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EfflWNS W KLY Volume XXIV, Number 15. Town Gf Hertford Fices Big!; Dkriila jf An accident which occurred here lftst January 10th causing the death of a; Chowan County man has- resulted in a claim; being filed against ' the Town of Hertford in . the amount of a quarter of a mil lion dollars. Ann Taylor Hollowell, adminis tratrix of the estate of Wayland C. Hollowell, ; Jr., through her at ' torney, John R. Jenkins, Jr., of Aulander, has : filed the claim i against the -town, through its of- '' ficials, requesting the sum as pay ment for the death of her husband, i-. J Hollowell died from injuries re ceived in the 1 accident which oc eurred about 1:45 P. M. on the af- ternton of January 10th. He was i (trivimtsa panel truck on Edenton 'Road Street, headed toward Eden- ton when strong wind guests, esti mated at between 45 and 50 miles : per hour in velocity, twisted off the ..top. of a large tree; the tree f all ying across the cab of the truck - crushing Hollowell about the head and chest. In her claim filed against the town, Mrs. Hollowell alleges the tree which fell onto the truck was Recorder Returns Probable Cause In .Two Felony Gases . Gibson Brickie of Edenton was bound over for action by the grand w jury at the April term of Superior 'i Court, ayhicb, opens', here Monday fo41owisr virwwnry JbOTring "j held lir Recorder's Court last Tues day. Brickie' Is charged with ihan- ' slaughter in a case growing but of an accident which resulted In the death o Miss . Eula Garrett of Edenton, last March 2. ' According to testimony, given . - Tuesday by Patrolman B. K. Ins coe, who investigated the accident. : Brickie was driving a station wa- ' 'KPn on the Harvey Point road at ' l)e time the accident occurred. The vehicle . missed a curve and ' . overturned in a ditch causing in juries to Miss Garrett who was. a ' Aiassenger in the car. She died Ia- i ' ter from the injuries in the Chowan . lospitul. . r A verdict of probable cans.' was ; also returned in the cases in whicli five Norfolk Negroes are charged with- breaking and entering the Robertson Cleaners and stealing of several itims , of clothing from the store. The" five defendants, Ray mond Byrdsong, Sterling Whitford, John Reese, Philip Latham and j Purcell Latham, were arrested by Police Officer M. G. Owens who spent two days in Norfolk running jdown slim clues concerning the rob-Njery.- He wa aided by two Nor folk detectives.-; 'Owens testified, in Recorder's Court each of the five' men had given him statements con cerning the theft and on the basis of these statements Judge Chas E Johnson found probable cause and bound the defendants over for trial ' during the superior court - term next week. ' Costs : of . court were paid 1by Charles Smith who submitted to a charge of speeding. : r--.- . ' , William Miller was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costg after . pleading guilty to charges of fail 1 ing to see his intended movement u of a motor vehicle could be made x with safety.; .' . ' ' - Joshua Twiddy pleaded guilty to a charge .of failing to dim the -lights, of his car., 1 He paid, the icostw of court. . ' . . ' 1 Willie White, Negro, " charged with driving with an expired li .cense, entered a plea of guilty and jmid the costs of court. j A Verdict of not guilty was re iurrted in the case in which Jesse otners, Negro, was charged with i-support. . ; """MKas Felton, Negro, submit d to a 'targe of being drunk. He iid a fine of $2 and costs of urt. . ' ' Harence Whedbee, Negro'i n'e&d mii!tv to a char" of befnor on t Mfrbwnv. iH or ' r y a f!"e" f V r-id i rotten and she further alleges the ! tree wag located on the property j of the town of Hertford therefore she requests the Town of Hertford to notify her, through her attor ney, what the town expects to do about payment of the claim. The claim sets forth the tree was dead and that condition of the tree was known by the officials of the town and therefore the death of Hollowell was due to neg ligent on the part of the Town of Hertford.' The administratrix, through the claim, notified the Town it must preserve the said dead elm tree that has been placed upon town property as evidence for the plain tiff to be used in a civil action that the plaintiff states will be in vestigated in the event the Town of Hertford denies the claim for the $250,000. Mayor V. N. Darden, who, along with other town officials, was ser ved with notices of the claim, stat ed Monday the matter has been turned over'- to Town Attorney Chas. E. Johnson for legal hand ling. , highway. He was, taxed with a fine of $10 and costs of court. Court' officials announced the re corder's fjpurt will be in recess next week'TftiLwiH M4nveneon Tucs iaK;Al:23A;,fc-'.--' urnx HEADLINES 1 r . . . ......,. , ... .. . : ' Governor Hodges on Tuesday recommended to the General As sembly a pay increase for teacherr and other state employees and sug gested - funds : needed to meet tlr pay increases might be secured by re-shuffling the state budget, float ing a $10 million bond issue and re estimating treasury income. The Governor proposed teachers pay b increased 15 per cent and other employees be raised by 11 per cent The recommendation was mt with mixed reaction. The Legislature appeared relieved by the possible solution to a knotty problem while state employees were somewhat disappointed the pay V increases suggested were not as much as desired.'"- " yf. ; -y i Tornadoes ' which swept ' North Carolina Monday' caused the death of six persons and destroyed prop erty over a wide area of. the state. Reports indicated Roseboro was hit hardest by the storm. Other com munities hit included Wallace, Gar land and i Johns, all located in about the same section of the state. A Congressional committee in vestigating operations of labor unions, after having conducted a hearing , iii- Washington, is now olanning to hold similar hearings in a , number of large cities' throughout ; the nation. From Washington comes a report thir investigation may lead to new laws regulating union actities. Holmes Sponsors Inspection Bill . . Rep. Carroll R. Holmes, joined by Rep. George Uzzell and, Clyde tfarriss, introduced a bill in the legislature last week calling for inspection of 'motor vevhicles in North Carolina, . After Introduction the . measure was sent to the com mlttee on Roads and Highway Safetv, ' - - . Under the- law as prciosed, aii tos would be insnected vearly bv I gnragps approved by the Motor Ve. jhirln Department, at a. C0Rt of ,a')ont; ino dollar. , The tnnwf :ng ! THIS Hertford, Organization 0f T6cn:Age Project esday . Plans fordevelopment of a Teen Age project for Perquimans County were advanced here Tuesday night when a large crowd of interested citizens gathered at the Court House and perfected an organiza tion to direct the preliminary ac tivities toward a permanent organ : ization. During the meeting Tuesday night plans for the program were fully discussed and it was pointed out the sponsors of the project are hopeful the final results will mean 1 not only a building for teen-age i gatherings but also a playground j for tennis courts and other outside ' playground facilities. !;'. A- temporary committee was named with Mrs. T. P. Brinn chair man, Robert L. Hollowell, vice chairman and Mrs. Chas. K. Johnson- as secretary-treasurer, and these persons will direct the opera tions of the project pending forma tion of a permanent Teen-Age Recreational Council. ror tne present the group is in terested in raising funds to pro mote the project, including pos sible purchase of a site for the center and the following individu als were named to act as solicitors for funds for the committee: Henry C. Stokes, Jr., W. F. Ainsley, business section of Hertford; John ny Phillips, Bethel; Mr. and Mrs. John Hurdle, New Hope; Mrs. Johnnie Bra;;. Woodville; Edwin S.V White. Belvidere; Mrs. Russell Baker, Whiteston; Tommy Maston, schools; Mrs. . Nathan Sawyer, White Hat; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams, George Caddy and Floyd Matthews. Pledges toward the establish ment of the center are now being received and the public is invited to join in the movement by con tacting any of the above named solicitors "ahd' making .contribu tions "to- the'; program. ' Holy Week Services Will Start Sunday Methodist Church . First Methodist Church will have special Holy Week services each night of next' week, beginning with Sunday evening, April 14, at 8 Vclock when Chaplain Charles Hey from the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station will preach. . . ' The schedule for the rest of the week is as follows: Monday even ing the message will be brought by the Rev. Earl Meekins, pastor of the Perquimans Charge. Tuesday evening, the Rev, Earl Richardson, pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church, will preach. On Wednesday night a religious film, "All That I Have," will be shown. Emphasizing the Steward ship theme, this motion picture brings , out the . true meaning of Jesus Sacrifice i as 'related to life today. ' r : ' Thursday night, April 18, will be the observance of Holy Com munion, commemorating the liast Supper which Jesus had with His disciples. Appropriate Scriptures and special music will, add to the dignity and beauty of the special Communion service. . " Holy Week services Will conclude with the speSial three-hour Good Friday service, April 19, when all the churches of the town will join in observing the traditional hours when Jesus hanged on the cross. This service. will begin at 12 noon and continue until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and will be held at the Methodist Church. . Easter V Day ' services at jfirst Methodist Church wilt begin with the community-wide sunrise ser vice to be held at the cemetery. Church School will ; convene as usual at 0:45 A. M., and the morn ing worship hour at 11 o'clock' will feature special Easter music and the message by the '.pastor, "Eternal Life." - ; YOUTH REVIVAL , ' A revival is ' in progress at the Bethel Baptist Church this week, sponsored by the youth of the church and will continue through Saturday night .Youth pastor for the final night will bo JohnnJe Phil lips. The V'ottti'ir' pnm-ll" t' Rev.' Stanley Howard of Tarboro. T e pnbiic ii 1 to n-nd the Perfected Tu Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 12, 1957. I tV " I J DIFFERENT KIND OF MONEY BELT Two woncmeii Britain's Royal Mint in London examine new gold sovereigns moving past on a belt that automatically turns the coind uvlv. Although the sovereign is rjp longer used for currency, the mini turns them out occasionally as an exercise in craftsmdiump. The coin was first issued during the reign of Henry VII iu mu 15th century and derives its name from the custom oi p.-cit, a representation of the current ruler on its face. . Superior Court To Hold Mixed Term Starting Monday The April term of Perquimans Superior Court will convene here next Monday with Judge Joseph Parker presiding over the week during which court officials are hopeful a number of civil actions as well as the criminal docket can be heard. Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt ro ported Monday h total of 12 crimi nal cases are docketed for trial and a civil calendar of II caRes has been prepared ' for the Week of court. The make-up of the criminal doc ket lists five cases in which thetle. fendants are charged with driving drunk; two cases of assault, one each of breaking and entering, lar ceny and murder. The civil calendar lists, the fol lowing cases: James Lilly vs. Le onis Lillv; Frances Nelson vs. Samuel Nelson; Florence White vs. Jiiines White;' William Wilson vs. Wilbert Wilson; Lulu B. Lay den et als vs. Emerson R. Asbell ; Leanna Winslow vs. Johnnie S. White; Willie Mallory vs. Keefer Mallory; W. N. Douglas, adm. vs. Laura Lowe; Mack Ward v,. Bank of Edenton; Samuel Sal ft an vs. J. F. Hollowell et als; W. R. Baccus vs. Ralph E. Perry. . Drawn for jury service for this term of court are: Martin Towe, Calvin Mansfield, James Nixonv T, C. Trueblood, James Twine, McMuIlan White, Matthew Lane, Walter B. White, Jr. R. Webb, Thomas Newby, B. J. Thach, George Jordan, J. A. El liott, Wallace Goodwin, Minnie B. Taylor, Norman Layden, Ben L. Harrell, Clarence Winslow, E. E. Morgan, Leslie Gregory, D. M. Jackson, Percy Rogerson, Thurman Riddick,; Herbert Williams, Ray Haskett, J. E. Wood, Jr., Leroy Nixon, George Cai-ver, John A. El liott. Melvin Roiintree. George G. Powell, Alton Stall ings, John D. Lane, J. P. Chesson, Sr., Mrs. Sa rah Baker, Elijah S. Winslow. Jesse Tadlock, Raymond Trueblood, Carlton Nixon, A. D. Thach, E. J. Proctor, Sr., Joseph C. Layden, Am brose Long, J. D. Costen,. W. M. Divers, Jr., Crafton Russell, Fran ces F. Monds, Carson Jordan, J. Emory .White, R. J. Hollowell, George G. Winslow,' Archie Bac cus. NATIONAL FHA WEEK 1 . April 7-13 is National FHA Week ... (Future Homemakers ; of America) all over, the United States. The Perquimans High School Chapter under the supervis ion of Miss 'Frances Newby, will have charro of th Sundnv vning serri-es at. the Hertford Baptist Church, April 14. The ervices will begin at' 7:30 P. M. The theme of ' Mr. White called to the atten the program will he "FHA in the tion of all doe owners that the law Hom'.-.S-Aoifl.; Cmwirity,' Chanr ',"pnM'rs dvr to hp vnwinateH. and '-r and Church!" .Special music he urges all dog owners -to coop will be rendered by members of I erate in this program for he pro the dub. The public, ia cordially tectlon of 'public health of the com invito tj '"?nd, . munit?. '-m. ' I Stores To Close For Good Friday Services vfn cooieration with the churches of Hertford, a majority of stores and business houses of this com munity will lie closed during the hos i;rom 12 noon .tcvit I'.vJU on Friday, April lit, while Good Friday services are in progress at the Hertford Methodist Church. Some 40 business places have in dicated intentions of being closed during the services, it was report ed today. Bloodmobileto Visit Here Monday A Red Cross bloodmnbile unit will be in Hertford on Monday, April 15, at the Municipal Build ing during the hours of 10 A. M. until 4 P. M for the purpose of collecting blood, it was announced today by William White, chairman of the Red Cross Blood Program. Mr. White stated the county has a quota of 85 pints of blood every sjuid 0T o uoijippn in 'sqiuoui xts for use by civil defense. He urged the citizens of this county to cooperate in this pro gram, pointing out the need for replacement of blood which has been donated for use by Perquim ans residents. During a recent tragedy, Mr. White said, the Red Cross sent nine units of serum al bumin for use here. Each unit of serum albumin consists of six pints of blood prior to transforma tion. "The monetary value placed on these nine units or serum al bumin was $630. By having a blood program in the county there was no charge made for the serum albumin. The chairman requests the pub lic to volunteer to donate blood to the program when the bloodmo bile comes here Monday. .. , Dog Vaccination Work Starts Soon W; Ray White, Rabies Inspector for Perquimans County, announced today that the. work of vaccinating dogs throughout the county will get under way during April. He has released a dog vaccination sched ule, which is . printed elsewhere In this newspaper and dog owners are requested to clip this schedule and keep it for a reference as to the . location and time of clinics in eaci i community. Charles Skinner, Jr. Hertford Jaycees New officers for the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce were elected during a meeting of the or gnnization, held Wednesday night of last week. Selected to lead the group, as president, during the coming year was Charles Skinner, Jr., popular young man of Hert ford. He will succeed the outgo ing president, Hilton White. Other officers elected include , Keith Haskett as vice-president, a position he currently holds, Moody Matthews as secretary replacing Billy White, Joe H. Towe, Jr., as treasurer succeeding Ray Haskett, Clyde Lane, State Director reii'ac- ' ing the newly elected president, and 1 Julian Broughton and Kay Haskett as directors, who will lie joined by past president White. Plans for the banquet at which time these new officers will lie in- i stalled as well a the awarding of a trophy to Perquimans County's Teenager of the Year, were dis cussed at length. Date was set for May 1 but the remainder of the de tails were unanimously left to the special committee headed by Dur wood Reed, Jr. During the meeting. James (Sco. hie) Price of Ahoskie addressed members of the club. He, along with Carl Bailey of Plymouth, are seeking the post of llltli District vice president of the North Caro lina Jaycees. 4-H Judging Team Wins Contest At Rocky Mount Show The Perquimans County 4-H Livestock Judging Team entered its first contest of 1957 at the Annual KorKy Mount rat stock snow and, Sale on April 3, 1957. The team has four members, those pauticipnt ing in the contest wen- Wayne" Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Howell of Beech Springs, John Ver non Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Newby Winslow of Beech Springs, Roy Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Chappell. of Route 2. Hertford, and Billy Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Nixon or Route 1, Hertford. The boys did an excellent job of judging four classes of live stock. There were two classes of market hogs and two classes of fat steers. After the judging thev gave their reasons on one class of hogs and one class of cattle. The team score was 7(i0 (mints out of a possible 900, which was the top score of the contest. The sec ond team was Coopers FFA, Nash County, with 734 points. Wayne Howell was the top in dividual with a score of 2(!9 points out of a possible 300. John Ver non Winslow was the second high individual in the contest with 252 points. None of the members have ever judged in a major contest, other than alternate. Farm Legislation Will Be Discussed "There will be a Farm Bureau meeting at the Agricultural Build ing in Hertford on April 15 at 8:00 P. M., states Joe Nowell, president, Perquimans County Farm Bureau. Dr. Brooks James, Head, Depart ment of Agricultural Economics, State College, will be here to dis cuss the farm legislation that is be ing considered by the 1957 legis lature concerning taxes on farm machinery and gasoline refunds and other problems farm products. concerning This meeting, beneficial to 'all should be farmers in very Per- quimans County even if they are not a member of the Farm Bureau, tw Dr. James is recognized as an authority on ' Federal and State farm problems. ' , ' ' . , Mr. Nowell asks that' everyone try to attend this meeting, and if you have questions that you wou'd like to have. anRwrn", M-t will be a wonderful opportunity to have them discussed.' - At Meeting Monday Town Board Votes Plans To Local School Hertford's Town Board, meeting here Monday . night for its April session, adopted a resolution in which the officials of the town de ny liability in connection with an accident which occurred last Janu ary 10, resulting in the death of Wayland C. Hollowell. Tile resolu tion also authorized Town Attor ney Chas. K. Johnson to secure the services of John H. Hall, attorney, to assist in the town's defense of a claim filed by Ann Taylor Hollo well iii thp amount of $2.jl).0l)0. A large delegation of citizens who reside in the area of the Meet ford Grammar' School site, which i tt) lie sold April 27, appeared he. '.fore the commissioners ; nl re quested the Board classify this siK as n residential zone, as was roe omnvnded by the zone pl.-inniii" board, if and when a zoning ordi nance is adooted. The Hoard, a1' ! t"r some discussion on the venules' ( voted this Mock will be '.olii'd .is -i : residioiti.'il area, subject to the ore visions of the zoning ordinance. Another delegation of citizens i-esidin"' on Edenton Head Street appeared and complained of ex cessive noise and disturbance of the Curtailment Order Affects Services At Local Post Office A curtailment of services of- j fei-ed by the Hertford Post Office may become effective tomorrow I (Saturday) if orders issued by the Postmaster General are not re-1 manded, it was pointed nut here I this week by an official of the post office. j The- orders received here calls, ! among other things, for the post i office to be closed on Saturdays; ', there will be no mail deliveries in the town or rural areas and ser vice windows will not lie opened for more than S'u hours each day. The orders also state the post office will stop the issuance of money orders on and after April 29th. These steps are being taken by the Post Office Department be cause of the lack of funds to carry on full scah operationsluring the remainder of this fiscal year. The Post Office Department has re quested additional funds from Congress in order to operate us usual but the Postmaster Oeneral has stated unless the funds are forthcoming by Saturday it will he necessary to 'place the curtailment orders into effect. laycees To Honor Teen-Ager OfYear The Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce, having adopted a plan to honor the county's outstanding Teen-Ager of the year, announced today through D. F. Reed, Jr.. committee chairman, the honor will be bestowed at a banquet to be held May 1. Mr. Beed stated the Teen-Ager will hp selected on the basis of his or her activities in church,- school, civic and other action and nomina tions will be processed and judged by impartial judges with'fhe win ner to be announced at the ban quet.. ' - , .. This is the first Teen-Age award made in Perquimans, and the Jay cees are planning to make the eventj an annual one. Mr. Reed pointed out nomina J tions for the honor will be accept en beginning Monday, April 15, I through April 26. Nomination I blanks may be secured from any Jaycee or from E. O. Woodard or at the S & M $tore. Nominations will be welcomed from all Individ uals and organizations and should be mailed to Hertford Jaycees or handed in a sealed envelope to any memlier of the organization. M 4 SONS TO MEET TH. Pei"i"jiv M-'so"'" .Lodge Nol IOC, A. F.,' & A. M,, will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. All members ar urged to be present. 5 Cents Per Copy. Restrict Site peace in the iva of their homes late at night and from the nuisance. :uestod relief t'iie delegation told the Board the disturbanc it was iheir belief is caused mostly by out of town people visiting Ne vro places of business in the neigh borhood and usually the loud talk ing, cursing and noise-making oc curs on Friday, Saturday and Sun day nights. The 'Hoard advised the delegation steps will be taken to curb the sit uation anil orders will be issued for the police fo give this matter special attention. No action was taken on a pro posal made to the Board by Miss Kate Blanchard that the town should consider renaming of some, of the streets ill connection with the project of renumbering the streets of the town. Aliss HUinch 'iid proposed some streets be ro 'eimed in honor of historical fami lies of the town and county. The Hoard also voted that all iroperty on which !15H taxe due the town will be advertised during the month of Mav and liens against the property will be sold on June 10th. Boy Scout Court Of Honor Monday A Boy Scout Court of Honor will be conducted at the Municipal Building in Hertford Mondnv night, April 15, beginning at 7:.'i0 o'clock, during which members of Troop 155 of Hertford will be giv en recognition for advancement in Scouting during the past year. Two Scouts, Larry Willis and Franklin Mcfioogan, will be award ed Life Badges, which are next to the Eagle Scout rank, highest in Scouting. Three Scouts will be promoted to rank of First Class, these being Allan Bonner, Hilly Willis and Vernon Hanlison. A number of Merit Badges will he presenter to members of the troop during the program. The public is invited to attend this Court of Honor, which will be presided over by Russell Willis, Scoutmaster, and C. C. Shouse, as- istant. . Winners Revealed In Poster Contest The judges in the Conservation poster contest sponsored by the Perquimans County Supervisors of the Albemarle Soil Conservation District, selected the posters pre pared by the following students as first and second place winners; Sixth Grade First place, Sandru Thach, Hertford Crammar School; second place, Janice Raye Stanton, Central Grammar School. Fifth Grade First place, Jimmy Perry, Centrol Grammar School; second place, Catherine Lane, Cen tral Grammar School. Fourth Grade First place, Mar garet Ainsley, Hertford Grammar School; second place, Myrtle Wins low, Central Grammar School. The first place winner in each grade received a prize of .5.00 and the second place winner received $3.00. ' . Three ,hundred and twenty-two students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of the Hertford Gram mar School and the Central Gram mar School at Winfall participated in Mt nwipct. The students made a study on conservation he. j fore prennring their posters, The jud'-es for th contest wre: Mrsi Jw Webb; Perquimans Coun ty Home Demonstration Agent; R. M. Thompson, County Agent, and Joe Tumiell, Vocational Agrici' (Continued oa Page Tlgt'.y
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