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L j J.:"' 4 Volume XXI. Number 40. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 1, 1954. 5 Cents Per CQpy 1 ":::iu:r'sCc"rt nnes Totaling $455 Lev ied Against 17 De- .. f endants Tried A docket consisting of 24 cases was disposed of In Perquimans Recorder's Court last- Tuesday and 17 of the de f endants were taxed with fines amounting to $455. ' ' . Harry Respass submitted to charg es of speeding , and paid the costs of court .Kenneth Worrell was fined $10 and costs after submitting to charges . of speeding. "i-'v V ';- A', s ' Costs of court were taxed against fiollis Mitchell, Negro,. who pleaded guilty to charges of ; issuing a worth less check. . -f-fv. '.- '' Clara Mallory, Negro, and Clifton Johnson, Negro were fined $25 each . and ordered-to pay the court costs af ter each had pleaded guilty to driving without 'a license.1 ;-'t?i.f':.r-v ... Royall S. Carver paid a fine of $20 and costs after submitting to charges of having no signal on his truck and a violation of the load law. '' .'. 1 David Pike entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs.' 'V Judgment was continued in the case In which Roy Whitehurst Negro,; en tered ft plea of guilty to. charges of driving on the left Bide of f highway. Pauline Kolek was fined $30 and costs of court on charges of speeding . and .reckless driving., ;!;; t Jacob Mills, Negro, submitted to charges of failing to dim lights and . paid the costs of court - Donald Miller paid a fine of $5 and costs on charges of being drunk. David Richmond, charged with lar ceny of $38.50 from Mrs. Hattie Spi vey, entered a plea of guilty. He was given a 60 daye suspended upon pavment of the mohov to Mrs. Spivey, payment of oourt and that he not be found in Perquim- - ans County 24 hours after the judg ment had been complied with. Rich- -mond was arrested by Sheriff M. G. Owens at Windsor, following a report of the theft. ' . -J Fines of $25 each and costs of court were taxed against 'Jay Patterson, jt Jame"S Overton and , Betsy Ross on charges of being drunk and tresWtss- ' ing. Ethel Patterson was inrdered to pay court costs on charge! of being ,' drunk. The defendants entered" pleas . of guilty to the charges. - James and Lennie Brickhonse, Ne groes, paid fines of $30 and costs, each, after being found guilty .of as saulting James Felton, Negro. Lassrf ReddicV. Na. fh. $15 and costs for speeding. k a ' . jt ' .... John Long, Negro, submitted to charges of reckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs. i Bobby Swain, charged with speed ing and reckless driving, submitted to the charges and paid a fine of $40 and costs. f-',-'!?.-' v-.-'iv'te'V.;-1 John Carrington, Negro, was fined $50 and costs on charges of possessing tax-paid liquor in a dry county and permitting use of his car by an. un licensed operator. Luther Smith, Ne- gro, was fined $50 on charges of driv ing without a license and reckless driving. . Agreement on a plan to rearm Ger many is expected to be worked out this week at the nine-power confer ence being held in London. Most of the powers favor German entry into NATO but this proposal lacks the ap proval of France. The London confer ence, suggested by British Minister Anthony Eden, seeks a defense plan for Europe to substitute for EDC which was voted down by the French Parliament. ; Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, has Tssigned after serving 42 years of frvice as a judge. Ill health forced t e resignation of Judge Harris who, . nng his tenure of office, had con .t3d a number of terms of Superior ' "rt in Perquimans County. '-, ;. TJie U. S. Senate will convene on 1 'jvember 8 to consider a Censure v ta on Senator McCarthy, following s found by a Senatorial Com" ( . which recommended the action for ' Carthy's , treatment of an Any s rral, ,and alleged contempt of a L'.'itorial committee. Opinions are t vi'oi as to action the Senate will finally take on the matter. f A savage typhoon struck J- i re sultirj in the death of more t' i IZZZ persons, including 17 k'ontirk J ....a-i-can solJiers. The ISO-mile wind storm capsized two ferry boats and satk four sV'rs. . I - v"rs f 'e v-i V i : County Boards To Meet Next Monday :. The Board of County Commissioners will hold its regular October meeting next Monday, October 4, beginning at 10 A. M., in the court room of the Court House. Among other business expected to be handled during this meeting is a settlement with the Sher iff for collection of 1953 taxes. . I The Perquimans Board of Educa tion will also meet next Monday, at 7:30 P. M., in the office of the Su perintendent of Schools. Routine bus iness and a review of the building pro ject now in progress at Perquimans Central Grammar School will be dis cussed. Locd Children's Pictures Tc!ien FrGD For Veeltly Friday October 8 is the big day for the picture taking of your youngsters. The Weekly is having pictures taken of all children who are brought by their parents or other guardian to the Hotel Hertford between l iV M., fnJimmie McCoy of Camden County; A or. in., ires oi cnarge. iue aucu Studios, nationally known for excel lent children's portraits, will take the pictures. The Weekly wants a picture of your child, to print in its forthcom ing feature, "Citizens of Tomorrow," a series of photographic studies of lo cal children. The, more we get the better -the feature will be, so the co operation of the mothsr and fathers is urged. ..', , f t To add to the Interest and fun in this exciting event, Studios will award; $250.00. in CASH prizes ... $125.00 to the cutest girl; $125.00 to the cut est boy.- Each child or children pho tographed in this community will au tomatically, be entered in the contest .Iu.Dfu ?lone ??8. no "tXt charm as portrayed in the pictures. Every; child and family group is ell rible. ' " ' 7,.,-,; r- .: .- It often seems to parents that chil dren are little one minute and are1 grown up the next so jfast does a child's growing stage pass. Here is a "splendid opportunity to catch a likeness' of pour child or children at the present stage for the pleasure you will get out of it Jn future years and for the pleasure you will enjoy in seeing it in print - You will want to clip . it , from this, your home town newspaper, and preserve it for the youngster when he or she grows up, . There is absolutely no charge or obligation for taking the pictures. Parents don't even have to be a sub- scriDer to xne weekly, nor even a reader. You do not have to purchase pictures either, though you may -obtain additional prints by arranging di rect with the Studio representative if you want them.. That Is entirely up.1 Youth Loses Hand ' In Farm Accident . Ervin Mansfield, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mansfield of Route one, Hetford, suffered painful injury and th loss of his left hand in an acci dent which occurred at the Mansfield home Monday afternoon at five o'clock n According to a report the youth was helping to grind corn when his arm became entangled with a belt driving motor. The youth was taken to the office of Dr. C. A. Davenport for treatment y ' Highway Patrol Is Seeking Applicants ' State. Highway Patrol headquarters has announced it is seeking qualified applicants to fill existing vacancies. Men between 21 and 80, interested t,d mSSwvI !i,V:felP i .... troop headquarters located in Green ville; Fayetteville, : Greensboro, Salis bury and Asheville. Minimum requirements for admis sion to patrol ranks are as follows: be of good moral character and repu tation; height At least 5 feet 10 inch es; weight at least 160 pounds; age, between 21 and 30; education, high sc! !ol diploma; resident of North C. Hna for the past five years; and a! iy to pass a rigid physical and mental examination. ' Canning salary is $243. . . " Application blanks and a descrip tive leaflet may be secured from pa tr 1 headquarters or troop headquar-t- . ' -. , Zzii Izy Services tll:!y Trinity ( The Eev. E. T. JHson, in the absence n r-ctor, v "U con ' -t PTvices at -" 1 ! :r e-.ch r r-w fi i-. i to at ta! Mooting Of fJuGircrleLLlCorp. To Ce Held Saturday Musical Program To Precede Business Ses sion At 2:30 P.M. The annual meeting of the Albe marie Electric Membership Corpora tion will be held Saturday, October 2, beginning at 2:30 o'clock on Memor ial Field at Perquimans High School, it was announced today by John Cos- ten, manager of the organization. In the event of . inclement weather the meeting will be held in the auditorium of the school All members of the corporation are urged to attend the annual meeting and participate in the election of offi cers for the coming year. Nine di rectors will be elected at the meeting, and reports of the organization during the past year will be made by the secretary, Floyd Matthews. Thirteen members have been nomi nated for the post as directors includ lhg J. A. Whitehurst Joe W. Hastings, , Lane, Chas. E. White, Floyd Mat-1 tnews, Kusseii Baker of Perquimans) uounty; jonn uuncn, j. a. Wiggins, inus u a suDscnoers paper expires E. D. Byrum, Sr., C. M. Asbell of'January 1, the renewal given a PTA Chowan County; Tommie Temple and! W. R- Lowry of Pasquotank County. During the past year officers of the corporation have been A. T. Lane, president; J. A. Wiggins, vice presi dent; Chas. E. White, treasurer, and Floyd Matthews, secretary. A musical program, featuring a ra dio and TV group, Garland Abbott and The Tidewater Playboys, will precede the business session of the meeting. As had been the custom in the past, a number of attendance prizes' will be awarded during the meeting to those attending. flssAdatlmaNixon Weds Colon P. Buller The wedding of Miss Ada Marie Nixon, daughter of MK and Mrs. S. C. Nixon, Route amir Colon Philip But ler, son of Mrs. W. GrButler of Hert ford, - took place Sunday afternoon, September 26, at 3:30 o'clock in the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. The bride's pastor, the Rev. B. L Raines,, performed the double, ring ceremony. ! A program ' of wedding music was presented by Mrs. Lynn Perry of Edenton, organist and Miss Cecelia Willoughby of Creswell, soloist The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor-length gown of white slipper satin fashioned with a tight fitted bodice made with a scal loped neckline and a full circular skirt Over this she wore a jacket of chan tilly lace with long sleeves. Her finger-tip length veil was fastened to a headpiece of satin .trimmed with pearls. She carried a white Bible top ped with white roses and showered with white carnations. She wore a strand of tiny pearls and her brooch was one ' belonging to her paternal great grandmother. . -- Miss Mary Louise Nixon attended her sister as maid of honor. She wore a floor-length gown of yellow lace and net - Over this she wore a bolero of yellow lace. Her shoulder length veil was attached to a head piece of yellow net She carried a cascade of : bronze chrysanthemums. The bridegroom was attended by Johnnie Hunter of Hertford. Ushers were Earl Nixorf of Edenton,-brother of the bride arid Wallace Cartwright, Julian Broughton and Earle Goodwin,7'9 ?v -1 The bookmobile as usual of Hertford. The bride's mother wore a navy blue :i j 1 i file dress with navy accessories and a corsage of red roses. ' -Honorary bridesmaids were" Misses Esther Mae Jordan and Mabel Rae ot Washington, D. C, and Mrs. oi Belvidere, all for- mer classmates of "the bride; , Mrs. Maurray Nixon and Mrs, Earl Nixon, sisters-in-law of the bride, and Miss Carolyn Lewis of Hertford,' niece of the bridegroom. They wore pastel gowns and wrist corsages. The bride is a graduate of Chowan High School in the class of 1954. The bridegroom is a graduate of Perquimans High School and attended Wake Forest College. At present he is stationed with the United States Coast Guard at Elizabeth City. Stolen Car Found"!"" Near WarvnckjVa. A 1949 Plymouth sedan; owned by Register, of Deeds Julian C. Powell, which was stolen from in front of the Powell home Friday night of lat week, was fou4 near Warwick, Va., last Monday, it v. : s reported here on Tusdry. ... Thft r v " 'i t' stolen s"",t!mc s - " I, . i IV y, '-1 f-snd '! it: Iccn- i t tls I v!Jw. PTft Groups Telling Rcr.3vcsTo7ea!ily Throughout County Subscribers Urged To Cooperate1 In Plan To Raise PTA Funds Only three weeks remain for sub scribers to The Perquimans Weekly to renew their subscriptions through members of thej-PTA groups of the schools of Perqtfmans County. Mem bers of these organizations have been acting as subscription agents for The Weekly since last week and will con tinue the plan jmtil October 23rd. The groups are working independ ently of each other, in a drive to help raise funds for school equipment us ually furnished by PTA. The Per quimans Weekly is paying each group a substantial commission on all sub scriptions sold and subscribers who renew their subscriptions through the PTA will be Jielping the local schools and at the sajfne time they are paying for their home newspaper for another year. .. All subscriptions taken by the PTA; will be marked up at the end of the present expiration of the subscribers. member will run from January to January of next year. Each street in Hertford and each community in the county has a PTA representative seeking renewal sub scriptions and subscribers are urged to cooperate by giving their renewals to the solicitors calling at the indi vidual home. ,,. ,. No notices of expirations will be sent to subscribers following the. close of the PTA drive, however, subscrip tions wnicn nave expired by that time will be discontinued. . - ' ' If you have not renewed your sub scription as yet do so today through a member of the PTA. Liu Jcry Observing Ug,7 Fell Schedule Th -Perquimans County Library,' this week, has an unusually good list of pew books for people of , varied reading interests. In non-fiction for adults the library offers an Encyclopedia of World His tory which is an excellent reference book; The End of Innocence, Jonathan Daniels' new book dealing with the era of Wilson and Bryan and with his further service as Secretary of the Navy and' with Young Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The Ramayana is a re told Hindu tale first written 1000 B.C. Lighter reading for adults are three new mysteries, A Kiss Before Dying, The Case of the Silken Petticoat, and Murder in Pastiche. The latter book is an especially cleverly done story in which nine famous detectives (pat terned after nine fictional detectives) try to solve the mystery. Then there is a numerous fantasy entitled The Yer the Yankees Lost the Pennant For children and young people there are the following: Roy Chap mn Andrews',' excellent book All About Whales; ' A new Farley Book, The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt; also a new Haywood book, Betsy and the Circus: and there are two new biogra phies. Nancy, Hanks and Mary Todd Lincoln. v... ; "; . :. : . - . . The library is now observing its fall and winter hours, being open from 10-12 and 1:30 to 4:30 every -day of the weeR,except Thursdays and Sun days. On Thursday it is open from TUT . ITL. 1 1 1 l , goes "out on. Thursdays and Wednes days. .-- The Joseph Judkins Library for col ored people on King Street is now un der the direction of Miss Cora Wash ington. .! She will keep the library open from .5 to .7 P. M.,' on Mondays and Wednesdays A : number of new books have recently been added and the people are urged to make use of this public service. T . . CIRCLES TO MEET The Circles of the Missionary So ciety of the Baptist Church will meet next week as follows: The Vera Payne Circle will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the church. The Artie Bratcher " Circle will , meet , Monday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. J..W. Hampton. The Inabelle Coleman Cir cle will meet Monday night at 8 olock with Mrs. C. E. Pritchard. fThe Mary Ellen Dozier Circle will meet Monday night at 7:30 o'clock with Mrs. Colon Jackson. The Mattie Macon Circle will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Howard Mathews. The Bes sie Pritchard Circle will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Jim Bass. The Rosa Fowell v Circle will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Phil Sawyer.. ."; .. . . uxzzr.3 TO UZZT The Ft-piir s T'ssor.ic Lode, No. 1C3, A. 1., & t . I ' , v "1 meet Tues dy iX 8 Episcopal Rites Held Sunday Night Two chancel prayer desks, given in memory of three members of. the jGaither family were dedicated in ser vices at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church here last Sunday night The services also marked the an nual visit of Bishop Thomas H. Wright, of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina. Those for whom the desks were giv en were: William G. Gaither, Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Gaither and Miss Hel en Wingfield Gaither. They were gifts of children of Mr. and Mrs. Gaither. Taking part in the services were the Rev. B. W. Gaither, of the Pikes ville Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Charles Wulf, a former rector of the church. Mayor Proclaims Plans are being completed locally for the observance of National Fire Prevention Week, beginning October 3 and continuing through October 9, it was reported today by Mayor V. N. Darden, who stated the Hertford Fire Department and other civic organiza tions will conduct a program during tite Week, and pass out literature set ting forth the benefits to be gained from observing fire prevention, not only during the special week but all year 'round. During Fire Prevention Week mem bers of the Hertford Fire Department will conduct fire drills and other pro- grams at each of the schools in the county and advise school children of the part they can play in fire pre vention. In a proclamation issued today May or Darden stated: "In view of the importance of fire prevention as a means of putting a stop to the tre mendous loss of property each year as the result of fire, who are very close to this every day of the year, feel that not only is it necessary during this one week but each week throughout the year. , "However, to emphasize the import ance of such a program I feel special .emphasis should be stressed from tiro, to time. ' "' , ' !7" " "rv "Therefore, I hereby designate the week of October 3 through 9, 1954, as Fire Prevention Week in Hertford and urge all our citizens to cooperate in a year-round campaign against the waste caused by preventable fires." August Sales Tax Collections Down Sales tax collections in North Caro lina for the month of August were down $30,667.99 from the same month of 1953 and $21,633.04 from July of this year, according to tabulations re leased here Tuesday by the N. C. Mer chants Association. , Despite the downward trend, Asso ciation Secretary Thompson Green wood predicted that sales tax collec tions later in the fall would show an increase over last year. He said that the counties Buncombe, Beaufort, Cumberland and Forsyth showed huge gains in August over August a year ago and over July this year. In Perquimans County 1953 col lections amounted to $5,547.93 com pared with $4,972.99 this year. Farm Demonstration Set For October 6th A. sweet potato digging and grad- ing demonstration will be held on the t . r rl nrlfi. T J :i nn iarm oi jonn j. minus, oi., iwu ihucs south of Hertford on U. S. 17 on Wednesday, October 6th, starting at; 9:30, it was announced today by R. M. Thompson, County Agent Henry Cov ington, Sweet Potato Specialist with the N.'C. Extension Service, will con duct the demonstration showing the digging of the sweet potato using the Clemson Digger and the Howard Ro tary digger. After the digging dem onstration, George Abshier, Market ing Specialist with the N. C. Exten sion Service, will conduct a sweet po tato grading demonstration showing the type of sweet potato that will be in most demand by the consumers. Anyone that is interested in sweet po tatoes should try to attend this dem onstration if at all possible as it will be very beneficial. Berea Homecoming ' Planned October 3rd The annual Homecoming of Berea Church of Christ will be held Sun day, October 3. Services will begin at 10 o'clock with Bible School. Com munion and morning worship will be at 11 O'ClOCK. i. .. . -fy Dinner will be served , on the church grounds at noon.' -v : , The afternoon wilt be taken up with song service. o:)-''- Evening worship at 7:30 o'clock, with Walker Perry preaching. Every one has t cordial invitation. m', V'V' v ' ' Ahoskie Tops Indians 27-19 In Contest & Played Last WeekV For the next four weeks, the! Per quimans Indians will play their -football games on Memorial Field hi'Hert- ford. The first of the four home games will be played Friday "night with Tarboro furnishing the opposi tion to Coach Ike Perry's charges. Game time is eight o'clock. Fans are promised another good football exhibition in this contest with the teams about evenly : matched. The Indians will be gunning for their first victory while Tarboro has avic tory over Farmville to its credit-, r The Indians are a fast improving club, as witnessed by the result of ' the Albemarle Conference contest played last Friday night at Ahoskie. The host team won the decision over the Indians by a margin of 27 to 19 but were pushed to the' limit by the less experienced Perquimans team. Ahoskie scored in the second quar ter of the contest, after1 each team had used the first period testing the strength of the other. . Late in the second period Ahoskie went for a TD on a pass from Hall to Odom. During the third period the Per quimans Indians started to roll with Tommy Matthews and Paul Matthews turning in some fine runs, but the Indians scored on passes fom Paul Matthews to D. A. Carver and from Chappell to Carver. Ahoskie scored twice,1 to 'run the score up to 21-7 then ' the'; Indians scored to make it 21-13. Paul Mat thews scored the third TD for Per quimans to make the score 21-19, then the Ahoskie team assured its victory on a sustained march of 90 yards and a TD to make the score 27-19. Outstanding for Perquimans on de fense were Arnold Chappell, Melville Williams, Eddie Overton and Charlie Johnson while Tommy and Paul Mat thews and Ted Chappell were best on offense. Ahoskie rolled up 11 first downs while Perquimans had eight The host team gained 224 yards rushing iir 'Perqafaten vettei t&s Shirley Faye Parks WetlsU Hollo well I In a simple but impressive cere mony, Miss Shirley Faye Parks, i daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Preston Parks of Tyner and Thomas R. Hol lowell, Jr., son of Mr. arid Mrs. Thom as R. Hollowell, Sr., also of Tyner, were united in, marriage Wednesday, September 1 at the Ballard's Bridge Baptist parsonage with the -Rev. R. W. Knight performing the double ring ceremony. The bride wore a two-piece suit dress of champayne moire taffeta with beige accessories and a corsage of yel low roses. She was attended by Mrs. Rita Chappell of Hobbsville, sister of the bridegroom. Maynard Chappell of Hobbsville, was best man for his brother-in-law. The ceremony was witnessed by a few close friends and relatives. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hollowell left for a wedding trip and upon their return will make their home with the bridegroom's parents at Tyner. Mrs. Hollowell is a graduate of Cho wan High School and is employed at the Western Auto Associate Store in Edenton. Mr. Hollowell was also a graduate of Chowan High School and is engaged in farming and fishing. Changes Announced On Police Department Commissioners for the Town of Hertford met here in special session last Monday night and accepted the resignation of L. N. Rountree as a member of the town's police depart ment The Board then appointed W. F. Tarkenton to fill the post left va cant by the Rountree resignation. Mayor V. N. Darden reported Tar kenton will begin his duties tn the police force next Monday. - ' ? The Mayor also reported the town is now installing curb and gutters on Covent Garden street with the project expected to be completed within the next several days. Next Cancer Clinic Scheduled'Friday The next clinic of the Northeastern Cancer Detection Center will be held at the'Health Center in 1 Jt City on Friday, October I, n . Ji Telstra trants are asked to or , 3 a robe or housecoat . "'.. Grid Game Here On Friday Night I.