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1 lMS WEEKLY i v 'i Vclu : - XXIV. Nvrr. SMALL RESCUE track, approved by the Fed eral Civil Defense Administration for Federal matching funds, has an amailng array of equip men for its four-man'' crew. Included are: (1) ine Cases : Heard v l ol At Court Session Perquimans Recorder's Court, in session here Tuesday with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding, dispos - ed f nine cases on the docket and continued the case in which Qjbson Brickie of Chowan County is charg- cd with manslaughter, H. Elliott, Jr., submitted to a cljnrge of speeding and wag or dered to pay the costs of court. , William Ray Miller, a school stu dent, charged with-speeding, enter- .ed ,i pica of guilty.. The court on- tlnued prayer for judgment in the vj'r CUP ittn,i ordoisd Miller t swbwt ""fiiift'-HiiiiivK-r itr I nr ..Mil HLrurK ni iwru. 1S8 driving. . v - Lee" Hines, Neafro, wag fined $25 and cfists after he vas found guilty of charges of failing to dim the light of his cay and failing to heed an bfficial ntop s'gn. . Joe Perry, Kegrov entered a plea of tfullty to "s Charge of att mult. He was given a (iO day susur.nc!d senteniV and ordered to pay the costs of court. : Luther Haynes, Negro, submit ted to a charge of being drunk on a highway. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs. ' A fine of $50 and costs were tax ed against Herbert , Ward who sub mitted to a charge of reckless driv ing. t ! 'James Jones, Negro, was ordered to pay the court costs after plead ing guilty to a charge of driving a truck lpaded over, the height limit. " FretKRountree, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to a chut-ge of driving on the left side of .a highway. , v Joseph Dillard, Negro, was order ed to pay the costs of court on a charge jof driving with an expired operator's license. ' The defendant entered a plea of guilty to the charge; t- . . i , 4-HClubToHold Barbecue Supper .'v;Xvv .1 'jA-i v. , 'i:':,;" Thel.4-H Clubs of Perquimans County are sponsoring a chicken . barbecue supper1 on Friday hightj - March 22 at the Central Grammar School in Winfall from 5:30 to ' 7:30 oclock." ' There will be an advance sale of . tickets, by the 4-H Club members - and thfy can also be purchased nt ' the Perquimans County Agent's of fice 'iri Hertford.', "This advance sale is most 'important- as we need , to - knqw.-how many, to expect," '-states J-Riehurd Bryant, assistant county: agent. ' ' ' The 'proceeds of this supper will - be used to help defray the costs of trjpg taken by 'the club members in their work this year. ''We are looking forward to see Vi ing a large crowy and we are hon ingyou will be there, too, adds Ti'lfiS . Nancy', Henderson, assistant vome' agent. ' GIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Borri to Mr. and , Mrs.- James Tailor Umphlett of Cody, Wyom ; r, on March, 11," o son, 'Jon' i ,F '.' "i d. - Both 'mother and ;cr 11. Rescut'? O; ' TT Hydraullo Jack, equipment; (2) able one-kilowatt generator. Four-wheel-drive track tan: traverse rough terrain. fcda Photo) R;wJis Revival Central PTA Will i Mpf MnnHntr Nicrtif 1 " ; IVlOnuay. JN lgm The Parent-Teacher Association of ' Central Grammar; School will hold its regular meeting' Monday night, March 18, at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium, The Whiteston Community will have charge of the program with Mrs.' Russell Baker as chairman. The subject ' is "Our Investment, Building Better Personalities." All Parents r4 urged to attend ana in public is invited to attend. ! TUiQwmrc j. I Mil IILLIl U . I HEADLINES I V Congress set a precedent this week by passing a resolution ad vising the President the $71.8 bil lion budget now under consideration is too big and requesting the Pres. ident to point out where substan tial reductions might be made. The resolution, while it has no binding effect, is unique in that it calls for the President instead of Congress to do the paring on excessive bud get requests. , .The UN has another problem on its hands in the Middle East since the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip. , Egypt now wants-governmental control over the area vacated by Israel and occupied under agreement by, yN troops. Arabs living in the strip have caused several riots "within the past week but the UN forces appear to have the situation Under control. . : Since the withdrawal, of Israel, Egypt has been called upon to has ten the clearing'-of the Suez Ca nal and get this traffic lane open to world commerce. The oil prob lem . for Europe has been eased somewhat by the reopening of a i : ,.1 .l. cr :.. uiijeuiie luiinjilK utruuKU : i. j . ' . , . ... which was destroyed four months: ago when trouble .developed over the Canal. Churches Observe World Day Of Prayer i World Day of Prayer was observ ed here last Friday by the Metho dist, .Baptist and. Episcopal church es, with a service conducted at the,, rtm lueuiuuiai vouivii. ine memo pf the service was "Who Shall Sep. arate Us." , ' . . .a Call to prayer was given by Mrs. I Sidnev Jessup and a history", pfi World - Day of Prayer, which v. is sponsored by the National Council of .Churches and United -Church Women," was; given by Mrs.' John Biggera. ' Mrs. Charles Johnson, sanjf "Give. Us Peace Again, Welter farm and more recently poul- j Pray The Tie That Binds was the subject of a talk given by Mrsj James A. Auman. Benediction wast -j ' 4 r' v, ; - j r'rttox. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 15, 1957. same- Si 1 ft alone with apreadinf and pulling portable inhalator, and (3) port B?PP Cooperating with other churches in the area in a simultaneous ef fort, the Laymen of the Hertford Baptist Church will sponsor a Lay men's Revival this week-end. Thjs is a new undertaking in eastern North Carolina, but others else where in the State, have long met with great success. In such a revival the focus i upon Laymen, and its aim is te stimulate more men to serve morr in more phases of Christian work. Outstanding laymen all success ful business men and consecrated Christians. from western North Carolina will lead in these simul taneous revivals. Two of these men will be jn Hertford to lead the revival here. They will preach, give: personal testimonies and lead in- a layman's . vjsitsiton program. The men of thehurch wiJ"jill th'e other places of responsibility. ' A "kick-off" supper for the men of the church will-be held in the lower auditorium. Friday at 6:30. Julian H. , Broughtpn and Lloyd "Pete" Riddick are in charge of the arrangements for this supper. ; Ihe services will begin at 7:30 on Friday ; and will continue throuirh Saturday and Sunday. Spe cial music and other inspirationa1 features have been planned by the choirs and other groups of the church. Pastor Mattox said in his an nouncement yesterday that though the revival is sponsored by the men, it is most definitely for all friends of the community both mefl and, womep, and a cordial in vitation is extended to. all to share in. this effort that should prove to be enriching and timely. The Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Elmer Lassiter at its dinner meeting Wednesday night of last week after Lassiter had been selected as the outstand ing young farmer of Perquimans County for 1957. Lassiter is married to the form r r, .,. i . , er Miss Faye Wins ow, and they . ' ' ' are the parents of a two-and-a-half year old son, Rodney. Their farni is a 75-acre one near the W. S. Winslow store, in Wniteston, and is worked almost - completely by Lassiter alone. However, there are a few times when some outside la ' bor is needed I iv The award winner has been farm ing alone for some nine years. Prior to that time he worked with his father on the farm of his, parents, Jonn and Mattie IJiasiter. ... hvCfcm'Mtton'm' soy beans are basic crops cultivated by Lassiter but since he is quite a diversified farmer, some other' crops are sup- plemented. . Peanuts,' for instance, is a crop that he usually raises ir small quantities each', year.' Live stock,' a natural for most tillers of the 'soil is a feature of the-, Lassi- try has been added in, larger quan- titles. . . v I is: basically his -accomplish (Co-lamed on Pjr Eight) . st Sponsor Elmer Lassiterls NamedOutstanding Young Farmer Here Town Faces Rental ;ReuesSjrper Suippl&operty (Hwtford'8 Town Board wus prp- nenteci witn n inquest, at limine. big3 Monday night,' thut thetotm start paying a rental fee for1 us of land adjacent to the town pliint which is owned by Mrs. J. L. Harris and under .management of The Farmers Mart. , After some discussion of the rental rate as proposed by the man ager of the property, th Town Board named a committee compos ed of Mayor.V. N. Darden, Com missioner R. L. Hollowell and Town Attorney Chas. E. Johnson to con. fer with the owners over a rental agreement or a possible purchase of the land. . The hind in question is that por tion of the old Southern Cotton OH Company propery adjoining th'' town plant site which the town h"" been using for a number of years as a water-well field and nlsn fr unloading of street material and storage. The Town holds easement right on a portion of the land unon which is situated wells for supplying the town witn water, but due to ex-i pansion of the system in recent years the town has opened up wells on some land for which it holds no easement rights. It is for this part of the land, and that used for a railroad spur and storage space thf owner desires rent be paid for fu ture use . Other matters handled during the Board meeting included approval of renovating the town clerk's office to provide a private office for the clerk. .The Board also considered a pro posal for replotting the Hertford Grammar School site, which is to be offered for sale at public auction, and voted to plot the site in such "'are granted without regard to fi a manner that all lots offered for- nancial need. The object is to pick sale will comply with the require! Outstanding talent and train that ments of zoning ordinance' riow4rttalent for future' leadership in the under consideration by the Board. Poster Contest The Perquimans County Super visors of the Albemarle Soil Con servation District are sponsoring a Conservation Poster Contest. Frank B.' Skinner, Chairman of the Per-j quimans County Supervisors, an-j nounced that the contest would b for the fourth, fifth, and sixth, grades of the Central Grammar School.,. ''The f irstr place winner in each, grade willf receive a rize pf I $5.00 and the second " place winner in each grade will receive a prize of $3.00. This contest began March 1 and will end April 1. The Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Conser vation Poster Contest on a District wide 'basis. The District includes Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck counties, The District Contest will be 'held in Elizabeth City some time in April. The first and second place winners jn ea(.n gn,de will enter their os- ters in the District Contest; The Supervisors believe that a contest of this type will help the schools to teach students how Con servation Work is done to protect our natural resources. The super visors l80 believe that Conserva tion Education should start with the younger children. With this in mind the District Supervisors at their last meeting voted to desig nate the month of March as Con-1 servation Month in the schools and to sponsor the Poster' Contest as an annual event at this time. 1 '' ASC Officials To Attend .Conference 1 Helene W. Nixon, Ruby A. White and Leonidas L. Lane will leave Sunday for Asheville where they will represent Perquimans County at a State ASC Conference next week. :- Governor Luther Hodges will pre. lent the opening address of the meeting, and the program calls for various sessions aimed qt ac luainting the ASC officials . with problems of administering the 1957 iaxm program, , Sou Supervisors To Sponsor Annual V A public hearing for the purpose of' hearing complaints and recom mendations about a proposed zon ing ordinance for the Town of Hertford will be conducted at the Municipal Building in Hertford by the Town Board on Wednesday niirht. March 20, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Residents of Hertford are urged to attend this meeting and give the Town Board members their views on the proposed law. Charles M. Whedhee. an out standing member of the Senior I Class at Perquimans High School, j was one of 32 students selected to receive a Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina. ine award is worth ?j,ow) over a four-vear period. The names of the 32 winners were announced Wednesday night of last week at j Chapel Hill "by John Motley More- head, who has aided more than 10(1 students of outstanding ability to secure advanced educational train ing. Morehead Scholarships go to out standing and well-balanced students scholastically, athletically, with a view to mature character and personality traits. The stipends state and nation It took several months. of careful selection to pick the final 32. Of 14.000 eligible high school seniors in the state, the field was narrow ed to 560 students; then to 54. In the final screenings, 32 were nam ed. 1 The Morehead Scholarships are i among the most sought after of any scholarships in the nation. Charles Whedbee is the son of Mr. and Mi's. Silas M. Whedbee of Hertford. PrinceHall Masons Meeting Here Tues. The Masons, and sisters of the Eastern Star Lodge of the seventh. eighth and ninth districts of the Jurisdiction of North Carolina, will hold its annual regional meeting in Hertford Tuesday, March 19, at 8 p. m. -. . The districts comprised of Pas quotank, Perquimans, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Bertie, Northampton, Nash, Edgecombe arid Halifax counties. The meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church, comer of Hyde Park and King Streets in Hertford. An in teresting program has been plan ned for the occasion. Guests will be the Grand Master, Dr. G. D. Carnes, Grand Senior Warden, Sol omon Keene, Grand Treasurer, H N Dowdy and Superintendent T. H. iBrooks of Oxford Orphanage. , i-: Meridian Lodge No. 18, and Ada Chapter NoV 35 , will, be the host lodges, G. Wilson Felton, Mat thew Jarmon and Walter Clarke, Deputies of these Districts respec tively, are asking all Masons .and fisters to be present and the pub ic is invited to attend. V ' Refreshments will be served ..just cross the street from the church inv the Temple . with , worshipful master," C, T. Felton and Mrs. Thel- ma S. Gilliam, worthy matron of Ada chapter No. 35 in charge. ; . An offering will be raised for the support of Oxford Orphanage. '. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr, and Mrs. William Lane an nounce the birth of a son born Fri day, March 8, at the Chowan Hos- '.in M l a I i ' 1 1 1 ! " lll.JHlkllKMIIIMMl I Charted Whedbee WinsMorehead i UNC Scholarship Sch oo 1 Ins tru c t o r s II 1 I 1 ii . m Two instructors who will participate in the Chowan-Perquimans Christian Workers School to be conducted at (he Methodist Church here March 31 through April 2, will be the Rev. J. H. I.anning, left, apd the Rev. Wallace Kirhy, right. The Rev. James A. Aumaii, pastor of the church, will serve as dean of the school. Town Plan To Renumber Hertford Streets Board In Special Meeting On Monday The Perquimans Board ,,f Com missioners and the Tax Supervisor will meet in the Court House ii Hertford next Monday, March 18, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M., as a Board of Equalization and Revit-w to handle matters pertaining f 19S7 property valuation in the county. Individuals desiring to confer with the Board concernini: valua- I tion problems on their property arc requested to appear before the. Commissioners at this special meet ing. Mrs. Hettie Layden Wedslf Sawyer The marriage of Mrs. Hettie Nixon Layden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Nixon, to John Pritchard Sawyer, son of the late John and Clara Weeks Sawyer, took place Sunday, March 10 at the Bur- gess Baptist Church following the morning worship. The double ring ceremony w.i performed by tlie Rev. Philip Quid ley, pastor of the church. The bride entered the church wi'h her son, Sidney Layden, Jr., of Ehrdardt, S. C. She wore a navy Forstman wool telga suit with fitted hiplin'e jack et and a pencil slim skirt with navy and white accessories. She carried a pi-aver book topped with white orchids and showered with stepha notis. , " The best man was Walter Sawyer of Elizabeth City, son of the bride groom. . The wedding music was presented by the bridegroom's niece. Miss Au dry Sawyer, pianist arjd'Miss Shel by Jean Overton, who sang The Lord's Prayer following the cere mony. '".The." groomsmen were Preston Nixon, brother of the bride, and George Sawyer from Elizabeth City, brother of the bridegroom. Immediately following the cere mony Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ,W. Nixon entertained the families of the couple and out-of-town guests at a buffet luncheon at their home. The guests numbered 75. Mrs. Sawyer is employed at the J. C, Blanchard & Company store and Mr.. Sawyer is employed with the John Deere Implement Com pany. The couple will make their home in Hertford. j Senior Class Play Presentation-March 9 Members, of the senior class of Perquimans County : High School have started practice for the an-, nual play which will be presented Friday, March 29, at 8 o'clock. It is a three-act mystery-comedy en titled, "Three Fingers in the Door." . 'Those in the play are: Mary Ann White, Alice Gray Elliott. Evangeline Saunders, Mable Keel, Atwood Chappell, Charlie Johnson, Margaret Ann Sutton, Ma Jane Winslow, .Charles Whedbee and Douglas Coleman. The play is be ing coached by Mrs. Elizabeth Skip- Board Votes .- project, sponsored by the Hert ford I. ions Club, calling for the re numbering id' lots and houses oil the streets of Hertford was give.' the approval of the Town Board .V its meeting Monday night. A pro posed ordinanc'.. covering this pro ject has been prepared by the Lea gue of Municipalities but, as yet. has not been adopted. The Board Veiled to adopt an or dinance calling for the rcnuniberiim but propose to work out a method and plan of its own. The matter' was presented to the Board by Charles llarrel and Claude Brinn, representing- the Lions Club, and these men point ed out a number of advantages that can be secured through' the pro gram. At the present time Hertford does not nave a uniform pia.l lor numbering of houses .but under ih, project the town will be divided into areas with Church and Market streets being the dividing lines Each block north, east, south and west of these lines will be given similar numbers beginning with 10'1 and running up to the number of blocks on the street being renum bered. Mr. Han-ell advised the Town Board in the event the project i finally adopted the Lions Club will notify .every resident of the town as to the new house number and Boy Scouts will provide house num bers if the house owner desires. The Board agreed this matter of renumbering of streets will be ex plained at the public hearing to be conducted at the Municipal Build ing on March 20 at which time the proposed zoning ordinance will be considered. The Board also agreed new di rectional signs will be placed on the present street signs in the town to reveal the division lines on the various streets. Durants Neck Club Sponsors Program AtH. S Tonight A womanless Wedding and special music by the Cavalier Quartet will highlight a "night for fun" to be sponsored by the Durants Neck Ru'ntan Club, in the Perquimans High School auditorium Friday night, March 15, at 7:30 o'clock. 'The public is invited to attend the event and proceeds will be, used by the club to install rest rooms in the Community House at New Hope. Taking part in the womanless wedding will he Hazel Jackson as the bride; Garland Baker, the groom; Joshua Sutton, as the preacher; Carson Spivey will be the groom's mother and Buffalo Saun ders will be the.' bride's father. Marvin Caddy will play a part as Elvis Presley." Special music will be provided bv the Cavalier Quartet. ' STEAK FRY 1 The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, infold Romano wmxr:;,;,1 rr? thcAuf r Bt.enk fry next TuesdaV evening at Wl" h"W lts Apnl '",ti? t the jMO o'clock at the Municipal plant, bome f M. J. U. Towe, ' v 5 Cents Per Copy. - Pastors To Take Part In Christian Workers School Two of the instructors in thd? Chowan-Perquimans Christian Workers School, scheduled . for March 31-April 2 in the Ejrst Metlw; odist Church, Hertford, are the Rev.!' J. H. Lanning, Plymouth, who will teach the course for teachers of adult classes, and the Rev. Wallace C Kirhy, Fremont, who will teach the course for workers with youth. The .Chowan-Perquimans Chris tian Workers School is planned jointly by the N. C. Conference ' Board of Education of the Metho dist Church and the eleven churches of the two participating counties. Classes will be held each evening, Sunday through Tuesday from 7:30 until 9:30 o'clock, beginning at the 7:30 hour on March 31 with an all together period in the First Metho dist Church sanctuary. .ijj, The Rev. J. H. Lanning, who is ' pastor of the Methodist Church in ' Plymouth, is a member of th.y ' North Carolina Conference Boara " of Education, and is chairman of the Conference Christian Family;' Life Committee. He has served na ' district director of adult work. His course in the school is entitled "Helping Adults Learn". The Rev. Wallace Kirhy, pastor . of the Fremont Methodist Church, , served as conference directors of , youth work for nine months and ns associate minister at (iuooii Street Methodist Church in Kinston for, one summer. In the training school he will teach the course "Teaching Vouth," designed for workers with youth in both mornrng and evening sessions of the Methodist Vouth fellowship. Courses will also be offered for workers with children, and a geri- : era I course on "The Meaning of Methodism" for all other interested persons. Dean of the school will ' be the Rev. James A. Auman, pas tor of the Hertford church. Work ing with him will bethe other ptti".f ' iclfiliniT nHiif.sto'rs Meekins, the Rev. Earl Richardson and the Rev. P. M. Porter, and the church school superintendents from each of the II churches in the Cho-wan-Pcrquimuns area. Legion Units In The Win. Paul Stallings Post of ' the American Legion, and its Au xiliary held a joint meeting here last Thursday night in commemor ation of the ;)8th anniversary of tile founding of the American Legion. Charles Skinner, Commander of ' the Post, presided and welcomed the members of the Auxiliary. After the usual Legion formal opening of the meeting Tom Willoughby of. fered prayer. The group then sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Dur. ing a brief business session the pest and the auxiliary were re quested to endorse and work for the election of John A. Holmes as State Commander. W. F. Ainsley and Mrs. Madye Towe were named to represent the units on a com mittee for a teenage center. ' Mrs. H. A. Whitley, vice presi dent of the Auxiliary, was intro duced and she expressed the pleas ure of the Auxiliary in meeting with the Legion and announced the District Auxiliary meeting will be held in Columbia March 22. She urged al members who cen attend this meeting to notify Mrs. C. A. Davenport, president. .Mrs. Helen Skinner. Auxiliary Historian, gave a very interesting history of the local Auxiliary from its organization to th present date. Capt. Charles F. Sumner, Jr., was . the speaker for the occasion and he ' spoke on the founding of the Le gion in Paris in 1919. He gave a summary of the work accomplish ed by the Legion and its aim and purpose. This speech was very in formative and enjoyed by all. At the conclusion of the program the Auxiliary presented a birthday cake to the Legion, which, with blue candles surrounded by red camel ias, curried out the red, white and blue ' ' colors' of the flag. The cake" was -served with Mock ice cream and " other refreshments by Mesdames J. i; H. Towe, Oscar Newbold, Martin Towe and C. F. Sumner. , anniversary Meet
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