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):. :me XXII. Number 43. IT'S A, TRICK TO TREAT 'EM The 18 (6r is it 11-ot W) , black-masked moochers shown above are only the first tame. . i George Schuster, Jr., shown passing out bread at his Berea.xmio, ; ' home, entertains at dinner for 40 r more raccoons each evening. J Schuster fed one Taccoon three year" ago. v Now. all the brothers, sisters uncles, aunts and cousins troop up each evening from Cleveland's Metropolitan Park for a handout. Even at one slice to a customer; Schuster's furry guests 60 through about 50 loaves 5 a week. A local bakery supplies stale bread lor the feasts at a . nominal price. . ..-,.', .. v Aces Trip Indians 26 - 7 In Conference Game Last Friday .: the luckless Perquimans Indians' tost a 26-7 decision to. the Edenton I Aces lasj;', Friday night but the I score was'not indicative of the f'ne baft game pWyed1ry.the'.t.wteams, but . Eden ton's "air-attact; smirked but .Edent'on'sf air-attack, spurked by Holland, was outstanding. . ; The Indians outplayed the -Aces during thefiref half, which ended witfi Perquimans leading 7-6. Jtiol Hand scored Edenton's first TD . from the one foot line, after Per quimans had fumbled the ball op its own six-yard line. ' Perquimans came" back strong' and blocked an Edenton punt on the Accs's: three :yard .line.- Whedbeo then scored and Tommy Matthews converted to places Perquimans ahead 7-6. Edenton opened the' second half 'with a passing1 attack- good for a TD with Holland pitching to Lup ton for 37. yards. The EP'was ' good and the score stood Edenton ; 13, Perquimans 7. An Jndianf um. ble in the third' period Was picked up by Edenton's Bunch who raced 72 yards for the score, giving the Aces a 19-7 lead. t A fourth quarter drive by jthe Indians was halted by the 'Aces on Edenton's 16 yard line after1 which Holland completed : three passes good for 84 yards and Edenton's fourth touchdown. Tha try for EP was good and Edentoh led 26 to 7. .r. The entire Perquimans line play- edan outstanding game, throwing Edenton for yardage losses on many .occasions " while Whedbce, : Matthews,,1 Pierce i and Rountree were best in the Perquimans back- field. , ' , , --- Holland wag outstanding for the Aces', 'with Ma fine passing ability, 1 accounting for most of the 12 first downs 'made by the Aces. The In dians rolled up eight first downs on nice runs by Pierce and Tommy Matthews. - . - Ciu.Icr.ts Attend Five members of the journalism r - s at Perquimans Ilih. School, fl members "of t'ie school's Jiews r staff, attended the Vir, ; - an Pilot Newspaper Seminar at j ; folk Division of .William and " College Saturday. Repre s siting tlie local school were Lois Violet V'inslow, Janice fStitlHnirs, Air ? V.! 'te, Annette Procter and Wii: n T!,o 9 1 i "r-y tho serriinar s on makeup, foa hoadlines, photo .inff. The stu j at lumh hy -1 r -.r A I I. I i , -1 : Pmijpj Pllftp UUIIIIIIlOOlUll UIVCO B . BB . ," - l fintCr fll!Snll'1JP If lllltil 'UUIItfUUJ li Jt I lit : UlUlw 1 ,11 1 I. The State Highway Commission has announced winter: ipetyting schedules 'of the Manns Harbor. Roanoke Island (Croatan Sound), Alligator River and Oregon Inlet ferries which are operated toll free by he Commission. Tne schedules went into effect Saturday, October 1, 1955, and will continue through May 31, 1956. - , Only one ferry boat wifl be as signed and used at each crossing' during the winter. r i Service on the Croatan . Sound crossing, which takes SO t o 45 minutes, has been ; reduced from the summer high ef 20 trips to 11. Comfortable travel time, including: ferry crossing from Roanoke Island to Manns Harbor and' thence ly Highway .64, is 1 hour, 10 minutes. However, the Alligator, River and Croatan Sound schedules are based on 1 hour, 40 minutes round trips. This gives the average motorist 30 minutes leeway to make the driv ing connection from East Lake to Manns Harbor. The highway "dis tance from East Lake to Manns Harbor is. 1 miles. " Ferries can cross Alligator River and Croatan Sound from 35 to' 45 minutes; this includes loading and unloading on both, sides.. A state-operated ferry under the Winter t schedule will leave Manns Harbor at 6:20 A. MI, 8:00, 9:40r 11:20, 1:00 P. M., 2:40, 4:20, 6:00, 7:40, 9:20 nd. 11:00. The ferry 1 leaves Roanoke Island daily at 6:30 A. M 7:10, 8:50, 1Q:30, 12:10 P. M 1:50, 8:30, 5:10, 6:50, 8:30 and, 10:30. This sched ule is based on a ' time lapse be tween ;, leaving Roanoke Island, crossing on the Croatan Sound fer. ry to Manns Harbor and driving 14! mijes on U. S. 64 to East Lake. ' The Alhgatoi1 ' River 1 ferry, be tween ...Sandy Point in r Tyrrell County and East Lake in Dare County;-on U..S. 64 will 'make eight trips from 5 :30 A. M. to 6 :00 P, M. daiSy. The ferry will leave East Lake-, at 5,:30 A. M.i 7:10, 8:50, 10:30, 12:10 P. M., 1:50, 8:80 arid 5;10. The ferry will leave Sandy, Point at 6:20 A. M., 8:00, 9:40, 11:20, liOO P. M., 2:40, 4:20 and 6:09 P. M. The time lapse be tween leavirg Sandy Poinf in Tyr rell Counts', crossing i A!igator River to East Lake, and driving 14 miles on U. S. 64 ir.d ?,Ci to Kamis Harbor i ' ' ", 0 ' i. i:ev ;C,e- (" Hertford, Variety Mere; ' bit- t.a, .''erquimans Recorder' Court had a bus session, last Tuesday, dis oslngVof, 19 cases v listed on the jcourt docket . .Traffic cases made up the majority v of the docket heard by Judge' Chas. E. Johnson. Costs of court and fines, as in dicated, ; were taxed , against the following defendants, all of whom entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding: . '" ' . Eugene Harper $5, Henry Pa quiri f2, James Batiks, Milton Ca hoon, Stanley Barfoot and Robert Calabrese. Virgil Millet' entered a -plea , of guilty to charges of driving drunk and paid a fine of 100 and costs of court. - i.' Costs of court were iassessed against Osie Cooper,, who submit ted to charges of passing a vehicle unlawfully. ... ; - William Dempsey, Negro, paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. Gilbert Respess,,. charged with failure to yield the right-of-way, entered a plea of guilty and paid the court costs. Willie Samuel and Gene Giles, Negroes, entered pleas of guilty to charges of driving without a 11 cense, sentences of six days in jail were meted out to each de fendant Phillip Taylor was found guilty of driving to the left of a center line on a highway. He was order ed to pay a fine of $25 and costs; , Chester Vickery was found guil ty on charges of larceny and reck. less driving. He was fined $25 and court costs, Jimmie, Queen was found not guilty on charges of larceny." -1 A.fine of $2 and costs were taxed against Henry ' Downing,. '.Negro, charges of being dnink on a high way.''1 Lillian Riddick, : Negro, was found guilty on charges of assault Vith a1 deadly weapon. ' She was given a 60-day jail sentence to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $50 and costs and the condition she remain- away from the Savoy for two years. Lother Griese and Paul Waters were found guilty of attempted larceny, trespassing and destruc tion of property. They were or dered to pay fines of $50 pach, the sum of $10 to Oliver Elliott and the costs of court. District Sunday School Meeting Planned Sunday ' A Chowan Associational Sunday School meeting will be held at the Hertford Baptist Church: Sunday! afternoon, October 30, beginning at 3 o'clock, jt is announced by Sup erintendent 'Charlie Vann.; AID Sunday School officials are urged to attend. D. P. Brooks, Associate Sunday School. Secretary of the N. C. Bap tist State Convention, will deliver the -main address. He will also conduct a conference for Sunday School superintendents; 1 v There will also be a conference for all Sunday School officers and teactiers led by the following Asso ciational leaders Young People Rev. pon J-ryor. Intermediates Mrs. "Frank Barnes, Jr. ;. . . Juniors Mrs. O.'M. Blanchard. Primary Miss Shirley McLean. Beginners Miss Rachel Grang er. , ; - . . , Nursery Mrs. J. Leslie Harrell. . Cradle Roll Mrs. L. C. Chand ler. ' ' 1 "... ' ExteifBion Department Mrs. G. S. Bell. ' , ' . 'y- ' " . DINNER MEETING The Jmerican Legion and the Legion Auxiliary of the William Paul Stallihgs Post No. 126 will have a joint dinfter 'meeting at Brown's Restaurant on Thursday, November 3, at .6:30 P. M. ,' - , Those planning to 'attend please not :y .Its. tlartts loWe ot Julmn Before ., i 1 . J . . ! Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, Of Cases Recorder Diggers Named To, : District EA Office 3. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Perquimans County Schools,' -was elected president of the Superin tendents' Division of the Northeast District of th UCEA at the annual meeting held last Friday at Green ville. The district headed by Mr. Biggers is composed of 22 counties in Northeast North Carolina. ' " Other officers of the Superinten dents' Division named at the meet ing were J. H. Moore of Pasquo tajik County, ' vice president, and H, L. Joslyn of Carteret County, secretary-treasurer.' PTAGroupsTa'ting Weekly Renewals Throughout County Members of ,the Parent-Teacher Association of the Hertford Gram mar School and Central Grammar School are now acting as subscrip tion agents for The Perquimans Weekly, seeking renewals to your home-county newspaper, and will. continue this drive to raise funds for the next four weeks. :'t The groups are working , inde pendently of each other, in a drive to heflp raise funds for school equip. men t usually furnished by. PTA The Perquimans Weekly is paying each group a substantial commis sion on all subscriptions sold, am subscribers' who renew their, sub scriptions through the PTA will be helping the local schools and at the same ; time they - are paying Jfof their home 'newspaper; for another AH- subscriptions taken bythe PTA will be marked up at the-end of the present expiration of the subscribers. Thus if a subscriber's paper, expires January 1, the renew al given a PTA member will run from January to January the fol lowing year. , Each street in Hertford and each community in the county has a PTA representative seeking re newal subscriptions and subscrib ers are urged to cooperate by giv ing their renewals to the solicitors calling at the individual home. No notices of expirations wiill be sent to subscribers following the closfi of the PTA drive, However, subscriptions which have expired by that time will be discontinued. . If . you have not renewed your subscription ' as yet do so today through a member of the PTA. Rotariansllear Talk On Alaska ' Miss LaRue Chappell, who re returned here after a 14 cently months stay in Alaska, wag the program guest at this week's meet ing of the Hertford Rotary Club. . Miss Chappell, who went to Alas ka' with her parents, told, of the motor trip from the United States, relating the route taken was the Alcan Highway, of which more than' 800 .miles was dirt road and very dusty. Price of gasoline along the route, at places, was as high as 72 cents per gallon. People in Alaska, Miss Chappell said, -are very airmindedV with most people owning planes rather than automobiles. Prices are high er1, for all commodities than here but wages' are paid in proportion to prices. . . .. At Anchorage, where she dived, Miss Chappell said : daylight is constant from mid-April until Oc tober except late at night when the i)ky gets a bijt haiy.-The situation reverses from October to mid-April when it stays dark most of the time except for a few hours about mid-day, vY:-k' A; ';;.'-, v: 'r' There is; some farming Jn the area, she' related,, with vegetables being; te jnain crops. Residents engage in hunting and fishing also, with the fur business being an im portant Industry. ' -' Miss Chappell was Introduced to the dub by Julian C.'Powelll, pro gram chairman for the meeting1. , i iEastlTuesay S ' ' ', J .41 UNITED GREETING Artist Antonio li. Pablo, 3, cover which he has designed tor the i. r,a,. Christmas card. Uruguayan-born Frasconi designed the greeting in New York City . Flags of the United Nations surround a polar projection of the world, symbol of the United Nations "Season's Greetings," in five languages, will be imprinted within the folded card. -Proceeds of card sales will go to U.N.'s Children's Fund. '""""- -."------ --i--i-nnr n iriruuum iul-lh r.-ij- L.n I THIS WEEK'S I i ulhiii iriLV i IILHUUHLO Residents of he Saar, an indus trial region which has been a prob lem between France and Germany for years, have rejected by popular vote a proposal the area become an independent state under trustee ship of a Western Europe Union, and voiced an opinion, the region return to Germany. The Saar has had a semi - independent status since the end of World War II, un- der French occupation, and the re. HultS'f nhe- election bjHfceVpeapte are expected to lead to further dif ficulties between Germany and France, Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced Tuesday the government may start buying pork and lard in an effort to bolster the prices on these farm products. The an nouncement came following a re port by . the ' Agriculture Depart ment of a further decline in prices of farm products. . A freakish storm whirled up the east coast Monday causing at least seven deaths and severe property damage. Weather of. ficials stated winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour were felt in areas in Jersey and New York. Rains accompanied the wind but not sufficient to cause additional floods which, visited the area sev eral weeks ago. : Prsident . Eisenhower," following j his strict recovery routine, walked Tuesday for the first' time since his heart attack September' 24. Re ports from Denver state the Presi dent is expected - to - fly east in about ' two weeks, and has been assuming more work. as each day passes. ' . Winners Named Winners in a Fire Prevention Poster contest, sponsored during Fire Prevention Week by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Com merce among students of the sixth and seventh grades of Hertford Grammar ' School . and . Central . Grammar School, were announced -this week by the contest commit tee composed of Francis Nixon and Charles Skinner, Jr. .- . . ' ! : Thirty-six posters were entered in the contest, the committee re ported, and the judges had a diffl? cult time in selecting the winners as all of the entries were termed very good., - , Prizes offered in the contest were awarded the winners at chapel ex ercises held at the schools with. first prize of five dollars going to Kathryn Bonner, second prizes of three dollars went to Mary Lee Ward an Catherine1 Cay ton, who tied for; second ' place,; and third prize of two dollars went to Roland Tripp. V Honorable mention was won by Linda Bass, ' , ' ' i In Jaycee Contest S WEEKLY ' October 28, 1955 iGracie EasonWeds ! Shirley Riddick Miss Gracie Lee Eason, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eason, of Belvidere, and Shirley Riddick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Riddick of Hobbsville, were quietly mairied Thursday evening, October 13, at Hertford by Justice of the Peace T. E. Raper at his home. The bride wore a dress of win ter white flannel with navy acces sories and a pink carnation corsage. She was a member of the high school graduating das? last spring and since then has been employed at Elizabeth City. vf I i l.iiUi hi' n 1 " & ) : .i Area Meeting Of VSCS To Be Held In Edenton Church At 10 o'clock Monday morning, October 31, the Edenton Methodist Church will be host to Methodist women and Methodist pastors from the five counties of Hertford, Gates, Chowan, . Perquimans and Pasquotank. The occasion will be a sub-district meeting of the Wo men's Society of Christian Service. The women attending will repre sent local units of the society throughout the area. Entertain ment provided by the local, church will includes lunch. The meeting will last until around 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Guest speaker for the gathering will be Mrs. W. B. Landrum of Lit; tie Rock, Arkansas, and New York City, who is a field worker for the Woman's Division of Christian Ser vice of the Methodist Church. Widely traveled throuphout the world, Mrs. Landrum only recent ly returned from Hawaii. wher "h" witnessed the work bein rarr!"' on there by Methodism's Division She assisted in the Island's first school of missions and Christian Service and visited every Metho dist church in Hawaii. Mrs. Landrum'g wide erpr'"' in Methodist Women's work hai come through, active particination in l;he program of her local and through offices she has held at the District, Conference, and Juris ' dictional levels) in addition to mem bership on the General Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church. So noteworthy is her Christian witness, Mrs, Landrum is being presented in two other meetings of particular interest to Edenton. Representatives of the local Metho dist Youth Fellowship will attend a youth rally where she is to speak on Tuesday, November 1, at the First Methodist Church of Eliza beth City. The rally runs from 6:30 to 8:30, At 7 o'clock Wednes. day evening, November- 2, men from the Edeoton church will join Methodist men from throughout the Elizabeth City area to hear a mes sage from Mrs. Landrum. This will take 'place also, at the First Metnodist ' Church 1 of Elwaboth City.. ' ', County Names ASG Committeemen To Direct Prog -4 County Has Five Exhibit Winners Five Perquimans County resi- dents were awarded premium rib- bons for exhibits at the State Fair last week, according to announce- tiaTlea l- "ogerson, Jr.; vice 'ment by Fair officials.- chairman, Harold H. Copeland; I . . . regular member, Rudolph Perry: The local winners were Mrs. A. . ,x . J, . n V. j ,7. , . ... , .. . first alternate, Estes 0. Copeland, fc. Layden, first, canned fish; sec-' j . . . . .. - j i-i. i-.u-I j , .second alternate, Linford L. Win. ond relish exhibit, canned tomatoes, gQW third, pear pickle; Jo Anne Mat- , . . thews, first, canned peaches, sec-i :" " ond,' canned strawberries; .Mrs.inakppr "!"e--ir-n. Perry L Howard Matthews, second, canned Winslow: re-uTar m-mbr Elmer peaches, third, canned soup; Mrs. Lassiter: fit alternate TVs ns,k... Q,ii, 1.-1-J Winslow; wH. V table cloth; Mrs. Amy Thompson, ird canned okra. yrt ! TA Be?rs State Patrolman Program On Safety With Mrs. John Hurdle presid ing, the PTA of Perquimans Cen tral Grammar School held its regu lar monthly meeting Monday evening, October 24, at 8 o'clock. "America, the Beautiful" was sung at the opening of the meet- ing. The Whiteston community had the program, with, Mrs. William Winslow leading. The theme "Free From Physical Hazard" was;use4 Mrs. Orvaj Dillon gave an mspir- mg devotion, using , the 133rd Dnm tu u w m i, Psalm. The hymn "Glory For Me u ,., J ... was beautifully eredby .1 quartet including .Mrs , Ward Russett-'Baker ,: an M.. Arthie White, accompanied ' at the piano by Mrs. R. Ralph White. Patrolman Roland Tripp gave a very iteresting and educational talk on "Highway Safety and School Bus Transportation," stress ing the importance of changing the attitude of licensed drivers and the need of a thorough educational pro gram as a means of reducing the shocking rate of fatalities caused by automobile accidents. Also, he pointed out the necessity of educat ing children in the proper proced ure of getting on and off school buses, as this is the point at which mure ittLiii uix-iueiits occur. During the business session the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. J. Van Roach, and were approved as read. i A letter from the State president, I Mrs. Hazel Crawford, with regard to choosing a location for the new 'State headquarters building, was I Homecoming will be observed at read and a vote was taken to de-j Perquimans High School Friday oif termine betwrpn the cities of Ra. ' this week with the Perquimans leigh, Greensboro or Gibsonville as Columbia football game Friday the desired location of the new mo-hf; rlimaxing the activities, building. Raleigh was the unani- A 'flt"ro of the homecoming mous choice. nm- will be th "-,- o The President expressed her an. "" f-w'mam of "SS.'.'.-the preciation for the fine ir ' cooneration "hown by tb M"mVr in the district meetin" wh)h held at PCCOS O-t- ) . W T "'as apno"r,i,"rt t"' " '" ' ' '- M 1.1. - than 8 PM. K mrd of bTiVi woe rood from . fl n".,V made: Mrs. Palnh Harrll ' there would be a sio"-)-rf'- . i the school on November Yi t-t with each church hav nrr number The association will s.i! subscriptions to the Perquimans m t.. , , . i. Bray stated that there had been two study groups held, one at Chapanoke and one at SnowHill. Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Jr., an nounced that Chapanoke will have charge of the program for next month with Mrs.-Lorenzo Elliott in charge. "What Is, Happening to Education T" will be the topic : Mrs. Atha Tunnell's room receiv ed the attendance banner with 48 per cent present. ' - A period of recreation led by Mrs. Pauline Webb , was enjoyed with Thomas Butt and Roland Tripp taking part, 5WitsPerCop In the ASC committee election last week, farmers of Perquimans County elected five men to serve as 1 community ASC committeemen, Taking office November 1, will, U Belvidere community, chairman, P- mite- l Bethel, chairtnir Hobbs; vice-chi!rmr' RtaHlin-s: re?"'"r 7 - R. Sawyer; first alternate,. Joe v, Whit" Hertford chai-m"-- r?i"'l V Williams: vice-chairman. Clarence L. Dail; regular member, FreeJand,' Elliott: first alternate. Johnnie Howell: second alterr-ate Ion's G- ' Howell. v New Hope, chairman, Carson D. Spivey; vice-chairman, Rav Morse; resrular member, Nathan C Spivey; first alternate, Belven rairo: sec. mA alternate. Ralnh Harrell VMXe chairman, Johnnie A. Bray; vice-chairman, J. Lawrence'" Perry; regular member, W. Hay-, war(j Smith; first alternate, Percy V l Winslow; Bethel alternate, Er-.'. nest W Long i 1 " Alg0- tt jollowing men e,ected M aIternJlte . .. .. . . delegates to attend the county con. J? n i .j m. i Hi, t, vention: Belvidere, Charles1 T: Rog- . Jf , Mte, Harold H. c land NicaW,Uster,J Baker w.iiTSi" i w-Afc. wilt UVhllVl) illlUlU U( ilVUUO O'lU ternate, . William A. Stallings; Hertford, Carroll R. Williams and 'alternate, Clarence- L; Dail; New Hope, Carson D. Spivey and alter.1 nate, Ray Morse; Parkville," John nie A. Bray and alternate J. Law rence Perry. The county convention will be held Thursday, October 27, at the Agricultural Building in Hertford at 2 P. M. Delegates elected to at, tend the County Convention will -have the responsibility of electing a county committee to administer the ASC programs in Perquimans County for 1956 Homecoming Game .,,i,,,f!!,-' this wreoV a nYionrri 1 Ka mn m fit ' WK.n of ; the final of t vember 18. Morehead City, sched. uled to play here jj U for h,, championsh!p. mi 4 Mplacement 8ecured m 'vf. , t una uot on uie rerauunana schedule. Sin&rsperation At Cedar Grove Church ; A singsperation will be held at Cedar Grove Methodist Church Sunday night, October 80, with, tlie five church choirs of the Perquim ans' charge presenting special f sic. The public is invited to . tend, ' " ' t Here Friday Night
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