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3 QUI MA MB WEEKLY s S Volume XXIV. Number 14. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 5, 1957. 5 Cents Per TI- EM ,1 J Educatio lllillltiiiliiiiii - i jj. Perquimans County Board of Pdr ucation whs reorganized for a two-year term at a meeting of the V board hold Monday night in the 'of-: . fice of the superintendent of schools. "S. M. Long, Delvin Eure and George Caddy : were sworn in ; as members of the board, starting ' new terms of office. ; ' -i . '? . '.' - J. T. Biggera was re-elected to ,.- the office as ' superintendent ofi r schools for a term of two years. r 'J. Edgar Morris, present chair man of,' the board, was elected to . fill the chairmanship during the ; period. ' Prior tij its reorganization, the . board considered a number of mat- ters including a review of the claim f filed with the, Navy Department' for damages sustained to the school ga rage and other school property, The board members were also ad vised on the matter of the sole of the Hertford Grammar Schoot site, which will be offered at public auc tion on April 27. i No' action was taken by the board as to construction of a new garage to replace the one recently destroyed. The board decided tolLong, await developments pending a set tlement with the Navy, -After a discussion on applications) : submitted for the job as chief chanlc and assistant mechanic, the Fifteen Cases On Recorder's Court ,wcsKet Liasi lues. , . s -Tins vEEirs iieadu;;es State officials have hinted this week the financial , outlook for North Carolina during the nex two years indicates the General Assem bly can adopt the proposed huge budget, including pay increases for state employees, without extreme tax increases. The Legislature is now considering requests for pay increases for teachers and other state employees and action is ex cected on the matter within the next few weeks.' y from London this . week, word ' came Prime Minister MactniUan is having trouble inside his Conser vative party' over agreements reached at the Bermuda confer ence. The British, it was reported, feel Macmillan made agreements if with President Eisenhower which ' f Nwlll result" in weakening British 1 prestige throughout the world. The v Prime Minister denied the charges but admitted the U. S. has taken a positive role of leadership in the Middle East. -. , A bandit gang in Iran killed three Americans during the past week and the aftermath of the murders led to the resignation of the Iran Prime Minister. The .Americans were in Iran in connection with aid being furnished that country. Kill ed were Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Canvll and Brewste Wilson; - It was be lieved the bandits murdered tl) trio la connection with. ransom. plot ' 'Storms lifshed Texas and the Rocky Mountain States area Again this week, leaving twelve dead and ' property damage estimated in' mil lions of .doUara.,. Aytornadq struck , Dallas, Texas Tuesday killing e'ighf persons and causing Injury ito utny "others. Other tornadoes struck at o-ide areas in the state and in Ok iJjm. A spring blizzard struck i ve mountain states area with up to ; ) inches of- fresh snow. ,Drifti v m reported in some sections from 4 t. 10 feet high. ,. . r' A Navy bomber crashed at Atlan Va., Tuesday, killing its erew ' 1 1 i. The c'sne ! ' t:;Vn ...It. Board n board' authorized the chairman .and superintendent of schools to inter view some of the applicants and to fill the positions. ' After interviews with a nunv ber of applicants for the positions, it was announced W. 0. Elliott had been employed as chief mechanic and Pete Riddick employed' as as sistant mechanic. ,V The final matter of business handled during the meeting was the appointment, in compliance with fatn lull, nf a ifi'atMnt ...1.1.. aitlinAl ... t,. . . I cuiiiiiuttee. r ivc memoers were PP' pointed to this committee, one from! each township of the county, K The!.. . . .. . . . . ,. 1 , ' f'ble to attend only part of , the scr- committee named was R. S. Chap pell, Mra. Elwood Nowell, Mrs. R.' S. Monds, John Q. Hurdle and George W. Baker., ' ' Advisory committees for each of the five schools of the county were also named, with the membership. , . ... L aB follows: Perquimans High, School, Mrs, Henry Sullivan, Mrs. Frank Bray,: Carson Spivey; Per quimans Central Grammar School, TVfrK. Ned Nivnn Mm tfncaoll Rale- er, Floyd Matthews; Hertford' Grammar School, C..T. Eley, I. C, Mrs. Jackson Rrinn; Per- quimans Union School, Sanford rtj.ii Qiaiiings, uewey uvenon, Hurdle; King Street School. Theo- me-jdore Felton, George James, Mrs. Helen Felton. ' if !" i jr Perquimahs Kecorder s Loart tn session ..here : on Tuesday - wojked, with dispatch to dispose of some 15 cases listed on the docket for the term. , A number of defendants en tered pleas of guilty to charges en abling the court to complete the session within a short time. Damon Bateman paid a fine of $10. and costs of court after plead ing guilty to charges of following too closely behind another vehicle. A $6 fine and court costs were taxed against Kenneth Gardinier, who submitted to a charge of speed ing. '':"'v-:1 '- '''' John Roberts, charged with driv ing with insufficient brakes, plead ed guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs. Costs. of court were assessed against Alvah Cartwright who sub mitted to a charge of following a vehicle too closely. A. F. Crowe, Jr., was ordered to pay the court costs on a charge of speeding. Crowe entered a plea of guilty to the charge. ; Lester ; Walker submitted to a charge of driving without a chauf feur's license and paid a fine of $10 and costs of court. ' James Newby Negro, entered a; plea of guilty to a charge of vio lating restrictions on his opera tor's license. . He paid the costs of court. ' . Claudctte Spencc, Negro, was or dered to pay the' costs after plead ing guilty to' a' charge of follow ing a vehicle too closely. Prayer for judgment was contin ued 60 days in the case, in which Eugene .f elton. Wegro, .entered a plea of guilty to a charge of fol lowing a vehicle too closely. jPaul penjbry, '.Negro, . submitted to a charge of being drunk. He paid, a fine of $2 and costs. ' Joe. Copeland entered a plea of guilty to charges of driving drunk, driving after his' license had been revoked and destroying public prop- erty, .He was given & six,. months jail sentence, suspended upon, pay-; ment of a fine of $250 and, coats of court and costs of damages sus tained to the jail. v " " ; : William Phillips, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of non support of his five children. . He was given a 80 day jail sentence, msnended upon condition lie pnvl the court costs and the sum of $15, ner week: for the upkeep of "his children.- ... - n: case1' of Ceonre Whitehurst WertfordClui rifts new if A ; Hertford will observe Good Fri day, April 19i;withun Interdenomi national, : community-wide service, to be held at the Methodist Church, it was announced today by the min isters of the town. The service will begin at 12 o'clock noon and con tinue until 3 o'clock in the after noon, the traditional hours observ ed as those at which time Jesus; hanged from the Cross at Calvary. - The service is planned as a con tinuous worship, following the thoughts portrayed in the Seven Last Words of Christ. There will be musical interludes between each of the seven sections for tlie con- vnl lonnn rf I-Vision tirlm -Pi nil !f iuidd. vice. The choirs of the churches of . the town will provide special music and the thoughts relative to the Seven Words will be present ed by the Rev. James O. MattoxJ pastor of the Baptist Church; the1 . n i o ! n. i , ,, ey. t Paul Schultz, rector of the, r..;. . ' 1L r, Episcopal Church, and the Rev. James A. Auman, pustor of the Methodist Church.' " Most of the merchants of town jcated that their stores will be closed on Friday, April 19, from. 12 o'clock npon until 3 o'clock in' 0er that participate in thn re irous servces. the religious services. sunrise services are planned tor Easter Day, at the Hertford Cerne-' tery for all the people of this area . . , , . who wish to attend. Grammar School Saturday, April 27 JKale of the Hertford Grammar ii . - School site, which is lieing aban - doncd by the school authorities, will be held at public auction on Sat urday, April 27, according to at torneys for the Board of Education and the Town of Hertford. The site, ! which Is ' ocateil ' be tween East" "and ,"' West ''A'cadefny streets and Market and Grubb streets, has 'been, survey and mark ed off into 11 lots, ten of which will be offered for sale to the highest bidder. . One lot, upon which is situated the present school lunchroom, will not be offered for sale. This lot and building will be reserved and converted into a library to replace the present library building. Plats of the site are available fori inspection by interested individuals, and ; may , be seen at the Court House or by contacting the attor-J neys, Silas M. Whedbee and Chas. E. Johnson. .. According to .the1 notice of sale, the 10 lots will be sold first sep arately and then; the lots will be lumped into one site and sold as a whole.. Under the terms of the sale. the Board of Education will reserve the right of possession of the prop erty until September 1. However, this right may 'be relinquished prior to that date. ': Details of the offer of sale of the property is published elsewhere in this issue of The Weekly. KCEA Anniversary Benpt Thursday Perquimans County unit of the North Carolina Education Associa-j Hon held its banquet commemorat ing the 100th anniversary , of the NCEA at the ?. Perquimans. High School cafeteria Thursday night of this week. '. The banquet started at O'clock, 1 J. T. Biggera superintendent, ofJ county schools, was the pfihcipaj speaker fo! ihk event. Hrt Joel Tunnell, president of .the Perquim ans County Chapter; presided. . 'All' teachers of the. county are members of, the chapter and mosti of these were m attendance for the banquet as was a number of spe elal (wests, including members of the County Board of' Education .; WSCS TO 1EET i - ' The spring meet! nf thf Pf ' '' be FridaySen .' 1 Navy Lt. (jg) Fred 0 Purser, son of Mrs. Emmett Wins low of Hertford, N. C, and husband of the former Miss Mar garet V. Dorsey of Galax, Va., is presented a letter of com mendation by Navy Capt. Henry A. Renken, Commanding; Of ficer of the Atlantic Fleet tactical command ship USS North ampton. He received his commendation March 7 for con tributing to the highly successful outcome of his ship's ma terial inspection conducted by the U. 8. Naval Board of In spection and Survey during February. The Northampton, which received one of three letters of special credit to be awarded to ships by the Board during the last two and one half years, is on a training exercise in the North Atlantic. The ship visited Greenock, Scotland; Oslo, Norway, and Sto'k holm. Sweden, and will return to her home port of Norfolk, Va., during the fi.at week in April. TV - rrog ress On Establishment Of Teenage Center Topes f adult leaders of this immunity for the establishment of, a Teenage Center for youths of a Teenage Center for youth r, , n i : 1 cuimnm,,.-. ouiny are upuuihiiib a reality, according to a report re, leased this week by a spokesman for the leaders who have been working toward this goal. The plans have been developed to stage where an organization of a Recreational Council, composed of representatives of the various civic clubs of the county and other in- terested persons, is expected to be!; ., , . u , l i iu' !nas Sotten underway m Hertfonl, icw:u nuiiiuLiuie HUAt wt:uiv. xilis Recreational Council, it is expected I at a later date,, will be converted J to awnfir. Governing Board,ut,there .g w,;rk-- in' once me cenier nas oeen esiaousn- ie( A number of civic groups al ready have appointed members to serve on the organizational com mittee and a meeting for this pur- posje will be called sometime next week. These representatives, as well as the public, will be notified as to the date , and place of the' meeting. The sponsors of the proposed project, who for the present desire to remain-ananymous, report a sub stantial amount of money has been pledged,- toward purchase of a site for the project. A drive for -addi tional funds will be conducted fol- owing the organization of the Council. The public is invited to make contributions toward the es tablishment of the Center and will be give an opportunity to do so. The need' for a Teenage Center Tor this community has long been felt by the adult leaders, and it is the hope" of the sponsors of this particular project,' public response will bring about a successful effort to secure the center. Christian Workers School Mere Had 103 Enrollment One hundred nine church school teachers and leaders were enrolled in the Chowan-Perquimans Chris tian Workers 'School which was held in the Hertford Methodist Church March 31 to April 2. ' ;. In the three nights' study, im proved teaching; methods, resources for teaching, and personal enrich ment were discussed in classes for teachers ; of children, youth, and adultsi A general course on "The Meaning of Methodism" ; was de. signed to inform those enrolled con cerning the beliefs of the church. Tnstructors. were . Mrs. J. C. Goode, Richmond, Va.; the Rev. jack Crum, Raleigh; the 'Rev. Wallace Kirby, Fremont, and the 'Rev. J. H. Lan ning, Plymouth,' Gratified at the enthusiastic re sponse to this year's training: ses- sions, the boam of managers is ai ready making plans for next year's school. ':'i :V Church ", 8choo) superintendents and pastors of the 11 participating I churches met" ;: at the Hertford CV"trch Tuesday night of this weekl atto evaluate this year-' school and, V ?' lect 'course's and instructors fori Reported t T ri Ked CrOSS DflVe L J jn County " J Perquimans County's annual Cross fund campaign, schedulet the month of 'March, started and is lagging throughout Red for late the rounty, it was reported by Mrs. W. C. Cherry,. fund chairman, who stat ed she is having a hard time secur ing solicitors for some of the im munities of the county. Snlirit!ifinn -fm I?nfl Prima ftlhrls: Belvidere and Whiteston, where Volunteer workers are contacting ,1-1. ..in nnirrdl.mia f rwt v! till t i,,t.a other areas of the county. As yet, no reports have been turned in by the solicitors, accord ing to Mrs. Cherry, but it is esti mated only about one-fifth of the nnntn nf $1 R1 1 line hnnll eniltri- .j,uej JL - Joel Hollowell, Jr. YedsMissHastings In Camden Church The marriage of Mi'ss Oneita Ma rie Hastings to Joel F. Hollowell. Jr., was solemnized Sunday after noon, March 24, at S:30 o'clock at Sawyers Creek Baptist Church. ,. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Clarence R. Hastings of Camden and the late Mr. Hastings. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs; Joel F. Hotlowell, Sr., of Win-fall- , 1 : j.ne ivev. n. j. iiciiu, iiubiaii. performed the double ring ceremony in a setting ot white giauioius anu calla lilies, palms, ferns and candle light. Mrs. Ike Harris, sister of the bride, played the wedding music and accompanied C. Horace Lamb, uncle of the bride, who sang "Be cause" and Mrs. Charles Brown who sang "The Wedding Prayer." The bride, given in marriage by her brother Russell Hastings, was lovely in a ballerina length wed ding gown of 'Chantilly lace over Continued on Page Six Pre-School Clinic ' Schedule Announced 1 Dr. B. B. McGuire, District Health Officer, today announced pre-school clinics will be started in the district April 9 and continue through May 13. Private physi cians, he said, will be welcome to work in the clinics.'and health nurs es will contact them in this con nection. The children are urged to be on time so as not to miss the examining physicians. Thie clinics in Perquimans Coun ty will be as follows: Mav f King Street School; 9 A. M V. Mnw 7 Pp r q u i in a n s Union School; 9 A. M. Mav '8 ' Hertford Grammar Sc"ni: 9 A. M. j May IS Central Grammar Schoot; 9 A. M, i j cfinics will be conducted at HD County Council " fi $ Plans For National Club Week .'!., Plans for the observance of Na. I.ional Home Demonstration Club Week,-which include a tour of new and remodeled homes in the coun ty, and the annual Commissioners' Dinner, were made at the regular meeting of the Home Demonstra tion County Council which was held on Thursday, March 28 at the Agri cultural Building. Mrs. Colon Jackson, president. presided, and the meeting opened with the group singing "Hail CJ,y I Women." Minutes and roll call were read by the secretary, Mrs. Joseph Lay den. Treasurer's report was giv eli by Mis. George Fields, Jr., ii the absence of Mrs. Cliff Morgan, treasurer. ' During the business session, Mrs. Jackson announced that the Dis trict Meeting will be held on April 25 at Central School beginning at 10:30 A. M. Mrs. M. T. Griffin was appointed chairman of the Home Demonstration Hotel Fund. i Mrs. Joseph Layden was named (County Publicity Chairman to stib- mit news to the District Chairman. I Mrs. Jackson announced that Airs. .1. B. Rasnight has been named his torian for the District which is an office that replaces fourth vice president. Plans were made to have a half day tour of new and remodeled homes in the county on May 1st. After the tour, a social hour will be held at the Agricultural Build ing. Plans were also made for the an nual Commissioners' dinner and Snow Hill-White Hat Club was named chairman of this event. It was decided to also invite the club presidents to the event this year. Mrs. Kd Han-ell, Mrs. William Winslow and Mrs. Willie Lamh were put oil i ..cojnmittee to plan, a window display to be put into' a, store window during National Home Demonstration Week. The meeting closed with the group repeating the Club Collect. Colon Jackson, Jr. To Preach Here When the week-end revival be gins tomorrow night at the Baptist Church, one of Hertford's own sons will be on hand to be guest preach er. He is the Rev- Colon S. Jack son, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. jacuson ot Hcruom. v Mr. Jackson graduated from Per quimans High School in 1945 and entered the U. S. Air Force. It was while serving as a Chaplain's Assistant in the Air Force that be received his call to preach. After the service, he attended Chowan College at Murfreesboro for a year and a half and then went on to Wake Forest College where he graduated in 1954. He is now a senior at the Southeastern Baptist1 Seminary at Wake Forest. The guest speaker has served as pastor of Burgess Baptist Church of Hertford, Rocky Cross Baptist Church of Zebulon and is now ser ving as pastor of the Samaria Bap tist Church at Middlesex, where, he has been for nearly four years. Mr. Jackson is active in various civic and community programs and is on the board of trustees of Ch6 wan College. Mrs. Jackson is the former Doris Faye Allen, also formerly of Hert ford. They will be spending the week-end with Mr. Jackson's par ents, on Harvey Point road. ; The revival services which are sponsored by the youth of the church will begin at 7:30 o'clock to morrow night and will through Sunday night. continue Adult Sewing Class To Meet April 12 Miss Frances Newby, Home Ec Teacher at Perquimans High School, announced today plans for organizing an adult sewing and clothing class have been completed and the first class will be held Fri day night, April 12 at 7:30 o'clock In the home economics department presented by th1 1st, second and at the school. ' , ";,' 3rd grades of the Perquimans Coun- Clnsses will be oil Tuesday and tv Central School on. Friday niirb, Friday- nights of each week n ml Anfl nt ,R io'cWk-.-in Hi pndi Miss Newby urges all Intenostedi toritlm -the'- Permiimans-! High persons to be present for the first, School. The public is invited to at dash , : ,; v'1-: ';;";'' . Iteni -.-v--' "'.':;IJ a--' County .Board E i-t ; Day -i Long Sesst (i f At . April Commissioners for Pemniman County were in a day-long session! here last Monday hearing a numberi of delegations and considering pre liminary requests to be included in the 1057-58 budget. A number of citizens appeared before the Hoard in connection with nroperty valuation, as it was as sessed by the Board of Kqualizution ind Review and these requests were mulled with dispatch. A delegation -ivpresenting Pas piutaiik County requested I b -loard to consider a resolution '.'hereby Perquimans will relinquish my claim to the .State medical Commission for aid in building 'iospit;.il within the next four t" six years. Herbert Small, spokes man for the delegation, pointed out "asquotank is now developing plans For construction of. a new hospital, and if Perquimans. Camden and Currituck counties will join in the 'etting up of a district hospital 'mard Pasquotank County will be ible to construct a larger unit by "(quiring a large grant from state funds. Mr. Small pointed out should Pei quininns decide to aid Pasquotank in this project it will not prevent P'rqiiimans County from secu:'i:'g similar state aid at some fu'.ure iiite. The local board took the request under advisement and told the Pas quotank group if will study the matter and take some action with in 'be near fi'iure. On motion adonted the Board or dered Sheriff J. K. White to adver tise all property on which 195fi tax- Williamston Nine HereFri. Afternoon Coach Ike Perry's Perquimans Indians bounced back from their defeat at the hands of the Tar boro baseball team to score a 2-1 victory over, Oatesville in a game played thei.-e on Thursday after noon of last week. Welly WJiite started on the mound for Perquimans and pitch ed three innings, giving up only a sjn(!.iP hit. He was relieved hy Wheeler who did the hurling until the final, third of the seventh in ning. --Perquimans got off to a good start when Chesson connected for a double. Arnold Winslow picked off a single, sending Chesson home with the first tally of the game. The other run , for Hertford, which proved to be the winning one, came in the fifth inning when shortstop Tommy Matthews got a walk, stole second base, moved to third on a passed ball, and scored as Chesson singled for his second hit of the contest. Gatesville's lone score was tal lied when Lowe, their full seven inning pitcher, hit a home run. He also gathered a single during the tilt to lead his 'teammates. Chesson, with , two for four, was Hertford's leading hitter. Arnold Winslow and Welly White each got single for the Indians. In the - se ven th, Oatesville threatened hard to move up. Two ..-j t. ti,I I men weie llii unap tinu itxr ( Perry instructed Wheeler to give an Intentional walk to Lowe. It was when the bases were loaded with two men out in the bottom of t)ie seventh that Chesson was mov ed to the' mound from the outfield. The batter grounded to Tommy Til ley' at third who tossed it to Pat Harrell on firstfor the out ending the game. ; . Or , Friday afternoon of this week a InHuinc will viluir tha Wtllinm.l the Indians will play the William ston High School team on Memorial Field in Hertford with game time set for two o'clock. , TOM THUMB WEDDING A Tom Thumb Wedding will be Meetij t f ' i ' es are ue i erquimaus- 1,0 ,.nry. The same to advertise 'd,,-irr the month of Juno and sold oifi tlif first Monday of July. .!. Max K. Campbell,-whose terer county accountant expired Motiu . was reappointed to the office fot term of two years. Mrs. Lib Harris and Mr.'V.'V Pitt, whose terms of office asJtyw-' I bers of the Library Board haL'&0(-".. ) pired, were reappointed to thtfl Board for a term of six yoars.- Frank Skinner was named aX, delegate to represent Pcrquinjr County at, a meeting of the Sa J Water Commission to be held AVnfc at the Court House in WasliiigJ ton and IJ. M. Thompson was nani- i.il mC ..II,, in , I,, .L..,,r,,l., Tin. big at Plymouth will be conducted?' to plan for organization of a coun "ommittee at a later date. ! v County Representative C Holmes appeared before the lioari and advised two measures, repomi j mended for passage by the (!ene Assemblv, had passed the House ind was now before tlv Senave These matters had to do withVa' law prohibiting carnival's to sho in Perquimans County and the oth er dealt with prevention of certain use of loudspeakers. Mr. Holme's' told the Commissioners it appear ed the Legislature will remain in session for about !0 more days. Some time was spent in discus sion of tentative budget items for the next fiscal year and the Board voted to adopt a budget for the County Welfare Department for 1957-5S at the same figures as last year. . CountyBoardHears Financial Report For 9-Month Period Financial operations for Per quimans County for the first nine months of the current fiscal year, which closed out last Saturday, Bre running slightly ahead of the bud get as adopted by the Board of Commissioners last June, according to. a financial report made to the Board, (luring its meeting this week by Max Campbell, County Account ant. Income received by the county during the nine months period, ex clusively of $125,000 received from the sale of school bonds, amounted to $250,413.81 while expenditures were $220,577.55. Cash balances on hand at the close of the period, not inclusive of school capital outlay, amounted to $99,140.42. A large payment for debt service, $29,000, plus interest due on bands, is sched uled for payment May 1, and this outlay will further reduce the out standing balances. Of the $132,000 ievied as 1956 property taxes, $113,515 has been collected up to this date. A total of S50.000 the count v has ... - ' 1- -1 A xi. , .... , ,n urpius iunos at me Beginning or tne liscai year nas oeen trans ferred to the school capital outlay fund to help pay construction costs on new school projects. . Deadline Near For Winf all Election T .if tla 5rtroat la kornrr nlinum An of regidentg of winfa . . the election of town officials, Sched uled for Tuesday, May 7, it was re ported this week. To date no can didates have filed intention of see'-'-'f; he offices at stake in the election. ; .. t ; . , It was potntpd out the final day persons may, file as candidates for tb office of mvr.or -town mr-, missioner is Saturday,' April " Candidates must file their inter,!" with the town clerk, J. F. I ' weB,gr,tyf M - t 'J w VlWVti Wi