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- '-v 1 l II T If k J J Hertlcrd, Ferquimans Countv Jcrth Carolina, Friday, June 14, 1957. . 5 Cents Per Cc Town Board Adoj; irk AndSameTaxRat , n Tentative ' r.TMCIZVCUo system ot highway ramps in to admire tne scenery, nowever, me concrete complex oer , , s'-jned to smooth out traffic knots on the roads leading to the cowntown section, . . ; ' " ' " " - Y""T '' T.'v .i.l "TT , M;C3susGM!a.Jti3ag II i 1 ' - t. " A. 'i Hertford Indians, perched atop the standing in the Albemarle League,- won their fifth straight gamir Tuesday night, ' defeating Elizabeth City by aS-0 score.:; "Ted Chappell was the winning pitcher allowing the Albieaonly three hits'" vd"' walking one; He fanned eight.' Clyde Morgan and Etheridge held downthe mound duties for the Albies. They were knicked for five hits bv. the In- dians, Johnny Morris collecting 1 iwa of the safeties.". i ' Th Tndinn fuwPiTthiw runs w conth'wh-iWn?ri h)t ' a tr wiV.i the baatht V ,tion, W V? T0" Afr drorpingvhe -,openmglcomPlet'on of the new building. iixm the. Tndiann romried back l .' .' . 1 ..... j - -i . . . igame, - the Indiana romped back to defeat Sunbury by a 14-4 count behind the pitching of Ted" Chap pell. The Indians clpbbered Sun-r bury pitcher, Ma thias, for a total of' 12 hits'., Tommy and Paul Tatiiiew-l and Chappell collected v6' each. - Chappell struck 'out jiine and walked five. . Sunbury tallied one run in the firslf and !'4ree in the seventh; The Indians i ored V in the second,- two in t.e third, seven jn the sixth and f iT.in the eighth, inning. " ' On Thursday night of last week the . Indians opened a series with . Camtuck, taking, the first by a score of 18 to 5 and winning again rrid, y by a 10-6 count. . t Tie Indians, during the entire t-zi week of play, displayed tal ent iot hitting, collecting 16 Safe t'cstff Camtuck On Thursday and li ) 's in the contest on Friday, irk waq thP winning Ditck-led i r Tliursday, while llansf ield . I ' Trice did the hurling for jck: Riddick gave up eight.' President fcisennower- returnea and five runs before beinglto, work' Tuesday' after having a hv Wilson " .?.-,( Tn'v.i-ril.m'i attack of stomach trouble on 1 "onsit( is i-1 ..a l- o anJ C e and Chrrpell -t tvo e- " 71, the game at C.. .icn ni- Paul Matthews pitched the -s to their third win, giv- nine hits wl '"a t" e In jected 14. J-lin Llorris - e safeties for the Indians, r, Jre Towe and Paul Mat ' o poch.The Indians tal i ii t!.e second and . C r.tuckscor I aJ.' i four ? r' -th. ; ' I f t the When It's finished, this complex,, San Francisco won't be the place i,'! KIcId'Tci Work Started On School Garage Work of rebuilding 1 Jhe , Per- ;fquimans County school: garage, which was destroyed in 'Y'tpane accident last , February, got un der way here this week, it was reported by J..T. Biggers, Ischool superintendent Contractors for the new 'struc ture 'axe- - Wright and Ainsley, and Mr... Biggers stated they are expected to ; jcomplete the con -""' l"F "v " eight. wee.ks. The parage opera : ti::s ivzofs ' The General Assembly, which adjourned Wednesday,, establish ed a record by ' " enacting more than 1,500 laws during the 1957 session, which started ;,pack in February. v Generally ' ' speaking, this session , of ; the Legislature sailed through " to adjournment without ' incident. . There was some disagreement over pay in creases to teachers but this ,mat ter .was finallx solved by compro mise. It appears Governor Luth er Hodges was successful, lit hay- ine most of the legislation pass- be desired .for advancement jof tis program for the State. " ' ' rday. Rororts-f L a fWash- ington stated v the 'lUney was ncht about by some food the j: resident ate; which was not on his regular diet. . Doctors at tending the President ; reported he apparently- had recovered frony the mild 'stomach upset A new $10 million industry will be located at Y'ilmington, it ; was announced by Governor Hodges . this week. The firm Will engage i.i r"?ce- tit- apium, a i;'.t wel' t r ctal used in prod n.', , n of e'rart It was r , V e I " try will 'w'-y t ' Z ) r - "3 at the The V 1 a e t jeet nist r.rf but 1 ,re The guest speaker. at the Hert ford Baptist Church Sunday morning will be a star .of movies and1 television wfio considers his "main business is the Christian business;' , He . is Gregory v WaJ cott of Holly wood, California. . In real life he is Bernard W. Mat tox, brother of the Rev. James 0. MattOx. ' ' . The busy young actor is a lead er in.liis church, the First Bap tist Church " of, Beverly Hills, California. He is the . president of his church's Men's Brother- hqodf.a deacon, member of the choir, Sunday School teacher and leader of youth organizations. , ,,As a lay-preacher,' Mr. Walcott has , j become quite popular throughout California and isin greet ; demand as , speaker for Christian Youth Camps, Brother hood Conventions, - Church Re- treats and other religious gather ings,: He recently returned from a successiul layman s revival at the First Southern Baptist Church in Long Beach, California, where he was visiting lay-preacher. Walcott's Christian activities and inspiration has won for him self many friends and respect in the movie capitol. r. : Jimmy Fiddler, noted commen tator of Hollywood stars, says, of Walcott, "he reads his" film dia - logue with the same gusto as the Sestaon on the Mount-and he's convincing in both instances." -j. f Mt. Walcott has appeared on such television shows as ,"Zane Gray Theatre," "Dr. , Christian" and "Navy Log".' His movies in- llu'iPagedit Three Important projects are coming up for members oi xne Perquimans County 4-H uuns, it i was rtiwrted today by Miss Nancy" Henderson, assistant home (responsibility, when ' he . applies agent. - On Wednesday, June 19,'for his 1958 auto license plates, the 4-H Talent Contest will be I The Legislature last Monday held at the 'Agriculture Building and Miss Henderson stated there are ahready quite a few very good ' numbers centered in this contest. The program will be-, gin at 7:30 JdL.-v. ' , Also on the same night, fol lowing the talent "show, the 4-H Club members will conduct their annual health pageant This will include the crowning of the senior Health lung ana yueen and the junior Health King and Queen. ,, " ' On Thursday, June 20, the 4-H Dress '. Revue , will- be conducted in the Agriculture Building, be ginning at 3 o'clock in the after noon. ' Miss Henderson stated interest in the event .this year is -Very high and a large number oentrjes arq expected - for the revue.1 She reminded the mem bers planning to enter the dress revue to get a description of their garments to her as soon as possible. ' ' i v x . The public is invited to both of these events, v ., ' Light Docket In Recorder's Court ' Perquimans ' Recorder's Court was in "short session here Tues day,', disposing of four case list ed on the docket for the term. All the defendants entered pleas of guilty to charges filed. ' y Cost? i of court . wera taxed against G. E.' Sfruhl and Charles Crest each of whom were charg ed with speeding. : . Dallas . Bunch p''i the court costs on charts of speeding p his car while it w: i being passed by pnother Vzy Jo IC. 1 al c hum paid a fine s f "i r pleading cf ; It- J U L i : ( ' a !,' l ! y i ( i'.l rl park- S drunk on! ; arrest. i 1 rrt-rrrr-vcM1 T elude -: "Red Skies of Montana" "Battle Cry",' "Texas Lady," 'The Billy Mitchell Story" and others including some for Billy Graham His latest film which is to be re leased this' summer is "The Pe suader." " " , , The actor is a member of the Hollywood Christian Group, 'vati organization ; of - Christian ' stars and movie workers who are dedi cated to living and witnessing the teachings of Christ. j The guest ' speaker is married and has one daughter. The Wal- cotts will' be the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Mattox this week end; They will return to Rocky Mount Sunday afternoon where they ; are visiting Mr. Walcott's parents. He will be guest speak-, er at the First Baptist Church there Sunday night. bv Lav Requires if: For All Motorists North r Carolina , motorists, come next January, will have to show proof - of .- liability insur ance, or the equivalent financial finally adopted a biH sponsored by Representative Walter Jones of Pitt Countyf making compul sory : insurance the law of the State. The bill as adopted is to be on a trial basis, the law be ing in effect only, until May, 1961, unless the Legislature sees fit to t continue it after that date. 1 It has been reported the law provides a. motor -vehicle owner must show -proof of his liabil ity insurance coverage or finan cial responsibility, prior to re ceiving his car tags for the year 1958. ' North' Carolina is 'the third' state in, the nation to enact a compulsory . automobile liability, insurance law. However, propo nents of the till point out a sim ilar , law', has been in effect in Massachusetts for a number of years. " r ; , TrcjtcrUcrksbp CGelcjl!:re Vocational agriculture teachers, from 10 schools in this area ga thered here this week for an ex tensive tractor, workshop, which was sponsored by - the N. C. State College of Agriculture, Julian Fore, F. Howell, of State College and John Glover of. the Agricultural Extension Ser vice, acted as., instructors during the workshop, which opened last Monday , and closed Wednesday. H.f B. Elliott,; district supervisor for the teachers, was also in at tendance. ; . ' (' . Tractors used i'of demonstra tions were supplied bj-' Hertford Motor Co.,: J. ,C. Elanchard Co. Fyrum Motor Co.; and McDowell Lo-rr"-y. represented - at t h e were Chowan, Gates ", Central, Griefs, ri fllGHT VP BEN'S FACE .London's lamed Big Ben, -workers Eric Lucas, top, and Sid j Harbour install one of the 56 fluorescent-type lighting fixtures i . "wlrich will ilhiminate the massive clock for the first time since ' i 1954. The fixtures: are replacing the ordinary electric bulbs ' j' previously used..' , J Esstle ij! Quarantine Affects This Area ':m1Lrdsri Accidsiit Victim Merrill uiyaenza, rormer res- Duplin, Gates, Hyde. Martin, ident of Belvidere Township, was New Hanover, Pamlico, Pasquo killed m an automobile accident tank, Pender, Perquimans, Samp eariy Wednesday near Elizabeth son, Tyrrell, Washington and City.; It "was reported Layden, jWayne. Areas of Virginia which who now resides in Elizabeth City j are affected with the quarantine was a passenger in. a car headed are: Nansemond, , Norfolk and toward Camden when the car de- Trincess Anne and the inde- velpped engine trouble and was parked on the side of the road on the Camden .causeway.. Layden was out of. the.carstanding be side the road when' a taxi driven iy Willie Morgan, NegrQ, of EJiz-abeth-City approached and swerv- r) atrft(ns fhA rnnH , ctrilrintT T .a v. pt . , v The taxi driver, Morgari, was held by a Camden coroner's jury on a charge of manslaughter.:. . ' Layden was the son of the late Dallas and Alethia . Cartwright Layden : and husband of Dors Stallings Layden. - 'Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Debra Layden; four sons,, Dallas, Ronald, Ernest and Michael Layden; one sister, Mrs, Elton Ward of Tyner; five brothers, . Norman, . Elton and Charles Layden of Belvidere, Mar tin Layden, Elizabeth City and, Davis Layden of the" U. S. Army in Germany. - , v 4-H Picnic Held At Camp Perry "k'l'i!. -V.',' -y;-.: June is quite a big month in 4-H Club work. ,To head the list of activities planned for this month, a group of approximately 200 4-H Club boys and girls and adult leaders met at Camp Per ry, in the New Hope community, for. their second annual county wide 4-H picnic on Friday, June 7th. , . Leaders and club members be gan arriving around 4 o'clock and enjoyed playing volley ball and folk- games while, the hot dogs, were cooking. y "Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and we will look forward to next year's get , together,"' said Rich ard Bryant,. t; assistant . county agent. ' , ' 1 -, Future Homemakers At Summer Camp Becky Burton - Anne Helen Ward and Margaret Wil- liams with their advisor, Miss vi Frances , Newby, enjoyed last week at the Future Homemakers of America's camp at . 'White Lake; There were '425 ' girls V -from various sections ot North Carolina : attending camp.-The Igirls participated in ; classes of crafts, swimming and music. A program of land sports, was plan ned for the afternoons. : They returned Saturday, June 8 with many good ideas to give to their chapter for the following year - v; MASONS TO MEET - ? i The Perquimans Masonic Lodge "a. i:3, A. F, & A. M wfll meet " y ni-rht at 8 o'clock. All r-2 u i tj t 1 ndjThe board ncr.cl D. L. r.lbr,dren there is a hew book by pr. ' Sr, to fill tre r,-t s toVa cli.iSeus. , is jt ft mm fe Behind one of the four faces of Seasonal Japanese beetle quar antine requirement went into effect Tuesday at 12:01 A.. M. in the following counties of North Carolina: Beaufort, Cam den. Chowan. Craven. Currituck. pendent cities of Norfolk, Ports mouth, South Norfolk and Suf folk. . Certificates showing that ade quate precautions have been taken and that the loads are free 1 of the : beetle will be re quired., jpn - carloads of apples, peaches, cabbage, fresh -corn on the cob qnd fresh' beansy in the pod moved : from infected - areas to non-regulated destinations. . Any trucks or refrigerator cars empty or full will Jte required to have the appropriate certifica tion before leaving this area. Cleaning, inspection, treatment or protection may be the forms of " requirements prior to an empty truck leaving this area for non-regulated sections. Trucks moving through this area from non-regulated areas to : non- regulated areas must haye their vents screened or kept closed or otherwise insectioncidal treat ment may be required. Regular inspection of all trucks moving through the area will he carried out at state weighing stations and all regulations will be ob served. Inspections of cargo will be carried on through the county agent's office. Any questions as to further regulations can be obtained by writing North Carolina-; Commission, Raleigh, ' 307 Capital Club Building or the lo cal county , farm ; agent's office. Trucks moving from one regulat ed area to another may do so without certificates of inspection. The regulations at present ap ply to all shipments from this area to anywhere else in the country outside the' counties pre viously named in North Caro lina and Virginia. However, af ter June 18 the entire states of Delaware,; Maryland, except the counties of Alleghany and Garr rety, New Jersey, counties -of Adams, Bucks, Chester, Cumber land, Delaware, Franklin, Lan- t caster, Montgomery, Philadelphia " and York in Pennsylvania, coun "ane ties of Buncombe. , Henderson. rMcDowell and . Transylvania in North Carolina, counties of Ac- comac and Northampton and the district of Glade Springs and Holston in Washington County, Continued on Pag Eight Winf all Board Assumes Duties Officials, elected during May to serve as town board for Winfall during the next two years, took their oath of office last week, and assumed their duties as" the offi cial board. ( : Taking oath of office were May or Elijah White and Commission ers J. F. Hollowell, Sr., D.. R. Trueblood and Nathan Matthews. Owens Resigns Town Police Job M. Gf. Owens, Hertford Police Officer for the past 15 months, tendered his resignation of the post at a meeting of the Town Board held here last Monday night. The resignation, which be comes effective June 29, was ac cepted by the board. No action was taken by the town commissioners in filling the vacancy on the police department during the meeting Monday, it be ing voted by the board that ap plications for the job will be re ceived up until noon next Mon day, after which the boardwill hold a special meeting for the purpose of filling the vacancy. Persons desiring to apply for the job are requested to file applica tion in writing with the town clerk. - Red Cross Leader Makes Final Appeal For Annual Funds Perquimans County faces drastic cut in the operation a its Red Cross program during the coming year unless the citizens of the county act quickly to bring about a successful close of the annual Red Cross fund drive which began last March 4, it was pointed out by Mrs. W. C. Cherry, chairman of the county ( Red Cross Committee. To say the fund campaign has lagged does not spell out the apathy, the 1957 .fujid ,, drive, has received fronv the public. Less than one-half of t. the county's quota had been contributed up to the middle of this week and Mrs. Cherry stated there are some communities ' within the county from which not a single donation has been contributed. : The chairman stated that July 1 is the final date for receiving contributions to make up the op eration resources for the Red Cross for the year and unless additional contributions are forthcoming here before that date the county committee will be forced' to curtail many of its outstanding projects; the main ones being the blood program and the home service program. The residents of ' the county are urged to give Serious thought to the possibility these services may be severely curtailed or dis continued to assist the Red Cross committee to secure addi tional funds; to help the county meet its Red Cross quota. Library flow On Summer Schedule The . Perquimans County Li brary has now gone on its sum mer schedule, which means that it is closed On Saturday after noons, but to make up for that time, it remains Open until 5 P. M. instead of closing at 4:30. The complete schedule is as -follows: Open 10 to 12 A. M. and 1:30 to 5 P, M. on Monday, Tues day, Wednesday and Friday. It is closed all day ' on Thursday but open Thursday evening from 7 to 9 P. M. On Saturday it is open from 10 to 12 A. M. New books received in the li brary, .this - week are: y- Mary Baker' Eddy's Science and Health, a gift from the Chris tian Church. Dale Evans Rog ers' new book To My Son, Faith at Our House; A book of- serm ons, The ; Heart of ' Peter Mar shall's Faith. A r novel, Move Over, Mountain by 4ohn Ehlej a North 'V Carolinian: ' American Highways Today by Tyler; Rep resentative ; American Speeches, edited by Baird; Franc In Cri sis, articles and speeches edited by Davey. There are also sev eral light romances, westerns and one new mystery. For the cbil- , Hertford's tax rate for 1958 will remain at $1.35' f hundred dollar valuation, it v.': s announced following a meeting of the town board last Monday night. The board voted . to ' adopt a tentative budget, based upon the one used during the current fiscal year, subject to' adjustment of the town's audi', tor. It was announced the $1.35 tax rate will suffice to raise revenue to meet the expendi tures planned for the coming year. . ; - The meeting of the board was a long one, with a number of matters being brought up for. action by the Commissioners. Permission' was granted the, Hertford Lions Club to sponsor -a carnival here during Septem- ( ber, after a request for this per-1'' mission was made bv W. S. Long and F. A. McGoogan, rep- resenting the clu. ' , .' A discussion was held on change in traffic ordinances which will permit right hand ' turns on red traffic lights at the; ' corners of Church and Dobb ' , streets and Dobb and Edenton Road Streets. It was pointed out this change will be of bene- ' fit to through traffic and the' matter was referred to Mayor 0fV. N. Darden and Superintend ent F. T. Bntt to be worked out for adoption at a future meet- , ing. . ., .. , , On motion aaopted tne Board apprwted - placing employees of -the police department under so -cial security benefits, . 'effective v as of June 10. This action was made possible through a state wide referendum of law enforce-. !' ment officers conducted recently. Officers throughout he state ap- rJfbVe""d" the plan! By agreement, the board post-, poned action on a proposed zon ing ordinance until the next regular meeting of the board. It was the opinion of the com-' missioners a number of changes are expected to be made in the proposed ordinance prior to its ; final adoption, by the board. .' Chief of these changes, it was pointed out, will be one elimin ating a minimum number of feet required in any lot on which the owner proposed to construct a building. , v A letter from the Farmers Mart, containing discussion of the use of its land by the Town of Hertford was read to the . Commissioners, after which 'the Board referred the matter tot, , Mayor Darden and town attor ney, Chas. E. Johnson for action by them as a committee repre senting the Board. ; CountyStreHmsTo Be Inspected By Engineering Corps Announcement has been made by' Col. Henry Rowland of Wil- . mington, District Engineer from. the Army Corps of Engineers, that 15 streams in Perquimans County are to be inspected un der the Clearance Program set up by the Civil Defense to ri. streams of debris brought abou', by the recent hurricanes. '. .. The report stated 15 stream in Perquimans bounty will t-.. inspected by the Corps Enginee; and the mileage to be inspect will be 57.5, 4 ' . The announcement also stat it is anticipated that the spection of . all projects will I 6ompleted by September 15 f all reports and ' cost estim will be submitted to the Fe l Civil Defense Administratis ) September 87. Commissioners for Per" ' County have filed nume; pVts on the condition of i Within the county in cs with this program, I ' definite act: 1 h!s ,r ; t r en by the . ' eorr"r' - ; 1-"'
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