Newspapers / The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, … / May 31, 1957, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
t r-1 m PERQUIMANS WEEKLY JiJi- HID vr.. .u- 1'.. Volume XXIV. Number 22. Bonner Reports Funds For Harvey Point Construction Given Committee Approval Action taken about the middle of last week by the Armed Ser vices Committee postponing ' ap proval of construction funds for the Harvey Point Seaplane base at ' Hertford was rescinded on lene W. Nixon, Perquimans Coun Thursday, according to word re- ty ASC Office Manager, to De ceived here from Congressman gin taking soil samples on land Herbert C. Bonner. - jthat will be planted to small In a telephone conversation grain and winter cover crops dur with Mayor V. N. Darden, Mr. irg th 'all season." Bonner announced the commit-! Miss Nixon state8 that she had tee ha4 ; approved allocation of , information to the effect that the more than $5,000,000 f or con-1 Soil Testing Laboratory of the struction at Harvey Point dur ing the fiscal year 1958. He stated this approval was made ' f this jme: They. are- therefore,' following a conference between!1" Psltlon. to. Sive reasonably the Armed Services Committee, Naval officials and himself. It has been reported the matter has been approved by Appropriations Committee, but remains to be ap proved by the full Congress. The amount approved by the committee for the fiscal year 1958 is in addition to the more than $4,000,000 which has been appropriated for the current fis cal year. ' Announcement was made last Thursday that the House Arm ed Services Committee had postponed any action on the Har vey, Point Base after questioning the necessity of the base being constructed before the Navy had seaplanes it planned . to base at Harvey1 Point. The Navy ' De partment had requested authori zation for construction : in the amount of $8,051,000. ,; , ' .The Navy Department has .an nounced the Sea Master planes, scheduled to be based at Harvey Point, are in production. It was pointed out the trouble whicl reused two of these planes 'fc crash has beenr ascertained and : corrected and; two additional planes - will beflyiiig . this ; falj. with 30 others scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 18 tc , 24 months.,' - . ' If was learned, following the telephone conversation between Congressman ' Bonner and May or Darden, the Public Works Of fice of the Fifth Naval District of which Harvey Point is includ ed, has received word to proceed With plans for Harvey Point . Scheduled. - . ':.'. ' .;'.- . From a reliable source; fl was learned, plans are now beinf readied by the Navy to let con tracts for about four million dol lars, worth of construction, possi bly by the middle of June. It is believed these contracts will cov er construction of ' a bulkhead along the Perquimans River, dredging of the river and prep- aration of other , projects to be built during the yea Starting uly 1. Funeral Services ContJuctcdTuasday; ForR.B.Ch:3ll ;.;; ' h; - ' Ralph Benjamin Chappell: 56, died Sunday night at 10:30 o'clock at the Chowan Hospital after an illness of one week. He was a native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County and son of the Rev. M. L. and 'Fannie Etheridge. Chappell. I In addition to his parents, he j is survived .by" his wife, Helen Dough, Chappell; two daughters, Mrs. J. .H, Hollowell of Ryland, . and Mrs. Sidney Broughton of Wilmington, DeLj three brothers, Robert, Moody and Paul Chap pell pf Tyner.. . - Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Center Hill Metho- dist Church by the Rey. T. M. Porter, assisted by the Rev. La mar Sentell and the Rev. Paul Holoman. ? 1 ' Burial was in , the family cemetery fn Perquimans Coun- ,.:.ty. : rara a::::ounc::::snt T" rn to IvJr. and Mrs. Alphonso L 1 OB r "It Is not too earl" said He M5E" State Department of Agriculture is not heavily loaded with samples quick service in analyzing soil samples and reporting lime and fertilizer needs of those soils. Research studies have indicat ed that application of limestone and fertilizer in accordance with soil test analysis gives uniformly good results, with a minimum ex penditure for those materials. Miss Nixon suggests that farm ers plan ahead and submit soil samples now in order that they may know their needs when fil ms for ASC cost-sharing for rill seeding under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Of Destruction Of Seven, Negroes from Pasquo-1 nk .County, all residents -of tanK .county, an resmc.ira "' Route four, Elizabeth City, were. arresteJi Tuesday by Sheriff J K. White on charges of destroy ing personaj property owned by Nathan Spivey 'and' Wilu'e Tay lor of Durants Neck, and obstruct ing a public highway. Sheriff White reported Frank lin Felton, Prince Pool, James Pool, Aaron Brown, Morris Banks, George Harney ,, and- Monroe James drove to a site near the Spivey home on the night of May 24 and, once there, tore down about 400 yards of electric fencing and a private bridge using the ma terials to barricade a road lead ing to the Perquimans River. The group, it was reported by the Sheriff, caused considerable damagfe to adjacent fields and the highway. A hearing has been set for the group in Recorder's Court on June 4. . " -. ' Sheriff White stated he had re- ceived statements from all of the ( defendants admitting the crime, j Numerous complaints have been made recently by residents of the area concerning petty thefts in the neighborhood. Losses report- ed have been gas from tractors' . .. .1 i A 1 m 1 x 1 MA. ana paris WKen irom iraciors leti in me ueios. AUXILIARY TO MEET -The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the ' home of Mrs. Noah Gregory on Thursday night, June 6.! Mrs. C. A. Davenport, president, urges all members to attend. ' This is Soil Stewardship Week, May 26 to June 2, sponsored by the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts and nation al church organizations, and again focuses attention on the kinship between a man's spiritual beliefs and the soil resources on which his life depends. Our awareness of such relation ship is always with us, conscious ly or unconsciously. Some see the kinship most clearly from a pine blanketed mountain as they look out over woods, stripcropped fields and clear-running streams or sparkling lakes. ?. ' Others '. find it in ; turning a gpadefu of living soil in the cool of the morning, or 'in the mellow roll of the furrow slice at plowing time. For soil not only gives life, it in Itself is a living thing, a combination of living organisms around A skeleton cf f wr!y ground Personal Property The Land Promise And Fulfillment " - Bjr D. A, WILLIAMS, Admtalitrator v. 8. Soil Conservation Service ( Hertford, Perquimans County, North John Morris Named i.ianaserutras Play Starts Tues. John Morris, former star ath lete at Perquimans High School and a member of the Duke Uni versity baseball team,, has been named manager of the Perquim ans Indians of the Albemarle T.PA0I1P it was rennrtpri hprp hv cm president of the locai club. Morris will assume his duties as manager of the team on his arrival home after Duke has competed in the NCAA baseball playoff now in progress. Local fans are' pleased with the selec tion ot the manager for the In dians. Johnny has played sev eral seasons in the league and last year was voted the out standing player in the league. Prospects for the coming sea son appear bright for the In dians. A large number of play ers have been trying out for berths and Mr. Banks stated the Indians will endeavor to provide the fans with plenty of good baseball during the coming sum mer." ' The Albemarle League season gets under way next Monday, June 3, with the Indians sched- uled to play in Hertford against Sunbury on Wednesday night, june 5 ; Season tickets for the home games to be played by the home games to be played by the Indiang are stiU on sale and may De purcnasea irom any memoer of the,,board of directors. ine inaians scneauie tor theDers bv the Glee Club. Ad coming week follows: Tuesday:? At Sunbury, Wednesday: Sunbury, here. Thursday: Camden, here. Friday: At Camden.' ! Enters Pageant Mice Mnhlp KppI. dailehter nfiSutton, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Keel of Hertford, will be seeking honors in the Albemarle Beauty pag eant to be conducted in Eliza beth City June 12, 13, 14 by the Elizabeth City Junior Cham ber of Commerce, it was reported by Bill Meekins of the Jaycee committee. - . Miss Keel js a member of the perquimans High School Class of .57 and her talent is singing, she haa hopes cf continuipg her studies at Radford Col- legej Rajford, Va. Warren . Hewlett, chairman of the pageant committee, announc ed the program this year will be conducted at the S. L: Sheep School auditorium and will be divided so part of the program will be presented on each of the three nights. on the soil in the food we eat, many of the clothes we wear and in our houses. . The longing for land ownership ownership of the acres one op erates, a desir for that "poultry farm" to which one will retire, -or "just a' place to raise a few flow ers" represents man's feeling that land is : something stable, some thing to which he can tie, some thing in which he can sink hjs roots. In it he finds security and peace.',: Closely allied to that desire to possess land is the hope and the promise of fulfillment which land giveshope for' stability, for se- curity, for peaceful living; the promise of bountiful v harvests,! food and 4 place one can call home, t f'-f ' This longing for land is univer sal. It surges no less In the heart of'a Chinese, an Asian, or a Europe--! t'- 1 'i f"-e heart of an Going Up or L if I STROLLERS on New York's fashionable Park Avenue havs been puzzled lately by this unique steelwork skeleton of a building and wonder, is it going up or going down? The answer: it's going down to provide room for Union Carbide's new 52-story sky scraper, which will be the new home office of the corporation. Ordinarily, demolition men remove brickwork from tb- top flow and then follow closely behind with i'i remov'. of :). In ir-r. case,-demolition experts decided it would he more eifici'v.t 1 tei.r down the thousiiiiJ tons of steel after removing all tiie brkkv;oi! Seniors To Conduct Commencement At Perquimans HigK Perquimans High School will hold its 32nd Commencement Exercises Friday night, May 31, j when members of the Senior Class conduct the m-oeram mark- ing graduation for the class of 1957. 1957. The Droeram will ooen with "invocation bv Doris Jean Mor Igan,. followed by musical num dresses will be delivered by 'the three top ranking members lot the class.' . Charles Whedbee, Valedictorian, will speak on the subject of Education Yesterday; Edgar Fields, Jr., Salutatorian, will talk on Education Today and Charles Johnson, Jr will talk on Education Tomorrow, Sandy Divers will present the class gift to the school and bene diction will be by Margaret Sue The class of 1957 has a total of 58 members as candidates for diplomas which will be present ed by J. E. Morris, chairman of the Board ot Education. Class members' are: Don Baker, Jesse Boyce, Talmage Byrum, Atwood Chappell, C. B. Chappell, Joanne Chappell, Thomas Chappell, Douglas Coleman, Nora Grace Cook, Sylvia Copeland, Roger Dillon, Sandy Divers, . Alice Gray Elliott, Mac Elliott, Petty Ann Felton, Edgar Fields, J r., Eula Harrell, Pat Harrell, Lil- liah Ann Hofler, Carolyn Gay Howell, Lois Howell, Kathleen Hurdle, Charles Johnson, Jr., Mable Frances Keel, Evelyn Lane, Nancy Lane, Avis Lay den. . Edward Lee Madre,. Ophelia Mansfield, Crafton Matthews, Jo Ann Matthews, Doris Jean Morgan, Herby ' Nixon, Roger Nixon, Shelby Jean Overton, Philip Phillips, Leonard Pierce, Zack Robertson, Jr., Jesse Roun tree, Evangeline Saunders, Anne Sawyer; Martin Sawyer, Kay Spear, Doris Jean Stallings, Marcia Stallings, Margaret Ann Sutton, Monon Trueblood, Delia Faye , ward, Gladys Umphlett, Rosa Sue Ward, Charles Whed bee, Mary Ann White, Ralph White, Emilie Wilder, Jeannette Williams, Sally. : Hollowell Wil liams; Arnold Winslow and Jane Winslow. Mrs. Winslow To Head Hotel Group Mrs; Emmett Winslow of Hert ford, managing director of the Carolinian Hotel at Nags Head, has been elected president of the North Carolina Hotel Association. She is the first woman ever se lected to head -the organization. Other officers were Maurice PuC kett of . Asheville, vice president, and Ken Cross of Charlotte, secretary-treasurer; . 1 Carolina, Friday, May Going Down THIS WEEK'S I HEADLINES Word from Raleigh indicates the General Assembly will like ly wind Up its work about the middle of next w jek then ad journ. It is anticipated two fi nance bills, revenue and appro priation, will be adopted within the next day or two, leaving only a smattering of local bills to be acted upon. It was re ported, following a public hear- ing, a House committee will kill a proposed bill calling for local option regarding horse and dog racing tracks. In Washington this week, ef forts on the part of GOP Con gressmen to restore some of the cuts made in the national de fense budget met with failure when the House voted down amendments. Reports, however, state the drastic cuts voted by the committees may be bolstered somewhat before the appropria tion bill is finally adopted. State ABC officials announce an investigation will be made of charges that, free liquor has been distributed among a number of members of the General Assem bly by lobbyists. The charges were made Monday by a Raleigh minister and an investigation (conducted immediately revealed foundation to the charges made. The National Baseball League this week approved requests by the New York Giants, and Brook lyn Dodgers to move from the New York area to the west coast. Sports reporters have predicted the move for several weeks and the way is now cleared for the clubs to negotiate the transfer with officials in Los Angeles and San Francisco. NAMED TO OFFICES AT WAKE FOREST COLLEGE 'Miss Barbara Edwards, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ed wards, has been elected president of the' Woman's Recreational. As sociation at Wake Forest. College, where she is a student. She has also been named scrapbook chair man of Modern Dance Club and publicity chairman fo Physical Education majors. MISS JO PAT STOKES TO RECEIVE NURSES' CAP , ' . Miss Jo Pat Stokes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Stokes, who entered the School of Nurs ing at Watts Hospital last Sep tember, has completed ' the pre clinical course and will receive her. cap at the capping exercises June 2 at the Trinity Methodist Cburd jpDarhan'. 31, W5I. Charles Phillips Rotary Meeting State Educators are constantly working to solve the problems re sulting from the ever-growing enrollment of public schools and colleges, Charles Phillips, head of the Public Relations Department of WCUNC, told members of the Hertford Rotary Club at their meeting held here Tuesday night. Mr. Phillips, former District Governor of Rotary International, has been associate with Woman's College for a number of years and he pointed out WCUNC is the lar gest woman's college in the Unit ed States; every county in North Carolina, except two, is repre sented amonir the student body. Stating that WCUNC, as a part of the University of North Caro lina, belones to the people. Mr. Phillips told the Rotarians he was happy to report the college is do ing a wonderful job in preparing young l?dies for an active future in the business nnd profesion.-il world as well homempker. He urued the oublic to give full support for future growth of the school facilities, pointing out that there is a net gain of one baby in the United States every 12 sec onds which means a total of 30 every six minutes. That means the need for a new classroom .i provide schooling for the uddi tional children. Housing of students ;m ever growing problem for colleges, thp speaker said, and this may lead to establishment of more com munity colleges within the state which will ease the housing prob lem bv permitting students to ?ajn college educations while liv ing at home. North Carolina at the present time, Mr. Phillips said, has a to tal of 65 colleges offering educa tional opportunities to almost ev erybody who want to secure it. BPW Club Elects New Officers At Meeting Tuesday The Perquimans Business and Professional Women's Club met Tuesday night at the Agriculture Building for the purpose of elect ing officers for the year 1957-58 and to foimulate plans to attend the State Convention at Golds- boro, June 9-10-11-12. Mrs. Alice M. Towe presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson. Mrs. Sally J. Bonner, chairman of the Nomi nating Committee, presented a double slate of officers to the club and the following were elected: President, . Mrs. Alice M. Towe; first vice president. Miss Thelmn Elliott;- second vice president, Mrs. Betty T. Swindell; recording secretary, Mrs. Miriam (Keith) Haskett; corrseponding secretary, Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, and treas urer Mrs. Essie W. Burbage. Mrs. Towe was the club's first president when it was organized in 1948. She is currently Editor of The Tar Heel Woman, the State Magazine for the North Carolina Federation, which she will relinquish in June when the officers will be officially install ed. Seek Improvement Rural Mail Boxes W. W. White, Hertford Post master, announced the annual mail box improvement program, sponsored by the Post Office De partment, will be observed for a two-week period starting June 3. Mr. White pointed out patrons of the post office are urged to help speed mail delivery by see ing that riiail boxes are properly erected and maintained for easy, safe accessibility. Names pf the patrons should be visible to the mail carrier and it also helps if the box is properly numbered. : TO PREACH SUNDAY . Jesse Ray Mansfield, a fresh man at Chowan College, will preach at Great Hope Baptist Church Sunday, June 2, at 11 A. M. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mansfield, ., Route one, Hertford, The public is invited to attend the services. "'. - Is Speaker At School Officials Notified Cut Made; In Garage Claim Commissioners To Meet Next Monday ; The Board of C mmissioners for Perquimans Counvy will hold its June meeting next Monday, June 3, beginning at 10 A. M., in the Court House. Final action on a proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 is expected to be considered by the Board and a tax rate set for 1957-1958. Individuals desiring to confer with the Board are asked to note the time and place of the meet ing. Sarah Faye Wood Wins 4-H Contest Mi&s Sarah F;i.yc Wood; daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wood, Jr., of Route 3, Hertford, was declared winner of the Junior 4-H Corn Meal Muffin Contest, which was held on Thursday af ternoon, May 23, at Win fall Grammar School. Other entrant wi-re Ann Ben Ion, Jean BagU-y .and Lydia Rid- dick. This contest was based on Corn Meal Muffins that each girl (made under the eyes of the judg Jes, Miss Shirley Eure, Assistant Dietician at Elizabeth City. Miss Maidred Morris, home ayent, , EdenUm. and Miss Betty Sugg, assistant home agent, Elizabeth City. I .The muffins made were all; high scoring muffins. They re vealed that many practices had been made before the contest day. i - : Teenagers Held On Car Theft Charges 1 .c a. o- gro boys were bound over tor ar- ( tion by the November term or, Perquimans Superior Court on charges or stealing an automobile from the Hollowell Chevrolet! Company lot last Saturday night, after a preliminary hea''lnS was conducted before Recorder Chas. E. Johnson last Tuesday. The youths, Herbert Melton. Joseph Turner, George Poxey, William Mitchell and Alfred Wil liams, were arrested by Police Of- ficer M. G. Owens after the stolen car had been located by R. A. Willis, salesman Tor the local car agency. Owens testified three of the youths were sitting in the ear, near Market and Edenton Road Streets, when he went to th scene accompanied by Mr. Willis., The officer reported William Mitchell gave him a statement ad mitting he had taken the car from the lot snd followed a car con taining the other youths to the point where the car was discover ed by Willis. All of the defend ants except Mitchell denied knowledge Mitchell intended to steal a car when he vas at the Hollowell place of business. Bond for Mitchell was set at $300 while bond for the other fourt youths was set at $200, pending appearance at the Superior Court term, Willie Lee Winslow, Negro, was found guilty on charges of failing to , yield the right-of-way and reckless driving. He was arrested following an accident at the corn er of Dobb and Hyde Park streets last Saturday. The accident re sulted in some $700 worth of dam-! ages' to two cars hit by Winslow. The defendant was given a 12 months jail sentence, suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs of court and the payment of $300 to Alfred White, Negro, and $200 to Ellis Weaver for damages. Thomas Copeland submitted to a charge of being drunk and paid the court costs. Asa Stallings, charged with failing to yield a right-of-way, paid the ctsts of court after sub mitting to the charge. . Joe Harrell was fined $10 and costs after - pleading guilty to 5 Cents Per Copy. Officials of the Perquimans Board of Education are anticipat ing an early settlement with the Government for losses sustained here last February when a Navy plane crashed into the school ga rage, v.- A claim for losses, in the amount of $34,621, filed by the Board with the Fifth Naval Dig- trict has been forwarded to the! Adjutant General's Office, Wash ington, D. C, where it is being' processed for presentation to the Congress for payment. ; v An official in the Washington office, las! Friday, notified School Superintendent J. T. Riggers the Adjutant General's department had depreciated the claim to the sum of $33,000 and should the county authorities agree to this reduction the entire claim will be approv-i.. .-.t the new figure and paynienr for the loss will be mc-pt-dited as rapidly a possible. It is understood the claim as filed by the local board for tha loss of the building, activity bus and other county property had been approved for payment but a number of articles listed as lost, which were reduced to a figure making the over-all claim total $33,000. .: Congressman Herbert C. Bonner has advised the local officials he will endeavor to have the action handled by Congress as soon as it can he processed in order that the county may be reimbursed and have funds to rebuild the garage and restore this operation of the school transportation sys-j Mr. Biggers reported State of ficials as well as local officials have approved acceptance of the compromised settlement proposed hv the Adjutant, General's office. chaiges of being drunk and pos- ses.sing liquor. " Second Series Of Polio Shots Will Be Given Next Week Individuals who participated in the Anti-Polio clinic conducted he,.e by the Hertford Junior Cnarnber of Commerce, in coop- eration wjth the County Polio Committee ( win have the opp0r- unity to receive their second shot of vaccine on June 6 or 7, it! was reported by D. F. Reed, Jr.J Chairman of the Jaycee Com-j mittee. This second polio shot clinicl will be conducted at the Mu nicipal Building in Hertford on Thursday and Friday nights of next week, Mr. Reed said. Dr C. A. Davenport and Dr. T. P; Brinn will, again be the physi cians in charge of the program. Persons who desire to receiv these anti-polio shots but wh failed to attend the first clinit F receive their first sh b: applying nexi ween, ivir. nee stated, and arrangements will b made for these persons to re ceive a second shot at a late date. A third shot of the vac .cine 'will- be made available ii aDout six or seven months fron the date of the clinic next week' It was pointed out that per sons who have received the first shot should appear to receive tbi second shot in Order for the vac f cine to be effective. It has beer! reported only one shot of thf vaccine has little if any affect i preventing the disease.' : PIANO RECITAL Miss Kate Blanchard is presc ing her piano pupils in t spring recital Tuesday vnif' " 8 o'clock June 4, in the F; ship Hall of the First 1 Church The pi!1" ' ! Invited to Ucji
The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 31, 1957, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75