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; :Ji:d2' PERQUIMANS WEEKLY '; r . 1 " ii ii ii i m i .i ., i j , , ,, i ,. i Volume XXIII. Ntunberl4. 'Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 6, 1956. 5 Cents Per Copy Board Of Elections 7f orts Far Short Of Goal ; - - " ' ; - - ' 1 Rep Ebu More :)- Will'" TERRIERTBite of the USS Boston is worse than hen bark. The world's first guided missile -eruuer, she's shown. launching a "Terrier" guided missife during Caribbean exercises Navy spokes men say shell, join U.S. Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean waters during the latter part of the year Four Jail Handed On Tli!S,S HEADLINES Tornadoes, ripping through mid western, states on Monday and Tuesday, killed 45 persons and in jured many otiters. Michigan re ported 20 killed from a stornuwhich struck near Grand ' Rapids Tues day ' Other states hit by storms In cluded Kentucky, Indiana, Wiscon sin,' Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Property damages from the 'tornadoes 'was estimated as high.1 " - t . 63-year-old woman was ac - cused of setting five small fires in the White House where she visited qn 'Tuesday? A -Washington report said the. firPB wcr" quickfr &xtw guighed . nnO-ausert only" frjW dumurp:' f ?i Awoman was taken in ' 9).V guaW1 -. , v .s - ,' j A Norfolk Grand Jury has indict ed Miss Minnie Mangum and charg ed her with embezzling more than $2,800,000 from a building and Joan association where she worked for 28 years. A number of civil suits have been started in Norfolk'courts aimed at recovering a large part of the money which officials allegel Miss Mangum gave to friends and relative. Trials Early returns in the Wisconsin . primary election, held Tuesday, showed Republicans giving Presi- - dent Eisenhower more votes than was cast by Democrats favoring Senator Kefauver as1 the Democrat ic presidential nominee. . Kefauver was unopposed Jn the primary in : which he sought the Wisconsin delegates to the national eonven : tlon. John Chappie, a" favorite-soni candidate, opposed the President in the GOP race. 1 , Quick action ij expected on the .ut . . . " ...... wviig.vm .v.. . - venes this week following tin Eas . ter recess. Washington' reports f state a presidential veto of the bill rami hill nrhan r .nmtiaaa ,: Kuinn. . may follow if the measure calls for ! rigid support prices. todOfEfcedbn .....iwW 'Appointment of a District 'School Committee- to act on' election - of principals and teachers for the next school terra was made at the April meeting of the Board of Education held Tuesday night in the office of the school' superintendent. . I Named to this district committee Were i Edmund ''S.-' White, Clinton Eley and E;Q. 'White. ' Additiohai plans for construction of the King Street School and Hert ford urammaf School were consio ' ed by the" Board, and ii; was re ted tentative arrangements now i si for contracts to be let on this ( instruction about the last week in "ay. ' - - EASTERN STAR BITTING ' ; a Tertrjrd Chapter of the n f r "1 hold its regular - -1 at 8 Sentences Out After Tuesday Four defendants drew . jail sen tences following trials in Perquim ans Recorder's Court this week be fore Judge Chas. E. Johnson. : Vasti Privott, Negro, found guil ty of charges of driving drunk, was ordered to serve a six months sen tence. The sentence was to be sus pended upon payment of a fine of $200 and costs and $400 foe, the use of Hank Christgau, whose car was damaged by Privott. Perry Parker, Negro, found guil ty on charges of assault with deadly weapon was given a 90-day sentence, same to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $75 and costs of court. Bray Lindsey, Negro, was found guilty on charges of larceny. , He was sentenced to jail for 60 days, the sentence to be suspended upon payment of a fine of 125 and costs Jof court, and the sum of $19. to f $e paid' to Emmanuel Miller, N-' 'iro. tt'..it V mw,&&jik ;fth- be- ing diijhk, entered a plea of guilty. He was given a,30-day sentence, to be suspended upon condition he be of good behavior for 12 months. However, a suspended 00 day sen tence previously ordered was revok ed and tnV defendant ordered to serve this sentence. William Johnson, Negro, paid a fine of $2 and costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of being drunk on the streets of Hertford. 'Six defendants entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and eacn paid the costs of courts and fines as indicated following their names; Mainhard Moorman, Thom as Davidson, James Johnsey, Aug ust 'Swindell $2, Rosemary Haines, and George E. Baker $10. Held Last Friday Under the depths, hid away in Neptune's Court, the Junior Class Of Perquimans County . High School, entertained the Senior Class at a prom on Friday, March 23, un der the direction of Mrs. Joann Stallings, Junior sponsor. ; Fish nets were draped across the doorway filled with small artificial fish and beautiful colored pink and blue moss. . Waitresses dressed as mermaids greeted the guests and escorted them to a table, The mer maids were Kay Matthews, Jean Keel, Jane Keel, Nancy Lane, Pat sy Elliott, Deborah Nixon and El vira White. Fish nets were draped around the walls of the gym and fish of as. sorted colors were hung from the canopy. : Pink and blue moss and acqua balloons were entwined in the fish nets, On one side was a huge mural of a mermaid on a rock surrounded by. deep - sea animals and fish. , , ; - Lending atmosphere to the dahCe floor was a moss covered rock with bubbles shooting from beneath the rock. In one corner was a pirate's den. This consisted of a treasure chest filled with many jewels along side an old battered and broken sunken ship. Cafe style ta'..' s were arranged around t'-.e ''?m6 T or ai were State Tax Official Here On April 9-10 J. E. Rogers, Deputy Collector for the State Department of Rev enue, will be in Hertford on Mon day and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, for the purpose of assisting lobal residents in filing 'State income and intangible tax retuVns. April 15 is the deadline for fil ing tax returns with the federal and state departments. For those who have not yet filed their re turns' and desire assistance in fil ling out the forms Mr. Rogers will be located at the municipal building next Monday and Tuesday. Indians Drop Game To Edentdn 10-7; Play Ahoskie Friday , The baseball team of Perquimans High School will play the strong Ahoskie outfit here in Hertford on Friday afternoon with game time set for 2 o'clock" Coach Ike Perry I naid. . ' ' v'".' , Perquimans will be out to cop its fftst,. Albemarle- Conference game of. rfa season, after losing to; the Edehton AeeS last Tuesday. The Perquimans - Wilbamttoh'g a, hi e, scheduled for last Thursday after noon Was rained out arid wiil.be played at a later date.? ' 'The Indians, after winning-three pre-conference. contests, traveled to Edenton last Tuesday and lost by score of 10-7. Errors proved to be costly for the Perquimans team which was unable to overcome five-run deficit in the" 5th inning, Ted Chappell, southpaw ace for the Indians, went the route against Edenton giving up seven hits while Ehiminizer was the winning pitch er for the Aces. He gave up 11 hits to the Indians but had better backing from his teammates in holding down Perquimans score. Perquimans gained a 4-3 lead in the second inning but the Aces knotted the count by scoring in the third. ; Five runs added in the fourth sewed up - the verdict for Edenton, although the Indians ral lied-to score three in the sixth. The Aces made their final run in the sixth inning. . . , Ruins Of School Sold On Saturday. The ruins of the Hertford Gram mar School was sold last 'Saturday at public auction for. the sum of $25. The sale is subject to approv al of the Board of Education and the condition the purchaser post a $1,000 performance boond guaran teeing removal of the debris.': Les ter Keel was the successful bidder at the sale. Under the terms of the sale the purchaser has - until September 1 to remove the ruins and level the ground. - Report Is Given ( i On gale Of Seals VM A belated report on the sale of Christmas Seals in Perquimans County was released this week by the District TB Association and showed Perquimans County citizens contributed $1,650.36 to this fund drive. Total collections for the four county district amounted to' $10, 594.89, less State participation in the amount of $2,116.98 , CIRCLE TO MEET . -1 The Mary Towe Circle will meet Monday night, April 0, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Martin Towe, with Mrs. Elizabeth Skipsny as co- hoftess. t Office With only eight days remaining for individuals to file their candi - dacy for county offices with the Perquimans Board of Elections, R. C Murray, chairman of the Board reported Tuesday activity in , his office had picked up during the past week with four candidates fil ing intentions to seek office at the Democratic primary to be held May 26. Noon, Saturday,April 14, is the deadline for filing Mr local offices at stake in the primary election this year, Mr. Murray said. Filing as candidates during the past week were Julian C. Powell who will be seeking re-election to the office of Register of Deeds, i Three members of the Board of County Commissioners, William C, Chappell, R. L. Spivey and Warner Madretalso announced they - will seek re-election as Commissioners; Each of these officials filed as can-i didates on last Monday. j Thus far, little interest is bet ng manifested in the coming elec tion. There are no contested races to date, and few indications of any which might develop. In addition to the above named candidates, those who have filed for office include William Copeland of Murfreesboro and Elton Aydlett of Elisabeth City, seeking office as State 'Senators from this district; Chas. E. Johnson, who is seeking re-election as recorder's judge; D- Reed, Jr., for county treasurer; George Caddy, Delvin Eure and H. N. Nixon, who seek membership on the Board of Education. Fire Destroys Barn AndLivectccktLoss Estimated $10, Central PTAIn t Meeting Tuesday America, the Beautiful was sung at the opening of the Per quimans Central PTA held Tues day night, April 3 in the school auditorium. The Belvidere com munity had charge of the program, "Healthy Children Are Happy Children," with Mrs. Harold White, leader. Thomas. Butt, gave the de votional, selecting verses from both the Old and New Testaments, which in some way related to health. He then led in prayer. "The Nail-Scar-' red Hand" was beautifully render-! ed by a quartet consisting of Mrs. Charlie ..'.Chappell, Mrs. Quinton Stallings, Mrs.,;. Lassell Chappell! and 'Mrs. Arnold Chappell, -accom-; panied at the piano by- Mrs.. Rus sell Chappell.; Thomas Maston gave some facts about the medical aspects of tuber culosis found in the film, "The In side Story,'? which was shown to the Association. .. The minutes of the February meeting were read by the secre tary, Mrs. J. Van Roach and ap proved as read, v i It was decided that the next meeting wit! be held April 30 and that the time will be changed from 7:30 to 8:00 P. M, The program "Arts and Crafts For Fun," will be given by the Woodville com munity, with Mrs. Graham Wood, leader. Ti.",.'i'vWl"!.-' For having a. 100 per cent mem bership-the. local group received the Gold Seal and- the - president an nounced that the State Headquar ters building will be lit 'Raleigh, i A , .nominating committee; com posed of . Mrs. Frank Bray; Mrs. Thomas Butt and Mrs, Arvin Hud son, was elected to name officers for next year. Mrs. Atha Tunnell's room won the attendance banner for the month. , . ' . SUNDAY SERVICES Church School will be conducted at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at 9:45 A. M Sunday, April 8. There will be no service at 11 A. M., due to the absence of the. rec tor. Paul Shirltz. Candidate I ' Guest At Rotary Meeting Tuesday Hertford Rotarians were given a brief sketch of life in Argentina at their meeting Tuesday when Ernes to Ezquer, a Rotary Exchange stu dent now studying at Wake Forest College, was a guest of the local club. "I am thrilled and am enjoying my stay in the United States," Er nesto said, "but I miss the oppor tunity to buy 25 cent steak dinners which are available in Argentina." He said living conditions in the U. S. and his, native country were similar but one difference is lux uries, such as automobiles, are very costly in Argentina while necessi ties, such as food are very cheap. Argentina is located in the southern part of 'South America and has a population of about 17 million. Almost one-third of the residents live in the capital city of Buenos Aires, and the economy of the nation is chiefly agriculture, al though in recent years Argentina has developed considerable indus try. "The government of Argentina," Ehesto said, "is also similar to the United States with both federal and local governments. The Pro vinces which make up the nation (Continued on Page Five) A fire of undetermined origin re sulted in, a loss estimated between eight and ten thousand dollars at the farm of Archie T. Lane, about 8 miles from Hertford on the Cen ter Hill road at about 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. . The blaze destroyed a barn 54 by 64 feet and burned some 40-odd pigs, 1,000 bushels of corn, three steers, two mules and a large quantity of hay which was stored in the barn. Hertford Fire Department was called to the scene but the fire, fanned by high winds, had gained such headway firemen were unable to save the building, but did con tain the flames to the one struc ture ' Tlifl husrS nile of corn stored in the barn continued to buAi through most of the day Wednesday. Fire men remained at the scene for a number of hours as a precaution against the winds spreading these flames to adjacent buildings. It is believed the fire started near a corn shelling machine which was in operation at the time. The loss was partially covered by insure ance. The Fire Department was also called to Woodville - Wednesday morning to extinguish a tree which had caught fire, and which was creating a traffic hazard. No dam age resulted frpm this fire, it was reported. - - - . ; Local Firm Is Now Incorporated Virgil B. Sutton has announced hat his firm, operating under the name of Ciilligan Albemarle Water Conditioning 'Service, has been in corporated under the laws Of North Sirolina and is now operating in 4 Albemarle section. Named Secretary- State Association . Charles Harrell, president of the Harrell Gas A Coal Company of Hertford, has been elected secre tary to the N. C. L.P. Gas Asso ciation, it was reported here this week. Mr. Harrell will assume his duties in the association next Sep tember. ExchangeStudent 000 HARVEST TIME The pay's good while it lasts about $1,000 an hour. Natives of Fampatar on the Venezuelan island of Margarita net a twice-yearly haul as schools of bonita make their migratory runs past the island. The average catch of about 6,000 fish lakes three liours to Liing in. Price received for each fish represents o.ii,:c lely 50 cents in American money. CountyBoardHears Financial Monday's Financial operations for Per quimans County for the first nine months of the fiscal year, which closed last Saturday, are we'll with in the budget adopted by the Board of Commissioners last Juifc, accord ing to a financial report made to the Commissioners during their1 meeting on Monday by Max Camp-' bell, County Accountant. Income received by the County,.,,. fh,irnllDrhfa, Nn Hl.to W during the first nine months of this HHcai year amoiinieu 10 f,uini.u, while ' expenditures' totaled' $227,- 290.84. Barik balances for the i 1- 1LJ l,. Kji' various i unas oi uie county on lasi Saturday amounted to $111,123.24. According to the report, approxi mately 80 per cent of the 1955 tax levy has been collected, the amount being $112,136.13. The Board, on motion passed, or dered Sheriff J. K. White to ad vertise all delinquent 1955 taxes for sale during the month of June and to sell the same on the first Monday in July. The order also instructed the sheriff to levy against all unpaid personal proper ty taxes during the same period of time. A delegation of residents of Parkville Township appeared be fore the Board and requested Bapr ley Swamp and Bright's Mill Creek be included in any drainage pro jects which may be adopted'by the County under plans now being con sidered in cooperation with the Of fice of Civil Defense. Mrs. Etta Turner of New Hope was elected to membership on the County Library Board, to fill, a va cancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. L. J. Winslow. The Commissioners adopted resolution verifying the results of the special bond election, held on March 24, and thus paved the way for issuance of bonds in the amount of $125,000 for assisting in con struction of a new school build ing here. Bids are being received by the Board for installation of a new heating system in the agriculture building but action on this matter was tabled pending receipt of addi tional bids. Limited Supply Of Vaccine Available The Health Department has re ceived another limited supply of po lio vaccine which will be given to children on a first come,, first ser ved basis, it was announced by Dr. B. B. McGuire last Friday. Inoculations will be given at the Hertford Health Center on Tues days from 2 to 3 P. M., and on Thursdays from 1 to 5 P. M.' CLASS TO MEET . ; :.; . . . . The Judson Memorial Class, of the Hertford Baptist Church will meet Tuesday, April 10, at 8 o'clock at theome of Mrs. T. P. 'Byrum.i All members are urged to attend. Repor t At Meeting Street Department Taking Down Trees Employees of Hertford Street Department are busy this week re moving a number of trees from the right-of-way along Dobb Street in preparation of a project to be start- ed later on which includes instal lnt.inn nf ut'h unrl criittra u Inner ,)een g(?t for 8taing Mf project according to Mayor V. Darden. Ljt.l U Story Rites Held Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Susan Davis Story, age 79, died Friday night at 10:30 o'clock at the home near Parksvflle after an illness of one week. 'She was a native and life long resident of Perquimans County and the Parks villo community; daughter of the late James and Mary Brothers Da vis; wife of the late Thomas C. Story and a member of the Oak Grove Methodist Church. She is survived by five daugh ters, Mrs. Kva Higgins and Mrs. Roliert Russell, both of Parksville, Mrs. Moses White of Elizabeth City, Route 3, Mrs. Archie Bar cliff of Portsmouth, Va,, and Mrs. W. S.'Chaffin, Jr., of South Mills; four sons, Paton P. Story of Pitts burgh, Pa., Simon Story of Eliza beth City, Route 3, Thomas C. Story, Jr., of Parksville and Ger ald Augustus Story of Avenel, N. J.; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Lane of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Annie Fer- rell of Parksville; one brother, James D. Davis of Elizabeth City; 40 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The remains were carried from the Twiford Funeral Home in Hertford to the Oak Grove Meth odist Church where funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by the Rev. Earl R. Meekins, pastor, assisted by the Rev. D. B. Cruise, pastor of the People's Methodist Church.- A solo, "I'd Rather Have Jesus," was sung by the Hev. Cruise. The church choir, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye", accompanied at the piano by Miss Mildred Ann Lewis. ; The casket was covered with a pall of red roses, white mums, Eas ter lilies and fern. Pallbearers were Haywood Rus sell, Clinton Russell, Thomas Rus sell, Ralph Higgins, Barney Hig gins and Leslie Spindler. Burial followed In plot near Parksville. the family . . MASONSTO MEET ' The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Elijah White, masterKrgs all members to be present Perquimans County's 1356 Red' Cross fund raising campaign has netted only $331 thus far, according to Mrs. Jack Burbage, drive chair man, who announced the roll call has been extended for two weeks to permit solicitors to complete the canvass of the county in an effort to meet the 1956 goal of $1,400. An exceedingly large number of solicitors have yet to make reports of contributions collected, and the chapter officials are hopeful the prospects of the county reaching its quota will appear brighter when a majority of these reports are turned over to the chairman. Although; officially, the Red Cross drive was expected to come to a close the last of March, the local campaign, off to a late start, is being extended to give each so licitor the opportunity to contact all the people within the territory and offering these individuals the privilege of joining the Red Cross and helping the county meet its 1956 goal. The $331 in contributions report ed to date, according to Mrs. Bur bage, has come entirely from the business district of Hertford. She urges all solicitors to make a con centrated effort between now and April 14 to canvass their territory - and make reports on membership enrollment The campaign committee desires to bring the county drive to a close on April 14 and urges all workers to complete their tasks on or be fore a week from next Saturday. County Valuation Of Property About Property valuations in Perquim ans County for the 1956 tax year are running about the same . as were listed last year, according to Julian C. Powell, County Tax Su pervisor. Unofficial figures compiled by Mr. Powell since the closing of the tax listing period on January 31 shows the tentative total valuation for 1956 as being $7,948,013 as compared to $7,921,214 for the pre vious year. This sum does not in clude corporation property which is listed with the State Board of As sessment. Property owned by ''-- - 3 -e resi dents of the county showpd 'i in crease of $36,668 in 1956 over 1955, while valuation of property owned by Negro residents showed a de crease of $9,869. The preliminary valuation fig ures were released by Mr. Powell as follows: New Hope No. 1 ... $1,236,765 Belvidere No 1 . , 1,084,597 Bethel No. l.', . 656,423 Parkville No. 1 1,544,284 Hertford No. 1.; . 2,519,077 New Hope No. 2 160,487 Belvidere No. 2 115,980 Bethel No. 2 ;' 166,187 Parkville No. 2. 183,897 Hertford No. 2 280,316 Final figures on the roluation of county property, including corpora tion property is expected to exceed, by a small margin, the total of eight million dollars. - ' Demonstration On Paint Is Scheduled Choosing the proper shades of paint for a home, either interior or exterior, can be a difficult-task in operation "Spring Clean-Up", ac cording to Edgar Morris, manager of Hertford Hardware and Sup ply Company, -who announced to day his firm has arranged for a representative of the Athey Paint Company to conduct demonstra-; tions at the local store next Mon day and Tuesday on the mixing of paint colon to give on the shade desired. ' - - William Simpson, representing the Athey Company will he at the local store on Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of providing infor mation on the use of proper paints and mixing of paint shades. , The public is invited to visit the store and watch the demonstrations, v
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