate ap plication rejected, but it will also seek to have a downward scaling of the charges with "more equitable rate dif ferentiations community for comma nity." Elizabeth , City, Edenton, Enfield, RobersonviHe, Windsor, Hertford and Scotland Neck agreed to the unity op position. -,'.;. " . Interested spectators were Tarboro, Greenville and Washington. . ' In order to map a combatant pro gram, the following committee was named to. act as an executive group in planning strategy for the next two weeksr., .'v'-', :'-:', t R. N. Hines of Edenton, chairman; T. B. Slade, m, of Enfield; V. N. Dar. den of Hertford, B. LP Roberson of Robersonville, '.J.' A.' McDowell of Scotland Neck, Robert W. Luther of Elizabeth City and J. B. Splvey and R. C, White of Windsor. 1 In every ease the communities af fected purchase . their power from VEPCO for 1 retailing to residential and commercial users within certain set boundaries. The three to be most directly af fected by , the new rate proposals are Hertford, Enfield and Scotland Neck. It would cost Hertford approximately $6,00Q additional , each year and the other two towns approximately $9,000 each a' year, -'"".. -"---.-r InFilingTaxForm ( Jtility. Commission, 'and ' the Inter- t presidents, Mrs. W. 1. Hat- etrta Consiserca Ccamlislon have ap- rjed on Tt-z proved this merger. ; , , pepiiWfan To HW Convention Feb. 26th 'Republicans qf Perquimans County will meet,rv..,unty convention, in the CoUu iouse In Hertford on Fri day r''-February26, at 8 o'clock, it wi Jinounced . today by C. C. Win slow, chairman of the Republican County Executive Committee. ' The purpose of the convention, Mr. Winslow said, will be to elect dele gates to the Congressional and State Conventions. The 1953 North Carolina General Assembly gave the smaller taxpayer a 1 helping hanoV-a short form (D400-A) which may be used by taxpayers whose income is derived solely from salaries, wages, commissions, interest or divi dends. As State 7 Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw recently commented, the short form was devised to eliminate the necessity of non-business persons' keeping books and records of their in come and deductions and to make the filing of returns "as convenient as pos sible. ,The single-sheet form is simplicity itself as easy as ABC. Here is how a mythical North Carolina taxpayer would go about it Like so many of his contemporaries, this hypothetical taxpayer is named John Doe. He lives on North Main Street in Anywhere, Tar Heel County, North Carolina. He is an employee of the Acme Distributing Company in Anywhere, and makes $350 a month, or $4,200 a year, in salary. t He and Mrs. Doe have a daughter, Mary 14 and John, Jr., 12 years old. One night after work he decides to tackle this job of filing his State In come Tax, and finds that the short form allows him to finish the "chore" tn a very few minutes. At the top of the form he fills in his name, his street address, town, county, and state. In Block A, he answers Question 1 "yes", indicating that eh did file a . (Continued on Page Ten Jayvee Cage Tourney Opens Here Thursday .Plans hnv hmn ivimnletAfI tnr tn annual Albemarle. Junior Varsity bas ketball tournament to be played in the Perquimans High School gym with the onening round of play scheduled for Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. The semi-final round will be played Thurs dav night and the finals next Mon day. " Teams competing in the tourney are from , Perquimans, Central, Camden, Weeksville, Elizabeth City and Eden ton. The Perquimans Jayvees, lead ing the league with 10 victories, have been ceded as the number one team of the meet, v f Trophies will . be awarded at the close of the tournament to the win ners and runnert-up. ,. . new techniques of giving artificial respiration, applying tourniquets, and treating frostbite. He also discussed safety in the home and pointed out frequent causes of accidents in the home. An informal discussion follow ed with the audience asking a num ber of' questions on safety and first aid in "the home. The devotional in rthe-formbf music was played by R S. Mondson ort, his Hammond organ. Mrs. Monds, program chairman, called the attention of the PTA mem bers to the collection of books the Perquhnans County Library is featur ing this month on child guidance, psy chology, teen-age problems, and other related subjects. She asked that PTA members avail themselves of the op portunity of reading some of these books in preparation for future pro grams and study courses. The PTA upon motion voted to pre sent to the Perquimans County Lib rary two books in memory of a former member, the late Mrs. Sel ma Roger- son. Patrolman Tripp Speaker Atilotary ing the athletic field at Perquimans High School be repaired A report made to the Board revealed the pres ent fence is in a bad state of repair and needs to be replaced. Highway safety was the subject of a program conducted at a meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club last Tues day night at the Hotel Hertford, when Patrolman R. A. Tripp was guest speaker of the club. Mr. Tripp told the Rotarians the State is striving to reduce the high accident rate on highways and it ap pears some progress has been achiev ed. He pointed out there were about 1,200 fatal accidents in North Caro lina during 1941 and these figures dropped to about 1,115 during 1953. Speed is recognized as pne of the greatest contributors to fatal acci dents, according to Patrolman Tripp, and to control speeding on the high ways the State is now using radar and speed clocks in checking vehicle speeds. - The patrolman pointed out contrary to popular belief, there are more ac cidents-in which only one car is in volved than two car collisions. ' , He closed, his talk with a plea for the public to show more courtesy on the highway, for a courteous driver, like a courteous person, will always respect the other fellow, During the business session of the meeting C. R. Holmes and the Rev, Charles Wulf gave a report of the District Rotary ' Conference Veds L J. Roberson In Church Ceremony The Epworth Methodist Church in Winfall was the scene of a lovely wed ding on Sunday, February 14th, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon when Miss Nonie Lou Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Lane, was united in mar riage with Sgt Elmer J. Roberson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P.' Roberson of Hertford. The Rev. H. E. Jamieson, pastor of the church, performed the service using the double ring ceremony. The church was beautifully decorat ed with palms, ferns and six seven branch candelabra holding cathedral candles flanked by three large bas kets of white gladioli and chrysanthe mums. The candles were lighted by Misses Ann Myers and Billie Skin ner, who wore dresses of white nylon net over taffeta topped by lace jac kets with red cummerbunds. They wore shoulder corsages of red carna tions. Prior to the ceremony a program of wedding music was played by Mrs. Ray Harris. She also accompanied soloist Edward Jordan, who sang "Wonderful One" and "Always". As a benediction he sang "The Lord's Prayer." The bride entered on the arm of her uncle, William Powell, by whom she was given in marriage, sne wore a wedding gown of imported chantilly lace and tulle over satin, styled with a basque bodice .buttoned up the back wKa self covered buttons to the man darin collar. The long lace sleeves ended in wedding points over the hands; The bouffant tulle skirt, with (Continued on Page Six) Firemen Given First Aid Demonstration A demonstration on Ant aid and modern methods of artificial respira tion was featured at a meeting nf the which Hertford Fire Department hlH Tnnra- thev attended earlier this week at. day 'night of last week at the fire Rocky Mount house. Walter George of Norfolk, Va, safety engineer of the Virginia Electric A Power Company, presented BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT tr -J Xjr T W Ttillnn imuimM 1 v':-v j,",i..-w t,,. ' the demonstration. February 16, at the Albemarle Hos-'. Fol,n the I1 me- oital in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Dillon,.118 the Department drilled on the before her marriage, was Miss,use .of ."" J equipment recently Blanche Moore Berry.. - received by the Department, indudmg , .new air jacks. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT J Mr. and Mrs. Hilton White announce ; MASONS TO MEET . the birth. of a daughter, born Satur- ' The Perquimans Masonie Lodge, No. day, February 13, at the Albemarle 106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tues. Hospital in Elizabeth City. day night at 8 o'clock. .
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