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The Perquimans Indiana divide
air
.'baseball victories during the past
week, winning an easy 11-1 decis
ion; over Ahoskie last Friday aad
losing to Gatesville here Tuesday
night by a score of Mr. '-.
Perquimans blew a five-one lead
to Gatesvllle by issuing a number
of walks and committing a total of
eight errors. Welly White start
ed on the mound for the Indians
and gave up one hit, two runs and
five walks when he was relieved
in the fifth hy Parker Chesson.
Ted Chappell relieved Chesson on
the sixth when Perquimans as in
trouble but the Gates boys tied
the . count before the side was rt
tired. "
A
." Pittmah, went the 0 route tfor
Gatesvllle, striking out 10 Indian
batters. . He gave up six walks and
Gatesville' committed two ? errors.
Gatesvllle scored once in the third
inning, , but Perquimans came back
to tally three and then added two i
more in the fourth,' for what ap
peared to be an easy Win. Gates
ville, aided by walks and errors,
cored its second run in the fifth
nd three in the sixth and the win
,. ig. tally in the seventh. .
. The Indians collected seven hits
off Pittman, Winslow and Pierce
had two each and Chappell, Bray
and Trueblood each had ' singles.
Gatesville had two hits off White
and one off Chappell. .
Perquimans scored an easy win
from Ahoskie last Friday when
Chappell and Chesson teamed up
tov allow Ahoskie only two hits
V ile the Indians collected 12 bin
tic, off three pitchers.' Chappell
pitched 2-hlt ball through four in-
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vKentucvky's Senator Alben W.
Barkley, died of a heart attack last
Monday while addressing the stu
dent body of Washington and Lee
, College; 1nf Virginia. Berkley, vfee
president from 1949 to: 193, had
served his, state and' country for
more than 40 years as a, public ser-
. yank : He was a noted publld speak;.
, er, and considered one of the elder
., statesmen of the nation. ' ' '
' The Marine Corps has announc
ed, following an Investigation of an
.Incident which resulted ,'in;.the
' death of six Marine 'trainees, : a
court martial has been ordered for
the sergeant who : ordered thl
march at Parris Island which re
sulted in the deaths of the trainees.
The Corps also reported the Marine
training program will 1e reorganise
el to conform With proper stand-
'A new tarn bill, calling mainly
f r the ,r 1 -:: program recom-
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Williamston defeated the- Per
quimans Indians by a 3-2 score in
an Albemarle Conference contest
played here last Wednesday night
and went into a first place tie for
conference honors, : which may re-.
suit in a- play-off for conference
title.
Gaylord did the pitching for the
Green Wave, fanning: nine, walk'
ing four, . and giving up two hits
and two runs; Ted Chappell, pitch'
ing for Perquimans 'struck' out six,
walked three and gave up five Hits
and five runs. The Indians com
mltted three errors.'' '
Williamston scored - one ' run : in
the first and .two in the' secdnfl
while Perquimans1 scored ' once . In
the fourth and fifth.
nlngaand was relieved by Chesson
in the fifths Ted fanned eight bat
ters and walked none.
Joe Rogersori led the Indians at
bat with two doubles and triple,
Chappell had a triple and a single
and Trueblood had two singles.
- Ahoskie was never in the game
as Perquimans scored three runs
in the first, one In the second, three
more in the third, two ii) the fifth
and one in the sixth, and seventh.
Ahoskie tallied its lone score In
the first '
Perquimans has two games re
maining on its season schedule, the
first against Plymouth on Friday
night and a return game with Tar
boro which will be played in Hert
ford next Tuesday night;
Two Negrb youths, Robert Saw
yer and Harold 'Sawyer were given
12 months road sentences by Judge
Chas. E.' Johnson in . Perquimans
Recorder's Court .Tuesday morning
after each had entered a plea of
guilty to charges of robbing Peter
Riddick, Negro, of approximately
$47 on the night of April 7. ;
Sheriff J. K. White testified in
court that .the defendants had ad
mitted the charge pa him, and stat
ed they, had divided the money, in
cluding a split, for a teen-age boy
who was remanded, to. the Juvenile
Court on the same charge.' - '
Two 30-day sentences were mej;-
ed out to Clyde Nixon, Negro, when
he was found guilty of destroying
property In. the county jail, and af
ter he had entered a plea of guilty
te charge 61 assault with adeadly
weapon, f ' rf ii v
''Willie Webb, Negro, was ordered
to pay. a fine of $15 and costs of
court after entering a plea of guil
ty to charges of assaulting his wife
with a deadly weapon.' . '. .
. A fine of $25" and costs were tax
ed against Herman Hall, Negro,
who submitted to a charge of al
lowing an unlicensed operator to
drive hif car.
- James Holley, If egro, was order
ed to serve a 80-day road sentence
for failure to comply with a judg
ment ordered by the court after he
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w i.un-iuf Vbi t- , i
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POISED FOB FLIGHT Army
fori Belvolr, Va watt on the flight line for take-off orders on training minion. This helleoster,
, 1hieh seats. 10 soldiers. Is one of
;) Exchange Scout
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v Bobby Matthews of Hertford, has
been notified he is one of 18 Ex
plorer Scouts selected to represent
Regkniv HI.;ln the Explorer Ex
chainge Program during the com
ing'summer, and will visit England
and Scotland during July and Aug-
P-rb Rites HeW'
rt3s(J:yAftcrnoon
Miss Mar Lena Barber, a native
and lifelong- resident of Hertford,
died, last Sunday at 6:30 P. M., in
a hospital after a long illness. .
, Daughter ot the -, late George
Grant and MfB. Esther- Phillips
Barber, she was a member of the
Hertford Methodist Church. , She
had taught school for 35 years
19 in Wilmington, six in Oxford
and 10 in Hertford.1
She is survived by two brothers,
Charles Edward Barber and George
Grant Barber, both of Portsmouth,
Va.;' five sisters, Mrs. T. J. Nixon,
Mrs; R, I Knowles, Mrs. R. A.
Whitehall of Hertford; Mrs. J. L.
Davis, of Courtland, Va. and Mrs.
G.' I. Bullock of Ayden.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at & o'clock, at
the Lynch Funeral Home qy the
Rev. V. T. Crawford and the Rev.
C. F.. Heath. - ' ." i ; : ,
The' Kethodlst Church ohoir sang
"Rock , of , Ages," accompanied by
Miss Kate . Elanchard- at the' or-
Burial followed in Cedarwood
Qcr -"ry; - ' "
.r ' wrq v r1"'ton," Wnite,
I ..i"T;Trt,'" . ' '.. i.ile, , Charles
! . y, I 1 . i and Ervin
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John Beers an
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TVidny, .April
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H21C Vertol ..helicopters of the
the largest member of the Amy's
Hertford Scout To
Rep resent Region
On European Tour
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-Andlr,high:Boy Seoul '.fonerH
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lias 'well nuiuovcu yy.'uuuvy
thews, son of Mn and Mrs. F:, T.
Matthews of Hertford, according to
'Word received here from Harold V.
Pace, Scout Executive for the Tide
water Council. .
Bobby has been selected as one
of ' 18 Explorer Scouts to repre
sent Region III; in Explorer Ex
change Program Sea ' Ljf t to Eu
rope during the. coming ' summer.
Region ni of the Boy Scouts is
made up of Pennsylvania, District
of Columbia, North Carolina, Vir
ginia, New Jersey, D e 1 a wa r e,
Maryland and part of West Vir
ginia.; . ...
The 18 Explorer Scouts will visit
the : host country) England, and
while there stay in the homes of
English Scouts. They will also
visit ; Scoutland and while there
represent the U.S.A., at a Scout
Jamboree,
Bobby will leave Hertford on the
trip on June 29, and after joining
the other members of the, program
sail for England on a Naval ves
sel on July 1. The Scouts will
four England from July ll to' Au
gust 3 and will visit London on
August 4 and 5.
The . group will return to this
country on August 17 and 18 by
naval air transport.
Being selected as one of the
Scouts to represent the country in
this exchange program is an out
standing achievement for the Hert
ford youth. Over 100 candidates
for the honors were considered in
choosing the 18 Scouts to repre
sent Region III,
Bobby, who is an Eagle Scout
with Bronze Palm and .46 Merit
Badges also holds the Silver and
God and Country Awards. . He is
Junior Crew Leader 6f Post 155
and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster.
of Troop, 155. He is also under
chief of Blue Heron Dodge in the
Order of .the 'Arrow; of! Tidewater
He attended, the National Scout
Jamboree, in Californla. in !l958
Pliilmont in, New Mexico--and"" a
training school, for BoyiScOutS held
in New Jersey in 1954 and repre
sented the nation at the World
Scout Jamboree held In Canada in
1955. ,
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
" Mr. and Mrs. Melvin D. Styons
of Chatham, Va., ' announce . the
birth of a daughter, fcorn May 1,
t P aviMe Hospital. The mother
i ul ' ' y are reported as doing
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light aviation family.
I New.i officers for the coming year
Were elected by the hertford Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce at a
meeting held Wednesday night.
Elected as incoming president was
Hiiton: M. White. Other officers
named were Keith ' Haskett, vice
president; Billy White,, secretary;
Ray Haskett, treasurer; Edward
Barber, John Beers and Ab Wil
liams, directors.' Charles Skinner,
Jr.',. was named State Director.
, Installation of the new officers
will be conducted on May 30. '
Chqjpc!! Funeral
: Funeral services for Thad C.
Chappell, who died Wednesday af
ternoon at his home in Hertford,
were, held Friday afternoon at 8
o'cloik In the Hertford Methodist
Church, conducted by1 the Rev, V.
T. Crawford of Hertford,, the Rev.
C. Freeman . Heath of Elizabeth
City and the Rev. R. E. Walston of
Williamston..,. .i.
- The casket was covered with a
pall of white chrysanthemums' and
white baby's breath. ' 7
The choir of the Hertford Meth
odist Church sang "In the Garden."
At the graveside Mrs. B, G.
Koonce and Mrs. T. B. Sumner
sang -"God Be With You Till We
Meet Again."
. Pallbearers were R. M.1 Riddick,
Vivian Darden, Lindsay Winslow,
Noah Gregory, Clinton ' Morgan,
Henry Clay Stokes, Charles John
son and Trim Wilson. '
Burial was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery. , '
Building & Loan To
Offer Savings Stock i
Hertford Building and Loan As
sociation "will offer 'for sale its'
72nd series of savings stock, be
ginning Saturday, May 5, it was
reported today by Max Campbell,
secretary of the Association,
. Individuals desiring to purchase
stock in the local Building & Loan
are urged to come to the Building
& Loan office to make arrange
ments for the number of shares de
sired. The stock is aold on the
basis 'of . payments of 2Bc week
ly on each share purchased and" the
.sharps mature at $100 value,
: Based upon present earnings of
t A uRnciation.Ihe stork will' ma-
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hCW .UNION 3
Conducted Friday
'The' Perquimans! Central Gram
mar PTA met Monday night, April
30 in the school auditorium.
'"Faith of Our Fathers" was sung
at the opening of the meeting. The
president, Mrs. John Hurdle, turn- j
ed the meeting over to Mrs. Gra
ham Wood, leader for the Wood
ville community. 'The theme for
the': program being "Arts and
Crafts for Fun." During the de
votional, Mrs. Walker Perry, art
teacher at the Roanoke Bible Col
lege,' gave a Biblical chart draw
ing while Mrs. Melvin Eure sang
"The Lord Is My Shepherd," ac
companied at the piano by Mrs.
Pauline Webb. A most interesting
program on art was given as a
group of seventh grade girls sang.
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Percy Trueblood, while students
from the sixth grade made "live"
pictures, pertaining to the songs.
Minutes of the March meeting
were read by the secretary,. Mrs,
J.'Van Roach and approved.
The . president showed the cer
tificates of work that, the organi'
zation has accomplished during the
year the .Gold Seal Certificate,
100 Membership Certificate, Blue
Honor Certificate in PTA Magazine
Subscriptions. An award was giv
en to the Magazine Chairman, Mrs.
Melvin Eure and she expressed her
thanks to all who helped in the
selling of the magazines.
A collection was then taken for
the State Headquarters Building in
Raleigh and the president ' an
nounced the May meeting would be
held at 6:30 with a picnic supper on
the lawn. ..
' The Nominating Committee, Mrs.
Frank Bray, chairman, Mrs. Thom
as, Butt and Mrs. Arvln Hudson,
presented the officers for the torn-
tagyear.'.; !v ;4 ';.
!!rdenV:)JB,'- Burdle,
vice nresident. Mrs. KUbv Lonsr:
secretary', iirs.' J. Van Roach, :hd
treasurer, Mrs. Bryant Miller.
The program chairman, Mrs.
Charlie Rogerson, Jr., ; announced
that the Bagley Swamp communis
ty had charge of the next pro
gram, "Music and Culture in the
Home, School and Community,"
with Mrs. Elwood White, chairman
Mrs. Atha Tunnell's room won
the attendance banner. Superin
tendent J. T. Biggers read a let
ter from the Supervisor of State
Education telling how well, man
aged the- Perquimans County
schools were in his recent visit.
The Rev. Walker Perry gave the
benediction. , ; , ,
May24Thni26th
Plans are being made for a safe
ty check of all automobiles in this
area through a voluntary safety
check lane in an effort to make the
streets and highway more safe to
drive upon.
Melvin G. Owens has been ap
pointed county chairman of the au
tomobile safety drive, and he stat
ed that every vehicle owner of Per
quimans County is urged to co
operate and have their car check
ed. . The voluntary M-point safety
check lane will only require ap
proximately , two minutes of the
motorist's time. The primary pur -
pose of conducting the safety check
lane is help prevent traffic acci-
Anfa unA mva Dvaq lt,,v.V';t
Mayor-V. N. Dardeh said that
the Town of Hertford' will secure
the necessary equipment " f oK the
voluntary safety check lane. There'
will be no cost to the motorist. ''
Junior Music Clulli :
Honored With Award
The Hertford Junior Music dub
has just received an award for be
ing the outstanding music club of
the Northeastern District. The
president, Franklin McGoogan, re
ceived both a District , and State
award for compiling the best In
dividual 'Scrapboiok of , those sent
in-by Junior Music Club members.
He has Ijeen offered the oppor
tunity to send his f f e nextNa-
t'. 1 C iiM-n;1"'!
i Clubs.
Auto Safety Drive
Plans are rapidly being complet
ed for the closing exercises at Per
quimans High School for the cur
rent school year, It was announced
today by E. C. Woodard, princi
pal. . "
Cmmencement for the 53 mem
bers of the graduating class starts
May 20 when the robe-clad seniors
march in the auditorium in an 8
o'clock processional for the bacca
laureate sermon which win be de
livered by the Rev. Earl Meekins,
pastor for the Methodist Churches
of the Perquimans Charge. He will
be assisted by the Rev. James O.
Mattox, pastor of the , Hertford
Baptist Church, who will read the
Scripture and offer prayer. Spe
cial music will be rendered by the
Glee Club. Senior examinations
will start the following Tuesday
afternoon.
The seniors will conduct their
annual class night exercises on
Monday night, May 28, at 8 o'clock.
Speakers for the occasion: will be
Sarah Sutton, class salutatorian;
Charles Umphlett, class president;
Janice Stalling, historian; . Ruth
Ayscue, reporter; Jo Pat Stokes,
prophet; Bobby Matthews, testator;
William Byrum, poet; Nancy Bag.
ley and Annie Reed Stokely, gif
torians.
Commencement night Will be ob
served on Tuesday, May 29, and
will be opened with invocation by
Jesse Ray Mansfield; special
speakers, developing the class mot
to, "We have hitched our wagon
to a star, now we're, reaching for
the moon," will be Lois Violet
Winslow, Wallace Baktr and LaRue
Chappell.
Greetings from "til Board of Ed
ucation will 4m given toy J. T. Big
gers, County! ; Superintendent and
J. Edgar Morris, chairman of the
BparoV 'Vill 'OTal4 itofcrMBntatioh
of diplomas! El . Wbbdaro';'; prin
cipal, will award medals and cup.
The gift to the school wil be pre
sented Dy LAUaire winslow
Judy Winslow, class valedictor
ian, will say the farewell' for the
graduating class. '
Marshals for the 1956 Com
mencement will be Edgar Fields
Charles Whedbee, co-chiefs, Charlie
Johnson, Patsy Elliott, Beth Skin
ner, Ray Winslow, Beverly Tucker,
Jo Ann Cartwright and Linda Lou
Elliott.
The class honor roll Jn order of
scholastic attainment is Judy Win.
slow, valedictorian; Sarah Sutton,
salutatorian; Jo Pat Stokes, Janice
Stallings, Bobby Matthews, Wallace
Maker, Lois Violet Winslow, Annie
Reed Stokely, Nancy Bagley, Ruth
Ayscue; Annie Lou Lane, Barbara
Russell," LaClaire Winslow, Anne
White,' Jean Long, Annette Proc
tor, Bertha Chappell, William By-
rum, MarjorleByrum, Mary Dow
9happe"'- Wa.1!?.M.a.?. P"'1: , . .' .
dm ja a . v..
Perquimans County schools, and lo
cal school officials, is reported by
Homer A, Lassiter of the State De-
1 barfment of Publie Instruction, who
recently conducted an inspection of
local schools.
. In. a letter to J. T. Biggers; coun
ty -school superintendent, Mr. Las
siter wrote: .i;.
i- "We did not get Into the high
school, except for the library, and
Miss Elliott's primary grades. Miss
Johnson will report on the libraries.
"You have done a remarkable
job in taking care of the pupils
front MUs Elliott's school in the
emergency. It seems the wise
thing to keep them in their own fa
cilities. They have made the ne
cessary adjustments well and ev
eryone was carrying on as though
nothing Jiad happened. A help in
doing this was the willingness 'of
everyone to do his or her part in
the 'situation Miss Elliott teems
to be thinking wisely with respect
to tne purc;c-'e of ln"i" " rql
I n-i- hsH t r ' -e t'i ' '. f
Urricial rraises
Improvements In
School Conditions
High praise on the operation of course, the rating of the school will
Loc'clGnccrDrrtO
Opened On Mon
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At a meeting Monday night .in
the Municipal Building the. 1956
Cancer Crusade was officially open
ed with Mrs. J. Elton Hurdle pre
siding and Miss tiuida wood, co-
.chairman, assisting. ', . , ,
The meeting was highlighted
with a talk given by Milton C ;
Clarke,-District Field represent. '
tive for the North Carolina 'Can '
cer Society with headquarters in
Raleigh. - His opening remarks?;
were "Look around at those of us .
here!' Statistically speaking, -one
out of four of us will have cancer
this year." He emphasized the
need for everyone to learn tAe
seven danger signals, pointing out
that a danger signal may not mean
cancer, but it must always mean
a visit to your doctor. "
"About 4,000 lives were lost last
year because of cancer, and it is
believed one-half could have been '
saved had these persons visited
their doctor or detection center
when the danger signal became
evident," said Mr. Clarke.
"North Carolina ranks .among
the first in the nation in research
for the American Cancer Society,"
continued Mr. Clarke. "This year
National granted to schools of mad- .
icine in North Carolina $118,169,
those . being University of NortJi
Carolina, Bowman Gray at Win-''
ston-Salem, Duk University and.
a special ! nroject at the CnartSlt,'
Hospital." ' , V
It; was announced that the goal
for Perquimans County this year
la it
population of the county, therefore,
tvery person in the eouiity has a
part in the. Crusade fof' 1956.
Those on the committees assist
ing the chairmen are as follows:
Miss Audrey Umphlett, Mrs. Mar
ian Payne, Mrs. Roxanna C. Jack
son, Miss Thelma Elliott, E.." Cfc
Woodard, Mrs. Betty Swindell and
Mrs. M. B. Taylor, the Rev. T. M.,
Walker, W. R. Privott and Le-J
grande Sommer'sett. These com-!
mittees have many volunteers
working for them in order to bring" ;
this campaign to a successful close '
by May 15th. . "
Mrs. F. A. McGoogan is sen-iiig
again as treasurer, and she has 're--quested
that when workers brine''
their funds to her at the Hertford
Banking Company ti be deposited,
that thev hav the mnnv trmYt&'
and u,e nameg ,i8W on the en
iope to balance. This win facilitate
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remain the tame.
"The Perquimans grammar school
has the best situation I have seen
there. It is an attractive and in.
teresting place for children. Rela-
tionahips seemed to be exceptional
ly good. Good instruction wagrfn
evidence. The organization was
good and was working smoothly. ;
has been interesting to watch,
the gradual but sound improvement.
In you schools, particularly tJie
improvement in instruction. Yod
leadership, I am sure, has beert
largely responsible for this. Yoii
have done much to provide condi
tions 'conducive to effective teach
ing. All of yon can tie rightfully
proud of what youVfcave accom
plished." ' " ' " ' ; ' , jV
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
t Mfc and Mrt, L; D. ' Cobb, J ,
announce the birth of a'son, I
ijard Burt Cobb IU, bo-i Tl. -,
Apr'l 25, 2 ' it AY -'
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