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EKiOY I . J - 4 J ' 4... J ft Z. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, : January 14; 1955. ArVv-X 5 Cents Per Ccny 0UR c'l'jLNS .0F tomorrow iPerquimans March Y GfeDicaeaCampaigii tn .aiR up again in the 1 Conservation program '.is L. lane, Chairman of r.hs County ASC Com .nersv of Perquimans e,,an opportunity again ' with: tlie tarmers of ;ies. and ftates . in X the , nation by i Bl ue country's - ability - to ,& and fiber."'1 i , . '1" sign, uppeHod for .-. request cost sharing on i i:t approved. soil and wa. '.on -piraetics -will be ry IT andwill be clos-; ; .4, 1955. -Mr. Lane said - following' 'conservation' s na : Veiv. 'approfed " for 'Cou'njj for 1965: Es i xit Improvement ot ner . ture Tor Hay? establish v -Ktatlv-covef, in crop ; ....ning ' materials on le- t TJinial 'grasses; forest '.t(:x and forest Improve .itnietlon .of farm ponds, c "!. C ainage, and tile drain- ( :t , ..i.bment-6f winter cov- . r iimmer,r annual "legumes i .- ?tatjve cover to nroteclj i ' through.'; the ; 1955 crop T an application of lime f to tfestore' stand and , i,-rmaaep.t., vegetative 1 T.ogramJs'dpen to alt ' i any" farmer, of Pen x ry.ty who would like to . , .to help him conserve '. '.if farm and improve ity fc his land should i local ASC CommitW- ;i at the rohty ASC pf i I at Hertford. , , ; nnfatn ill "be.' ' Wi.l be helping to build it soil reserves, says' v "... on'y will they be X the . Nation' ' soil ; and oues against erosion, and , L-,t they will b building "in. i ( '. & resistance - to erosion fts fneroaglng the produc ' -. ; the land.' ' - ' tli ; Nation's, iarm plant 3 to; produce ample sup s ost major foods there Is t material increase in the c thelmportant grain? ''d ileli crops. But . r v opportunity in 1955. J n if age Eighth ' 0 murder, " lodgediThat he went into a room where ' Mnoo tTortf nr-il : Rrickhmisn and his wife were for l,yu',v "v V Wtowing the . a wife, Viola i reard at Tues . cf Perquimans' Ite t end, a verdict of s was returned by , p. Johnson. , Brick I held for action v 1 1 t'lft April term A request for vwas denied for ;" lintheCho- f.iildwingr : at t: o j li'ivht at ti x i IIEADUNR With tb organization; of the 81tr Confrress jilmoRt complete, the tnsV of workintr out Fedoral programs recommnnd'id by the rrosjrtent nn' Conftressibnal leaders ins.hejrnn ir Washinjrton. Major, points up for consideration thus far is a pay in ereRse for Confii-es'men, and othew Federal employees, and a hupe .appropriation- for .construction of su per highways throutthout the na tion. , Reports from Wnshingtom State there is little likelihood of any tax decreases this year; the out froaie of any proposed changes in the farm program is doubtful and there may be some changes made In Selective Service. .. : : - , . The ' North Carolina Legislature got off to. a fast start last Week, faced with two major problems, the first of raising additional funds for appropriations and considering the segregation problem in, schools. Proposals for increased sales tax es and a tax on tobacco nre expected to meet stiff opposition- despite the recommendations on these matters by Governor Hodges. A bill has b e en introduced pertaining, to schools which will decentralize au thority regulating attendance , as signments and control over indi vidual schools.- This measure fol lows a recommendation of a Gov ernor's Committee which made a study of the situation for the past yeur, - l r UN Sdj-retaryw Sae? Hnmmarski jold has concluded his visit with Jled China leaders, during which heJUJS,, offieiaj- sought yftlwi.se ,of if, Amencarr.airmen capturen pur- ing thp Koroan war,' and sentenced to prison as spies "by the Chinese. No announcement has been released as to the results of the meeting and it is expected none wilf be made before Hammarskijold reports di rectly to the United Nations. .; Consideration is being givenby official Washington to a proposal for disposing of surplus U. S. farm products abroad, it was reported thiff week. The disposal -will be ar ranged either through sale of the products or as relief grants to for eign countries. -n i ; Murder Realist ''Mffia - - L the purpose of combing his hair. He testified that he saw Viola Erickhouse lying on the floor wtth Brickhouse standing over her with a gun in his iand. . lie . stated as he Started to comb his hair he heard a goh go off and tumed around and saw that the .women had been shot in the head. Evonne Lee, an other witness testified she was at the home and that the couple start ed quarreling. She-left the room for another and later heard a shot Neither of these witnesess disclosed information concerning, reasons for the quarrel. n-, '. '" The defendant whoiis' represent ed Vy Vif.'tt, Oakry, Jft, .offered no :eviu'onc' during,.-, thav preliminary v. - inters ot Chowan, Gates ' t" CountVs Vave been 1 a n.f r T at V.'ar- i r ",t c: h at io 17, i.t v !i f.. e ' h r 'i,' ) Pictured abeve is the firpt in a is nappy ana promt to be able to bring to ft readers these outstanding photos of children. Reading left to right, top line arc: Robert P. Hollo well, Jrvwm of Mr. and Mrs.' Robert P. Hollowell; Herbert and Frank Winston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Window; palla Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Paul Smith; Judy Winslaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Winslow; Sandra Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Horace Webb. Bottom liner Sharon Bundy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Vf. Ruijdy; R. C.-Byrum. Jr son of Mr. and Mrs.' Rubie Bvrum:' Horace Webb, Jr w f Mr. snd Mrs. horace Webb; Sandra Smiih, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob.Smith; Margo J'erry, daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Ike rvrry, ana narncu-onnn,-asugnier Traffic Violators 0: c Up Most Of Pleas of. guilty entered by de fendants charged with traffic vio lations enabled the Perquimans. Re corder's Court 'to clear a docket of 20 cases within a short time dur ing Tuesday's session of the court. : Prayer -for.; judgment .was con tinued in-the case in which Stanley Wilson, Negro,' was charged With non support' Wilson was ordered to pay the court costsl ' A motion for a blood test wa granted in the -case in which James Banks, Negro, is charged: with' Tion support and the.-hearing was post, poned pending' the test';; J Gene White was . fined $10 ' and costs rif tier pleading guilty to driv ing . with insufficient brakes;' -y Thad Howard, Negro; paid a fine of . $12,on charga, of. fail tng to, ob serve a stop sign. '(,'.,, , , Gordon WaJker, Negro, 'was fined $12 after pleading -guilty' to' r charge. of . following a vehicle," too closely. . . , ' J i '' T. J. Buss submitted to charges of being drunk and paid the costs of court. ' . t .. Saul Mebane and, Leslie Wjlaon, Jr., Negroes, entered pleas of guilty to charges of mutual assault; and being drunk, Wilson was fined $10 and costs, and Mebane' was given a 30 day Jail sentence to be suspend ed upon; condition Mebane is not seen in Hertford after 5 I JJ., for a period of six months; ' : . A fine of $25 and costs were tax ed against George Harvey, Negro, who submitted to a charge of driv ing without a license. , ; Herbert Brown, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of being drunk. " He was ordered to pay the costs of court. . ' Court. Mists , were taxed agahjst Laqra Riddick, Negro, prosecuting witness, in the case in which- Wil liam Overton, Negro, was charged with assault, i . . v . ' ' . A $10 fine and court costs was taxed aeainst Robert and Martha Winslow, Negroes, who were found guilty of mutual assault . Fined for speeding after enter ing pleas of guilty were John Jean ette, Jtfach Langley $15, Dewey Pringer, Jr., $15,v Floyd Wickers $15, .William McBell $25, and Sid ney Archbell $25. ' , . Fire Department Answers Four Calls Hertford Fire. Department had a busy time during the pasif week, an swering four fire calls.' . - The firemen were called to Win-' fall on. Thursday and Saturday of last week to extinguish grass fires, and were called out on - another errnss -fire on WHlow Street last Friday. " No losses were repo'rted from these calls." '" More than $1,000 in damages, It was reportcl, resulted from a fire at.tlie home of William Wright on Harvey PoI..t Road, last Sunday af ternoon. An overheated water heater caused ra bla.ze 'which the' fireman, fought for . sometime be fore tiiiur it under controL .' The heat f-"om tl.e fire threatened two ou-r l.n i r y and flremon I ' t " i i containing: the '!rAJ.r."ee N v ' series of pictures showing Perqnim'ans County children, wlio will he our oi Mr. ana Mrs. K. T. tsnnn. A i bpw: i Club j For Distrjct Meeting .The Perquimans Business andr! Professional Woman's Club held its : monthly , business meeting Thursday night at the home of Hulda Wood with Mrs. Emily Har- roll nwwiHif niviHinir.' ' The .main business of the even ing' consisted of making plans and appointing committees for ' the Spring District meeting of the BPW Clubs which will be held in Hertford, Sunday, March 13: The President appointed the, following committees: Menu and Food, Mar garet' Bagley. Thclma Elliott Brtd ! Hulda Wood ; -Program, Al ice Towe, Emily Harwtl and Betty Swindcfl; Favors and Program Design, Roi anna Jacksi)n,."Minnie Wilma Hur dle,' nt, Williams and Marv Dale Lani;; t -Pmes,' Dillwyn DentoVi, Atha Tunell, and Han-iott Gustaif- 80. .1 , i During: the t committer i;pp?rf!, Mrg. Betty. Swindoll repnrd thnt a place had been secured on .which to buiW on observation pout for the Ground Observer Corps- and. thut the different clubs in the county and town were bejnsr asked for do nations to meet the expense ' of building it. , The club voted to do-! nate $25 towards this project The club also nominated a candidate for the " Distinguished Service Award which is presented by the .laycees each year to the most outstanding man in the community. The President urged a full at tendance of the members at the January 20th dinner meeting when the district director, Mrs. Hazel Wheeler, of Roanoko Rapids will be a special guest, " :, , Following the adjournment of the meetingi the hostess se,rved a, sweet course to the following members present: . Misses Kate Blanchard, Dillwyn Denton, -Hulda Wood and Mesdames Harrcll, . Alice Towe, Margaret Bngley, Essie Burbagc, Grace . Costen,-. Mary Dale Lane, Betty Swindell", -Viola ,Nachman, Harriett Gustafson, Roxanna Jack son and Dora Riddick. .The next business meeting wnll be- February 3 at the home of Alice towe. ' ' Tax Listing Off To Slow Start Here The annual job of listing prop erty fr county taxes, begun Mon day of last week, is off to the usual slow start, according, to reports from some of tW tax listers. 1 ! Property owners are. reminded that only 15 days, remain in which they must comply with the law and Mst property owned January 1, for' 1955 taxes. .Each of the five' tax Haters have a schedule they follow, and 'this schedule listing places where the tax listers can be found each day is published in this issue of The Weekly: : ; : ,' '.. O , The tax listers urge individuate to come forth and list their prop erty as soon as convenient - This will save the property owner time as be will miss the last minute rush and waiting; also it will help the list taker who right now has plen ty of time to devote to each person di.viring to list his property, j . .IVoperty owners are also remind 1 t' "t f-.ilure to li'.t by February : a ; i of the l.rv and a pen ' r u lf,H ' r. 1 n;-, r? Making iPiansI InvioTn TTnnnr - fC V 19o4 IMilll )l 1 ear ; Tie Hertford Junior (-luimher ol Commerce will iiy tribute next Wednesday night to the young man of Perquimans County who made the most outstanding record in civic- work in this community during 1954., : Presentation of the award will be made at a dinner meeting to be held in the officer's club at Harvey Point beginning at 7 t". M on Wednesday, January 19. Rites Held Tuesday For CO. Fowler Charles ( Fowler, 74, rfiied tin day night at his home here after an illness of five weeks. , .... "The son of William H. and Itfrs. Elizabeth White Fowler, ho was a native and lifelong resident of Per. quim.ms County. ... Survivors are his widow, Mrs.; Mae Britton Fowler: one son, Wil liam S. -Fowler," of Hertford; four daughters, Mrs, J. V. Grunewald, of Hertford; Mrs. M. K. Hodges of Norfolk; Mrs. O. W. Britton, of Norfolk, and Mrs. F. E. Rush, of 'Portsmouth; seven crnindchildren; ono stepson, O. W. Britton, of Nor folk, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. H. O. Thurston, of Columhia, Mo., and Mrs. H. A. French!, of Venire. Calif. , Funerol services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lyncji" Funeral Home by the Rev. Jame Mattox, pastor of . the Hertford Baptist Church. "' I The choir sang "Abide With Mo," and "The Old Rugged Cross." Pallbearers were J. H.' Towe, Rnhbins Blanchard, George Baker, Julian White, George White'and Luther Sitterson. V . Interment was made in Cedar wood Cemetery. PTA Meeting Set Monday At Central ; The Parent-Teacher , Association of the Central Grammar School will meet Monday night January 17, at ,7:30 o'clock in the school cafeteria. The Beltfdere communi ty with Mrs. Edwin White, as chnirman will have charge ,of the program. The Rev. D. V. Pike, will speak on Juvenile Protection and Mrs. George Baker will show a film on safetyf Monojarram Club To Hold Banquet ; The Monogram Club of Perquimi anp High, School will hold its an nual banquet in the school cafeteria taext Wednesday iiight, .. it was re ported by Wayne White, president of. the club, who is in charge of arrangements for the event Guest speaker for this event will ha John.Boone, Coach at East Caro lina College. A number of special guests have been invited to attend. .... MASONS TO MEET ' The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, A. F A A. M.,.wil Imeet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, ""All menibers am' urged to attendj ' citizens of tomorrow. The Weeklv Pernuimans Girls f Win While Indians Lose Last Friday Tim Albemarle Conference. Ims ketball games scheduled for last Tuesday night between Perquimans and Tarboro were postponed until Wednesday night, January 21!, due to' travel conditions of the high ways following the snow storm Tuesday. Coach Ike Perry also an nounced the next, home game for the Indians will be played Friday night, January 21, with Ahoskie furnishing the opposition. No games are scheduled for Tues day night of next week for the lo cal teams because of examinations being conducted at the high school. Coach Perry's Indians and Squaws broke even with Williiim- ston High in game played here last Friday night, ThcIndinn Squaws won 49-37 viot.orjj over the -Green Wavelets while the. In dians lost a one-sided contest 22 to 57. ' Perquimans' girls were led in the scoring department' by Barbara Russell who hit for 21 points, fol lowed by Jo Pat Stokes with 17, Barbara Edwards with nine and Anne Sawyer, two. RIanche Man ning was the scoring star for WiK liamston, collecting 14 points. ' The Squaws gained a 20-8 lead in the first period and were ahead 35 to 14 at halftime. Williamston gained some ground against the lo cal reserves but failed to overcome the big lead of the local girls. In the boys' contest the Indians jumped into an early lead but faul tered and Williamston rallied to lead at the end of the first quar ter 14-7. The Green Wave held a 28-13 margin at half time and mov ed on; to a 42-17 advantage roing into the1 final round".'....' ''? .--f Coach Perry, showing dissatisfafti tion with 1 the performance of the Indiana in the final period, remov ed his starting lineup and finished out the game with his reserves. ".' Scoring for Perquimans ' were Paul Mathews and John Winslow, six each; Williams, four; Bray and Raker, two; Matthews,' one; Grif fin was high point man for the Green Wave with 15 points. Funeral Tuesday For Mrs. Umphljett Mrs. Mattie Crawford Umphlett 70, died Sunday night at 10:10 o'clock at the Albemarle Hospital following on illness .of two years, v She. was a native and lifelong resident.: of Perquimans' .County, daughter of the late Johnson and Jenny Haskett Crawford, wjdow of Richard Umphlett y She was a member of Berea Baptist Church. ; .. Surviving are .three sons, Free man and Seth Umphlett of Hert ford and Luther YJmphlett of Mo yock; .two daughtei-s, Mrs.!; Lessie Lane of Elizabeth City and Mrs. Earl Russell of Perquimans; one sister, -Mrs. Tom Russell. of MaA teo; eight grandchildren and seT en great grandchildren. ' - :. Funeral services were conducted at the Berea Baptist Church by the Rev. Walter B. Perry, pastoft Bur ial was' in the' church cemetery. Pallbearers were Raymond, Del- win and Blount Euro, Jimmie- Ru8 sell, Joe White and Herman Caildjr. HertforHiBbit BacksHolmes Votes Support In Elec tion For Department Commander William Paul Stallings Post No, i2 of the American -IjCgion of Hertford, at its meeting Thursday night of last- week unanimously en dorsed John A. Holmes of Edenton as de))artment commander. Mr. Holmes helped to organize the "Hertford Post and is sponsor ed by his home post, Ed Bond Post No. 40, of which he is presently serving as -commander. Bloodmobile Here Monday 10 to 4 The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Hertford next Monday, Jan uary 17, from 10 A'. M until four P. M., for the purpose of collecting blood donations for use by the Red Cross Blood Bank, it was report ed by H. N. Nixon, chairman -of the program committee. Mr. Nixon urged every adult resi dent of Perquimans County to take a few minutes off next Monday to contribute to this program by be ing a blood donor. He pointed out the county q'uotu is .125 pints of blood. . '. n Headquarters for the unit, as in the past will be the Hertford Meth odist Church. ' V. 7 Volunteer workers who will as sist the Bloodmobile Unit with the Jessup, Mrs, Frank Skinner, Mrs. Julian A. White, Mrs. John Biggers, Mrs. Charles Skinner, Mrs. J. H. Towe, Mrs. Cecil Winslow, Mrs. B. C. Berry, Mrs. C. A, Davenport Mrs. C. F. Sumner, Miss Audrey Umphlett, Mrs. W. C. Cherry and Mrs. J. H. Satchwell. W.M.S. TO MEET The Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet Monday night, January 17th, at 8 P. M., at the church. All members are urged to be present ion er The Commissioners for the Town of Hertford, meeting in regular session last Monday night went on record as opposing any increase in rates for telephone service within j this community. A formal protest ! against the rate increase sought by the Norfolk-Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company will be fil ed by the local board with the j State Utilities Commission in Ra leigh. It was also revealed during the meeting that the Board has adopt ed a resolution, joining other com munities served by U. S. Highway 17, seeking action on the part of the State Highway Commission to improve this route and make, it a four, lane highway from the Vir ginia line to South Carolina. : A motion was passed granting permission to "the Hertford, Civil Defense Observation Corps . to es tablish a lookout post atop, the fire hooe at1 die-Municipals Building in .thB event phirtyfbft' selected this site for the observation'post'1 " .A lengthy discussion was con ducted by the Board regarding ad vertising of the Town of Hertford aa a possible means of securing leads for development of industry within the town. While no action waa taken, it was resolved that the Town Board will invite members of the Perquimans - Industrial Com mittee, and other interested persons to attend the next meeting of the Commissioners for the purpose of further exploring the possibilities Town Mot High Workers: Urjred iTo;. v Complete Canvas 1 Within Two Weeks Perquimans County's a n'nnat ' March of Dimes campaign, to rai-v, funds for the National Foundation to conduct research and romliut in fantile paralysis is- underway' ' throughout the county, it wis an- ' nounced this week by Miss Kim- ; ; sey Perry, fund chairman. -... " The chairman nnnnuncfd no spe- ' clfic quotas has. been assigned to this county to be raised during tho current campaign, but she pointed out the National Foundation - Is ': hopeful more funds will be contrib' ' uted thia- year than in 1954 to as- ( sist. in financing the costly research ' and rehabilitation of victims of Polio. r- - Miss Perry, reported the' 19ffe , March of Dimes campaign-is being'," carried out' very 'similar to 'eam-f paigns of other years, - House'to-' house solicitation features fho drive ' with Mrs. Eva James Dozfer serv- Ing as captain of the solicitors in Hertford while Home Demonstra tion Club memliers of the county- a are soliciting the rural eommunt- -ties. -, W. C. Stroud and .Mrs. M. B.Tay ; lor are serving as rrchairmen, di- v reefing the campaign for the col- k oied division. . ,- County schools are also partici- : pa ting in the campaign and each, " school will make its own report diTX rectly to tha campaign fund chair- , man. ;:; ',.', . jf Miss Pcn-y is urging hll volun teer solicitors - for the March of " Dimes to complete, the canvass of -tlie cpuntywithin two weeks,, and " to make all contribution roports to the Perquimans chapter treasurer, GoorgiTTfcldsrwhose offk is lo-, fated on Church Streo( In 'Hertf'Mii' Mavph 0T 'Dimes'.' wil? bo departed to tlu, rounty chanter treasurer: but' certain percentages of the fpllec,. tions'are mailed to. the Rational Foundation, which also.majr call on the chapter for additional contribu tions as in the case of emergen- , cies during the past two'or three , years. . . ' . . , , . The public is urged to contribute liberally toward the March -of Dimes fund, and to assist the vol unteer solicitors by making contri butions when first called upon th,us saving the workers a return trip to receive donations. Board Votes UDD OS! - " 1 I i f" 4T of this und other action that might lead to bringihg new industry into the community. ''-.. Mayor V. N. Dardcn reported to the Board work of resurfacing' streets in Hertford is expected to get underway within a short timo - by the State Highway Department Livestock School Here January 20 There will be a livestock .school -held on Thursday afternoon, Janu ary 20th. This meeting will be held at the. ..Agricultural Building in Hertford at o'clock. " The pro gram will last about two "hours with , the first hour spent on ""discussion, of the" following topic's,'' "How to increase ;' farm ihcomer,with live" stock," "Feeding of Beef 'Cuttle", "Feeder Calf Sales," "Meat-typo Hogs," and "The Place of Sheep on North Carolina Farms."' "i The second hour will be a pane! discussion in which questions Will be asked of the panel concemirt production and marketing of live stock. ' - i ' . , These schools have been very successful in the past and h--1 proven to be of bene fit to the f. erg who attended. ' If jt is po to- make arratigeraents for y do so, Ri M,'. Thompson, C(; Agent said, I tliink you , tills meeting profitable. . - ' A - -A- Phone Ra es . m
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