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TEE WWW- WEEK QUIMANS LT jri. v Volume XXIV. Number 20. Hertford Jhr Lengthy Session Monday n - Hertford's Town Board, meeting here Monday night, 'had a rather long session considering a number of matters before adjourning at bout 10 P, M. Jessie Lee Harris and. Jarvig Ward appeared v before the Board in regards to a proposed lease concerning 22 acres of fand. part of which is now used by the Town, although owned by Mr, and Mrs. Harris. , ; After considerable discussion re garding the proposals made in con nection with the' use of this prop erty, the board adopted a motion whereby it will seek continued use of .the land at a rental of $lgO per ;year.;,:;;.;,:;..i ' 'A report was. made to the Board by Mayor V. N. Darden on the sale of : the- Hertford Grammar School- J, pite, and the board voted to accept , s a ow or iu,ouu, suDimnea at tne sale held onApril 27. The actio-! of this board now;, confirms the , proposed sale, since, the Board of Education, co-owners of the prop erty; approved the transaction last Thursday night. High bidder for the property was a committee rep- . resenting the Perquimans Recrea tional Association. I '. At i the request,, of ia. number o ' citizens of ; Hertford the Board passed a resolution designating the area Of the Town of Hertford as a bird sanctuary, as provided for un der file general statutes of the state. .The statutes make it a mis demeanor to kill birds within a designated sanctuary. - Mayor Darden gave "the commis sioner a oner report concerning a nuiriber of items expected to be, included in the budget for the town 1 for the next fiscal year and stated the entire budget will be submitted at an early date. "Blds'for the purchase of a new1! shown bythe representatives indi fctei'rfU'UIP: for the' townerffflfed the fans' iean" expect a sum'- opened during the meeting and low bid was submitted by. the Hollo- i 'well Chevrolet Company. :,Thlj bid for 'a new truck was $1,689, while a bid : submitted by Winslow Blanchard Motor Company amount- v ed to $1,719.20. The bids were . turned; over to a committee of Mayor Darden and Commissioner Henry . C. Sullivan for further study. Louise Chappell Wins Top ; Honors At Fatstock Show The,i2th Annual Fatstock Show was held at Scott and Halstend warehouse .on the.. Elizabeth Cityf Weeksvflle jugtyfir( on Tatesda,y May 14th, There were ,39, l'.-fli-, Z -nS: ; ,LETi,l2 tW.-Chappell, daugh- from V..,V.M , . rt i Perquimans counties. Five ateer.n . graded prime, 24 choice, 9 good,' -and 3 standard. The Grand Cham pion steer was, shown by Louise Chappell of Belvidere, while the Reserve Champion steer was shown by Clyde Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lane-of Wljiteston, and the third place by Thomas Ed. Chap pelt; son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Chappell, Rt 1,. Hertford. All of i these Steers graded prime. The 'choice steers were shown by Wal do Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Winslow of Whiteston, Lloyd Hay Morgan, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. C , Morgan of Rt 2, Hertford. ' Jimmy Kirby, son of Mr. and Mrs. f. B. Klrby, Rt 2, .Edenton, Mary ieth Hurdle, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurdle of Duranta Neck. Willis Williams, son of Mr and ' Mrs. Claude Williams, Rt 3. Hert ford, Billy Hudson, son of Mr. and "Mrs. Arvin Hudson, Rt. 1, Hert- ' ford, Harold Winslow,. son of Mr. and Mrs. Brennon Winslow, Rt.,2. Hertford, Robert Phthisic, son of Miiand Mrs McCoy .Phthisic, Rt 2, tryner, Linwood Hurdle, son of and Mrs. Fenton Hurdlo of Rt 3, Hertford; Good ateers, Mary rhthisic, daughter of Mr. and ' lira. McCoy Phthisic of Kt 2, Ty lien Standard, Carson Spivey( Jr. The Crand Champion Ten of rt-ft cx- was ahowivby Lc-Ve Council Night LastDay ' x Today, Friday, May. 17, is the filial d'ay'for the Polio Shot Clinic being sponsored by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce. The first day for the clinic was yes terday and the final shots will be given tonight between the hours pf 7 and 8:30 by Hertford doctors who are cooperating with the Jay- cees to provide anti-polio vaccine to residents of Perquimans Coun- ty. V," - The clinic, held this week is the first of three, sponsored for; the purpose of helping to prevent po lio here. Individuals who rece've shots of the vaccine this week will given a second shot on June 6 or j and a third shot will be made Uyailable some six months late, , . AlbsiricTle League Planning To Open Season On June 3 Plans were completed here last week for the opening of the Albe marle League on June 3, it was re ported by T. P. Forehand, president ui vile Di-iiii-fj v uanuou ..i-ulv which will operate' this year with Perquimans,' Camden, Pasquotank, Suribury, Edenton and Williamston 8s members of the organization, Representatives of the six teams met here last Friday and perfect ed the by-laws for the league (or the coming jyear, . and. interest mef of good baseball games, wiQI eadi -team playing local talent ; Johnrty Pavlich was again nam ed head umpire for thd league, and he was authorized to select his as sistants Mr. Pavlich was also au thorized to map out the schedule for the leegue and this will be re leased soon. .Directors of ' the ' Perquimans (Continued on Page Eight) Floyd-Matthews, Jr., Rt. 3, Hert ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Matthews, Billy Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. It. R. Perry, ttt. 3, Hert ford, Wayne Howell, son of Mr. . g Jt Hf rlaMAM riton- I.CI V7 AVJ.1 UIIU 1U1B VIHIIII.Q V"f pell, "of Belvidere, and Carolyn Fa ye Rogerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'C. T. Rogerson, Jr., of Belvidere. 'Six boys from Perquimans Coun ty were selected for showmanship which will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning: There were Thomas Ed. ChappeU, Willis Wil liams,. Waldo Winslow, Lloyd Ray Morgan, Clyde Lane, Jr., and Billy Hudson. Perquimans Union School Schedule . Events! marking the close of an other school .year, are now in pro gress at Perquimans Union School, it was announced by R. L. Kings bury, principal.- The closing exer cises started last week with a prc granV by elementary classes'' and will continue through June 3 which ia the closing date for the school. An oratorical program and open house will be held at the school Sunday, May 19, at 4 P. M., fol-" lowed, by Educational Sermon on Sunday, May 26 at 4 P. M. Class Night will be conducted, on May 29 at 8 P. M., and Commencement will be held May 30 also at 8 P. M. Eighth grade promotion exercises will be conducted May 31 at 1:30 Hertford, Perquimans County, North L I. riy-y. JW TOUNADOES OF 1956 t.. tXfi V '4wu pssrw . . ...,. v' ox$co I Tt. is Monro, Couritt, MM t . . i OOO OOO Ca1' mOS j'ilu71i.,J",il2,'0S? HSflim I isn i jBursiJ- - I d l$iw Jr , . . . 10 4ffrll i Lincoln mod Onm T 14 Mn IB MUik,fon. Ulch. If f.SOO.OOO ''C " I ir.U SKsaB.'isr'- 8 l0Ot'090 v - sj 4 April t Crmr Count,. Kan. 1 if 1 ' Ittnrtll tnrmn,wi i , MAJOR TORNADOES of 19N, as eomplM frem preliminary Weathe Boreaa data, clearly point ta Spring as a time for special watchfulness by . residents of the ventral United States the world's . most, dangerous tornado area. Civil defense anits are on special call throughout this vast region ror THIS WEEK'S: HlWIESi f. President Eisenhower ; told the nation Tuesday night the huge bud get for the coming fiscal year is a necessity if the United States is to. continue its all-out efforts t maintain peace. He pointed out whil expenditures for public ser vices and aids, fixed by law, wiH consume about 35 per cent of the proposed budget, outlays for de fense make up more than 50 per cent of the total budget. He relat ed rising prices in the budget are due to increased costs for military material. Action b a senate committee this week all but killed the civil rights bill, a report from Washing ton stated Tuesday. Administra tion forces had hoped to clear the proposed measure from committee for action' by Congress but the sen ate Committee rebuffed this-maneu-yar and- 1t- in unlikely further av tion on the bill will be forthcoming at this session of Congress. - Raleigh reports this week state the General Assehbly is moving to ward adjournment,, working dili gently on the finance bills which will-set taxing and spending for the State for the next two years. Work on these bills are expected to be. completed during the next two weeks. The U. S.'has rejected a request submitted by Japan to call off atomic tests scheduled in Nevada this month. Japan asked U. .S.. Britain and Russia to halt all such tests. The U. S. declined announc ing Russia for having obstructed progress toward control of the nu clear threat - 'State Highway, officials announc ed from Raleigh this week the Highway Patrol will -start using unmarked cars. about July Leg isiaiion nas Deep approved grant-, big the'ftitrbl- permission' to use unmarked patrol cars in its w6rk to bring safe and sane driving on state highways, v. - Members of . the Perquimans Chapter of the Future Farmers of American entertained their dads, and( other special guests at a father-son banquet held Friday night of last week at Perquimans High School. Barbecue chicken and pii and. all the trimmings were served to the 150 persona attending the event Free tickets to the Perquimans-Columbia ' baseball .' game were given to the dads and guests, i. Edward Lee Madre ' acted,, as toastmaster for" the banquet and Introduced Ervin' Mansfield, who presented a FFA Sweetheart award to Dottie CartSnrright' . , ' . ' :. y William C. Chappell and Clar ence C. Chappell, Sr., were made honorary members of the chapter. Thomas Chappell : presented - the membership' pin, to . William C. Chappell and Donald Baker made the presentation io Clarence Chap pell . " ' ' The meeting closed with remarks by Clarence Chappell, ' Jr., who' thanked the chapter for its lack ing he had received in successfully carry out many projects super-v- J i ' i FTA. ' Perquimans FFA possible teaeM r. la addMea. If a tornado-nit locality Is declafttd a major disaster area by the President, as twapeaed ta Nambers I, . and M above, fee federal Civil Defense Admmlstra Uoa rcaa prvM taads to. Ut ' ooanmaaHieo hi temporary repair fablie faeilitloi. fcda Photo nMMMMWMwnlMWWlnrV0 M)f The Parent-Teacher-Association of Hertford Grammar School ljeVf its final meeting of the school year,' Thursday night of last week at Perquimans High School Mrs. Jack Brinn, outgoing presi dent, presided. At the close of the business session she expressed her appreciation to members for the cooperation she had received dur ing her term of office for the past two years. New officers were installed by Miss Thelma Elliott for the school year.:, starting next . September. President will be Mrs. R, S. Monds. Jr.; vice president, Mrs. R. L. Hol lowell; secretary,' Mrs. Elton Hu-l During the program, Mrs. Monds and Mrs. Hollowell gave a report on the state PTA convention wjiieh they attended recently in Winston Salem. Members of the, Cub Scot' t Pack presented the school with a number of books, to be used in the school library. , . '. .vv Mrs. Etta Walters was present ed a Building Fund Scroll for ser vices she has rendered to children. The scroll represented a' contribu tion the local PTA had made to the State Building Fund in honor of Mrs. Walters. At the close of the meeting the teachers of the school held a re ception for members of the PTA. In the presence of a few friends ;and relatives, Miss Betlie Davis, daughter of Mr! and Mrs. W, P. Davis, Route 2, ' Edenton, became the bride of Sfc. Donald F. Potter of Lynn, Kentucky, at the home of the bride's parents Saturday, May 4 at 3 o'clock. The living room was decorated with spring flowers. , The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Philip Quid ley, pastor of the bride. The bride wore a light blue dress of princess with a net yoke and white accessories. She carried a white prayer book topped with a whjte orchid. Mrs. Whichard Davis, sister-in-law of the' bride, was maid of hon or and: only attendant - She' wore ft light blue dress with white ac cessorie and wore a, eorsaga of whie, carnations. , :j-tK, iVhichard Davis, brother of the 'bride, was best man.' ' ' vt': - The bride's mother wore a liayy blue! crepe dress with matching ac cessories. - Her corsage was batty iria.:' y': ' : ' The bride attended Perquimans High School. She has been em ployed as secretary at the Don Juan Manufacturing Company for the past four years..- The bride groom r attended school in Lynn, Ky., ' and has, been in the army since 1047. He has been stationed in Alaska for the past 18 months. The young couple left for a wed-' ding trip to visit Ma parent in Kentucky, then on? to Alaska where HertfoiiipA:!;!ln Fihili;;Metiijgf Year On Thursday he wIU be stationed for three year.. Tuesday aight.a-B'-tJclock.' ; ';,'.. v.vi' i'i ;,-,: " v Carolina, Friday, May 17, 1957. vMrWMMWWMylrvwwwwi Central PTA To Hold Picnic Monday j The - Parent-Teacher Associatii of Centnil Grammar School will meet Monday, May 20, at 8:00 P. M. The annual picnic will begin at 6:30 and will be followed by the regular meeting in the auditorium. : All parents and interested pa trons are invited. Coach Ike Perry's Perquimans Indians will' close out their 1957 baseball schedule here Friday night playing Chowan High. Game time has been set for 8 o'clock. - Last Friday night, Parker Ches aon limited Columbia to. one hit while Perquimans scored a 10-0 vic tory over the Wildcats. j ,' N.'. Scott, first man up for Co lumbia, signed for the only hit permitted by Chesson who struck out eight and walked only one. He received air-tight support from his mates in the field. Perquimans lost no time in clinching the victory, Johnny Mil ler walloping a home run in the first inning- with fwo mates -cm' base'. The Indians ent -onto scoro two more runs jn the second, three in the-third ani'-twofln the fifth.. Arnold WihslW.tpat Harrell and Tommy Tilley collected two hits apiece for the winners. 1 Perquimans scored a 3-2 win over Gatesville here Tuesday niuht when Philip Trueblood hit a triple in the last of the seventh to score Tilley with the winning marker.: : The Indians tallied one run in the second ' then Gatesville went ahead in the fourth but Perquim ans knotted the count which stood 2-all until the last of the seventh. Wheeler started on the mound for the Indians but was relieved in the fifth by Welly White. Gates ville collected one hit off Wheeler. The Indians got give hits off Lane, the visiting pitcher. W.G.Newby Speaks At Rotary Meeting W G. Newby, former clerk for the Town of Hertford, was guest speaker at a meeting of the Hert ford Rotary Club held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. . . -( Recognized as an. authority of the history of Hertford, Mr. Newby told the Rotarians the town . was mapped out in 1732 and the. first lot; sold within the town was thaf mte- now occupied by the. One-Stop Service Station. He gave a brief resume of the operations of the town "during the .years, from 1931 through. 1911 while he served as town clerk, stating, the municipali ty had progressed despite heavy yoke of indebtedness Mi,ling mor thai) half a million dollars, i MASONS TO MEET" The' Perquimans Masonic Lodge NavVlOB, A; Ft A A. M.,in meet ricrernoayitigni Commencement At Perpioslligh Begins On May 26 ' The Rev. James A. Auinun, pas tor of the Hertford Methodist Church, will deliver the baccalau reate 'sermon opening a series of exercises marking the thirty-second commencement at Perquimans County High School, on Sunday, May 26, it was announced by E. C. Woodard, principal of the si-hool. The Rev. Orval Dillon and the Rev. Philip Quidley will assist in the service which will be conduct ed in the auditorium of the school at 8 o'clock in the evening. The choir will be composed of members of the school glee club. Class Night will he held on Thursday, May 30, and this pro gram will he conducted entirely by members of the graduating class. Commencement exercises will be conducted on Friday night, May 31 during which the members of :bt class of '57 will receive diplomas in recoa-nition of completion of theii education work in the county, schools. Honor student for the class of '57 are led by three boys, Charles Whedbee, valedictorian; Edgar Fields, Jr., salutntorian, and Charles Johnson, Jr., with the third highest average. These three students will present addresses during the commencement service. Teenager Roadeo Staged By Jaycees Set For May 25th The fourth annual Safe Drivmt' Roadeo for Teenagei-s of Per quimans County will be conducted Saturday afternoon. May 25. at ? o'clock on Grubb Street in Hert ford, it. was announced ' tod-iy Tiv Joe Towe, Jr.; Chairman of the Jaycee Committee sponsoring the project. . This year's contest, which pro motes accuracy in driving will start on Thursday when all the contest ints are given written examina tions at Perquimans High School The final round comes Saturday when the contestants compete in actual driving of vehicles through a series of tests compiled by safe ty officials. The Junior Chamber of Com merce will award prizes to the three top-ranking contestants judg ed to be the best. First prize will be $15, second $10 and third prize is $5. , Assisting Mr. Towe in staging the roadeo are John Beers and Francis Nixon. The public is in vited to witness the driving tests to be conducted Saturday after noon. Six Cases Heard By Recorder Judge Six cases were disposed of dur ing Tuesday's session of Perquim ans Recorder's Court presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Hen ry Chesson, Negro, was given "a 60 day sentence, suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $80 and costs af ter pleading guilty to charge of driving without a license and recK less driving. A fine of $10 was levied against Beatrice Coleman, Negro, when the court ruled she was guilty of friv- ilous prosecution in charging her husband with assault with a dead ly weapon. . Costs of court were taxed against Shade Holley, Negro, who submit ted to a charge of being drunk. Haywood Ward paid the costs of court' after pteading guilty to a charge of speeding.- , Isaac Blanchard, Negro, was or. dered to pay the court costs af ter submitting to a charge of dam aging state-owned property. . Brian . Riddick, Negro, charged with speeding, was fined $25 and costs, the sentence to be suspended providing the defendant submit a 300-word theme to the court on the subject- of the dangers of speeding. ;., TO HOLD SHOWER A floating shower will be given Thursday, May 16, at the Bethel Community House from 7 to 9:30 P. M:, for Ruth Mansfield who lost her home by 'fire. The public s invited to attend., Pupil Assignment Resolution Passed At Board Meeting Lions Governor Speaker For Party Marvin E. Evans, District Gov emor of Lions International. Dis trict 31-J, will be the guest speaker at the annual ladies' night party to be held here Friday night by members of the Hertford Lion? Club, it was announced by R. M Thompson, president of the club. The dinner meeting will be heb' at the Hotel Hertford beginning nt 7 o'rlock anil all members ami their wives are urged to be pres ent. Mr. Thompson will preside ami introduce the visiting district gov ernor. Special awards fr club attend ance wil be presented at the close of the program. Report Given On Expenditures Of School Fire Fund Contributions totaling $2 '. H78.84 were -made to the Hertford Gram mar .School fund, following a fire which destroyed the building in January of last vear. it was re ported this week by Miss Thelma Flhott, principal of the school, who .teacher s at Perquimans High stated the funds , have been used School, .is recommended by the to replace items lost in the five,, District School Committee; the and that are needed to maintain J Board did, however, approve the the school on the accredited list, i election of the teachers at the oth- Believing the public, which made, or four county s'hools. this fund possible, is interested in j other action taken by the. Board the developments since the fund during this meeting wag adaption was started, Miss Klliott releaned of resolution to purchase w.rk this report on Tuesday. Receiutsi i...,'i ,...4.: : .. totaling $2,378.84 came from the loiiowing .sources: neruoro urnm-1 mar School PTA. $250; VFW and Jaycee projects, $1,77(1.75: Ameri- can i.eK,oii uxiiiary, io; tun Scouts. $54.47: room representa tives and individuals, $197.ti2. The Cub Scouts have also contributed books to the library for the new- school now under construction A total of $2,046.55 has been i used to purchase items necessary j lionunuea on rage uight) tion of $:J0,600. Edenton Base Will Join In Celebrating Armed 'Saturday, May 18, officers and per&nnel at the Kdenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station will join all military installations in the nation in celebrating Armed Forces Day. Special features have been arrang ed for the benefit of visitors and it is hoped many civilians will visit the base during the day to help make the celebration a success. Col. Frank Collin's, commanding officer of the base, has announced that the base will be open to the general public from 9 A. M., to 'i P. M. Eastern Standard Time and he extends a personal invitation to all civilians in this section to visit the base for the event. One of the features will be a Static display of different types of aircraft flown by Marines and a special feature at b'clock will be a demonstration of arrested land ings in which will be used Marine Corps latest mobile arresting equipment. The national theme for Armed 7th GRADE COMMENCEMENT The seventh grade of Central Grammar School will present its Commencement exercises Tuesday, May 21 Bt 8 P. M., in the school auditorium. - All parents and interested pa trons are cordially invited. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ray White of Edenton announce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Lynn, born 1 April c, n me vnowan jiospiiai. 4 .. a i i 4n t Mrs. White is the former Miss Jo anne Lan 5 Cents Per Copy. In compliance with state law", the Perquimanh Board of Education, meeting here in regular session on Thursday night of last week, adopted a resolution assigning pu. pils of county schools for the term beginning next September, it was reported by J. T. Biggers, super intendent of schools. A copy of the resolution appears elsewhere in this issue of The Weekly. After considering several bids, submitted for construction of a new school garage to replace the one destroyed by a plane accident 'luring February, the Board ac--epted the bid submitted by Wright and Ainsley during work on the new project is exported to be start ed within a short time. The bid iccepted by the Board stipulate? payment for the building is to be" made when the Board of Kducation 'ias been reimbursed by the Navy for the loss of the old garage. The Ronrd also voted to accent i bid price of $10,500 made for the nm-hase of the Hertford. Grammar School itf at the sale conducted on April 27. The ftoard's action is subject to approval by the Com missioners for the Town of Hert ford, co-owners of the property. The bid for this property -remained open for a period of 10 davs hut there was no upset bide made dur ing the prescribed time limit. No action was taken by the Rri3llt in JI limvivinu- tho 1.ti..n nf ( - county emplovees of thV i4lUlO ,,,) voting permission to D F. Reed,-Sr., to em.t fencp on s(.noo, property between the new Hertford Grammar ScHool site and his prop- erty which lies adjacent to the school. The Board also adopted a tenta tive budget for the 1957-58 fiscal year calling for exuenditures to- talinir about S72 .fi50 mill ii cnnifQl outlay budget for school construc- To Keep Planting Within Allotment Kvery year, some farmers in Perquimans County ui-e greatly in convenienced by having planted in excess of their allotment on one of the basi'.- crops. Helene W. Nix on, Perquimans County ASC Office Manager, issued a reminder today to all Perquimans County farmers that it is definitely their responsi bility to plant within their acre age allotment. Every year, a few fanners over , the county, on having their acreage measured by ASC personnel, find that they have overplanted. Many of these farmers pay additional money out of their pockets to have a representative of the ASC Coun ty Committee witness disposition of the excess acreage. Other farm ers make a deposit with the ASC Office to have officials revisit the farm and remeasure the acreage. In just about every case, this is an unnecessary drain on the farmer's pocketbook, and in every case, the time lost by these revisits to the farm is a great inconvenience to the farmer. ; - - That's just one of the reasons the farmer should remember that it is his responsibility to plant within his acreage allotment, Miss Nixon gald. Another reason is that every time a farmer plants over his allotment, he is wasting seed c plants, fertilizer and labor. . Forces Day Farmers Advised