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TKE PER'Q U I M A'N 8 WE E K L Y y Volume XXIV.-Number 16. Criminal Docket In Court Closed Tuejfc . The April terra of the Perquim anB County Superior Court qonvenr ed on Monday with Judge Joseph , Parker presiding.' The criminal docket was disposed of by noon on Tuesday. The civil calendar was taken up Wednesday; In the case of State vs. Tommy Cooper, charged with drunken driv ing, the defendant failed to appear and his bond was ordered to be for feited. . ,: v In the case of State vs. Melvin Sylvester Bowman, charged with drunken driving the defendant fail ed to appear and his bond was or dered forfeited. A , The case of State vs. Clarence Gibson Brickie, charged with man slaughter, was continued for the term. In the cases of State vs. .Lester Henry Groth, Duane Calvin Xawrence and Jr.mes. Leonard For rester, each charged with breaking anoV entering and Larceny, the de fendants entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced to 2 years, sen tence to run concurrently with sen tences imposed against them in Camden Superior Court. Malcolm E. Nixon, churged with drunk driv ing entered a plea of guilty and was fined $100 and taxed with cost ! and his driver's license suspended. In the cases of State vs. Raymond 'Byrdsong, Sterling Whitfield, John Henry Reese, Philip Latham and Pureell Latham, charged with . . breaking and entering and larceny, r Byrdsong, Reese and Philip Lath r am were given sentences of from ; 2 to 4 years and the State took - a nolle proseque in the cases against' Pureell Latham and Sterl - ing Whitfield, v - . i ' In the case of State vs. Joshua Zachary, charged with larceny, he .entered a plea and was taxed with cost of court. . - . - ., Ernest Hardy charged with as ' S tfndre and was assessed with cost of court. . J Clayton Cut 1 in and Jioe Martin . entered pleas of guilty to a charge t of attempted crime against nature ' and were given sentences of 2 years ; each. v " - Jesse Willard East entered a plea of guilty to a charge of temporary larceny of a car and was given two jl years, suspended on good behavior . ' ior five years and other conditions. Jesse Hunter; 'charged with drunken driving was found not guilty. Matrice . Revel 1, charged with' . murder, was found not guilty. - Henry Jackson Jarvis entered a plea of guilty to. reckless driving ' and was fined $50.00 and costs and ordered to surrender his driving li cense for 60 days..' -r Glee Club Program April 26 At 8 P.M. , - The annual spring .concert given . by the Glee Club of Perquimans Y High School, will be presented in the auditorium at the school on 1 Friday night, Apjril 26, it was an nounced today by Mrs. Chas. E. , Johnson, director, , , , A very fine musical program is being arranged for the concert by ' the 65 members of the chil) under the t. direction of Mrs. Johnson. r Featured on the program, tlus year will be a number of seniors who ; will graduate next month. . ' The Glee Club members and their director are hoping for a large au- dience on the night of the recital. 45 Pints Of Blood Donated Monday There ' were 50 would-be blood , a donors when' the Red Cross blood " mobile visited Hertford on Monday, but there were five rejections, ac cording to Billy White, Red Cross 'Blood: Chairman, resulting in the collection of 45 pints of blood. While Hertford did not meet its allotted quota, there was an in crease of 9 pints over the last col lection. "We hope to do better next time," said Mr. White. Recorder's Court : : In Reces3 Tuesday Perquimans- County Recorder's Court was in recess on Tuesday of tliis week due to the April term of it Hor Court convening onMTon AI1 cases listed on the docket " 's Court v set r..tf . Legion Speaker j pox V t- ! P. JLI I 1 i Is u TIM T. CRAIG , . Featured as a speaker at the District American Legion meeting in Edenton Tuesday night, April 23, will be Tim T. Craig of New ton, State Commander of the North Carolina Department of the 'Amer ican Legion. New Subdistrict Officers Installed The Spring subdistrict meeting of the Woman's Society of Chris tian Service convened at 10 A. M. Wednesday, April 10, in the Beth any Methodist Church. The meet fng was called to order by the chairman, Mrs. J. L.Harris. The morning meditation was brought by the district president, Mrs. Edith Nixon.' Her talk brought out the need for missions Mrs. R. CBaker of Bethany-welcomed all -LprW-? After thelVmm called uy societies ana tne annual reports of local presidents,-"Mrs." J. A. Au man highlighted the meeting with a very inspirational talk on the opportunities to work with children in the church. "We should be Con cerned, be Informed and be an ex ample," she said. '(Continued on Page Two) Union Service At Methodist Church Starts Noon Friday Much interest is being shown by residents of this community in the interdenominational services W be conducted in the First Methodist Church beginning at noon today in observance of Good Friday. Minis ters of the participating churches have arranged a most impressive program for the services and the public is cordially invited to attend. The service will begin at 12'o'clock noon and continue until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 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 the con venience of those who find it poss ible to attend only part of the ser vice. The choirs of the churches of the town will provide special music and the thoughts relative to the Seven Words will be presented by the Rev. James O. Mattox, pas tor of the Baptist Church; the Rev. Paul Schultz, rector of the Enis- , copal Church, and the Rev. James Sawyer, Gail Pierce, Nancy Elliott, A. Auman, pastor of the Methodist Rachel Spivey, Evangeline Saun Church. . , . ! v i der8 Becky Pox, Iris Wilder and The entire community is joining ' ; together to make the occasion one 'of -the best of. union services ever conducted here. .. Most of the mer chants and business houses have indicated their stores will be clos- ed during the three-hour period while the services are being con ducted. -This wll provide the op nxftrmifv to the , merchants and their employees to participate in the services-:;, ;W:;J ': y'j f "; -V; . The ministers are also planning j a union sunrise -service pn Easter Day at the- Cedarwood Cnmetery. for all of the people of the area. T'e Rev. Paul Ehultz will lead i ' Hertford' Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 19, 1957. Meeting Called U' .1 I Semi-Pro Leagusii Possibilities for a semi-pro Albe marle League to provide summer baseball for fans in this area are( expected to be determined at a meeting of interested fans and promoters at a meeting to be held in the Court House fo Hertford on Friday night, April 26 T. P. Forehand, president of the league, : has named a committee composed of J. Edgar Morris of Hertford, Tommy McDanicls of Elizabeth City and Jack Leary of Camtuck, to ascertain the towns in the area that are interested in en tenng a team in the league. At the meeting next week, the presi dent hopes to be able to determine if it will be possible for the league to operate this year. Very little has been heard about the semi-pro league this year and Mr. Forehand stated he is anxious to learn if the loop desired to op erate again. There has been some discussion among local fans Rhowing interest in the league and a desire to see some summer baseball, but it ap pears .there is some uncertainty about plans from Elizabeth City. Camtuck, Colerain, Edenton . and Plymouth. New Pyrofax Plant In Hertford Pyrofax Gas Corporation, a' unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Cor poration, has just opened a new L. P. Gas cylinder filling and bulk plant in Hertford, North Carolina, according to C M. Harreil, Jr., owner of Harreil Gas & Coal Co., Hertford-Edenton Highway, Hert ford, N. c ; ; Mr. Harreil said the new Pyro fax plant was built to improve ser vice to the' thousands of home makers in this area. It is the 92nd in a chain of cylinder filling and bulk plants extending throughout the eastern half of ; the United States and Canada, servicing the 650 Pyrofax distributors. M. E. Nowell is the superintend ent of the new plant. He was for merly at the company's Brewer, Maine, plant. Beta Club Members Attend Convention When those 'Beta Club members of Perquimans High School left for their annual convention at Ashe vilie on Thursday of last week, their : president, Edgar Fields, among a dozen others, was not in the group. , Edgar underwent an appendectomy the day before. The Beta Club is an honor socie ty, its members being chosen for their scholastic ability. To be a member of thra club means on? lias maintained an average of 90 on all subjects. Mrs'. J. W. Zachary and Miss Nancy Zachary were chaperones of the group attending the convention, consisting of the following: Charlie ' Johnson,; Jake Myers, Dan. Reed Winslow,' Sonny Mat thews, C. B. Chappell, Mac Elliott, Philip Phillips, Beth .Skinner, So phia Godfrey, Lois A. Hurdle, Mary Ann White, Amanda Corprew, Mar Stallings, Nancy Lane, Ann Tommy Matthews. . JunioreniorProm Thursday Night ;" The Junior-Senior Prom 1 of the Perquimans -High School will bet held In the gymnasium on ThurS' day night from 8 to' 11:30 o'clock, -Pretiidont of the Junior Class this year is JIaz'el Matthews, who will j lead the activities. iMitat tie is president of the Senior CIa,88. ; E. C. Woodarrf, principal has an-nounced'-heJi the'srt-' responsible for any activities of the students after the closing hour of u:iW ociocjs. . I I I f P 7 I ! f v is , I I" 1 1 K'bt , :. j 1 1 J fi'l j m DE LUXE HORSE HOTEL Carpeted with 10 inches of packed dirt over four inches Of gravel, portion of horse barn pictured, above, is only a small part of a de luxe horse hotel lor the elite of the equine world now under construction at Yonkcrs Raceway. Yonkers, N.Y. Eight 84-stall, two-story barns will be in the group. "Apartments" on second floors will be staggered so that guests walking about above won't disturb the temperamental occupants of first-floor "suites." lumps will lead to the second-story accommodations. Cost of tiic project: About $2,700,000. Committee Agrees To Try Buy Site For Recreation Project After the encouraging response j nictnnt Cfthfinl to the plans presented at last week's meeting the steering com-1 ' mittee for the Perquimans County Recreation Project wasted no time in launching an intensive promo tional campaign. The business men's committee composed of Rob ert Hollowell, Henry Stokes, Jr., and Willie Ainsley, visited aMium- ber of leading citizens. Those who had expressed real interest were consulted concerning their -wishes as to the expansion of the plans. The interest was so great that some original pledges made before the first meeting were raised, and in some cases more than doubled. The committee has definitely de cided to attempt the purchase of the entire former Hertford Gram mar School site, with the exception of the portion of the property which has been deeded to the. Per quimans County Library. The prop erty is to be sold at auction on April 27. The availability of this site of fers an unparalleled opportunity j Jor the development ot any num ber of recreational features in con junction with a much desired Com munity Center serving the needs of the town and county. It has been pointed out that, as the town grows and as the population of Hie county increases, the need for such a center grows and increases proportionately. The committee believes it is not!.School PfODertv Sale too much to hope that in the not! T q , tx A O'7U too far distant future we may see a new structure arise, replacing the. old library building which is at present contemplated for Teen-age use. In such ' a building there might be rooms for local and county-wide meetings, a kitchen and dining area for local and civic groups and programs, as well as adequate space for the-healthy en tertainment of our young people, a dream come true. The site as a tree shaded park, its use as a recreational center for young and old alike, its future pos sibilities in moulding the communi ty life into, a forward moving and progressive town and county, they believe has unlimited possibilities, attractive to both citizen and in dustry alke. From this project there will be results in material as well as cultural rewards for Per quimans County. f;,. $340 Collected In Red Cross Drive A. W. Hefren, Treasurer for the Red Crnu Roll Cflll. rennrtH Tuex-1 day that $340.00 has been turned , candidates must: file their inten- Methodist Church. Siler Citv; De in to date. This amount represents tions to seek office, v I cember 1-8, First Methodist only two collectors, however, the business section of the Town of Hertford and 4hc Whiteston com- munity,: the former ': amounting to $287.50 'and the latter 152.60. , ; The quota, for the county is $L 800.00, ' . ' UIOU IUI UullUUI PnmiTI itf QQ MQOtC ! uUlillllllluC lllCClO The first meeting of the Per.-1 quimans County District School I Committee . was held Friday night; in the office of J. T. Riggers, su perintendent of schools. The body, composed of Mis. R. S. Monds, Mrs. Elwood Nowell, Roy Chappell, George W. Baker and John Hurdle, elected Mrs. Monds chairman and Mrs. Nowell secretary. The only other item of business , passed upon was the reelection of the principals of the various schools of the county, as follows: K. C. Woodard, Perquimans High School; Miss Thelma Elliott, Hertford Grammar School; Thomas Maston, Central Grammar School; R. L. Kingsbury, Union Elementary. School, and LeGrande Somersett, King Street Elementary School. There will be another meeting of the committee on April 2fi, at which, time the nominations of teachers which the various princi- i,..ilc u.Ill hava mfwli. hr ttldt firing will be passed upon by the full committee. Such elections will be subject to the approval of the County Superintendent and the County Board of Education. 19 OCX r UI .fl pi 11 4 I 111 Sale of the tract of land, situated in the Town of Hertford, known as the Hertford Grammar School site will be offered for sale at public auction on Saturday, April 27, it was reported by Chas. E. Johnson and Silas M. Whedbee, attorneys for the Town of Hertford and the Board of Education, owners of the site. The attorneys have announced the tract of land has been survey ed into 10 lots and these will be offered for-sale individually after which the entire tract will tie of-, fered for sale as a whole. The sale will be conducted at the Court House door in Hertford at 11:30 A. M, April 27. Winfall Filing Closes Saturday Saturday, April 20, will be the last day for candidates to file for tofficeih " the Winfall election, it ; was reported by J- F. Hollowell, Sr.. clerk of the town, with whom At stake in the election, -which J will be held Tuesday, May 7, will be tne office of me vor Bn"! three com-1 missioners. Present officers of thel town are Fred S. Winslow, Mayor,! sponsored by P'lp-rintond-nti tV nea""4 '-',r will serve as D. L. Barber, Sr., Elijah White and! and Directors of Adult Work of the j proper identification of such pea Alton" Moore, Commissioners. I v Continued on Page Five nuts. Rabies Vaccination Campaign Ordered DuLjIs April - May pWrict Bot The'psfrict Board of Health at a meeting April 3, declared a vac cination campaign', against rabies in April and May. All dog owners are required by law to have their dog or dogs vaccinated against ra bies during this period and to as sist the rallies inspector in ad ministering the vaccine, by re straining the loir or dogs. For Perquimans County, W. Hay White of Hertford is inspector. "Wliile we have had no rabies reported in man or animals for some time," says Dr. B, B. Mc Guire, district health officer, "the reason probably rests in the fact that each year a vaccination cam paign has been held. Have your dogs vaccinated and protect you vour families anil animals from ro bios." Greek Student Guest Of Rotary Guest speaker on the program of j the Hertford Rotary Club, at their J regular meeting on Tuesday ni fht i held national American Legion com at the Hotel Hertford, was Miss ' mittee appointments including Kl'fie Matalon of A-hens. Greece. membership and post activities, Se Miss Matalon is a student at j eurity training and law and order Duke University, an exchange stii-' Very active in church and com dent on the program sponsored by f (Continued on Page Eight) I Rotary International. j Her hearers were delighted with i her charm of manner, as well as by the very interesting talk sh" gave. Of particular interest were sidelights on the customs or waySj of life in her home country and her I brief reference to some of its al ways interesting history. Compar ing the differences in the way of ; living in America and her noni" country, the difference in foods and certain customs, was both enlight ening and entertaining. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lyon of Dur ham, accompanied the young lady on the trin and were guests at the Rotary Club dinner also. p'an Children's Conference Program Dr. C. P. Morris, executive sec retary, of the N. C. Conference Board of Education of the Metho- nst Church, Durham, N. C, was Sunday night guest of the Rev. and Mrs. James A. Auman. He was in Hertford for a conference with Mrs. Aum.-in to plan the conference program of children's work for the next year. New Provision Ndw Authorized For Use Of Peanut Farmers Methodist Leaders Plan Conference The Rev. Robert M. Cox, Nash ville, Tennessee, was the leader ot a Bible Conference Planning Meet ing at the Hotel Goldsboro, Wed nesday, April 3. Mr. Cox is in charge of Bible Conference Plan ning in the Department of Chris tian Education of Adults, General Board of Education, The Methodist Church. Plans were made for a series of Bible Conferences on "Us ing the Bible in Daily Life." to be held at strategic points of the North Carolina Methodist Confer ence in November and December, 1957. Dr. W. A. Smart of Cand ler School of Theology, Emory Uni versity, Georgia, will be the guestl lecturer at each of the four Con ferences. - Group procedures will be led by the Rev, Harold Minor, Di rector of Adult Education for the North Carolina Conference, plus other selected persons. Places and dates of the Bible 1 Conferences are: November 24-26, First Methodist Church, EJizabeth City; November 27. 29, 30, First' Church, Rockingham: and Decern- her 4-6. Trinity Methodist Church, Jacksonville. The Bible Conferences tr"! b County 4 - P r e par in g Stock For Annual Legion District Meeting In Edenton B. C. Berry, district commander of the American Legion has call ed for a district meeting to bo held in the Ed Bond Post building Tues day night, April 2.'i. It will be a dinner meeting, beginning at 7 :.'( o'clock. The district includes posts in Edenton, Hertford, Elizabeth City and Gatesville. A feature of the meeting will be an address by Tim T. Craig of New ton, State Commander of the North Carolina Department of the Amer ican Legion. He was elei ted fa head the mure than oO.IIOd-niember veterans' organization at the con vent ion held in Charlotte mi Juii !), l!5(i. A World War II veteran, he ha been-active in the American l.egio- since being discharged from th Army in December l!M.r. He In Perquimans PTA Holds Meeting The I'arent-Ti of Perquimans Grammar Schoo meeting in the acher Association County Centra' held its regula1- school auditorium Monday evening, April 1T, with th president, Mrs. John Hurdle, pre siding. The I'.T.A. Song. was used as the; opening number. - j The Belvidere Community had; charge of the program with Mrs. i Vivian Dail as chairman. Mrs. Dail announced that the subject was "Our Investment Cultural Advancement and Wholesome Rec reation." She presented Mrs. I, in-! lord Winslow who conducted the devotion. Mrs. Winslow read Ec clesiastes :!:l-8 which deals with appropriate times for doing many things. She said, "Our greatest investment is our children. We want them to develop as Jesus did (Continued on Page Eight) ' Peanut producers on farms with peanuts on hand were mailed April 1, 1957 a Farm MQ-93-1, Report of Peanuts Shelled for Seed Purposes, with which to identify peanuts when taken to the sheller, Helene W. Nixon, Perquimans County ASC office manager, said today. The quantity of peanuts shown on the form was entered on the ba sis of 100 pounds of unshelled pea nuts per acre of the 1957 farm al lotment. Miss Nixon further stated that a new provision has heoji authorized where the Form MQ-93-1 issued for within quota farms will not pro vide for the shelling of a sufficient quantity of farmers' stock peanuts for seed purposes andor the pro ducer does not wish to sign the cer tification in Section II of Form MQ-93-1 because it restricts him to the sale of such peanuts, the Form MQ193-1 may be returned to the county office and a Form MQ-93 issued in lieu thereof after making any necessary correction in the au thorized pounds. : Producers do not need Form MQ- 2 JJ71T cu m mi ii ncic iuii imom j. win ti i other producer. However, the pur chaser must obtain a signed state ment from the producer selling I such neanuts to the effect tnt the peanuts were produced on a within quota farm and are not subject to ct t THi- a mnrketmg niiota nenn'ty. erfipntinn. mw . WiY-T.ted to 5 Cents Per Copy. H Youths It is fast approaching the time for the annual 4-H and FFA Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held in Elizabeth City. This show and sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, at Scott and Hal stead Warehouse on the Elizabeth City-Weeksville highway. For the past several years, the merchants have supported these boys and girls in the sale to the fullest extent, tin the same is hop ed for in 1957. The steers and hogs from I'erouir.ians County have been in excellent condition for showing and the grades on these steers have bei'n as high as any how in North Carolina. Th peo ple that attended the show ind sale in the past have really enjoy ed this two-day event and have tak en great pride in the quality of the animals and the supnort of (ho merchants. Those people that sup ported the show last year from Per quimans County are Hollowell Chevrolet Co.. Milton Dail & Son, Smithfield Packing Co.. Winslow Oil Co.. White's Grocery. Hertford Banking Co., Harreil Packing Co., if Suffolk, Hertford Livestock Co., Albemarle Chemical Co., J. F. Hol lowell & Son, Fred Matthews, the Perquimans County Commissioners, Show Hertford Motor Co., Pitt Hardware J V. Miller and Humphlette, Cartel- 4. Perry Motor Co., of Elizabeth City,,"'" Bill Cllhieiioei' f L'.livilw.tli filv -i Robert Bobbins. Horace Miller. Jar vis Ward, Keith Haskett and Viv ian Darden. These concerns and individuals listed above have gone to extra time and expense to make these sales more attractive and no bettor support will be found anywhere in North Carolina than has been rv ceived by 4-H and FFA youth from the merchants and business men of Perquimans County. April 30 Last Day To File Applications For Wool Payments Wool and lamb producers must file applications for payment un der the 1956 wool incentive pay ment program not later than April 30, Chairman L. L. Lane of the Perquimans County Agricultural Stabilization a n d Conservation Committee, has announced. The applications must be filed at the County ASC office. Payments un der the '1956 program will be made on marketings of wool and lambs completed between April 1, 1956, and March 31, 1957. ''Completions of marketings," the Chairman explains, means that the title of wool or lambs must have passed from the seller to the buy er. If any part of the sale such as price, weight Or yield needed to determine the purchase price is not completed within the dates men tioned above, the sale will not be i considered as eliginle lor sulmus I sion under the 1956 program. Sales made after March SI will he eli gible under the 1957 program, which runs from April 1 of this year through March 31, 1958. In applying for payment, pro ducers must supply documents showing complete information con. corning the sale of their wool and lambs. Wool incentive payments are au thorized by the National Wool Act of 1954 to stimulate increased pro duction of wool. Payments are made on lambs to encourage the normal marketing of lambs with the wool on. First payments un der the program were made last summer on 1955-1956 marketings. Nationally, these payments total approximately $57.5 million. For North Carolina these1 payments to tal $46,000. MYF Subdistrict Meets At New Hope Th" Chpwn" '""'"maim c-fc. district Methodist Youth Fellow ship will meet at New Hope Com munity Building Monday, April 22, it R'lt) P. M.7 A program on Vnn'- reation is being planned by, the New Hope Methodist young peo ple. Miss Rachel Spivey and Mrs. . Ann Butts 'will be leaders. A
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