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MANS .WEEKLY .Xi- IMI II ;I5H Volume XXII.- -Number 39.' .fiTl i ' l i District PTA Me2t ?: shsdubd Here Oh Wedriesday.Oct. 5 th Hi'i I '4 Preparations are now being com l jpleted for holding a meeting olthe '-Ninth District-Conference of Par-, j ' " enta and Teachers on October 5 at '; iWinfall, in the Perquimans Central .-' Grammar School. ,. V Registration will begin at 9:30 A. M., and the program" will start ; (promptly at 10 o'clock. r V Mrs. Eddie Harrell, former Dis- ftrict Director, will bring the devo - tional t V .edbyl the sen tional and greetings will be extend- Thomas Maston, principal of school. Mm. John W. Crawford, v State . ; PTA president will deliver the - main address of the day, which will bo the greatest highlight of the s i conference, at 11 A. M. Her topic j i wjll lie, "Building Today,? for the : World Tomorrow." ' ! '' . i: ; Other State PTA officers will be present for the conference, inchid-i-vi ing the State Executive Secretary, ' Mrs. J. W. Burke, who will speak ' . at the meeting about "Let's Open Our Minds.' ' . Miss Blanch B. Hale, State Field Secretary, will add zest to the s , meeting with her discussion, "Talk ' It Over." , ' The local committee in charge of : arrangements for this meeting is ,- composed of Mrs. John' Hurdle, "' general chairman; Mrs. Ruby Long, i registration; Mrs. J. Van Roach, hospitality; ; Mrs. Frank Bray, luncheon; Thomas Maston and Mrs. J. ( Van Roach, decorations; Mrs. "Ruth Burden, publicity. '" ' - Representatives from schools lo 1 cated im,12 counties compromising V the. Ninth .District are expected to f . 'Attend the meeting and Mrs. Hurdle V has issued imperial invitation to -' local parent interested citizens . and iriends of .the local MSoolatoi - be present for?thTlvnt y4ich'4s. i eStpwii'tirthr fteiubto XOT ail WHO, IWKMW -!,. ns Pla For ASC Elections To Choose Of f icals THIS VMS HEADLINES ; President Eisenhower, who .suf fered a heart attack last Saturday, it making steady progress toward recovery at an Army Hospital, in Denver, Colo.,' it was reported on ' Tuesday by specialists attending the President.;, The physicians, however, stated' earlier two weeks might elapse before the President could be reported as' out of dan ger. , ( ' . ; (M. 1; The hews of the President's at tack stunned the world and has .re- suited in some economic upheaval in the stock markets in the U. S. and Europe. People the world over have joined !n "prayer for the re- covery of the President and he has ; received thousands of messages ex pressing hope for a speedy return to health. ' , On Monday, the New York Stock Market had 4ts 'sharpest drop in prices since. 1S29, , More, than sev en million.;shareH .of 'stock '.were t.aded and -piicfe drops lo'ppf d' $18 v ""ion off . the value, of the Btock ,' l4f- ,-The marke showed .some 1 jovery , on.. Tuesday' when; prices, r:se a"bout 25 percent' ' ' f ' - v The" situation lias also brought n season for political-prophets t of .whom now feel President .Jiower will not be a randi ) for re-election in 1950 and 1 t!.e nomination for the Presi j is a wide open race within ! i r'J--cal .parties, i cr!-l: Series time again iV.yn and New York t CI ir;ck for the title. y '" j T" i:onal L-'e ' ' ' "JS, cc " ' i i v t two weeks r t'"e American l . t" i Rotary Guest WT: ' . ' H. Broadus Jones Dr. H. Broadus Jones, Governor of' Rotary District 278, wW be guest of the Hertford Rotary CTub at its meeting at the Hotel Hert ford next Tuesday evening at 6:15. Dr. Jones ig head of the English Department at Wake Forest Col lege and a charter member of 'the Wake Forest Rotary Club. ; i Commissioners To Meet Next Monday The Board of County - Commis sioners will hold its regular, Octo ber meeting next Monday, begin ning at 10 A. M., in the Court House Among other matters ex. pected to be handled by the board durjng.lts meetin & setttt ies with, Sheriff jilfcmitfefa J5"0 cuuetuvu vi wjpi wwwat .j. , Plans are now being laid for the election of community, committee men who will assist in presenting ASC farm programs to Perquim ana 'County farmers, announced Lelani'das' L: Lane; Chairman of the Perquimans County ASC Commit tee; Every year, ah election is held in which three committeemen and two alternate committeemen . are. elected toserve in every commun ity. ' ., - - 1 Mr. Lane eaid that last year elec tions were' held by mail; -this year, on Tuesday October 18, elections Will' be' by. ballot box at designated community . polling places. Last year, for the1 first 'time, Secretary of Agriculture Benson set 'up. 8 board of agricultural workers 'fat each county who would ' conduct these elections. The County Etec tion Board prescribed in the Sec retary's - regulations, is composed of 'the County Agricultural Exten sion Acent, who serves as chair man; the county heads of SCS and FHA; and the county head of the Farm Bureau serving as members. The County Election Boaffl has selected ' a Community . Election' Board from each community in the county. I The Community Election Boards are composed ht three farm ers ether than present ASC County nd Community Committeemen and will: 'conduct the election in their TBominunity. ! ,The Community Elec tion Boards will also serve as nomi nating committees and, wil .'con, ven'e before October -4 to select a slate tof eligible persons for elec tion as community committee,, al ternates, and delegates 'and alter nate delegates to the County Con vention. v - , t ' Mr. Lane ai4 that farmers need to begin now to consider who'would be best Qualified to administer the y, Announced I farm programs that has .meant so batt-Jmuch to them in yeBra past. One of t.;e s?oi!'' t a"! t:-t mturet t! ! 9 T. i k 17-Csr". oiira ii '' I J c.e alnh.LiniJ oi c -ly nnd o.n-ri.i-n"7 levels ly ; ond" sclc Vo'3 by tJ b farmer" ti ,Jielves4 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 30, 1955. VmcdOoc'ietln nocGrd:r's Court . IcreLastTiiasday ; ; A heavy dockelt consisting of 25 cases was disposed of during Tues day's session of Recorder's Court which has been in recess for. two weeks.-, - . , ' Eleven defendants submitted to charges of speeding and paid the court costs and lines as indicated Ray Jeffries $3,00, Gerald Wilson, Thomas Daniami, Joseph Iacobucci, Sonny Murray,' John Davidson $3.00, R. P. White, Timothy Titus, J. M. Matthews, Jr., James Dun bar and Berry Coleman. , Fines of $2.00 each and costs of court were taxed against Frank Ivy, George Trueblood andjEphriam Midgett, Negro, after each had en tered pleas of guilty to charges of being drunk. .. ' , :, Carl Dail paid the costs of court on charges of following too close behind another vehicle." ; John BeamonV Negro, submitted to charges of failinsr to observe a atop sign, He paid the court costs. ' fBen Wilson, Negro, was fined $25 and costs after he entered f plea oi guiuy to ariving wiuiuut u license.'-..' Wadie Winslow and Clyde Nixon, Negroes, were found guilty on charges of mutual assaults Wins low was ordered to pay the costs of court and Nixon was fined $10 and court costs. Roosevelt Sheard. Neero. was found Kuilty 6f driving, drunk. He was sentenced to jail for 45 days, sentence to be suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $150 and Costs of court. ; Costs of court ' were assess against Charlie Small, Negro; who submitted to a charge of failing to yield the right-of-way." Ellie Bryum submitted : to a chSrfrp of teckless driving and paid a fine of $25 and costs; f' A verdict of not cruiltv - waif re lurried 'in thetcase in which. Dor' thy Baker a,hed.iidtli,iibnn- dbhmeht of her 'children; . , - Berriice lWoodard, ! Negrd, Was found guilty on charges of trespass. and use of profanity en a highway. A 80 day Jail sentence was sus pended upon payment of the court costs and the condition the defend ant be of good behavior for 12 months. 1 Eugene Quinn paid a fine of $25 and costs after pleading guilty to charges of reckless driving. The case in which Harold Cope- land was charged with non-support was continued for 60 days. , Rotery Governor To Visit Hertford Clulit'ext Tuesday - j -f- The Rotary Club of Hertford will be host at the October, 4 meeting to Dr. H. Broadus Jones, Govern or of . the- 278th District of Rotary International, who is making his annual official visit to each of the 89 Rotary Clubs in this district, which extends from Burlington and Yanveyville eastward to the coast. He will addressthe Qub in its reg ular dinner session at 6:15 o'clock, and confer with President-A; W, Hefren, Secretary Jack Kanoy and committee chairmen on Rotary ad ministration and service activities. Dr. Jones is head of the English department of Wake Fores Col lege." He was graduated fro'm Wake Forest College, and received the Master" of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Uni versity of Chicago. Hevis a char ter member of the Rotary .Club' of Wake Forest, which was organized' in 1937, is a past president of that club and past secretary.! - He' was elected District Govern-' or of Rotary International for the 1355-56 fiscal year at Rotary's Golden Anniversary Convention in Chicago 'last June, v He is one of 238 district governors supervising the activities of some 8,700 R,otary clubs which have a membership of 414,000 business and professional executives in 92 countries and geo graphical, regions throughout the world.. ... . , - ', ' . MASONS TO MEET The Ferquimens Masonic Lodge No. 108, A. F., & A. M will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, All members are urged to Te4 present and v:.,Iting Masons ana welcome raff! ON THE JUMP! An Army sentry Aog clears a 10-foot obstacle part of his "conditioning" at the Army Dog Training Center, Fort Carson, Colo. The Army Quartermaster Corps is buying 59 German shepherds a month this year. Private First Class Ned F. Burr of BurrsvlUe, Utah, Is : the. dog's handler throughout his training Don Juan Plans Expansion Of Hertford Factory ' Plans are novr being formulated, it was learned here this week, by the Don Juan i Manufacturing Cd., for expanding its local facilities in the manufacturing of shirts, Arrangements are beine comnlet- H' for' the constfuctioii ,of .niwl BuvaiaCk iDy '-.,A. nam' wmnr- is to lie Used in -addition to the company's present plant. The new building will contain some. 12,000 square feet of space and will be located, facing Grubb Street, adja cent to the plant now occupied by the company. ' Upon completion of the new building the Don Juan Company, it is reported, is expected to en large its personnel by, 25 to 35 per cent. This will mean additional jobs and an increase in the com pany's payroll for this community. At the present time, it is under stood the company employees be tween 75 and 100 persons. It was learned that agreement has been reached between officials of the firm and Mr. Harris for the construction and lease of the new budding, and work on the struc ture, is expected to get underway within the near future, with a com Dletion,, date set at about March 1, 1956. BishoD Wright At Holy Trinity Sunday The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wriglit, D.D., will administer the Rite of Confirmation at Holy Trinity Epis copal Church, Hertford at 11 A. M., next Sunday,.; Bishop Wright will confirm a class at Columbia, Tyrrell County in St.. Andrew's Church at 7:30 P. M, At Christ Church; Creswell, Washington County, evening pray er "will be read following which Bishop Wright will, preach. . A cordiai'-welcohie is extended to all these services by the rector, the Rev. rPaul E.- Shultsv , , . ' , ,', .' -'f ,:';;-y. 'fA U ! P.O. To Have New Money Order System Beginning October 1 the Post Of. fice Department will use a new sjra tern in issuing money - orders, it was reported by W.r W. White, Hertford Postmaster. . Under Che new plans, Mr. White said, applications for money, drders will be discontinued. i'A person de siring a money order will advise the postal employee 6f the amount of the order,, which will be filled in by the clerk; the purchaser of the order will then fill in the name and address of the individual who' ia to receive the order, completing the transaction. ' ''"" r"- "- My ) Company Myrtle G. Williams Weds Steve Perry The marriages of ''.Miss ' Myrtle Gordon Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude 'Willis Williams of Hertford, to Alexas Stephen Per ry,, son of Mr; and Mrs. Stephen Toniel Perry of Durants Neck, took place on Sunday, September 25, at 4 o'clock in the Woodland Methodist Church, v ,.';..'"! 1 The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Earl R. Meekins, in a setting of palms, white gladioli, ferns and candelab rum. Mrs. Ralph R. White played the wedding music and accompanied Robert Jones of Durants Neck, who sang "Because" and "The Wedding Prayer"; r Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a floor length wedr ding -gown of white chantilly lace and nylon tulle over satin styled with wide scooped neckline out lined with heart shaped appliques of iridescent sequins and seed pearls, long torso fitted bodice with self covered buttons down the back, and long lace sleeves ending in wedding points over the hands, very full gathered skirt of chan tilly lace under-scored with flounc es' of nylon tulle over satin. Her "fingertip veil of imported silk il lusion was arranged' from a dainty tiara', of iridescent sequins and an tique pearls, and she carried a prayer book covered with a white orchid. .: . ' Miss Valeria White was maid-of-honor. She wore a full length gown of lime taffeta with matching pic ture hat and mitts. She carried a boumiet of mixed fall flowers, y Mrs. Leonard Burl Cobb was ma tron of honor. She wore a full length gown of champagne taffeta with matching hat and mitts. She carried a bouquet of mixed fall flowers. . ' Miss Cindy Winslow, niece of the bridegroom was flower girl. She wore a floor length, dress of white taffeta with scalloped yoke, torso waist with two tier gathered skirt with scallops at bottom of each tier. She carried a basket of flow ers. '' '.; ' " to . . ." v' : J - Sfephen Toniel Perry was best man for his son and the grooms men were Clyde Lane, Billy Jones, 3. W. Hewes and Ben Thatch, i Mrs. Kelly White was mistress of ceremony. - - ' The mother of the bride wore a dress of light blue faille, fashioned v (Continued on Page Four) t , ' Church Ceremony Centre! PTA Holds FirsUleetingOf Year Monday Nite Perquimans County Central PTA held its first meeting of the year Monday night with the new presi dent, Mrs. John Hurdle in the chair. After the president challenged the association to renewed interest and activity and pledged her best ef forts to the work, new parents and the new teacher, Miss Mary E. Jen nings, were recognized. The parents, teachers, patrons, and friends of the school were de lighted to meet in the renovated auditorium. , Their interest was shown by the unusually large num ber in attendance. The theme fori the year "Together We Build For Our Children" was given. The New Hope community presented the pro- gram for the evening "What Kind of Home-School Partnership Do I Vant?" with Mrs. Pauline Webb, leader. The -devotional vas con ducted by Joshua Sutton who used the one hundredth Psalm and An na Hayes' poem "Together We Build." A special prayer was of fered for the President's recovery, A duet, "Closer1 To Jesus" was ren dered by Mrs. James Copeland and Marvin Caddy. A most interesting report on the recent PTA Institute held at Green ville was given by Mrs. Melvin Eure. After the program the busi ness meeting was held with the President's message being read by, the secretary, Mrs. J. Van Roach. Upon vote the date of the meet ings, was changed from the third to the fourth Monday night. A letter Of thanks was read from the Civil Defense Chairman, Mrs. Mar ion Swindell, for the $25.00 contrl bution to the tower. The following committee chair men for the year were announced: Program, Mrs. Charlie T. Roger son, Jr.; Membership. Mrs. Chat lie, Asbell;' Room Representative, Means, Mrs. Ralph Harrell ; Maga zine,' Mrs. r Metvin Eure ; . Study Group, Mrs. Frank Bray. Plans were made for the district meeting to be held at the school October 5. Mr. Biggers remarked that a great deal had been done to improve the school during the summer and mentioned the fact that under the excellent supervision of Miss Mul lins the parents could expect the best year yet. Mrs, Atha Tunnell's room receiv ed the attendance banner with 65 per cent present, The treasurer's report showed a balance of $448.80. In addition to the president and the secretary, Mrs. Ernest Long is vice president and Mrs. Bryant Miller, treasurer. '. Requests Filed On Mosquito Project Members of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners met here Tues day afternoon for the purpose of compiling application for funds for a mosquito control project thruogh out Perquimans County. The pro ject is being sponsored in coopera tion with the District Health De partment to fight the menace of mosquitoes - which has developed since the event of Hurricanes Di ane and lone. . In a resolution adopted during the Tuesday meeting Max R. Camp, bell, County Accountant, was des ignated by the Board to act as its representative jn contacts wi-h tV,n Civil Defense officials whioh five final approval to requests for such projects. The Town of Hertford has al ready applied for funds for a simi lar project within the town and this application is now being pro cessed, according to Mayor V. N, Darden. '.'..-' - -'iCT!J Fire Destroys New Hope House Fire of undetermined origin com pletely destroyed the home of Jack Sawyer, of near New Hope, early Tuesday morning, it was reported here Tuesday afternoon. The re port said the fire was discovered sometime between two and three A. M., and had gain such head way fire fighters were unable to save the building, 1 - Storm Damage To iy2 Million Dollars Jaycees Contribute To New Bern Relief The Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce joined with other Jaycee units of the State last week con. tributing to relief of citizens of New Bern, hard hit by Hurricane lone. The Jaycees of the State sent 1, 000 blankets, 2,000 sheets and 2, 000 pillow cases to the city to be distributed by the Salvation Army. Eldon Winslow and Charles Skin ner. Jr.. acccmDanied bv Mr. andJ Mrs. C. f. Skinner, Sr., drove to New Bern Sunday to deliver the contribution of the local Jaycee or. ganization. piCtsToHsIp County Victims Of Hurricane lone The Small Business Administra tion is resuming its disaster loan activities in North Carolina to aid the victims of Hurricane lone. Clarence P. Moore, Richmond Regional Director of Small Busi ness Administration has announced that an office was opened on Wed nesday, September 28, at New Bern in the New Bern Chamber of Com-1 merce Building, 511 Broad Street, telephone 6-167. Applications for disaster loans will be accepted at that office from individuals, part- nerships or corporations suffering damagfl who canont obtain finan-1 cial assistance from private enter-j prise sources. w .r ;.al and state id&' states R;s M. :r- The following ,6tf nties In NoM Thompson, . Fuimans County ' , Perquimans Loses" To Ahoskie 13-6; Play Tarboro Fri. The Indians of Perquimans High School lost a 13-6 decision to the Ahoskie High School football team in an Albemarle Conference con test staged here last Friday night. Two quick opening plays, which baffled the Indian defense, account ed for two touchdowns for the vic tors while Perquimans scored its lone TD on a' pass play from Tom my Matthews to Pierce. Perquimans received the opening kickoff but fumbled on its Own 28 yard line after which Ahoskie fail ed to gain and the Indians took over the ball. The Indians, moved to Ahoskie's 40 yard stripe on a pass from Matthews to Williams. Perquimans moved to the Ahoskie 25 yard mark but lost the ball on downs as the quarter ended. Ahoskie scored its first touch down on the opening play of the second quarter when Early scamp ered 25 yards for the score. Try for extra point was good and the score stood 70, Ahoskie. Perquim ans came back strong to score on a series of nice runs by Tommy Mat thews and the TD was on a pass from Matthews to Pierce. .thotttrh ..Perquimans- rolled uy six'- first downs' while Ahoskie tallied i es lace overxtaffeta with matching three. I accessories and an orchid corsage. v Ahoskie" ran the score to 13-6 aj Miss Marguerite Simpson of Eliza few minutes after the start of the I City, sister of the bride, waa third quarter when, after receiving the kickoff they made three first downs placing 'the ball on the Per. quimans 25 yard Stripe. Early again raced 251 yards for the visit or' to score the winning TD. Ahoskie threatened to score again in the final period but the Indians' defense held and the game ended 13-6. , Ahoskie made six first downs in the se-nd half while' Per quimans made only one. Tommy Matthews and Charlie Johnson looked best in the back field for the. Indians while Hazel Matthews, Wayne White were best in line play, and Paul Wood got away two nice punts. v- ; : 5 Cents Per Copy i The Perquimans County Hurri cane Damage committee, in a meet ing held last week, estimated to: tal crop damage from Hurricanes I Connie, Diane and lone at approxi mately one and one-half million ' dollars. R. M. Thompson, County Agent, said these figures can be reduced under favorable . conditions . but could go a lot higher if weather conditions are unfavorable for har vesting main crops in the county. The- Hurricane Damage commit- tee with A. T. Lane as chairman, estimated the hurricanes caused damage to the corn cron in the amount of 4733.000; tn oM-nr I cron. $135 00"- !'-- - - fe.ne;- :v::-.. i: : ijn been designated as a disaster coun ty, farmers here will probably be eligible to receive hay for feeding livestock, Mr. Thompson reported, but further information concerning this proposal will be issued at a later date. ! In connection with the serious1 situation which exists here there will be a meeting at the Court House in Elizabeth City on Fri day, September 30, at 2:30 P. M at which time Congressman Her bert C, Bonner and other officials will meetl with the farmers la. the Albemarle area, and explain to them what assistance is offered to those that are in the disaster coun ties. "If you are in a position of needing aid to continue your farm ing program t would auggest that , ycu make an attempt to attend this meeting and find out just what the v farmers' position is due to the re- cent hurricanes 4n 'receiving feder : Perquimans was penalized 15 yards while Ahoskie lost SO yards through penalties. Oh Friday night of this week the Indians will travel to Tarboro for the second conference game of the season. . Crawford-Butler Vows Spoken Sun. : The marriage of Mrs. Ruby Simpson Butler, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Simpson of Elizabeth City and the Rev. Ben nie Crawford, son of Mrs. James H. Crawford and the late Mr. Crawford of Winton took place Sunday afternoon, September 25, at 5 o'clock in the Hertford Baptist Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James O. Mattox, pastor of the church in a getting of white gladioli, chrysanthemums, palms and cathedral candles. Mrs. J. E. White, organist for the I church, played the wvwr rvt'.t .'.o ".via Mi.gi vrs c: fiittf.jj maid of honor; She wore a navy blue dress with navy accessories and a corsage of pink carnations. Basil Crawford of Winton, broth er of the bridegroom, was best man. . ' After a short northern wedding trip the couple will make their home hear Edenton where the Rev. Mr. Crawford is the pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church. ' , '( BffiTH ANNOUNCEMENT Lieut, and Mrs. John C. Wilsf y stationed at Wheelus Field; Lil. , announce the birtii of a daughL , Anita Susan, born at the air sta tion Hospital1 August 25. ' t
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