North Carolina Newspapers

1 WEEKLY ;la il U ii IVai lNJ U 7 ' i Volume XXIV. xumber27. ipecditt: rob. -Of j rr Ii; government spending in Perquimans County reached new. high during, the past fis cal year, which closed. June 30, according to a report on county , fiaances given to the Board of County Commissioners on Mon day by Max Campbell, County Accountant. ' The largest single ' outlay of cash went toward construction of , ' new school buildings ; and reached the sum of $179,477.30. . Final costs on these projects are expected to be made ' during the ' current: fiscal year. The . Accountant reported the Income: for the county- during the 1 : pasTt year amounted to .', $498,783.41. The general' fund received ' $65,744.35 of which .; $39,927.60 came from property tax, while $25,846.75 came from sources other than property tax. The poor; fund received $1,132.79 from taxes and $1,531.48 from , other, sources for y a total of $2,664.27. Income for debt aerr vice, amounted to $45,243.33, of which 1 taxes brought in $37,i 838.50 and $7,404.75 came from Mother sources. Income for wej fare administration was ' $10, 920.45, of which $5,297.43 came from taxes and $5,623.02 came from sources 'other than taxes. Total income for old age assist- , ance was $64,929.51. ; Taxes Hertford Receive W J. v :r-' r '' The Hertford Junior! Chtonber of Commerce received wo na tional awards from the United States Junior Chamber of Com merce for civic work performed . during the past year. President V Charlie Skinner, Jr., at the last ' - meeting, presented to Past Presi 1 Ident Hilton White' the national Civic Service Award f or t t h e year 1956-57; Hertford Jaycees ' qualified for 'this award for hav- tlf ing completed the required oum ' 4..' ber.of civic service projects. These V projects', included the Teen-Age er of the i Year Award, :; Teen-Age f IsnuiK Jiuauea, vutvc v uwiuv: - -racy speaking contest held leach . ;year in the schools; the DteUn , :guited "Service Award tort, the outstanding young ' man in the .county; a religious iproject, 'Firp - Prevention Week, a School Safety ' program, and a Christmas shop !pingi tout and party for under privileged children. Also the blood ' drlv and. polio ,dr$ve. The llert- "ford Jaycees alsq received the na7 tional Orientation Award for nav lng obtained new members and a leadership training program, j Co-Chairman Durward Heed, ; (Jr., ot "the Polio Committee, re- - -ported that 802 men, women and children have received the Salk , ' vaceihe shots.? Around $500 was raised and turned' ever to the .Perquimans County . Polio Com mittee to be used in Perquimans County. Reed expressed his ap a preciation to the members of the y -Jaycees for their help and also thanks for the part the local doc tors and nurses that helped to . imake this program successful Vice President Keith ITaskett Cave a report on the leadership , 1 1" lag meeting held in Edenton t; itly. ' Haskett 'pointed out t:.ct in the near future tt.ct fclahs -will be completed to extend ' the Jaycoe "brjanizaion to nearby tows la this area. ' ' ' -I ly White, chairman of ; the 'Z"jse sponsored Albemarle Lea " e All-Star t '-til game to be ', .U on July-4'.U, rcpor 1 " et '- are beii:g co.i.f.lci-1. ' .J that this gnme is t ' ' ' i help prc-ir', ir.-" ! .let" L.:i ! - a i ..lie rut est Ce v,n te urcJ fr 'i. Mi!,;;t f"."'j "I ti i rq came from, sources other than taxes. ADC fund income -was $24,126.09. Taxes raised $756.78 of this amount and other sources furnished $23,369.31. APTD fund total way. taxes $3,027.11, other sources $19,500.00 for a total;, of $22,527.55. School fund receiv ed $30,097.52 from 'taxes and $45,358.12 from other soufces for a total of $75,455.64.1 Cap ital outlay received a total? of $187,142.22. Taxes brouiht in $6,054.15 of : this .amount and $181,088.07 came from sale of bnods and surplus funds trans f erred by the commissions. ". The total expenditures during the year amounted to $551,730.19 and the following' funds were charged ; with ' the-, following spending: General county, $86, 899.09; . poor ,.. fund, $12,356.34; debt service, $69,971.18; welfare administration, , $10,841.12; ' old 8ge assistance, $67,634.00; aid to dependent . children, $25,105.00; APTD, $22,507.00; umool fund, $76,939.46;. capital outlay, $179,- 477.30 The bonded . Indebtedness of the county on July A, amounted to $479,000.00. Of this amount $216,000 is owed for old road bonds and $263,000 is owed for school bonds. Jaycees National 't-t. Hertford and Perquimans County to try to entice hew business and trade in this area." Some results have been realized by the local merchants. , ' '. y Julian Broughton, club director, I reported .that the playground oh Charles Street had been Cleaned and the number of children us ing this playground is increasing The Jaycees will attend the 10th -District meeting to be held in Plymouth on July 17. All Jaycees are urged to contact State Direc tor Clyde Lane for further details of this meeting. A. L. Lane was welcomed as a new member of the Hertford Jay cees. ' s. ForllirtfcrdClLij .Mrs. Miriam P. Haskett was fhostess to the Perquimans Busi ness and Professional Woman's Club Thursday night, when she entertained with ' an "alfresco party , of beautiful appointments at her homei in Woodland Circle. During thev business session, which opened : with the Club Collect, reports were heard from Miss Hulda Wood and Mrs. Alice M. Towe, who were delegates to the State Convention vin Golds boro, and Mrs. Roxanna C, Jack son, chairman of the. Local -Loan Closet lor.jtne bict ,,. ' TheV .' following " ' -committees were named, for 1957-5?; Career Advancement,; Miss Hulda Wood and Miriam P,' Haskett; Tinance, Kssie. H, Burbage, Miss ,-helma Elliott, Alice, W. Towe e'ndltox-anjna,,-'' Jackson; 'Health' arid Safety; jBptj'';. T. ... iHarell and Roxanna C. Jackson; - Interna tional Relations, .Atha E. Tun nell and Mary, D. Robertson; and Hulda Wood; Membership, Petty Ti Swindell, " Viola D. Nachman and Miss Audrey Um chlett; National ' Security, Mrs.a Grace M. Coston ' and i fCallie Lane; Program Coordination C'-airman, l!iss Thelma V.IMI; "!c -ff-Jrs,. Tary t a S. - f"i I "y T. C ' U;JF Hertford, - .I'll'-, i , 1 1 i ' W nun mi no IT mimlr noint in KerM. SUcked for uir emerfcaey, the win, a tat-Va v anleklr to Amcriejtn or Korean aalto. ROK ooUlon wore tralaof U- Dujismoor Named To. Naval Academy Eari Dunsmoor, son of Maj. and. Mrs. E. W. Dunsmobr, of Hertford, has received a Presi dential appointment to attend the NavBl Academy at Anna po- lis, Maryland. The local youth graduated this spring from Serven School at Sevana Park, Maryland..' County 4-H Club Lienors Ptece Last Friday a group of Per quimans County 4-H Club mem bers took a trip to Washington, N. C, where they participated in the i Eastern District Demonstration-Day Contests. TheyleWHerBoril4 Kjli: of , Vi.'iJ.i' -Si kVi '. nope ana tooiting lurwara w u keen batlje for. district honors in their respective ' dembnstrai tions. The competit'ioA is al- ways keen . ih these; contests and the club; members .have to. epe'nei long hours in practicing' to "be sure they know this subject thoroughly and will be able to answer questions pertaining to these demonstrations. Perquimans County was well represented and the boys and girls did" an ' excellent job giv ing their demonstrations,' Those who gave' demonstrations and their honors are listed below: Jean Edwards and Beth Skin ner, team demonstration on vegetable - use, won the contest. Letitia McGoogan i-and Betty Brown; team demonstration on electricity; were' white ribbon winners. Ed Nixony demonstra tion on' peanuts;- won the con test. ' Vernon ' Winslow, demon stration on fdrestry,, won second place in the contest. Whittie Matthews, , demonstration on electricity,, won , the -contest and i Billy Hudson and Whittle Mat thews, j team demonstration , on vegetable' marketing, won the contest. - In the talent contest, winners are placed in the blue ribbon award group. Perquimans was represented by Letitia McGoo gan, piano solo; Betty Brown, impersonation; :and Aldyne Winslow,.; vocal , solo. Letitia and Betty were " awarded blue ribbons for their performances. "We, who i have worked with these 4-H Club members, are indeed proud i of their accom plishments, and along with the members,, who won tljetr contest, are, looking . forward to the Staje Contest which will be, held 'la Raleigh during 4-H Club Week,'' Richard;. Bryapt,' assistant, county agent, :tate jollowing the cpn.- Mrs.S.P.Jessup Named To Ccsrd : ' Mrs. S! P. Jessup of Hertford has been appointed to member ship on the Perquimans County Welfare Board 4t was reported py C. Edgar White, j Superintendent of Public Welfare. . ;k ; Mrs. Jessup was named to the local board by the State Board of Public Welfare and .will succeed High In Contests Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 5, 1957. K i :rh i-''-i- "i-'': "-sil , j, ' ' Hit', i b : i ,-A ;v- t A ' - fjlw? i p " 'I iiliMll' uMIm tmkm InMnljftf mt k HMfrntalBi Bid Of $2,184,000 Low For5iWork At Harvey Point Base A low bid of $2,184,000 was submitted for a number of con struction projects at the Harvey Point Seaplane Base, it was learned last Friday by The Per quimans Weekly. Bids on the (Projects were opened at the public worKs umce, rinn nav al District, Norfolk," Va., at two o'clock Thursday of last week. Diamond Construction Com pany of Savannah, Ga., submit ted the lowest bid'for the work which is proposed for the pres ent time Several other com panies ' submitted bids for the work, but it was reported : the Savannah . firm was low bidder, t The bids were submitted upon a .large amount of concrete work to: be completed within 300 cal- tondar days' from the time the contracts are let, and includes two seaplane ramps, on pre-cast . ' . ' 7 . jdncrete piles, concrete sheet- pue puiKneaas, aircraxt pariung apron, grading and storm drain age. ' Lieut. Donald Dalton, Public Works Officer for this area, ad vised The Weekly last Friday it was anticipated the contract for the work will be let some time this week. More than four million dollars was appropriated for Harvey Point for construction dunng the 1957 fiscal year and at present some five million dol lars has been approved fevthe current year jalthough, this . lat ter arqqulWft fteehi allo cated by the Congress. Recorder's Court A 'light docket consisting of fie! cases was disposed of dur ing 1 Tuesday's session of 'Per qu'imans1 Recorder's Court. Ralph Poole submitted to a charge of allowing art unlicensed operator 'to drive his car. He' paid the court costs. f' George Roach, Jr., paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of failing to observe a-stop sign. , Costs of caurt were taxed against Raymond Mason, Negro, who pleaded guilty to a charge of failing io observe, restrictions of his operator's license. Florida Jones, Negro, was found guilty, on a charge of as sault with, a deadly weapon.. She wks ordered to pay a fine of $10 and court costs.r , ! V ' ' C . ffiugene Moore ubniilted 'to' Si charge , wfriving- cjnS the . left side of a highway and paid the ct sts ' of rourt. ; , . HERTFORD TOWN BOARD ' ' SCHEDULED MEET MONDAY ' Hertford's Town Board will hold its first meeting of a new fiscal year! next Monday night in the Municipal Building. 1 Among other matters expected to be act ed upon during this meeting will be adoption of a zoning ordinance for the town, ; " 1 - A t:3T;I ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Charles 'E. Win slow announce the , birth of a 1C",,!l"if;';bH o' . -. V 1- IJiWllliMllilll af 'iWuta tn mi u acfepw Hna, ean ta I MM ef onttt kr V.I. Mvtoora. I THIS WEEK'S I HEADLINES i Civil Defense officials, direct ing relief operations - in Louisi ana following the destruction caused by a hurricane, reported the death toll may reach 500. The town of Cameron apparent ly was hardest hit and has been declared uninhabitable for the time beina. Property .damage has- been estimated ln millions of "dollars. ? - One of the ,biggest forest fires in this area in recent . years broke out last. Friday in Tyrrell Cunty we" a jet plane crash- lati rioai Pa Hmhin Tha Vila TP ed near Columbia. The blaze at one time covered a four mile front and fire fighters worked diligently, to bring the flames under control. ' The fire burned over about 10,000 acres of wood land, reports stated. " The steel industry last week announced a new $6 boost in steel prices and economists see the action as the start of an other round 'of inflation flurries which is expected to grip' the nation during the next several months. : ' Some changes were made in as signment of Methodist pastors to churches in Perquimans County during -the annual conference concluded last week at New Bern. ' The Rev. James A. Auman was reassigned to the First Methodist Church in Hertford. Mr. Auman this week is beginning his second year as pastor, of the church. Churches of the Perquimans Charge were, separated for the coming year and the Rev. W. E. Pickett was named pastor of New Hope-Woodland r churches and Max Wade Dulin was assign ed to churches of the Perquimans Charge, v ' The Rev. E. R. Meekinsw as transferred from the Perquimans Charge to the Robbins district. Rotary Installed New Officers Tues. A new set of officers for the HertfordRotary Club was install ed 4 meeting of the club held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hert ford,' Installed as president was C. P. Morris; vice president, Rob ert L Hollowell. and secretary. Jack Kanoy. Directors for the club are Dr. A. B. Bonner, R. S. Monds, i Jr., and Julian Powell W. J, Davis, outgoing president of the'elub, is an ex-officio member of the board of directors. John Holmes of Edenton, past District Governor of Rotary In- ""maL.. was, .guest, speaker ' t - meeting , and conducted .Uon of tls rsw of- 3 Pastors Assigned County Churches Hertford Youths ToAttend Scout ; 1 J:".hcroeJuly9-18( Larry Willis. Franklin McGoog an and Richard Auman will rep resent Hertford Boy Scout Troop No. 155 at the National Boy Scout Jamboree, Valley Forge, Pennsyl vania, July 9-18. These boys will be a part of a special delegation of 26 Scouts from the Albemarle District, with Joe' Lawrence of Norfolk as their Scoutmaster. As sisting Mr. Lawrence with Scout master duties will be two assist ants, James Armstrong, Elizabeth City and James McAllister, Nor folk. Larry, age 15, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Willis, and will be in the tenth grade at Perquim ans High School, next year. He is an Explorer Scout, belongs to honorary Order of the Arrow, and is Senior Patrol Leader for the local troop. Franklin, age 13, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGoogan, and will be in the eighth grade next year. He is a life Scout, belongs to the honor ary Order of the Arrow and is as sistant Senior Patrol Leader for the local troop. Richard, age 12, is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. James Auman, and will be in the seventh grade next year. He is a first class Scout, and an assist-, ant patrol leader. 52,000 Scouts from all parts of the United States and special rep-' resentatives from 13 foreign na tions will encamp at Valley Forge beginning on the morning of July 9. A three-day training period) will begin their activities, and the camp will be opened to the public on Thursday, July 11. From July 12' until July 18, the Jamboree group will play host to interested visitors, who will in clude the President and Vice Continued on Pago Six Jortfsn-tane Vows Spoken Sunday In Burgess Baptist Church was the scene ; Sunday afternoon ax 1 o'clock of a wedding noted for its simplicity and charm when Miss Nancy Elizabeth Lane became the bride of James P. Jordan before a large group' of friends and relatives. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lane of Hertford Route 1 and the bride groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jordan of Tyner. The Rev. Philip Quidley, pas tor of, the bride, heard the wed ding vows spoken before an al tar of white gladioli, ; mums, snapdragons and Queen Ann's lace. The double ring ceremony was used. :- : . ' '' Miss Amanda Lou Corprew presented the nuptial music and accompanied Miss Shelby Jean Overton, who sang "Because" and as a - benediction "The Lord's Prayer." The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a street J length white lace sheath over, taffeta, styled with a buttoned' bolero fashioned with a small Peter Pan collar and a cotton satin band at the bottom. Her accessories were matching white. She wore a small white lace hat accented with a white veil and decorated with satin and rhinestones. Her only ornament was a string of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. She carried a white prayer book, topped with a : purple throated white orchid 1 and showered with streamers of white satin ribbon and feather ed carnation tied in' love knots. : Miss Anne Lane was her sis ter's only attendant; She wore a street length pink linen sheath dress accented with spaced pin tuck across the J entire front. Her dress, like that of the bride's, was fashioned with a close fitting, buttoned-up bolero. She wore white accessories and carried i a cascade of feathered carnations and blue delphinium tied with pink brocaded satin ribbon. ' , J. N. Jordan, father of the bridegroom, acted as his son's best man. -...-.' .Thomas DaiL uncle of - the Ctrl'-- I ' r :il . Burgess Church County Budget And ;&doi)ted iByi Board A county budget calling for expenditures totalling $365, 242.00 during the '1958 fiscal year, which started last, Mon day, was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners and a new tax rate of $2.00 per $100 property valuation was set to provide $160,000 of the funds needed to balance the new bud get. Three cnanges were made in the budget as tentatively adopt ed on June 3rd during the meet ing on Monday. These amount ed to a reduction of $250 in the funds appropriated for the coun ty foresty 'department and in 'creases were approved for the outlay in old age assistance and aid to dependent children. The old age fund was increased from $68,508.00 to $71,280.00 and the ADC fund increase was from $26,520.00 to $36,720.00. The remainder of the budget was adopted as proposed at the last meeting ' of the board. An itemized account of the adopted budget is published elsewhere in this edition of The Weekly. Other matters handled during the meeting included adoption of a motion whereby the board will receive sealed bids for the purchase of certain timber nowj Education Board Plans Open House Hertford School The public will have an oppor tunity to inspect the new Hert ford Grammar School building, now nearing completion, when the Board of Education will hold open house at the school around August 20, it was reported by J. T. Biggers, school superintendent, who .stated the. Board of Educa tion during a meeting Monday night appointed a committee con sisting of Miss Thelma Elliott, Mrs. R. S. Monds, Mrs. A. R. Cook, Mrs. Jack Brinn and Mrs. J. T. Biggers to arrange a pro gram for the event During the meeting, on Monday night the Board adopted night the Board adopted the school budget for the current fis cal year and approved the elec tion of five teachers; to fill va cancies' in county schools Elected to the faculty at Per-'. the Albies jumped on Lanfe, In quimans High , School were Missidiari pitcher, and scored nine Kathleen Ownleyil math teacher- rung before being retired. Em- Mrs. 'Annette5 'Copley, . English teacher, and Mrst Clara Bpswell, scierae ieachei;.' j Mny Julia, Y, StokeV Was' electee 'as sixth grade teacher at Central Grammar School. . . - Mr. Biggers reported one teach er as gained for the King Street School and that Elizabeth Hunt er was elected to fill the position. Rufus Rouse and Marie Felton was named to positions as jani tor at Hertford Grammar School and Leory Lightfoot was named to a similar position at Perquim ans High School to assist the jan- itor, W. V. Brabble. The superintendent also report ed the Board set Wednesday, Sep tember 4, as the date for the opening of county schools for the 1957-58 term. This starting date will permit the 'closing of the term the latter ,'part pf May, 1958. , .;The Board also went on record requesting1 all. , teachers in Per quimans County $chpols holding a certificate of less than Class A ti take steps s soon as possible, to raise' the rank to at least A grade. .".'..,":'' ..' .; ' . Miss Lilley Named Assistant Agent Miss Page Lilley, a native of Gates County, was elected to the post of assistant home agent for Perquimans County during the meeting of the Board of Commissioners last Monday. Miss Lilley, who will graduate this month from East , Carolina College with,, a degree b: home economics, wilj . succeed . Miss Nancy Henderson, who has been jiamed cousfy ssst'S-jfV.-v'. 5 Cents Per Copy. growing on the county home property. The bids will be re ceived up to the meeting of the Commissioners on Monday, Aug ust 5, 1957. Sealed bids for furnishing the county with kerosene and fuel oil for the year starting July 1 were received from Winslow Oil. Company and Bak er Oil Company. The contract was let to Winslow Oil Com pany, who submitted a bid of .0215 discount on tank wagon prices. The discount bid sub mitted by Baker Oil Company was 2.01 cents off tank waogn prices. The Board also voted ap proval on an application for a beer license submitted by Zol lar Van White, Negro, for the Country Club located on the Winfall-Belvidere highway. Approval was voted on an ap plication submitted requesting hard-surfacing of a road in Parkville Township. Mrs. Joe Webb, county home agent, advised the Board she will conclude her duties at the end of this month. She will be succeeded by Miss Nancy Hen derson, currently assistant home agent. Pair During Past Week The Perquimans Indians lost their fourth game of the season last Thursday night to the Al- bies of Elizabeth City by a one sided score of 18-4 but bounced back on Friday to gain the de cision in a 12-inning contest by a count of 11 to 9. Splitting the pair of games with Elizabeth City left the Indians in first place in the standing of the Al bemarle League. In the Thursday night contest minizer relieved Lane as the Hertford pitcher and ' finished out the contest. Jim Curtis was the winning pitcher for Eliza beth City. The Albies collect ed 16 hits and scored 18 runs, while Hertford, fed by Joe Towe, Hunter and Stall ings, got 11 safeties and four runs. Eliza beth City added three runs to its total in the seventh and five more in the eighth. Hertford tallied two runs in the fifth and one each in the sixth and seventh, Parker Chesson and Paul Matthews combined to pitch the . Indians to victory in the Friday night contest. They gave up 11 his and nine runs, " while the Indians collected 10 hits and 11 runs off King and Hewitt, the Albies' hurlers. a ';' - :, Hertford held a 7 to ' 1 lead ' after five innings but Elizabeth City got three runs in the sixth and three in the seventh, mov ing ahead with a tally in the. eighthi Cliff Towe's hit in the ninth tied the score. Both teams got a run In the tenth and then Hertford added wo more in the twelfth to ri umph. In that inning Tommy Matthews and, Joe Towe went out but Johnny Morris singled , and scored on Marvin Hunter's double, Hunter taking third on the throw-in and then scoring a minute later when Howie Davis booted, P. Matthews grounder. , . MASOK3 to izrrT ' The Perquimans Masonic I -No. 108, A. F. & A. M, vr": 'Tuesiay r! rVT'" '