v .1 - 1 t E EC L Y H , M N I M I I Volume XXIV. Number 25. i-diano !; 'Despite .a.' loss 'to Camtuck . on 'Tuesday night, the . Perquimans ( Indians continue to set the pace v in the Albemarle League with a 10-3 . record, holding a two- game lead , over the Camden County team for leadership in the -standing. . , . V The Indians came from, be hind a 7-0 deficit Tuesday night to hold an eight to seven lead late in the game, but Camtuck scored two more runs to sew up the victory. Camtuck collected seven hits and scored ' seven . runs in the second inning to get a jump on the Indians but the . , local team closed the gap and a i I : three-run homer by Ted Chap- pell gave the Indians a shorts-lived lead. . ' ,The Indians revenged the loss to Camtuck by winning a 2-0 vic tory against the team here on . Wednesday night. Ued Chappell, , pitching for Hertford, gave" up i three hits while Williams, Cam- tuck hurler, also allowed only three safeties. The only scoring m the contest came in the sev enth inning when Morris walk- V ed, advanced to second on a sac rifice by Hunter and scored when Paul Matthews doubled. T Carver then singled to score Matthews. In three games played , last week the Indians display a ter rific hitting" power and defeated Edenton twice 11 to 5 and 12 to : 3; then trounced Sunbury 20 to 2 ' and secured a victory over Suh- - bury by forfeit when the SunburyJ , The North Carolina Farm Bu- y reau Federation has announced " the formation of a state Farm Bu l y feau. Marketing -Conimlttee to study Norm ; carpina;s lagncu- , - tural marketing set-up. . - At the time he announced es- , tablishment of the . committee, ' Committee Named ) Toy Stu4yt Stated . lUarkeicisigistf up Farm Bureau Federation Presi - dent Randolph Eagles of Maccles field, declared, "there is a need t, for a farmer led study group - i which can sutVey," analyze and evaluate the marketing require- ments necessary for a healthy ag ricultural economy with increas ed per capita income as its ob ' jective." ., , , ' , ' " Members of the committee as announced by Eagles are A. C. Edwards of Hookerton, chairmaa; ,. James Graham, Raleigh; John Broome, Aurora; Clyde Auman, West End; S. A. Yancey, Jr, Va rina; WUliam- Enloe, Dana;-El-mer Patterson,1 Eloh College and . Hoyle Griffin, Monroe. V., , A , v . The committee will work With , marketing agencies already estab ' lished in an effort to find ways of improving present marketingj conditions, and in a serch for 4 ways pf making future adjust ments, according to Eagles. M y. Referrmg to specific areas; of interest for the committee, Eagle's said, "the entire area of timing production to match periods of , peak demand and prices will re ceive: attention. The committee will want to, call on established agencies for Information in re gard to. other marketing pro grams and suggeste! changes that are heeded," declar.J Eagles. ' i-S The formation of the Farm Bu- rrau Committee comes at a time . yen our, agricultural industry, is t a cross reads. , With, estimated itricl expansion and popuja i growth there will come an : rased demand for food and 'r. The .test, for our farmers ' .ll.cr or not they will supply j ." .ixand, or if t:,py wia per 't f-rmers from c""T arps to ure ,the home j ..r' c de i the Farm Eu: j r " ' 'nt. t i of the major f . ",'s cf ""nittee will t t y on ' i to I ts Continue outfit failed to field a full team in Hertford. .; In the first game with Eden ton, Paul Matthews limited Eden ton to five hits while his team mates, led by Johnny Morris, Car ver and Cliff Towe collected 10 hits off three Edenton , hurlers. Hertford scored three runs in the second, two in' the third and four in the fifth. The runs scored by 'Edenton were scattered. Parker Chesson was the win ning pitcher in the second contest with Edenton. He gave up nine hits but kept the Marines well under control while the Jndians garnered 12 hits and 12 runs. The Indians scored, four, runs in the first,6ne each in the second and third and six in the fourth. Hunt er and Pierce collected three hits' each for the Indians.: "' v. -.. v. - on Thursaay mght of last week Sunbury forfeited a game to the Indians then Went down to defeat on Friday night by a 20-2 count. Hertford played errorless ball be hind the four-hit pitching of Ted Chappell. , Stallings and Paul Matthews got three hits each to lead the Indians' 18-hit spree for the . evening. Hertford scored runs in all innings of the game except the fourth and the sev enth.'::';,""" '-v'. "::.:.' .Home games coming up for Hertford will be with Elizabeth City on Thursday night of this week, with Williamston next Tuesday night and Edenton On Friday night, July S. . ' ' f J TlliS WEHl'S : ' IIEKES The conference bi State Gov ernors being staged Jhis week in Williamsburg, Va., heard a proposal by President Ensen hower, suggesting "i states as sume some- of the costly pro grams now being admlnistsered by the federal government Th President reasoned that such ac tion , might "lead to federal tax reduction ; and , to ndecentraliia tion of government. , It was re ported the Governors were cool toward ' the ; proposal but later agreed to study the .situation. , Frofa 1 Washington report? state the ;J disarmament confer ence in progress in London may be 'making some: headway ir Beaching agreement ovef , mili tary outlay by major nations of He ' world. The latest proposal offered would limit the army of tha -United States and Russia to 1.7 million men each. A shake-up among state of ficials may be expected durinp the coming weeks. The first was announced . Tuesday when James Powell reported he had been fired as chief of the State Bureau- of Investigation. The procedure will follow the usual pattern 'of a new Governor mak ing appointments- to key" posts in his administration. , ' "J, Congress, irked at recent rul ings of the Supreme Cour' over power of ; Congress to conduct investigations, is acting to cub the power of the Court. A move is under way in the Senate call ing for a . law whereby Court Justices" are - subject to con firmation every four years. Re ports state if this law is adopt ed it will tend to 1 place' the Court under political pressure of Congress. , r .. Funeral services for former wovernor- R. Grecj Cherry were ' J in Ga.-' ;a Thursday. TT T ' f "r a t i" I a e 1 es r f i T - ' ' - ' Hertford, Perquimans'Coiinty, North Carolina. Friday, 1 June 28, 1957, YOUNG MEN WITH HORNS Saluting the bandleader some 3.600 musicians raise their In struments in Gunezephausen, Germany.; The Bavarian town was the setting for a gathering of .evangelical trumpeters from. all over the country, a bi-annual event; , . '. ,:V, II! In Session Here f The Perquimans County. Coun cil ; of Home Demonstration Clubs met on June 20 at the Agricultural Building with Mrs, colon Jackson, resident, nrpsiri. Colon Jackson, president, presid mg. The meeting was opened by. singing THail Club Women, Crowned Through Service." ; " Mrs. Joe Webb, Jr., home agent, gave the devotional, using the 112th Psalm, after which the club collect ; was repeated The secretary, Mrs. Joseph Layden, called the roll with sev en clubs being represented, Minutes of the March meet ing were read and approved. A letter was read from Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderlin, thanking the Council' for the . kindness it had bestowed Upon her. Mrs, Mf T. Griffin, chairman of the Hotel Fund, explained to the Council just what the fund was for. The Council then de cided to pay 50 cents per club member for the; Hotel Fund. ; Mrs.' Jackson1 appointed the following peopl74smre tA' the Nominating '; Committee: ' Mrs. Archie White. Mrs. Carroll Wil liams, Mrs. C. T. Rogerson. There ,'were some discussions concerning Farmers Day and the following were named to serve as 'Farmers Day Committees: Mrs. John Hurdle, Mrs. Harold White, Mrs .Pailen Lane. ; After the business session of the Cou n c i 1 was concluded. Miss Nancy Henderson, assistant home agent, presented her 4-H girls i modeling' clothes which they had made for the 4-Hj Dress Revue. Assembly Ratified Six Local Bills A total of six local bills, ef fective only . to Perquimans County, ' were.-' ratified during the 1957. session ' of the General Assembly, it was - reported by the Institute of Government. The bills, introduced by Repre sentative C. R. Holmes, ratified Were those, Which; prohibits car nivals, ' the' use of loudspeakers :n areas designated by the Board of Commissioners, the one in creasing the -'pay for Commisr uoners of HertfoW from five dollars to ten dollars per meet ing, authorization of the post ponement " of property revalua tion, authorizing the County Commissioners to ' add to law enforcement facilities and final ly providing machinery for the toning of county areas. . . . A seventh bill Introduced by Mr. Holmes to provide for a change . in court . terms was oostponed indifiniaely In House., ' f ' the Honors for bringing the first cotton bloom of 'this season to the office 'of The" Weekly went to Matthews Smith ' Of Route 1, Hertford,' who brought in two blooms early Monday morning. Mr. Smith stated he saw blooms in his field on Sunday for the first time and many ' more were seen by Monday morning. birth AK?:o::crr:sNT Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Woodson Of -in TV's, I ' r- ce the tt the ) County Council V '. , "NX - it. ii- Lnii' .r- t' Emmett HonoredaAt Christening Singular honors for public service were bestowed- upon J; Emmett Winslow, State High - way Commissioner for the First Division, last Saturday , when one of two new motor ferries built for the State of North Carolina Was christened the "Emmett Winslow" at cere monies conducted at Barbour Boat Works in New Bern. ; The second ferry was chris tened the "Sandy Graham," honoring the outgoing chairman of the Highway Commission. Mrs. Emmett . Winslow, 'spon sor' of the ferry named for her husband, did the honors at the launching while Mrs. W- N. Spruill of Ahoskie, wife of the engineer for the First Division, was sponsor of the ("Sandy Gra ham." The ' christening . program be- gan -at 11:30 with an address by John ; D. Larkin, then followed an introduction of guests and officials. The' principal address was given by Mr. Winslow, af ter ; which flowers were pre sented each .of, the sponsors by Mrs. Mary Campbell and Mrs. Faye Hoke, matrons of honor. Mementos to the sponsors were i (and Charles Keeling. , , ' following the program the i u.ests ...boarded the Emmett winsiow ior its nrst official tup, A third ferry, the "Governor Cherry," is expected to be christened in August. The new ferries, 116 feet long, 30 feet wide, are double end boats built to provide peo ple, with . safe, speedy passage ovec rwaters between segments oi ftie,.. (State f highway system. Many .unique features are incor porated nto the -ferries to pro vide .extra speed, capacity and safety.,; ; The boats -are powered with two diesel main engines of only .' 240 horsepower. The ves sels are equipped with the lat est lire fighting and life-saving equlpnUnt as approved by the U. S. Coast Guard; FFA Delegates At State Meeting Joe TunnelL supervisor of the Perquimans 1 FFA Chapter, ac companied ' by ' Preston ; and Johnny Winslow and Erwin Mansfield, left ; Wednesday for Raleigh, where they wil attend the State FFA Convention. Pres ton ' and Johnny Winslow are delegates' from the 'local' chap- ter. 1 1 i tmmm" During' the -meetf ng piVrfn. Mansfield will be presented a Carolina , Farmer's, degree' and will also be , presented with a cash prize he, won in. an elec trical contest conducted in the Albemarle Federation contest vi Legion Cancels y June Meeting The regular June meeting of the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion has been cancelled, it was reported today by Post Commander Charles T. , Skinner, Jr., who . stated the next r...-eiirT cf the Post willljune Ibe 1,"1m: - y, J-J7 J3. , - i1 Winslow Sat. ' h In order for the printers of The Weekly to enjoy the Fourth of July holiday Thursday of next week. The Weekly will be print e$ a day earlier than usual. The edition will be printed on Wed nesday instead of Thursday and .therefore all advertising copy and news items must be in The Week ly office by next Tuesday after noon. Umphlett Rites Santos William UmDhlett. age IttAdied -last Tuesday nifeiit iiwa Smithfield, N. C, hospital after an illness of one month. He was a native of Perquimans County , and the ' New Hope community, but had lived on Route 1, Roper, N. C, for the past- four years. He was the son; of the late Charlie W. and Nettie Haskett Umphlett ' and husband of Mrs. Una "' Small Umphlett .;';', Besides ihis wife,': he . is".sur- yived;. by two daughters, 'Misses Gloria and Nettie Umphlett, of of Roper; four sisters, Mrs.; B. S. Hoskins of Hertford, Mrsi i David Hatcliff of Smith field, ; N. C, Mrs. James Fere bee and Mrs. Henry -Peele, both of Elizabeth City; three broth ers,' Archie Umphlett of Colum bia, S. C, Latham Umphlett of Elizabeth City and Haywood Umphlett of Smithfied, N. vC, and several nieces and nephews. The body was taken from Twiford's .Funeral Home in Hertford; to the graveside in the Umphlett family cemetery near. New Hope Thursday after nooii where funeral services were conducted at 3 , o'clock by the Rev. Neal Puckett, pastor of Berea Christian Church.' A 4 trio composed of Cecil Da vis and Mr. and Mrs. f Neal Puckett . sang "Old Rugged Cross"" and "Rock of Ages." The casket was covered with a pall of yellow mums and yel low and white carnations and fern. - , . Pallbearers were Bob Spivey, Carson Spivey, J. T. Godfrey. Calvin 'Godfrev. Rohpri fbMnn . andRalph Proctor. Gc:riiissioners To iMeet'Next Monday 'Th Board , of Commissioners for i. Perquimans County ' 'will hold .its July meeting next Monday,- beginning at 10 A. M. in the Court House. Filial ac tion joa adoption of the county budget for the fiscal ; year 1958 is expected to take place along with -the usual business matters handled by the Board. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr,: and Mrs. ; William Clyde "Billy" Elliott announce the birth of a son, William 'Clyde TO, on, "v i.Trs. Elliott Is the for-, mer I Joyce Sumner. ' Ferry : , : . Ilfarlv m Wfifik Held Last Thursday Chsmicd Company To Enter Market Fcr Fam Crcps Construction work . is now un deriwav at the Alhemnrle fhpmi cal t Comoanv where new erain' elevators are being installed to ket for the purchase of farm com moditieh this fall. 1 J. Emmett Winslow, president of (the company, stated four stor age tanks, with an elevator hav ing a 5,000 bushel per hour capa city, will be erected and placed in operation by about August 15. The firm will enlarge its activi ties by offering a market for soy beans, corn and other small grain and bulk peanuts. Officials of the firm point out the facilities will be modern in every respect and will include the atest in weighing machines. A new Printomatic scales will be in. stalled which eliminates the pos sibility of human error in its op eration. The company which was organ ized about three years ago has been engaged up to now in the manufacture and sale of liquid fertilizer. Carriage Club To " Members of the North Caro-1 VisitHereJulyfi lina Regional Group of the for their plane they were en Horseless Carriage Club will tertained by some 4-H'ers who visit Hertford on its sixth an- nual tour, which starts in Rocky Mount on July 24, it was reported by Fred Long, who is acting as director of the tour. The members and their old automobiles, none of which was manufactured prior to 1928, will stop in Hertford enroute to Elizabeth City, on Friday, July 26. The caravan will stop in front of the Court House at about 2 P. M. on that date.' The tour will include Tarboro, Wilson, Goldsboro, Kinston, Ay- den, Greenville, Washington, Williamston,. Windsor, Edenton, Hertford and Elizabeth City. Under the rules of the tour, as outlined by Mr. Long, the members will be expected to wear costumes to . match the area of their car during the dur ation of the tour. Board Of Education Meets Monday Night ' Perquimans County Board of Education will hold a meeting next Monday night in the office of the superintendent of schools. Action is expected to be taken on approving election of teachers to fill vacancies which now exist in some schools of the county. The Board is also expected to set a final inspection date on ac ceptance of the new Hertford Grammar School. School super intendent J. T. Biggers reported the contractors are expected to complete work on' this building . -1- a a; I wiuun a sain i nine. FIFTEEN STUDENTS HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE 'T, 7 ' ' , .'speculate on the possibility of a Fifteen pupils of the Hertford four.cent ,etter rate but he was Grammar School achieved perfect pnpPOIls with informfl4inn ,- attendance records during the past school year, it was reported today by the principal, Miss Thel ma Elliott. Those who " were neither absent or tardy during the school year were: Vernon Lane, Johnny Hobbs, Becky Roberson, Beth Auman, Margaret Ainsley, I WlIllam Hol,oweu, Jimmy By- um, vm iuioj, ivamieen na ams, Patricia Jordan, James Ward, Frank Ainsley, Percy Da vis, Irvin Long and Riley Wil liams. r , - M . ENLISTS IN ARMY Joe Jesse White, a member of the Perquimans High School fac ulty during the past year, has en listed in the Army, it was report ed by Sgt. Ira D. Couey, local Ar my recruiter. White is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White of Route 1, Roper. He enlisted for the Army's new two year program and will report to Ft Jackson, S. C, for processing on August 23. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King of Hobbs ville announce the birth of. a .daughter, born June 16 at Al-I bemarle Hospital. Mrs. King is .the former Miss Esther Perry. Winners Named In County Health And Talent Contests The 4-H Health Kines andlGooBan- The judges for this Queens in Perquimans County - TT"? 7',". n,ght S'Tr'""" ""d':g .'" Hertford, they were Miss Becky Gregory, senior Health Queen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Gregory, Hertford; Billy Hud son, senior Health King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arvin Hudson, f"" mlh' w- uane' "oute l. Hertford; Miss Becky Felton, Hf rtford' was declared senior daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noah w,nner ln the Perquimans Coun- Feltnn Junior OnPn Rn,,to 9 ty 4"H Dress ReVUe which was Hertford, and Waldo Winslow,! Junior King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Winslow, Route 1, Belvidere. These girls and boys won these honors by the work they have done to improve their health, their families' health and the improvement of health con ditions in their communities. Au: m t .! 4-H Health Queen, was narrator 'for the pageant. The settine was a plane station' and Jean was at the ticket office. The setting and her talk carried out the theme "Going Places." While the newly crowned 4-H Health King and Queen waited presented the talent contest Those taking part on- the pro gram were Aldyne Winslow, who sang "Carolina Moon," Frank lin McGoogan, with a piano solo "March i of the Priest," Ann Benton, with a piano solo "Car- nival of Venice," Betty Brown, who gave a pantomine using the record "If you don't know" and Letitia McGoogan kith a piano solo "Rhapsody In Blue." The county', winner, Selected to com pete for district honors next week were Aldyne Winslow, Betty Brown and Letitia Me h b s t r " cna,rman, Vrd took second place honors, the Board of Comnuss.oners for Lois Chappell, daughter of Mr. Perqumans County, crowned and Mrs. Clarence S. Chappell, them. Jean Edwards. 1956 Statem ' n . , . ' Post ma ste r S ays New Postal Rates Effective Monday A number "oTpostal rates wiUillionS dollars . be increased at all post offices ef- f10 ,chanee has been, de in fective Monday, July.l, it was an- rat,es for """'f, ! I I nounced this week by W. W I uat.on Jhat s stil 10 cents. But White, Hertford Postmaster, who' abo,ve, at amount, the rates are stated the rate increase had been; authorized by Congress. The increases, in rates will be frtv ciioK eamripoD Da ananiol ' livery, special handling, certified mail, mony orders and other cate-l gories. There has been, some talk . . . . . I about increasing rates on first! filnce mail urnioh nnnoicte mamhn class mail, which consists mainly i , i . . . r i I 1I1U11, nilM.il VWliVlO VO lllHllltJ but this increase as yet has not been authorized. Postmaster White declined to new rates for other categories. No changes have been ordered i in parcel post rates, he said, but the new schedule in other class es makes obsolete the current 15 cent certified mail stamp and the 20-cent special delivery adhesive. From July 1 wi, it will cost 30 cents to send a special delivery letter. The minimum rate for spe cial ; delivery parcels or other types, of mail is .45 cents. Special handling likewise is in creased from . a minimum of 15 cents. Aboye two pounds, the rates are boosted by sicilar per centages. Special handling is a method of providing additional care and speed in movement of parcel post similar to that fur nished for letter mail. The minimum rate for register ed mail in the category up to $10 ' valuation used ' to be 40 cents. Now it is 50 cents. Those accustomed to sending as much as $1,000 value in cash or merchan dise by registered mail will have to pay a quarter additional. The rate has been upped from $1.75 to $2.00. s The rates are graduated at even 1 higher levels, with a special scale for shipments of more than 15 5 Cents Per Copy; contest were Miss Betty Sugg, tank County; Clarence Harris, W tat, ,bo ol Pasquotank County and Ay New- some, assistant agent from Gates County. Anne Lane, daughter of Mr. held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Agricukural Building. Second place went to Joyce Faye Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ma shall Owens, Hertford. In the junior division Janice Ray Stanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stanton, of Winfall won first place and Sandra Hudson, daughter of Mr. anH Mrs. Arvin HnHcnn f u i """ " ..wwtt. am., ivioi ijiju uuruan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Jordan, Route 2, Edenton, won honorable mention in the junior division. The contest had the largest number of entries that Perquim ins County has had for several years. Other entries in the re vue were Jesn Bagley, Lydia Riddick, Carolyn Stallings. Janie Williams, Margaret Mary Adams, Irma Bundy, Phyllis Can and Mary Ellen Edwards. Jean Edwards, a State 4-H'er, was narrator for the event and Rachel Spivey, also a senior 4"H'er' gave tne girls . tips on morialing prior to the revue. Out of county judges were Miss Betty Sugg, assistant home agent from Pasquotank County; Miss.- Mftl&ed ? Morrisr home . agent "from Chowan, and Jac quelin Pugh, assistant home agent from Chowan County. "?""' Several other categories of pos tal charges have been increased such as business reply cards and SfTS tl. , h. i icioa m cviiilciiu Willi me HUVlacu . I to check with the postmaster or u .iiv.iv mill vise ijw iOOtci i fce M at I ' I I I ,n Y )CPC I ICtPfl Will WMWWW aaiwWM On Court Docket Six cases were listed on the Perquimans Recorder's Court doc- ik this week which was presid- son. Garland McDonald submitted to a charge of assault and he was ordered to pay the costs of court. Linwood Privott, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of as sault. He was fined $15 and costs of court. ; William Foreman,- Negro, was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and court costs after submitting to a charge of reckless driving. Ralph Gum submitted to a charge of driving without a li cense. He paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. Prayer for judgment was con- tinued in the case in which David Burrus, Negro, was charged with failure to yield the right-of-way. Burrus was ordered to Jay the costs of court . . , t . Joseph Hollowell submitted to a charge of speeding and paid the costs bf court. -. , h - T MASONS TO MEET :. The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. Sc A. MAwill meet Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock.