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C 5. ; r . j.i ' 1 J'F? :l , "WEEKLY 3 XXIL Number 19. Hertford, Perquimans County North Carolina, Friday, May 13, 1955. 5 Cents Per Copy J 11 - Lcniss thappejl Had j? . Grand Champion; Local Teaias Win Perquimans Couhtjr Club , boys find girls carried away most . . ? ef the honors in the Albemarle ., v ',. Fatstpck ; Show and Sate held in $liiabeta, City on Tuesday and i , "s Wednesday of this week .;: . Louise Chappell, daughter of Mr. , fend Mrs. Clarence Chappell, ! ' Belvidere, had the Grand Champion steer and Thomas Ed Chappell, son ." of Mr. and Mrs. Boy Chappell, of , Hertford, Route 1, had the Reserve i Champion steer, .-v- ; ' .' ' . In the hog division Louise Chap- pell had the Grand Champion pen j of three and Clarence ChappdU, Jr., , had the. Reserve' Grand Champion I pen of three hogs.' Clarence Chap - , pell, Jr, showed the Reserve Grand Champion, individual hog jand Lou ! i . Ise Chappell showed the third place - ' -, individual hog. 1 ; ... Perquimans County 4-H Judging ; ' team Von first place in the Judging i n : 7 contest which. was held at ,10:00 in the morning, ' ' ' ",- ' s Other Peijquimans boys and girls ! , 'v ; . showing steers were; Kay and Jul i , ft f Urn Howell, Wayne Howell, Clar ; -1 enoe Chappell Jr.; Preston Wins- - low, Waldo Wlnslow, Harold Wins ' low, Lloyd Ray Morgan, Linwood Hurdle. Billy Hudson, Willis Wil i liams, Ervin Mansfield aqd Grov- er Hollowell - N , ' ;.'?: BalHe Rutlj Hurdle, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs.' John Hurdle of Ihir- ants Netk, showed a'pe'n of three . hogs, i , , j Prior to the opening of the, an- I nnal show on Monday night, the Perquimans entries and a number . ti i ". at a barbecue chicken dinner air WWJ ';. Wotgan headed Vipii'tommitlee.c ,',' Mraniementif, forih9 dinnwland ;.y; AJounty Agent w w. inompson act . d as master of ceremonies. . j, . ijr; special guesbs at the iinrier In ; vi eluded members- of the Board of . .County Commissioners ' and other ' : . 'county officials, members of th ,. Extension -Service, Jim Butler, nd i, Mr. Outlaw of the Extension Ser ,: , vice, Raleigh, local dealers in agri .' ' cultural products who lend full sup- port to the county boys and girls in f carrying out their projects, and Charlie Overman and Bob Marsh, , . both' of Edenton. Short talks were given by; a number of the guests '-( including Jim Butler and 'AC T. Lane,: chairman of the Board of Commissioners. .' i-) ' :, ;I:ycc::.::r Li; Yc:uisCnI3Hl : '.:.. n j,., ?Jft:-; . x' A. fishing rodeo, '. for boys ajnd girls under the age' of 16; will be sponsored here on Saturday, June 11, "by the Hertford Junior Cham ber of Commerti, It yas announced . by Edward Barber, chairman of the 'jaycee1 committee in charge of the . event t " i . . -, -5, -"C' Mr. Barber said the rodeo will be ' of-n to boys and girls, with a prize F to Ue boy and girl making 1 s LIggeBt catch. Entry applica tions will be accepted at the open . Int of the contest Children under f e age of nine1 who wish to enter t'.e contest, must b accompanied ly an adult r ; v ' The exact time and place' for Ahe f ."i g rodeo has1 not been set but fivfl.ser announcem nt concernjng i j,conU.i.t wi'.l le r (u at a latepr c i, accc " " l I 'r. I'arber.J .'!, rcra Voi.;. T..T. Eigge j, C nient 'of --limans . County L " j, was 3 presidont of t e " -jmarle S.. ,-sters' Club for t'.e year ; '3 at a pee'icg of t' e club 1 I ;t IZaj p:,'-t.iA; riy- ch n were Ger 9n, vice presi- t'J "'.itef Colum i c' S "snday 3fcr; JCcaaty; Fa Shcrt;!) , On Eloodniobile jGoal !j? Perquimans County fell short, by 52 pints, of reaching its quota for the Red Cross blood program; When the bloodmobBe visited Hertford on Thursday of last week, it was re ported by'Hi N, Nixon, chairman of the local committee.,. V Nixon reported only 23 residents of the county contributed a pint of o'i blood toward the . program, , for which the county had been asked to contribute 75 pints of blood for use in hospital; transfusions., S i 'Nixon' also announced- that, he has . tendered his resignation i chairman of the locaT Red Cross Blood program committee to Chap ter Chairman C. P. Morris. II After Losing In Edenton last Friday The Indians of Perquimans High School closed out their Albemarle Conference baseball schedule, here Tuesday night by defeating the Edenton Aces 3-2, after having lost to Edenton last Friday night; by a 6-5 margin. Ted Chappell went the route as pitcher '"for1 Perquimans,' striking out 11 giving up seven hits and walking; one. Stilley, ! Edenton hurler. struck out nine, walked three and allowed six hits. Edenton went into a 2-0 lead Jn . s i : , : L A un secono inning,, BcurmB hitji , , . and a hit accounted, for the final Bdentontallyiv Prqalmaneisowwd twice in. the fourth, on a, walk' and two km 'and added the winning run m!ihe"-fifth.7J,-V,S---v'v:,:r . Paul Mathews, with two singles, led the Indian attack. Wayne White banged out a double and Arnold Chappell, Carver and Morgan col lected singles. :i , ' , The victory gave the Indians a 10-2 record for the regular sea son! and second place in the stand, ing of thelconference. ? Edenton eliminated the Indians, possibly, from a tie for the con ferenc'e championship last Friday night when the Aces scored a 6-5 win over Perquimans. ! Mathews started' as the pitcher for the In dians. He was relieved in the 4th by , Chappell who completed the game. MatheWs struck out eight walked two and gave up five hits. Edenton scored four runs in the fourth " and'' ftdded two more off Chappell in the sixth. ' ' ,:? !'Jl6gerson was the starting pitch er for Edentombut wa$ relieved in the seventh, by Stilley, when the Indiana began a rallr.'Which threat ened the; .Aces', lead. - Rogerson walked three, struck out seven and allowed ix hits. i;PPSqu'n.am M- lied 'oriel run- inithe third.'and then trailing 6-1 in the last frame start ed rally Which ended after four runs were scored in the seventh. . John" HiJl led the Indian attack with three hits. Paul Matthews got two and Arnold and Ted Chappell collected singles. . ' Inspection Made ' On School Project . A final inspection of the new ad dition to - the Central Grammar School 'was made last Wednesday under the direction 'of:, the archi tect1 J.'-W; "Griffith, and William P, Puff, 1 Engineer for thflf State Board of Education AH, contrac tors . connected with . the proct were also present as was a com mittee from tlie Board of Educal- t tori; ''composed of P.-H. .Eure George "Caddy" and Mrs: TrP,"Brinn, 1 i ine new auuiuon wm uc iiibvcu in use at the beginning of the next school ' term and is expected to relieve the crowded conditions which have existed at the School for several years. EI3TH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. J. O. White III, an' nounce the birth of a son born Wed- nes'lay, Kay- 4. at the. Albemarle j Indians Trip Aces - Pictured above is the choir of Chowan College which will present a program of : sacred music at the Hertford Baptist Church next Sunday evening. .The choir has made an outstanding record throughout the State and its appearance -here is expected to be a. highlight pf the year. , , . ru. Ills, Maivin A. Pickard, Chairman of the Music Department of Chowan College, , will direct the program to be presented at the Baptist Church fax Hertford Sunday niglit; "j' ' HEADLINES IT. S.-Health Officials: have halt ed ' the polio vaccinations program pending further "investigation of the vaccine being used, but reports from V ' Washington indicate .,' the shots will be resumed soon.' The action was taken follbwing .the de velopment of reaction cases in sev eral states. Br. Roy Norton of the State Health Board reported Mon day no "polio; -cases have' developed in North Carolina from the 197,800 shots given children in this State. An invitation has gone to Rus sia for a Big Four Meeting of gov eminent heads, to confer . over East-West problems aimed at eas ing world tension. The conference was worked out at a, meeting; of Foreign Ministers who are now -in the process of signing ika peace treaty for. Austria. .Worid-tension hi' eased rcongiderably in recent weeks,' according to reports, and there isNsome bejof a meeting of th Big.fFcHir Laade'fs may brfrfg about A soiution' to -Bqme "of 'tKe problems. .. ..... The Geperal- Assembly tills !freek is giving considerauon to money bills, which will . raise additional funds to operate the State for the next two years. ' Reports from Ra leigh point to-some, slight differ ences between the House and Sen ate on new taxes,: but reports state the Legislature may reach agree ment on these matters by the. end of the week, paving the way for ad journment by May 21. West Germany ia now ' a mem ber of the' North Atlantic' Treaty Organisation, the action becoming off icfal-. last Monday, in historic ceremonies held In Paris.' The Ger man Repubtia joined NATO as its 15th .member! and pledges alliance as 'iks partner, for peace- and fteei dom, . ' -'V i ' ' j.4r "'' i Workmen Find Cash 1 Hidden In Corn Pile I' A".1arge amount of cash more than $11,000 according to reports circulating here , early this week was found in a corn -pile at the home of ,the late Walter Layden, near Belvidere last Saturday.- . According to the reports, work men were shelling the com,, pre paring it for gale, when they dis covered a .lurgs size tin can in the com.' The n ney, 'the, reports " d . sred insido the - .... ; . . -l . , v : i lomm School; 4 Principals toy Coming l erm Perquimans County school com - mittees, and the Board of Educa - tion are in the process, of' making up teacher's lists" fdr' thft. -various schools for the 1955-56 year, was reported this iweek by''J.' T. Big gers, School Superintendent. , - ,'' Iii recent meetirigs the commit tees reelected the five school prin cipals, E. d Woodard, Perquimans High School; Mftra ;Theflma Elliott, Hertford Grammar School; 'Thom as Maston; Central Grammar School; R. . L. Kingsbury, Perquim ans Training School, and Leprande Summersett, King Street School, who are in turn processing nw1 ap plications for teachers inV .the' school 3. ,;: These . .'recommendStftis wijl 'p'assed upon hy -.the, school committees' ino! , Board 'of.Educa tion and announced at a .later date.j Mr. Biggers reported four vacan-J cies have voloped on the facul ties of the tnree .white ' schools. Mrs. Lois Stokes and Mi's. Beth Morgan did not apply- for posi tions - as teachers at Hertford Grammar' School and Mrs. Edna Blanchard did: not apply for posi tion at Central Grammar School. Clarkson White, English teacher at Perquimans High School, has re signed to attend Southern Illinois University next year where he has a Teaching Fellowship while work ing on his master's degree,. : All other teachers employed in the county schools during the past year made, applications for reem ployment under -'the terms of -the new State law, and -these applica tions are now being considered by the committees and Board of Edu cation.- J -'' Election of teachers for the. com ing yearns expected to be complet ed by the end of this 'Week. PfosptsDimFor Albsmarle League Prospects for a revival of the Albemarle League for the coming summer are very dim accbrding to A. W Hefren, League President who stated this week he has heard from only three communities ex pressing a desire to field a baseball team in league competition this year. , Perquimans ' fans and . players ItotM Vat1 fror -maAfttif fliA nn4- - u ""v o r-r pose of ascertaining local interest lti.fr .nt AMmnltflul a ..lull f erring to wait and see if at least three other . communities express plans for.Joining the league. i y Thus far, only Perquimans, EHat abeth City, and Rocky .Bock have announced plans for a team. ' Word from Edenton indicates there is no interest -in forming a team there and Cjolerain, which also participat ed in the league Ias year, reports a lack of interest in fielding a lea gue team this summer. It appears a lf . now -there Is little likelihood the league will be organized this, season. However, Mr. Hefren said he will; call a lea- gue meeting Immediately if a fjcient number f , teams signify in - terestin operating the Jeague, , - - (f fill ittees Elect 1 DnhhorC lilt ThrOQ lftUUIJCI O I III CC Thieves struck at three business establishments near Hertford some time early Wednesday morning, it was reported by ' Sheriff . J. K. White, but made away with only a small amount of cash and a pistol- .. v.: Sheriff White, who is continuing an investigation of the breakins, stated, that the business places .en tered were Glenn's Place, where the thieves took, money from, a music box and small container and a ipis' tol '; owned' i by' Glenn Matthews; Chub's .Place and Brown Restdii rants Were also entered .hut at tempts to steal money in music boxes at these places failed. Entrance to Glenn's Place and Chub's was made by . breaking rear windows in each establishment. A side door at Brown's was broken to gain-entry to that place. ' The : Sheriff ' said the ' robberies here ' were' of similar pattern to those committed at Nags Head and Manteo' last week-end,' and "local authorities are on the lookout for Johnnie Myers, escaped convict for questioning in connection With the break-ins Wednesday morning. According to reports the local business places were entered some time Wednesday morning between the hours of one and four o'clock. A varied docket consisting of 22 cases was. disposed of in Perquim ans Recorder's Court - here last Tuesday before Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Yvonne Lee, 18-year-old Negro, entered - a plea of guilty to a charge of assault with a . deadly weapon. She was sentenced to the woman's workhouse for a period of three months, with the sentence suspended upon payment of court costs and $200 for hospital bills in curred by Paul Rountrea who- was stabbed by the Lee girl on April 9. i tr-iJ em:u u,r,m ffa1 ti o Harold Smith , submitted j- ' j ;j -l"""SD WW..., . .u J" costs of court'.. , . Paul Capehart was fined $15. and costs after pleading guilty to charges, of speeding and Joe W., Spruillj- Negro, submitted to, a charge of speeding and paid a 'fine. of $15. V'-..'... p:S.:A-:,Z: ' Two ; dollar . fines and costs of court .were taxed against : Louis Stallings, r Jim Davidson,. James Foster, , Rudolph Netters, .all of whom entered pleas of guilty, to charges, of being drunk. : George, Butler entered a plea of guilty to charges of being, drunk. He was released after having spent tfour days fn 'jal. .,U:..-,i-,- Prayer for judgment was contin- Recorder Hears 22 Gases During Court Session OnTuesday suf-lued in the cases in -which Eugene MyersK ' Jerry - Nixon and- James Qvertoq, submitted v to charges of Co!!egeChoirTo SingAtDgtist, nv Church Sunday Nite , The Chowan College Chbir Willi present a, program of sacred music: at the Hertford Baptist Church, this, Suniiav eveninir. , Havinir won f OP itself mucn distinction by. numbers! of .tours and performances through out the State, the people here can be assured of an enjoyable and in spiring program "of music by this group. Some of the selections that will be included on the program Will be "Jubilate Deo" by Purvis, "Beautiful Saviour" by Christian sen and several, Fred Waring ar rangements of religious favorites. Professor Marvin A. Pickard is the director of this distinguished choir. A native of Durham, North Carolina, Mr. Pickard received his AB degree from the University of North Carolina and his MA degree from . Appalachian State Teachers' College, Boone, N. C. He is well known throughout the state as a baritone soloist of Oratorio, as well as a concert artist. , He studied voice in Rome, Italy, as a pupil of VSignorina Mugniaini, voice coach of the Royal Opera. He has attended two Fred Waring Summer School Workshops, and has had consider able experience as a Minister of Music. He assumed his duties as Chairman of the Daniel School of Music at Chowan College in Sep tember of 1954. : Accompanist for the group is Miss Barbara J. Young, a native of Canton, Georgia. She attended Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, on a piano scholarship where she received a BM degree as a piano major. Miss Young received her MM degree from the Cincinnati Con servatory of Music. She joined the Chowan College faculty in Septem ber, 1954. Hertford is fortunate to have this fine group with its distinguished director and accompanist to pre sent a program. The service will begin promptly at. 8 o'clock and the public is pordiallv. 'invited. . U.4 :', ',' Mr' -V'-' . 1 : v Itf. Student Council Elected Last Friday Last Friday Was election day at Perquimans High School when students, after a week of intensive campaigning, selected officials for the student Council for the next school year. ' Elected to lead the Council as president, was Wallace Baker. Ed gar Fields was elected vice presi dent; Kay Matthews, secretary; Judy Winslow, treasurer, and Chas. Whedbee, sergeant-at-arms. Other officers named were Jean Long, pi anist; Jean Keel and Martin Saw yer, song leaders; Lois Byrum, Peggy HarreM, Lillian . Hoffler, Becky Nixon and Kay Matthews, cheer leaders. possessing non-tax paid liquor. Eah of the youths paid the costs of court. An appeal to Superior Court was noted in the case in which Joseph Himmelherber was found guilty of speeding and fined $10 and costs of court. Leroy Wills, Negro, was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to charges of driving oh the left side of a highway. Fines of Jf26 and costs were tax ed against Clinton Boone, Negro, and Charlotte Butt, Negro, who plead guilty to- charges of driving without a license! Frank Carbello, Negro, was fined $25 and costs on charges of allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his car. William ; Baker, charged with reckless driving, was found not guilty. ' ' i : '':.-v; ;-1 j -r:' ' j -' ' ' .Willie Sawyer paid the costs of court after being found guilty on charges of driving a truck loaded over the axle limit . Prayer for judgment was contin ued in the case in which Stephen Vaughn wag charged with allowing a minor to operate a tractor. fliarlie WHliamston, Negro, paid a fine of $2 and costs after sub mitting to a charge of being drunk. jonn White, Megro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of reck less driving. He paid ft fine of $25 DardenNamedCity Board Is Organized x-i nm A mA tti j -enird-l IT 1A lUilUlQ Annual Picnic Monday The PTA of the Central Gram mar School will meet next Monday night, May 11, at 8 o'clock. The annual picnic will begin at 6:30 o'clock. The Chapanoke community, with Mrs. W. H. Keel chairman, will be in charge of the program. The subject for the month is, "As We Voyage Along Through Life, Let's Evaluate." After the meeting there will be Open House. AH patrons and friends are invited to attend. High Winds Cause Severe Damage In County Last Sun. High winds, estimated as of tor nado force, struck wide areas in Perquimans County last Sunday afternoon between 5:30 and 6 o'clock Unofficial reports estimate damage amounted to several thous and dollars. The gale, accompanied by severe lightning and thunder, as well as hail, was reported over areas run ning from Chapanoke to Nicanor. A number of outbuildings were re ported damaged, including those at the farm of Wallace Morgan, near Parkville. Andrew Winslow of the Chapa noke section, reported his oat crop was damaged at least 50 per cent and his two grain bins, having a capacity of 2,750 bushels each, were destroyed, being blown sever- a hundred, ft' fi-om .thcif, &w.pe$. G. H. WinsloW; who lives in the Okisko section, said about 25 acres of soybeans on his farm "were cut down as if swept by a mowing machine." He also reported that strips of tin were ripped f rdnV $he roofs of the outbuildings. A large gum tree which Wins low said had been standing in his lane ever since he could remember and which was about two feet in diameter, was wrung off 10 feet from the ground. Mrs. J. B. Johnson, who lives about a mile and a half from An drew Winslow, also suffered ex tensive damage. A part of the roof of her home was torn off and her brooder house containing 150 chickens was blown down, as was her smokehouse. A number of other farms in the section suffered damage, the exact extent of which has not been as- tCIWIUICUt I Lions Clunflects Officers For Year New officers were elected for the Hertford Lions Club at a meeting of the organization held last Friday night. Elected as president of the club was W. S. Long, who will suc ceed J. T. Lane. Other officers chosen were R. M. Thompson, first vice president; L. B. Cobb, second vice president; E. C. Woodard, third vice president; J. T. Biggers, secretary; Joe Tun nell, Lion Tamer; Jack Symons, Tail Twister; Louis Tarkington and T. P. . Brinn, directors. .The club is now making arrange ments for its annual ladies' night party which will be held Friday, May 20. Ed Hallfort of Rocky Mount, Lions District Governor, wifl be guest speaker for the occasion. : BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Chester Winslow announce the birth of a daughter born Tuesday, May 10th at the Cho wan Hospital in. Edenton. Mrs. Winslow is the former Miss Peggy Sawyer. : , - - BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burleson of Williamsburg, ' Va., announce the birth of a dadghter, Edith Darden born Thursday, May 5, at a New port News Hospital. Mrs. Burleson is the former Miss NanCj Duties. Applications Being ; Taken For Post As Town Clerk Hertford's newly .elected Town Board met last Monday night and named Mayor V. N. Darden as City Manager and Chas. E. Johnson as Town Attorney. The selection of a town clerk, to succeed W. G. Newby, who has resigned, was ta bled until May 23 to allow appli cants for the position to file writ ten applications for the job. . During the next two weeks the Board will also receive written ap j plication from, ladies seeking the position as assistant to the town clerk. The new Board, consisting of Mayor Darden and Commissioners Henry C. Sullivan, W. Ray White, Robert L. Hollowell and A. W. Hef- ren, were sworn into office by W. : h. ntt, uierK ot superior Uourt. This action followed a meeting of the outgoing Board during which Town Clerk Newby reported : a $10,000 payment on the town's in debtedness, part of a bond debt made in 1915, was made this week. Newby stated this payment was the last on a $50,000 debt incurred in 1915 when the Town borrowed the money to enter the utility business. Following the organization of the new Board a request for the pur chase of a tract of land owned by the Town, and presently used for Vi dumping purposes, was tabled. Re- .' quests concerning the purchase qf the property was submitted,it was ' reported, from two different sourc- ij es but the Board was of the opin 4 ion the land should not be sold. ': It was the opinion: of the Board , that selection of a-jiieW clerk and 1 assistant should wait until suffjv ' ; many residents, . as tJesire, to -ma' ... ... . - . v - M' ,y written applications for 'the open ings. ; ;; All applications for the two po sitions must be filed with the Towli Clerk by Monday, May 23 for. con sideration by the Board -' on Wat date: " It was reported the annual audit ' of the books of the Town will be made by the firm of Wall and Wil liams beginning about June 14, and completed shortly after June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Fol lowing this audit Mr. Newby will, retire as Clerk -to be succeeded by the appointee named by the Board May 23. . , mT Cancer FundDrive .. Perquimans County )Caicer HJnit will observe' Tag Day itm4 Saturday of this week with headquarters on , r AtHalfvayMarkl the lawn of the County Court House. School children will dis- ' tribute literature and sell cancer 'Vf sword pins in the downtown, area . under the supervision of mambera of the Cancer Unit. , : i A report of $477.87 toward tie ' i quota of $852.00 for Perquimans 't was made with many volunteer '1 workers not as yet reporting, ac- cording to Mrs. J. Elton Hurdle, County Commander. Mrs. Hurdle i urges every worker to complete her j assigned canvass and report to her or to Mrs. F. A. McGoogan. treas- ' urer on Saturday or Monday of ' I this week if possible. V "... : ;, , inose individuals, or businesses: J not yet contacted for. a. contrihu- ; , tioii are asked to call Mrs. Hurdle , s or mail their contributiop.,tq. .the ' treasurer. The public is especially i urged to cooperate with, the com- - mittee in raising funds to carry on the fight against iancer - ' v MisaVBarbar ,1 , Bladkweltl- is- trict Cancer Field Representative, was in Hertford last Thursday and ; stressed to the local committee the need to top the quota this year more than eer before in order to f continue a comprehensive program of education, service to cancer pa tients, and research for, the con trol of cancer. She also advised many items of literature and fil.r - are available' to clubs and schoo' free through the local Cancer UiC - , MASONS TO MEET - . The Terquiumn Masonic Ix No. 106, A. F. & A.M.,. will i Tuesday night at 8 O'clock, S: 5;