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i a it v.-r "Mil- i-fWfe: .,. .'I w KLY AJ .r' ' I II IWf IWI CN ILifl ilW ii IVii 1 l U N :m3XXl vf.-i-Numbcr 9. Property SeSooUGai J'li preliminary, : plans for the i re . building of the Perquimans County School garage, which wag destroy , ed Thursday of last week by a , Navy jet fighter plane, are being formulated by the local Board of ',. Education and will be considered in detail at a Bpecial meeting of the : Board to be held next Monday night in the office of superintendent of schools. School officials are now in tl process of compiling an inventory of property lost in the accident in preparating for filing claims against the Navy" for recovery of monetary value. . The officials conferred here on - Tuesday with Richard C. Hall, an investigator representing the Navy Department, , at which time Mr. Hall advised the Board of Educa- 'tion on procedure for filing of the ' l claims. ..In answer to a question hfi Mr, Hall estimated settlement, of .i , the- claims will take from one to T? four months. A tentative inventory of school , property destroyed and lost as a re sult of the accident revealed the ap proximate value of the property to ' be in the neighborhood of $35,000. This does not include a large amount of electrical . equipment which was stored in the garage by ...... contractors for the ' two school building's now under construction . here. Separate claims for these losses will have to be filed by the contactor-owners. : It is estimated the . burned ga , rage will require $10,000 for re placement while other property I. 'J, stored in the garage has been val . ued at $9,500; office equipment at $661 stock room equipment, $4,635; mechanic's tools,' $500; and $14,- 350 -tag the low estimated for the Disposed Recdrde Docket Here Tiiesi . - Felony charges against four de fendants, Linwood a and Ernest Lamb and Russell and Jesse East, were reduced in Perquimans Re corder's Court here Tuesday when Judge Chas."E. Johpson took Juris diction after the state had present ed evidence against the youths on ' the theft of machinery from the . Dewey Terry, Jr.,'-' small- mill lo cated oh Highway .17,. south fit Hertford. Following reduction of the charges the youths entered pleas of guilty to charges of lar ceny. Linwood Lamb and, Russell East were -oKlefedjt to pay a fine of $25 aW' cbsVs each and Ernest Lamb and Jesse East each were) ordered - to pay the costs of court. ' All four were ordered to return the property identified during the court' hearing to Mr, Perry. . " ; " -. Other cases heard during the ses sion Tuesday included, the one in which James Dillard, Luther James, James Harris-and William Banks submitted to the charge of possess ing non-tax-paid liquor and paid a fine of $25 and costs. ; Grandy Whijsem, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of non Bupport He was ordered by the court to pay the sum of $10 per) week for the support of his chil dren. ' . ,:".if'..',:i;..- A fine of $10 and costs were tax ed against William G. White, Ne gro, who submitted to a charge of driving with, insufficient brakes!,. James Griffin paid the costs' of court after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a' stop sign. John Wood was found guilty on a' charge of speeding. He was lined ?25 and costs of :emrtl, f ' f - j': Prayer for judgment was contin- i in the case in which George IJer, Negro, pleaded guilty to a rge of non-support, Wilder I the costs of court. niel Welch, Negro, was taxed - the court costs after plead "'y to a charge of assault. Overton, Negro, paid the . t after submitting to e .' f ".!.;g to observe a stop '.. ...,- ... J I ' i '1 !' J f 1 '' Lp0s : At if I school buses, oil truck, pickup rucV and other equipment originally bud,. plied the county through the -State Board of Education. : " '.: ::: ;. The Board of Education, was ad vised it can proceed immediately with plans for rebuilding the ga rage and getting ; it back into op eration; that stich action will in no way -hamper settlement of- claims for the losses. ,l ; !. -', i Mr. Hall told' the Officials the Board is 'free to 'accept 'siettleme'nt from insurance, companies pn the, loss . oi. liBured -.property vnd' this likewise will nave m) affection- settlement with the Navy, but , the amount: ; or insurance-. djmi j.wjJroe deducted from the -Navy .payment.. . The Board of Education Jbap sal- ready let a contract 'with;. Milton Dail, for the repair and restoration of the athletic -field, whieWwas damaged by the plane and the 'sal vage crew whichttwere at work at the site last Friday.. It is also receiving -bid or the salvage of the-garage' site. "and the sale of the burned - supplies and equipments, a' ;for?jLwi:'fi7 expected -lw.eMteji:.:.Bd' thej work started .by the end . of the week. ' .''.'i'v' ; :r'-;'' . The operational, activities of ;the school's transpertaitloW 'system- -is now on a temporary basi pending the reconstruction of the ..garage. Noah Gregory is acting chief me chanic for the system, and local ga rages have offertd. their', facilities to, the Board of Education for mt. pany is acting as met ana oil -sup-pliers for ail buses. . ;- . : J. T. Biggers, School Superititcn dent, stated this "week .It wjlT be some time before the system Is back on .a permanent bsis. r r s Of V&ri a charge of epeeding.i , J 'A - Armond Dupdiy siibmitted to a charge of driving 'nthe'left' side of a highway - and jwid the costs of court. . , Tl ( ' - Costs of court were taxed against William Carboy wW pleaded1 guilty to a charge of passing a vehicle on a curve. , ' , i ' fi , J Possibilities that the : UN Will vote" sanctions against Israel : ap peared remote thig week, although certain Arab nations are-' pressing for this action on the continued, re fusal of Isael to withdraw, its troops, from the Gaza atrip. ' Announce ments from the UN, indicate the U. S., France and Britain, are op posed to voting sanctions and ef forts are being made to-settle the Mid-East trouble without this - ac tion. . , , V Taxes i an . spending'' hold - the spotlight in the General, Assembly this week 8s committals study pro posals for enacting la Wg galling for a new tax structure for the state, and proposal? for increases rh pay for teachers and 'other-.'state em ployees. ' It appears most repre sentatives favor the" pay increase but the big decislofi to be made on the proposal concerns thetdtal per centage of the increase in pay. t I ' orth Carofiria'a literacy test for voting applicants has been chal lenged . by a Negro -woman' of Northampton County in a suit filed in a U. S. District Court. ; Some state sources 'se th(f 'action teing fourht through 'U( ?. 'courts Until a final decision Sreacled. in. the Supreme Court.' T .'it-' 'r 1 MASCX3 T3; KT , The Perquimans V 'i Lodge Vf. rA. F. A A. , V "I rent 1 ' - r' ' irs 7 QdWt ed TIIIS VMS I. : mm Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 1, 1957. fthodist Laymen The largest' group .of Methodist laymen and their pastors, ever as sembled for any one meeting in the Elisabeth City District gathered at Perquimans County High School in Hertford Monday night, February' 25 in a giant rally. Led by Dis trict , Superintendent C. Freeman Heath of Elizabeth City and Dis trict Lay Leader Fred Ritter of Ahoskie, a near capacity crowd fill ed the high school auditorium for the 7:30 program which brought to the laymen of the district outstand ling Methodist leaders to discuss one of the 1956-60 quadrennium goals j , or Christian Higher Education Prior to the platform hour, more than .500 men enjoyed a barbecue dinner served in the high school cafeteria , by E. A. Goodman, a Hertford layman, owner of Chub's Barbecue. ' , Bishop Paul N. Garber of Rich mond, Va., in on ut the keynote addresses of the evening, express ed 'his gratitude for the progress which eastern North Carolina Meth odism has already made in setting p , new congregations, in increas ing its per capita giving and in showing a gain in membership. Looking to the future, he said: "Progress in population gain is more in eastern North Carolina than in any other section of our state. Our young people are going to' college in greater numbers than ever before. The Methodist Church must make provisions for colleges for the training of these young peo ple." ,, . . . .,,, Statements regarding the urgen cy of the -church-wide emphasis on Christian ; Highef Education were made by Dr. Cecil Robbins, presi- - .rdent of Louisburg College and Dr. W, E. Clark of Nashville, Tenn., a member of the General Commission n Hirher Eduation of the Metho Ill IlL.i l.SUIiUdy dist Chrfrch.-Both men were jntroTproposed duced by Conference Lay Leader .1. Nelson Gibson of Gibson,! who this year succeeded Jasper Smith of Bethel as leader of the lay program in the. North Carolina conference. Mr. Smith was present and recog nized. . Chief address of the evening wag wide by Dr. B. Joseph Martin, president of Wesleyan College, Ma- con, Georgia, Challenging the men to accept their mission and respon sibilities . as an adult church, Dr. Martin said: "With all our toler ance, our generosity, our ecumeni city, let us remember that God is not going to be left without a Wit ness in the world. . Our church must assume its responsibility to its youth. - To do lesg is for us to fait in a crucial moment of church history." . . ' " Fifty men of the Hertford Meth odist Church were iin attendance and served as hosts for the occas ion, led by their- local lay leader, Talmage -Rose, Jr., who was in charge of local arrangements. VinsIow Funeral Held Thursday P.M. Mrs. Esther James White Wins low, 73, died Wednesday at 7 o'clock in the Albemarle Hospital after an illness of two days. She was a native and .lifelor resident of Perquimans County and daughter of the late James Frank and Emma White Winslow. She was a member of Up River Friends Church. : .'r-Vy v. ;N f. !',,'' '- Surviving are her husband, J. Luther Winslow; thred sons, Floyd E., Alvin and Jasper Winslow of Hertford: four daughters, Mrs. Towell Martin of Denton, Md., Mrs. Crafton Winslow of Hertford. Route 2. and Mrs. Walter Nowell of Winfall and Miss Sylvia Wins low of Washington, D.? C; four brothers, Ralph White of Belvi dere, Berry Lee White" of Woodland. Hugh White of Winston-Salem and Archie Whit of Belvidere: two sis ters. Miss Pearl White of Richland and Mrs. Claud Walker of Burling ton; 11 grandchildren and' one great-grandchild. , The body was taken from" the Lynch Funeral Home to the Up River Friends Church for services Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock .conducted by the Rev. Orval Dillon', tRstor. Burial wat in the church -vi'if'1" .' ' J--.';-,:-'.,-;'1'-1 . rL i Kit r u m I PLOWING IN THE PARKING LOT This striking contrast between the ultramodern apartment house and the age-old plowman behind his horses presents itself in West Berlin, Germany. The "city farmer" is actually a gardener who took advantage of the warm weather to turn up the soil for spring planting in the apartment house yard. Board Calls Public Hearing Zoning Ordinance A proposed zoning ordinance for the Town of Hertford will be con sidered for adoption at a public hearing to be conducted in the Mu nicipal Building here on the night of Wednesday, March 20, it was reported today by R. C. Elliott, Town Clerk, who stated the Town Board will meet that night in spe cial session to hold a public hear ing on the ordinance in its proposed form. The provisions of the zoning or-- dinance were explained at a public1 hearing held here on February 41 when Leigh Wilson, representative' of the League of Municipalities, acted as moderator and gave de tails of the ordinance as it is now A large number of Hertford citi zens were present for this first eharing, and the Town Board is hopeful even more residents will turn out to attend the next hear ing. The purpose of the hearing on March 20 will be to give the mcm bers of the Town Board the oppor tunity to study and make any pro posed changes in the ordinance as it is now proposed, prior to consid ering it for adoption at the regu lar meeting of the Board during April. It is anticipated some changes in the ordinance will be proposed by both members of the Town Board and possibly some residents of the town. Town Commissioners will bf anxious to near recommenaations and complaints on the proposed or dinance at the meeting on March 20.' This hearing will start at 7:30 o'clock P. M. ; Under the ordinance proposed for Hertford, -the town will be divided into four zone areas: two for resi dences, a business and industrial area. The basic differences in the two residential areas is determined by the number of square feet in a building lot located in an area. At the present time the proposed ordi nance calls for one residential area to be restristed to lots of 8,000 square feet and the other area calls for lots of 6,000 square feet. . Mr. Wilson pointed out the zon ing ordinance applies only after the law is adopted by the Board of Town Commissioners; '.-.; The regulations pertaining to residential areas places certain re strictions on construction, requir ing minimum front and side yards for each bouse. ' The law will also regulate the height for new build- ings. -, Residential areas will be restrict ed to homes but it will be permiss able for schools, hospitals, private dlubg , and apartment houses, to he situated in these areas. The business area will be , re-1 stnetect to retail iand Wholesale business houses, but may contain homes but no industrial1 'buildings; The industrial tone will be the area for industrial' buildings., CIRCLE TO MEET The Delia Shamburger Mission ary Circle of the. First Methodist Church will meet . Monday night, March 4, at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Jul ian, White and Miss Mildred Reed as . co-hostess. A1J, members arel are expected to expedite the aer urged to attend, , ' '.' vJti ofiaredbji thft firm, - . -f J - -. Mrs. W. C. Cherry was elected chairman of the Perquimans Chap ter of the American Red Cross, at a meeting of the local committee, held last Friday afternoon at the Municipal Building. Mrs. Cherry will succeed R. C. Elliott as head of the county committee. Selection of other officials of the county chapter was postponed pending a special meeting to be cnled by the new chairman for this purpose. ' During the meeting Friday, Mr. Elliott announced the annual Red Cross fund drive wirf he co'iidoMed during the month of March and that Perquimans County had been assigned a quota of $1,811 for this campaign. Aces Tod Indians To Win Conference Cage Tournament A red-hot Johnny Kramer spark ed his Edenton basketball team to a 61-50 victory over the Perquim ans Indians last Friday night to give Edenton the championship ti- i tie 'in'" the Albemarle Conference tou,.nam(,nt h(d at Ahoskie The final game was hard-fought throughout but the inability of the Indians to stop Kramer made th" difference in the outcome. ' Per quimans lost Tommy Matthews and Johnny Miller by the foul route and this hampered the Indians during the fourth period. The teams were tid at 13-all at the close of the first quarter. Eden ton canned 19 points in the second period while Perquimans scored 13. The Aces increased their lead in the third period hitting ror ; 15 points while Perquimans tallied 11. In the final neriod Edenton out scored Perquimans 14-13, Kramer scored 31 of his team's 61 points while Copeland got 11. Matthews was high scorer for the Indians with 16. White had 12. Mil7 ler 5, Tucker 7, Baker 5, Whedbee 3 and W. N. Matthew's 2. ' The Indians won the right to meet Edenton in the finals of the tourney by scoring a 59-48 victory oyer the Plymouth boys in a game played Thursday night. The Ahoskie girls won their di vision title by defeating the Ply mouth girls by a score of 74 to 40 The Perquimans Squaws lost in i the -onenine round of the meet to tf,e Plymouth girls. Winfall Company Building New Office A new, modern office building is now nearing completion at the J. F. Hollowell it Son place in Winfall When completed the new office will handle all -business activity of the firm. Scales for the use of weigh ing livestock and farm commodities are also being installed and these ' it nil To Study New Chairman I : . iVa vy Offica Is Conducting In vestiera tion As Tn i Cause Of Plan Note Of Thanks For Disaster Assistance The Perquimans County Board of Education wishes to take this opportunity to extend expressions of appreciation to the Fire De partments of Hertford, Edenton ana iMizaoetn uty; to the I'olice ! Department; and to everyone who so willingly helped during the di saster which occurred at the Per quimans County Hiph School last week. Funeral Services Held Saturday For Crash Victim Funeral services for J. Van Roach, 55 who died Thursday night in the Chowan Hospital from hums were .conducted .Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Winfall Meth odist Church by the Rev. Karl Meekins. Mr. Roach was a victim of the plane crash which occurred hero on Thursday of 'last week when a Navy jet fighter plunged into the Perquimans County High School garage causing its destruction. Roach was the son of the lal' John and Susan Roach and the hus band of Mrs. Audrey Roach, who survives as do one daughter, Mrs. Ray Harris; one son, Vick Roach: one brother, George Roach: two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Hare of Eden ton and Miss Beuhih Roach of Nor folk. Va., and one grandchild. Prior to accepting the post as chief mechanic for the Perquimans County Schools some two years' aco. Mr. Roach owned and operat ed a garage at Winfall. During the services Snturdav the church choir sansr "Close To The Heart of God," "Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were Wallace--Morgan,-Elijah White, Durwood Barber, Sr., Claude White, Joel F. Hollo well, Sr., and Nathan Matthews. Honorary pallbearers were county school bus drivers. Burial was in Cedar Grove, Church Cemetery. , Funeral For Mrs. MinnieS. Winslow Held On Wednesday Mrs. Minnie Smith Winslow, 80, died Monday, at 4:20 P. M., at her home on Route 2. She was a native of Perquimans County, daughter of Josiah and Pe--' neloe Trucblood Smith and 'membM' of the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church. Survivors are her husband, Al len Jay Winslow; three sons, Jo siah Winslow and Dennis Winslow of Hertford and Clarence Winslow of Manchester, Conn.; four daugh-j ters, Mrs. Ruth Rountree and Mrs.' un.u t oi,,:j il Miss Clara B. Winslow and' Miss Minnie Lee Winslow of Hertford; three brothers, L. A. Smith and N. G. Smith of Hertford and W. Ray J. Smith of Kernersville, Ky.; a sis- ter Mrs. Beatrice Hollowell of Hertford, eight grandchildren ami a' great-granflcnua. , The , body was taken from the Lynch Funeral Home in Hertford to the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church Wednesday at 2 P. M., when services were conducted by the Rev. C. S. Saunders, pastor. ,, Burial followed in , the family cemetery. ' : ' Le?ion Units To Hold Joint Meeting The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion and its Au xiliary will hold a, point meeting on Thursday night, March 7, at the Municipal Building in Hertford for the purpose of observing the anni versary of the" organization of the American Legion. . All members ,of the Legion and the Auxiliary are uifed to be pretest for the event, Crash n Memorial Field at Perquimans High School, and the land adjacent, was a bee-hive of activity last week-end when Navy officials, headed by Conidr, J. L. Carter, USN, of the Fleet Air Service, came here to conduct an investi gation of a plane crash, which oc curred at the shool Thursday of las week "ins: the death of the pilot, Ensign W. W. Bell of Oceana Air Station, and J. Van Roach, chief ' mechanic for Perquimans County Schools. Severely injured in the air trage dy was Preston Morgan, school me chanic, who is a patient at Chowan Hospital suffering burns over 35 per cent of his bodv. received when the plane exploded inside the ga rage. Bell's body was found about 8 o'clock Thursday night by Calvin Bundy who resides on the farm of Iieigh Winslow, located about three miles cast of Hertford on Route three. The Navy reported that, al though the pilot was wearing the parachute harness, there was no chute in the vicinity, and one found five miles away is presumed to have been Hell's. Naval officials believe Bell was ejected successful ly from the plane but the chute canopy apparently ripped loose let ting the pilot fall. The plane was traveling at an undetermined speed and in a flat ;lide when it approached the Per quimans High School. Searing off tree-tops some 400 yards from the garage, the plane struck the earth in a field on the Cox farm and then bounced, about head-high, into the southeast corner of the garage, striking a car owned by W. R. Pri vott and a pickup truck owned by the State school system, which were in the line of travel , A itflj'ss, uReigh Perry, ri portedthji jWneV.Hrrcd to lie afire before it struck the garage and ejploded. I'erry was. tho first to, reif; JffJ Rh jfvBuA Jnergoii from W Wtzilig JbiMng, clothes , afire. He rendered jfktaid await ing arrival J an amlfclancewbiith carried ifrht (thofan Hopitali Last Perquimans High Memorial Service Held Last Friday slA-cial tjiitiik ifrduitett at Perquimans Hwh?.Srhut)l da-sty Fri day motning wfieij ,dif .-f 9ffot'iycly was jojed by 'to'rmsferS of'HertfoVd and PerquTnTsTns'fcounty afi(rn"targe' number of citizens during the chap tJ'jfturiod. Memorial services were jff$. Van Roach and Ensign W, W. Bell, who lost their lives in the air tragedy which occurred the day he fore and prayers of thanksgiving were offered that the disaster did not destroy or injure the school or its students. Principal E. C. Woodard presid ed over the services which opened with the Rev. Philip leading in the singing of the Doxology and Sweet Hour of Prayer. The Rev. James I A. Auman, pastor , of Hertford Methodist Church, spoke 'briefly praising Mr. Roach and Preston Morgan for the splendid work they did in providing safe transporta- tie f(,r tfte school students, . Air. l a i- t ; ther m'"s:Mn5 -.Part: -in , the program were the, Rev. Paul Shultz, rector of Holy.Trinity Epis copal Church, the Rev.rEarl,, Meek ins. of 'Winfall ' Methodist,, Church, the Rev. Orval Dillon of Up River Friends Church, the Rev. J, QA Mtr tox of' the Hertford Baptisti, Church, Dr. Harold' ', White, Presbyterian Church pastor who teaches English in the school, all of whom offered special prayers. George Caddy, representing the board of education and Miss Thel ma Elliott, principal of the gram mar school, spoke briefly. ; Edgar Fields, president of the Student J Council, led in a prayer for those killed and injured and in thanksgiv- lng.for those not -harmed. . ' ,..-' .Twelye (Students: and 'several par ents alsd offered prayer In, the pe- noJ tttflt XOUQWfd, 5 Cents Per Copy. Week where he died Thursday night from burns suffered in the fire. V. The plane, a jet Demon fighter, disintegrated in the explosion, hurl ing iiroiven pans, pieces oi .tne--fuselage, and the jet engine over : wide area of the athletic field. Part of the debris was also sal vaged by the Navy from the field of the Cox farm. A Navy spoken, man said all parts of the plane will be carefully studied in an effort to determine the cause of the ei-ash. It was theorized the pilot, who had been taught that in such emergencies to head the plane awav from populated ureas, had attempt ed to guide the jet into l'eiuimnns River but the maneuverin'r of the . plane after the ejection of th" ni. lot caused the plane to swerve back toward the school miildinf. The plunging plane was headed directly at Perquimans High School where classes were in pro gress, and Mrs. Anne Nowell, sei--nei. teacher, reported she vaw the disintegrating nlane as it swent to ward the buildimr. Local authori ties are of the opinion, had it not been for the location of the ga rage, the plane would have struck the school proner. possibly causing i greater tragedy than occurred. Considerable property loss was sustained. Six discarded school buses were stored inside the gn ra're as was the school activity bus, donate,) f the school through a drive sponsored by the Hertford fayeees. Also destroyed by the fire were a l1 ton truck, a pickup truck and tractor which was the Property of the state; the entire inventory of parts used for repair of ' school buses, and cars owned by Preston Morgannnd W. R. Pri vott, Negro teacher who left his ear at the scene after receiving a .sttident-traininfe vehicle to' drive fS Po"i-qiiimans Training School. Nu merous mechanical tools owned by tjle. school and the individual me- Vhanics were also destroyed in the tire. fill- scene was secured by Navy personnel about mid-afternoon on .Wuirsriny and was, off-limits to ci- (Continued on Page Eight) Junior Miller Dies After Short Illness Junior Benton Miller, 49, died Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock at Albemarle Hospital .following an illness of one week. He was a native and lifelong resi. dent of Perquimans County, son of the late David and Mamie Stall ings Miller. He .was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church and the Ruritun Club. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ha zel Miller; two sons, H. B. Miller of Hertford, Route 2 and Hen Mil. ler of Norfolk; one daughter, Miss : Joyce Miller of Winfall; one sister, Mm. H. H. Stall ings of Hertford, Route 2; four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduct ed Friday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock " 'Hum him v. iiun'ii uv cue ReV c follow in.Harrell's'.'Cemetery near New- Hope. County Board To Meet Next Monday Two meetings are scheduled for the Board of County Commission- ' ers for the month of March. The Board will conduct Its regular March meeting next Monday, bo- . ginning at 10 A. M. On Monday, March 18, the Commissioners will sit as a 'Board of Knuulizatinn anrf Review for the mirnose of ing any complaints arising over property valuation. This latter meeting will begin at 10 A,. M., and the" Board will remain in session until all matters pertaining to val. tifttion hve been completed,