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'' PER'QUMAN WEEK y. Volume XXIII. Number 37. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Yiday, September 14, 1956. 5 Cents Per Copy Tnovim Commicsio ner s Seek 4 1 1 inion ;? : i a raj hii-rn1: a I ,1.1,,,)::. .'Mill h'UEifH'NNi Ml Biiblic ioiice!(niii3 I TTt Is V , fi m crop 3 U1 ,i(ll 'yyi)(l)lWWM W III,' ' f;VtwfaM ;vii A I'lHACfAmia" 1 n . i. A preserve" 'clause incorporated in a land deed, given in May, 1906, by the Commissioners of the Town of Hertford to the Trustees of the Hertford Graded School has brought about a problem of owner- ship of the tract of land known as the Hertford Grammar School site, and has temporarily halted the Perquimans Board of Education in ;- proceeding with contracts for con i struction of two new school" pr j jects. . .The situation came to light last i week when the Board of Education, discussing plans to ;sei the- tract y'f land ro raise 'money for Ubc to ward the new Hertford Grammar! v School, searched the records to de-l termine its title to the land, and its rights to dispose of the tract. ; The ; "hitch" which "j developed ov6r plena for the Site was -the sec . tion.of the deed which rea,d:,"Fro vided, however; that, should the party of thesecond part (school trus'teesr fail, for a term of three years from date to erect and main tain upon said property,' 'Graded , Schools' for the white children of aid town, according to the true interest of this instrument and the provisions of the Private Laws of North Carolina, Session 1905 chap ter entitled An Act to establish Graded Schools in the town of Hertford and issue bonds. Or should the buildings erected upon aid property for such 'Graded School' purposes be thereafter "iT ' rimruuLniriin r n fin liuuui it-.srciniuaoa w t . j . - n &annb0?L!ii ForfiitcrinCPV C!u!j TL'snt SI: 3V j The Perquimans Business and , ' Professional Women's Club and the 'Perquimans County Home Demon stration Clubs will cottponsor a beauty contest and i talent contest on Thursday night, September' 20. at the Perquimans County High School in Hertford. Francl Nix : on of Hertford will serve as master of ceremonies toi this event The purpose of the beauty con test is to select Miss Perquimans u County who will compete for the y title of Queen of. the International - Cup Regatta Festival to be held In Elizabeth City on, September ?9 X) The local talent contest is open ' to males and females of the town and county who have talent of any - type, andill be judged apart from , the .beauty contest, The co-sponsors are hoping a large number of ; contestants will enter. ifsi!'t-4'. . A rehearsal for those entering the talent contest will be held at . Perquimans County High School at J 7:0Q P. M., on Wednesday $eptem- ber 19, ahd a rehearsal for those entering the beaiity content will be held at Perquimans' County High School at.B:00. P,fM., t Wednefj day night, 'SepC.ir iriitl J The deadline for nt a for both ' the beauty cooSt ' T j tr'" show is (r'-.yiik '-...-. iiJ, lose. : Plans by the' Kef.: i Town " jard to adopt fet imi: ; 6fuinanee 1 ,t this community v ' 1 f it under ay duriiijj the next t j weeks, it : , rc. orted to t "ayor V. K. T i Voni.-y i." i cf c i r . J V ,1 f f-.r n Board he an t repre ! f-i- " J f t I t" . - . burned,1 destroyed 'or in anywise removed and fail, for a term of three years or re-erection or re - placement Or should said "Grad ed Schools" themselves be thereaf ter abandoned or discontinued in service, for a period of three years. Then and in that event, or in any or either of those events, this con veyance to the party of the second part shall be deemed null and void, and the title to said Tot of land shall revert to, and said lot itself become again the property of the aid town of Hertford''. . . Upon discovering' this situation the Board of Education halted its immediate plans for disposal of the property and instigated steps to attempt to secure title to the prop-' erty from the present town- board of Hertford. Board Chairman J. E. Morris, School Superintendent -J. T. Biggers and School Attorney's. M Whedbee were instructed to con fer with the Town Board over the solution to the problem. . The Board of Education in seek ing clear title to the property, if same can be legally obtained, de sires to make use of it by holding sale ' whereby additional funds can be secured for the new build ing.. :.;: ' Meanwhile, faced with a deficit ;of $15,000 needed in order to be in position to sign construction con tracts for the new school buildings, the Board of Education halted the negotiations until it ean acquire the needed funds. ' en I An air of optimism prevails at Perquimans High School over the . IAEA i It . pivBjntia lur ue A9uo xoai.oaii sea son, which starts Friday Septem ber 14 when the Indians of Per quimans will invade the gridiron at Churchland, Vai, for the. first con gest of the new season. V , Some pie-season dopesters have figured out Perquimans and Ahos kle Wffi be the leaders Of the Albe marle Conference for 1956, and watching practice sessions at the local school gives one some hope for these predictions." "i- 1 s Coach Ike Perry and4 his 'assist ant, Ab Williams, have been put ting some 45 candidate's for the Indian squad through ( vigorous drills for the past three weeks in preparation for the opening game against Churchland. Three transfers to the' local school bolstered the strength of the Perquimans team, and brightened the prospects for a strong iidianl outfit for the coming season, Local fans unless they travel! with the Indians to out of town ""t htv vi irmi uiiui ocp- tember 28 for a view of the team on its home field. On Friday, Sep- tember 21, the Indians will play k Ahoskie and have their first home game on September 28 agaiiisv Tarboro. , a ' : Coaeh Perry is expected to try out a number of combinations In thi nme aninf Chorehlanrf huh jadlging from pre-season practices pu Varsity will be built around a Hating team; .composed ef" Miller and Johnston at tackles, Batts and Whedbee at guards, Baker at cen ter, jand Ti yTmmyiiitthewB, fiosa and Rsuntree as hacjc. t - Mi xne mu,uns will play a 10-game Schedule which has-been announced as follows: ' . September 14 At Churchland. ' September 21 At Ahoskie, T September Z8 Tarboro, here. : J October 6 At Plymouth, October 12 Williamaton, here. October 19 Edanton, here. October rv, At r"o. rove- . f At r Hope. ' r 9 L, City, Ol3 1 1 Qryfit I jlAfO 1 Uul I VI "UllUI W Vows Spoken At The marriage of Miss Bi'llie Car ole Divers, daughter of William Di vers, Jr.", and the late Mrs. Maude Perry Divers, , to Daniel Andrew Carver, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Carver .of Belvidere, took place Saturday, September 1, at 4 P. M., at the Hertford Baptist Church. - The double ring ceremony was performed by the pastor of the church, the Rev. J. O. Mattox. Prior to the ceremony a program of wedding music was presented by miss oneioy Uverton, soloist,' and Miss Patricia Biggers, organist. - Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a wedding gown of lace and tulle over satin, styled with a basque' bodice buttoned up. the back to a. sheer yoke outlined! with sequin-studded lace. 1 Long I tulle sleeves', ended in weddiniy peaks over ; the ' hands. The lacei paneled skirt extended into a sweeDinir train Her fingertip-length veil of il-1 lusion was arranged from a half-, hat of tulle trimmed with seed, pearls and sequins. Shs carried a cascade of white bride's roses and stephanotis. , : Miss Sue Perry White, cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a floor-length jrown of cham pagne taffeta styled with draped bodice" and bouffant skirt with a matcliuig barideau -with .circular yeC'atfdcale uiemums. . :t'i., .,; , . The bridesmaids were Miss Alicel Jeiah Jackson of Hertford and Miss Jenimitta Redwine of Lexington They wore gowns of fuchia, similar to that of the honor attendants, with matching headdress and their flowers were pink chrysanthemums and bettertimes roses. . Arba Carver was his brother's best man, and the groomsmen were Johnnie Winslow, Vivian Baker, Seth Morgan and Stanley Pierce. The mother of the bridegroom wore a teal blue street-length' qress witn matching accessories, Her flowers were a corsage of pink carnations. ' v . 1 . : immediately followingthe cere- mony a reception was neia 8t tne home of the bride's .grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Divers, Sr. ; 1 : ootn Mr. ann Mrs. Carver are J,- ' ferJuln'aM School. tbrideatteBded-'TSroV; man's -i. V i-l ' 1 o vuuc, ai jicciiuuru anu wie onaegroom . is a .student nt CampbelJoHege.:They; will make their home for the present at Buies Creek. ., v,' ,. i v( . , in Hartford Lions Club Cnmmeni'ifio' MnnHatr; KAntomhp n and lastinir throughout the week ' Baptist Church To Hold nullity ending Saturday nighV September! afrainst' Prkville, 103 for, 24 22. Hertford Lions Club will hold, aainst; Belvidere, 33 for, 22 a big Community Fair. The festiJ Nicanor 28 for, 5 against; val grounds will be next to the,New P6' 84 for 14 Hertford Fire Hall.: l.',-;i.j t' rU 1. ft The Lionn Cluh trna fmt.ntl ' XjTOYe CIUirCIl with the Virginia Greater Shows of , Suffolk, Va., to furnish the Carni- val Midway of Shows, Rides and Games.' The, - Virginia -Gmterj Church, will be the guest preacher Shows has the, reputation of beingjat a "series of revival services; to be one Of the. cleanest carnival com- conducted at' the , Cedar Grove1 parties on the ; road today. They, Methodist Church starting Sunday cater strictly to, the much: desired form of clean carnival .entertain ment, catering to the entire family. Among the many rides' will be . four special rides for the children as well as several rides for the grown-ups. I On Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock a special children's mati nee will be held when all shows and rides will be at s special price to all children. -' , rAC0?T3T0 T'T ' Tel ' r-ie' Lodge, '" - "! pir f GETTING TOUGH -One of the Egyptian co-eds at Cairo University holds a rifle high and leaps over a hedge at the Cairo Teachers' Club, She's one of a group of women taking basic military training, as part of a 'general program by President Nasser to strengthen Egypt. ". Changes Constitution Are Approved Locally I ' Four changes in the State Con- "titution, submitted to the voters, in a special election last Saturday' were ven ovrewhelming approval by Perquimans County voters, and, each of the proposed amendments received majority support by vot-: flrR throiichftiif fhp Kfnto . 'I Here in Perquimans the voters approved the proposed change - in the constitution dealing with scbpi matters by a vote of 1,154 for as to 131 against the amendmen t J ou lor to tit against; Amencimqnc No; 2 was approved 666 for1 to . 140 against; Amendment. No. 3 was ap- proved 722 for to 128 against. -In addition to providing , for changes 'to 'the -state, school laws the vote means the General Assem bly will convene next February in stead of January, and members of the Legislature will have the ail thority to vote themselves an in crease in pay and expenses. The third amendment provides married women with authority to execute power of attorney conferred upon them by their husband. ; The special election vote in Per. ' auiman Conntv. hv nnwint. n unofficially , reported as follows School amendment Hertford 453 for,. 65 against; Bethel, 100 for. 17 .against r,Parkville, 251 for, 19 against; Belvidere, 136 for, 14 against; Nicanor, 76 for, eight .'against; New Hope, 138 for, eight '. against. ' AmenHmont v i ntfni sac for. Ill against; Bethel, 56 for, 25 against; Parkville," 119 for, 28 nirnint- ' Ra)vIiI aa o ajrawsr: nicanor. Zl for. nine against; New Hope, 84 for, 19 against. Amendment No. 2 Hertford, 381 for, 58 against;, Bethel. 58 for, 19 against; Parkville, 92 for, 20 against; Belvidere. 33 for, 22 against; Nicanor, 26 for, 6 against; New Hope, 76 for, 15 against. Amendment No. 3 Hertford, 408 for- 45 against; Bethel, 66 for, 18 10 Hold R6VlVal 5 ; The Rev. J. Herbert Miller; pas- tor of i the Raeford "Methodist night at 7:45. o'clock, - Mr. Miller hv,a native of, .PeTqujn;Bns and former pastor at Cedar Grove. He served several years as superinten uem oi me cazaDem iiy uistnci The pastor, the Rev. Earl Meek- ins, tiordiaHy' invites everyone; to attend the services, which will con tinue through the week.' - BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT , Mr. and Mrs. John E. Melby. of Santa Ana, 'Calif., announce th1 birth of tve'r fourth child, a son, Fred 1 i, born Au"'ist 11, in Cv.v-' . s. r " - fi? fori V To State . Mrs. C. A. Davenport and Miss Jonas Futrell were hosts 'at a meet ineiif Hh American Lesrioa Anxili- .eld last Thursday Sight" at The meeting marked the begin ning of a new year for the unit and opened with Junior Past Pres ident Mrs1. Madge Towe presiding. After the pledge of Allegiance to Tie Flag,"i-9' group repeated the Auxiliary Preamble and devotional was given by the chaplain, Mrs. Ethel Perry. Beginning the business session. Mrs. Towe presented the gavel and president's pin to Mrs. Davenport, incoming president of the Auxili ary. ' Officers and committee chairmen for the year will be: ; First Vice President, Mrs. Mil dred Whitley; second Vice Presi dent, Mrs. Grace Morris; Secretary, Mrs. : Edla "Webb; Corresponding Secretary,' Mrs. Minnie Miller; Treasurer, Mrs. Thelma Hollowell ; Historian, Mrs. Helen Skinner; Sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Elsie Greg-1 ory; Child Welfare, Mrs. Grace' Morris, Rehabilitation, Mrs. Valerie Felton; .Community Service, Mrs.; Pickett A. Sumner; Girls' State, Mrs. Elsie Gregory; Membership, Mrs. Sarah C. White; Legislation, Mrs.' Doris Ainsley; Pan American,! Mrs. Irene Towe; Gold Star Mo-' ther. Mrs. Ethel Perry; Poppy Chairman, Mrs. Lessie White; Civil Defense, Mrs, Edla Webb; Past President Parley, Mrs, Madge Towe; Publicity, Mrs. Blanche Ber- During the business among oth er things it was acreed that the Auxiliary sponsor Miss Anne Saw ver to apoear in the talent contest that the Business and Professional Womer-.'s Club is having September 20th.. ;. ,.: V .. After the business session Miss Shelby Jean Overton and Miss Ma? ble Frances Keel gave very inter stint reports on the trip to Girls' State. . . -1 Refreshments were served by tlie hostesses to the 16 members pren- TI N. Miller Named To Police Department Trotman Miller was elected to fill a vacancy on the Hertford Po lice Department at a meeting of the Town Board last Monday night Miller will fill the post left vacant by the resignation of Pete Riddick. Four applications for the police Job wwre submitted to the Board and Miller, who has had previous ttrr ence, was selected from' this U; "i will begin his new duties Lesion Aux Organized For New Year Last Thursday I '1 1 .n ... : ' ; W . mm M ., . i ,., . - - - ' L Miss Ruth Tucker Becomes Bride Of John Ruf us Martin ; On Sunday afternoon, September 9, at 4:30 o'clock in the Hertford Methodist Church, Miss Ruth Gar- rett Tucker, daughter of Mrs. Wil- liam Nathan Tucker, and the late Mr. Tucker of Hertford, and John Rufus, Martin, son of Turner Lee Martin, Sr., and the late Mrs. Mar- tin of Winston-Salem, were united in marriage. The Rev. James Auman, pastor. performed the double ring cere mony before a setting of palm!?, large white chrysanthemums, pom poms and cathedral candles. Prior to thi ceremony Miss Kate Blanchard, or-ranisl;, render ed wedding music and accomnn;"(! Mrs. Peggy Stephenson of WeMorf, who sang "I Love Thee " Mrs. Stephenson s?ng "O Perfect Love" at the close of the ceremony. The bride, given in marriage by her brothel-, Paul M. Tucker, wore fi. full length wedding gown of iv ory embroidered silk, fashioned with a scoop neck outlined with a wide roll type collar, covered but tons extending down the long torso, long sleeves ending in wedding points over the hands, and a circu lar train. Her fingertip veil was of ivory illusion and fell from a pearl embroidered juliet cap. She carried a cascade of Fuji chrysan themums. Mrs. Ralph Blades of Edenton, was ' matron r of honor and the b'iSfe's only attendant. She 'wore a mint green full length gown of crystalett'el' ! Her' flowers were a cascade of bronze and champagne chrysanthemums and she wore a headdress of mint green velvet em broidered with pearls and a small face veil. -; 'The bridegroom had as his best man his father, T. L. Martin, Sr. Ushers were Ralph Blades of Edenton. T. L. Martin, Jr., of Winston-Salem, John Sink of Raleieh and Beveraly Tucker of Hertford. Mrs. Reginald Tucker, Sr., acted as mistress of ceremonies and wore an Johnnie Phillips, a floor length gown of aqua chiV On display in a Sunday School fon. Her flowers were a corsage room were numerous old docu of yellow chrysanthemums. j ments and interesting relics of the Immediately followin-r the cere- church, including the old Bethel mony a reception was held in the social hall of the church for the wedding guests. , , Fines Meted Out To Defendants On A varied docket , consisting of eight cases was disposed of dur ing: last Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. William White and John II. White, both Negroes, charced with Liquor Charges possession of non-tax-paid liquor, Arnngton, Harvey. Lon?. Bush, were given 60 day road sentences,! Hauehton. Bryant, Minor, Proctor, same to be suspended upon pay- j Brinkley, Broughton. Dunford, Hill, ment of fines of $50 each and costs' Jackson, Lightfoot, Matthias, Col of court. j v I lins. Webb and Myers. Coy Anderson submitted to a I The members assembled at Beth charge of speeding and paid a fine e' Meeting House on the 22nd day of $4 and cos'ts of court. ' Ellis Hinton, charged with' issu ing a worthless check, submitted, and paid the costs of court. ; " Costs of court were taxed against Melton Boyce who entered a plea of guilty to charges of illegal park ing. :yV- :-;.-y - Claudia Valentine, Negro, wns found guilty of assault and destruc tion of property. The defendant was ordered to replace the property and pay the costs of court. ?v. A verdict of not guilty was re turned in the case in which James Overton, Negro, was charged wifli assaulting a female. ; ! The case of Alexander Sutton, Negro, charged with assaulting his wife was dismissed when Judge Johnson found the prosecuting wit ness ih contempt of .court and or dered Genider, Sutton trv tv costs of the case or spend one woek , has Issued ai welcome to all mem W. for brincinfr frivntm, ' hAi- 'and r ,1. k i x. prosecution to the court. Faced with a request that thel ' Town of Hertford relinguish its right in the Hertford Grammar i School site, Town Commissioners I are seeking the opinion of residents of Hertford concerning the matter in order that a decision may be reached when the Town Board meets in special session next Mon- day night. The opinion being sought by the town board is on the question of whether the residents feel the prop- erty should be granted to the school board or re'tained, in part or whole, by the Town of Hertford. Individuals are asked to contact the Mayor and Commissioners and cx- press their views on the subject. At a meeting of the town board Monday night representatives "f the Board of Education requested the board to give the schools albrary. (mi!, claim title to the land thej Residents of Hertford are ask title to which is now a clouded is-1 ed to give the Mayor and members sue. Silas M. Whedbee, school at- of the town board their thoughts on torney. pointed out, title remains ( the situation in order that these with the Board of Education so opinions may be considered by the long as it maintains school activi-l Board when it meets next Monday tios on the s'fe h"t the title re-1 Large Attendance At Bethel Church Anniversary Event Bethel Baptist Church in Per quimans County last week celebrat ed its sesqui-centennial with an impressive morning and afternoon I program, Approximately 700 mem bers, former members, and inter ested friends met at the old church for a dayj of worship,' inspiration and fellowship. The morning ser vice and a sermon by the Rev. G. M. Singletary was followed by lunch on the spacious and shady grounds. The afternoon session: featured messages by Mrs. Mattie Macon Gardner and the Rev. J. T. Byrum. Special music for the two sessions was furnished by the church choir, the youth choir, and soloists, the Rev. Philip Quidley record book with the original con stitution of the church which states that "In open conference at Yoppim Chapel March 1st 1806 that for the conveniency of .Church Government p. division should take place in Yoppim Church so as for a new Church to be constituted." Thus was organized the Bethel Baptist Church. Interesting to the people of Per quimans County is the list of char ted members ,of the church. Many descendants of these families are still residents of the county, Ross, Roberts, Deal, Skinner, Blount, Whidbee, Gilbert. Bembry, White, Coppage. Cotton, Petti john. Elder, Bagley, Penrice, Newbold, Thatch, of March 1806. - The first pastor of the" church was the Rev. Martin' Ross who ser ved this. church for 21 years. Dur ing his pastorate, churches were organized at ' both Hertford and Edenton. 1 1 reirtrMPfXMts Next Monday Night The Parent-Teacher, Association of Central Grammar School will hold its first, meeting of the new school year next Monday night, September 17, in the school audi torium beginning at 8 o'clock. The executive committee , has changed the date of the ; meeting of the group from the fourth to, the third Monday of each month. ' Mrs. John Hurdle, president of the unit, will have ! charge of the program Monday ni-rht. and nhe attend. verts to the town' should, tbeseS a f tivities be halted for a period oft! three years. ' ; j ', After being advised by its attor ney, Chas. E. Johnson, the town board denied the request of the school ' officials for a quit claim . title, the denial being based iipon learal procedure involved in the transaction. In further discussion of the mat ter the Town Commissioners ex pressed a desire to think over the situation and get the reaction of the public; however, the opinion was expressed a compromise might be reached whereby both the Board of Education and the Tnwn of Hertford would share in the pro ceeds through the sale of the entire tract of land, excluding that see tion containing the Perquimans Li night, Marketing Cards For 1955 Cotton Now Available 1 Cotton growers, in the cflSsty who planted within their 1956 eot ton farm allotment should call at the., ASC, office in Hertford , for their Cotton Marketing Card with which to sell their 1956 crop of cot ton, Helene W. Nixon, Perquimans County ASC Office Manager, ad vises. The buyer is required to record the marketing card serial number for each sale of cotton produced in 1956 as evidence that the cotton was not subject to penalty. All cotton which is not identified at the time of the sale as free of penalty must be taken to be excess cotjton and subject to the penalty and lien thereon. It is for the farmer's protection, as well as for the pro tection of the buyer, that cotton marketing cards be used properly. The records of the cotton produc ed are important in determining the yield for farms which might be used in connection with many phas es of agricultural programs for cot ton. For this reason, farmers are nrared to keep a copy of each gin bale ticket or sales record of seed cotton for several seasons back since a record of the cotton pro duction for the farm may be re quested at some future time in con nection with some cotton pro gram. If a producer is . growing cotton on more than one farm, he should be sure the gin tickets or seed cotton sales slips show the farm on which the cotton was pro duced! '' '' Given Promotion ', H. C. Nixon has been prompted , to Assistant Plsnt , Manager :.'of Hi Statesville Division. The Seminole Mills, Statesville. N.'.C: '" f " ' W, M. Aiken, Plant Manager, announced that Nixon has already . assumed his duties. . , Nixon has served m overseer if , weaving and prior to his promotion, was overseer of. the Preparation ; Department at Statesville." . Nixon, married to the former Kathleen Doyle, came to The Sem inole Mills in 1949 from Ashland Corporation, Jewitt City. Conii. He is a Naty veteran of World, War II and a graduate of North Carr lina State College. He is the son of Mrs. T. J, Nixon, Front Street, Hertford. i r
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