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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 26, 1957,
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' Hertford's " Indians, holding
down third place in the Albe
marle - League . standing, played
500 ball during the past weefy
loBing to Elizabeth City and
Walliamston while gaining vic
tories' over 7 Williamston- and
' Edentoo. -'-. "
v' f Elizabeth City won a 5-3 .de
cision from the Indians Thurs
day night of last week 7 when
Bobby King pitched the Albies
to victory. King allowed five j
' hits and fanned nine. Riddick,
pitching for Hertford, gave up
. six .hits: The Albies tallied two
runs in the first-and added three
more in the ..sixth, while Hert
ford scored singles in the first,
: third and seventh. ;
Parker Chesson set down the
league-leading Williamston out-
f it here last Friday night when
Hertford scored, a 4-2 win. Ches
son gave up 8 hits while his
teammates collected nine off
Williamston pitchers 1 Stevenson
. 'and Wobbleton. The Indians
scored runs in the fifth and
Sixth and added two more tal
lies in the seventh. Williamston
scored one run in the eighth and'
. ninth. . --'.i.'-.;
Edenton and Hertford played a
. - postponed game here Sunday, af-
. ternoon . which ended when the
Indians scored a winning run in
the 10th inning. Edenton got off
to a four run lead in the top of
the first, but the Indians coun
tered with three runs. ! Hertford
went ahead in the fifth by a
; score of 5-4, then Edenton took
a 6-5 lead. In the ninth inning
Hertford knotted the count at
6-all and ' won the decision in
th' JOth. i Final score wasr -fr.
'Edenton batter? 'cMleated ,14 hits
r j ioff Paul Matthews while Hert-
I 'ford batters collected eight' hits
( The game scheduled "with
Edenton, to be played iri Hert-
. ford Tuesday night was rained
out. Next week the Indians
will play in Hertford on Wed
nesday night, meeting Camtuck
and on Thursday night meeting
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' ' Action by the- lJ. a Senate
- during the,: past week.-watered
" down most of the objectionable
rinlnts of the civil rights bill
, now under debate by that body.
' Indications 4ronv Washington
' are the bill, if and when finally
, adopted, will deal - mostly" -with
voting n tights ' of ' individuals.
Amendments offered to strength-
1 en the bill were defeated Tues-
day by bi-partisan action of Sen
ate members. ,.
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Schoel boards in three North
' Carolina cities, Charlotte, iWins
'' ton-Salem and Greensboro, on
Tuesday approved, the transfer
s of a number Of .Negro' students
to. white schools : within .their
district. The action . was vtaken
under the state assignment t law
T and marked the first move iitny
I Southeastern state toward volun-
tary desegregation of schools.
y'i In Washington a joint com
i mittee r of . ' Congress gave ap
I proval to the federal defense
Tbiadget for the fiscal year -which
calls for some 33.9 billion dol
lars of 'expenditures The
r amount of funds approved is
about two- bullion . dollars, less
; than requested by the President.
Final approval of the measure by
both houses of Congress is now
expected within a short time.
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Authorities from Cleveland,
Ohio, have branded as a. hoax
e claim of Dor' Id'Wedler, now
: jail in Florid V thLt he killed
l.arllyn ShepparJ in July, 1954.
The murder led t! (" : c ivktlon
t f t" 9 woman's h' ., , Tr. Cam
L . , ard, who is rv - r v: a
I " s-npnce in a i ' .
Baptist Tjeaders To
Meet in Hertford
An associational-wide leader
ship meeting of the Baptist
Church will be held in Hertford
Baptist Church tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o'clock. This will be
a preparation meeting fojr tne
great tither's "Prove Me" empha
siS for October, November and
December.
All pastors, deacons,: Sunday
School teachers : and officers,
Training Union leaders and Wo
man's. Missionary Union leaders,
are urged to attend.
Wlllzrdcastle
I'edsLMloore
At Gsnsva, CI.
, The wedding - of Miss Man
Virginia Moore, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hezeklah Moore,
and Commander William Hugh-
lett Hardcastle, U. S. Navy, son
of Mrs; William Hughlett Hard
castle of Hertford and the late
Mr. Hardcastle, teok place July
6th at 12 o'clock noon in the
garden of her home in Geneva,
111., j. with the fteverendl ; Robert
Stewart of Wheaton, 111., per
forming the ceremony. .
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a full length
gown of tissue; faille and alcenon
lace, fashioned with a yoke neck
line and cap sleeves of lace,, re
embroidered with pearls and se
quins. , Her , finger-tip : length
veil of lllnsiba was held; in place
by. ' corraetef Maris She carf
'. Mrs. George Roger r Roth of
Birmingham, Michigan, the mat
ron of honor and only attend
ant, wore a full length gown of
white organza and a ; band of
stephanotis in "her hair. Her
flowers were yellow - centered
white orchids. '
Commander Reuben Woodatl
of Washington, D. C former
roommate of the bridegroom at
the Naval " Academy, was best
man. The bridegroom and best
man were ' in .'white naval dress
uniforms. .:
A reception was held in the
drawing room following the -cere
mony and a breakfast served to
two' hundred ' guests and close
friends in the west garden at
tables around the swimming
pool, v.; .'. f .
The couple will return to Ha
waii where ' Commander; Hard
castle is executive assistant to
Vice Admiral George Wr Ander
son, Jr Chief of. Staff of the
Pacific Command. - -
The bride was graduated from
Kemper Hall and Vassar College.
She was also graduated from
the U. S. Naval Line School at
Monterey, Calif. 1 The bridegroom
was graduated; from- Severn
School, Severna Park, Md.; the
U. S. Naval Acedemy and from
the Harvard School of Business
Administration, j ' .-. "
HEADQUARTERS PLATOON Front row, left to right, W. J.
While, R. G. Evans. O. L. Overton. E. F. Bunch. T. S. HarrelL
Second row. left to right. W. E. Mills. M. A. Waff. T. M. Phil
lips. G. E.'Jonei, B. N. White. Third row, left to right, W. A.
White, W. P. Goodwin. H. L. Bunch. L. T. Jackson. F. E. Ash
ley. Fourth row. left to right, C. W. Jones, H. L. Henninger,
J. G. Jethro, E. B. Smith, V. D. Hare. Back row, left to right
' LJ. J. E. R. Perry. CWO J. H. Asbell, T. J. Hoskins, J. H. Bar:
row, J. L. Lewis and A. T. Lane.
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THIRD PLATOON: First row, left to right, J. Briley. F. E.
White. W. E. McClennqy, S. Harrell, S. T. Spivey. Second row,
left to right, D. L. Barber, R. W. Lowe, W. Hassell, D. R. Las
siier, L. Chesson. Third row. left to right, L. Y. Kirby. W. A.
bass. R. E. Chappell, P. L. Mclver. H. O. Overton. Fourth row,
left to right. Lt. J. L. Halsey, J. L. Spruill, O. L. Lee, H. T.
Hollowell. J. E. Byrum. T. Sawyer. M. Griffin.
FIRST PLATOON: First row. left to right. J. L. Holmes. W. A.
Crummey, S. G. Farless, G. A. Warner. A. W. Jordan. Second
row. left to right, W. E. Lassiter. J. A. Edwards, C. D. Spruill.
F. P. Bunch. E. M. SpruiU. Third row. left to right. T. P. Grif
fin, C Z. Shackleford. ..Dallas Bunch. J. M. Barker, R. Lane.
Back row. left to right. SJ. E. Speight, G. Peele, R. J. Kennan,
D. G. White, Jr., Lt. J. K. Swanner.
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SECOND PLATOON: ' First row. left to right. J. E. Yates,
L. E. Britton, J., O. Perry, G. Brabble. D. W. Cale. Second
row. left to right. W. C. Smith. J. F. Britton. O. White, J. T.
Copeland, C. Ward.- Third row, left to right. A. E. Lassiter.
H. O. Peeples, M. E. Baker. R. R. Griffin. J. E. Whiison. Fourth
row. left to right E. J. Boyce. C. N. Perry, S. O. Holland, R. J.
Boyce, R. W. Hawkins. Back row,, Lt D. L. Jethro. H. S. Bass.
H. Nixon.
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Sheriff Captures i
Still Tuesday A. M.
Sheriff J. K. White, accom
panied by P. H. Bletner, ATU
officer, raided a still site in the
Durant's Neck section of the
county Tuesday morning at
about 5 o'clock. The officers
captured a 50-gallon capacity
still and some 12 barrels of
mash. Curtis Whedbee, Negro,
was found at the site and placed
under arrest. Whedbee will be
given' a hearing in Recorder's
Court on August 6.
Wtiite-BentonVows
Spoken Saturday
Whit est on
COMPANY OFFICERS: First row. left to right. CWO J. H.
Asbell. Jr Capt. C. W. Fry. 2nd Lt D. L. Jethro. Jr. Back
row, left to right 2nd Lt. J. L. Halsey, 1st Lt C. W. Swanner.
1st Lt J. K. Swanner, 1st Lt J. E. R. Perry. . :
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A verdict of probable cause
was found and returned in Per
quimans Recorder's Court here
Tuesday morning by Judge Chas. -E.
Johnson following a prelimin
ary hearing held for Creg Lane,
20, of Route Two, Hertford, who
is charged with manslaughter.
The youth was ordered held for
action by the grand jury at the
November term of Superior
Court. He was released follow
ing the hearing on a bond of
$500.
The charge against Lane was
filed following an auto accident
which occurred on the Beech
Springs road, four miles west of
Hertford, on the night of June
16, which resulted in the death
Virgil Copeland, who was a
! passenger in the car which was
1 wrecked by the accident.
Testimony presented by the
state during the preliminary
hearing pointed out Lane was
allegedly driving the car at the
time of the accident, and the
car was traveling at a rapid rate
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Benton ofj
Hertford, Route 3, announce the!
marriage of their daughter, Missi0f speed.
Lois Fave Benton, to Francis La- , , , ' . ' ' . ..
nier White, son of Mrs. Paul J. The Jdtfense f0TA no st'"
White and the late Mr. White of mony dur,n the hear,ng held
tiru-. i on Tuesday.
Whiteston. ,.
Other cases disposed of by the
The ceremony took place on durjng the sessi(m this
Saturday, July 20, in the Upr.ver wcck mc,uded those jn which
Friends parsonage at Whiteston at Herbert Harre flnd Joseph Lay.
7 o clock in the evening. The den Jr were taxed with court
double ring ceremony was per- costg fter submitting to charges
formed by the Rev Orval Dillon of fai,. .f0 sjgns
m the presence of the immcd.ato John Ncgr0 paid
families and friends. ' costs of court after submitting to
The bride wore an ice blue)a cnarge Df failing to observe a
sheath dress, styled with a drape Kon .ion
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front which; bound in the back,
with white accessories. She wore
a white orchid. She was attend
ed by $;;Otis J. White who
wore a pHnk-dress with white ac-
.cesswrisjtiUeA. Ho.wer ..ywrg
corsage of white carnations.
John Wiggins was fined $25
and costs after he entered a plea
of guilty to charge of reckless
(driving. -" fV ..
submitting to a . cnarge or
iwing mti&j&ftf' tifense, AHrei
Skinner, .Negro, paid the court
. Funeral services for Lymon
Thurkle Shephard, 47,' who died
Friday in Tampa, Florida, were
held Sunday afternoon at the
jraveside at Holy Trinity Epis
copal' Church Cemetery.' The
Rev. Paul Shultz conducted "the
services: ' ' ' - '
A native pf Hertford, he was
the son of the late Lymon
Shephard and Mrs. Ellen
Thurkle Shephard. . He served
in the armed forces for 20 years.
Survivors include his mother,
his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Sawyer
Shephard, . six, children and one
dster, Mrs. Mead Flinn. :
Pallbearers were Cubin Do-
Whedbee, ,! Julian
T :e, Joe Moore
Pictured above is the Heavy
Mortar Company of the 119th In
fantry, North Carolina National
Guard, pride of Chowan and Per
quimans counties.' ;, The company
roster includes a large number of
men from Perquimans. The
Edenton Company received fed
eral recognition on' May 12, 1947,
as Cannon Company, 119th Infan-i
try under the command of Capt.
William P. Jones. On November
1, 1948, the company was redesig
nated as Heavy Mortar Company
and Captain Cecil W. Fry assum
ed command on August 1, 1951..
Looking back over the past
years since federal recognition,
CWO JOHN H. ASBELL, JR., served as food service officer
for the 119th Infantry during the summer encampment at Fort
Bragg this year. He received the Commanding General's Mer
itorious Service Award for being the most outstanding officer
in his battalion.
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A five-man Board df Appeals,
which will serve to interpret reg
ulations of the zoning ordinance
adopted '.by ; the Hertford Town
Board has been selected by the
Board of Commissioners,, it was
announced this week by Mayor V
N. Darden. ' t
. The Appeal Board is composed
of John , D. "Costen,; Henry C-i
Stokes Jr., John Beers, Julian A.
White and Charles Skinner, Jr.
The ordinance which was
adopted at the last meeting of the
town board will become law fol
lowing publication of the ordin
a nee for a two-week' period.' j The
ordinance will be published in
The T'eeldy, and f "1 residents of
" t n rre r ' ' f-'fully
-irt-
the company has had an outstand
ing record. During the year 1955
the company teceived the Army
National Guard award for effi
ciency in maintenance as the most
outstanding company in the .North
Carolina National Guard. Also
during the same year it received
a superior rating for efficiency in
training, and in November, 1955,
received a superior rating on its
annual federal inspection con
ducted by the Third Army.
On April 15, 1956 the company
set a state record for having a
perfect inventory conducted by
auditors from headquarters in Ra
leigh. A 100 count was made
with no shortages discovered.
Rain Helps Crops;
Cools Temperature
Rain finally came to Perquim
ans County Tuesday night in
amounts sufficient to be of bene
fit to most of the crops, which
have suffered from near drought
conditions for the past month. .
The' rainfall 1 started at about
7 P. M. and continued through
most of the night. Weather bu
reau officials -stated showers and
cloudy pkies . were on ; tap for
most of Wednesday, j While ho
official recording is available, it
was' believed the total- rainfall
amounted to from one to two
inches over most of the county.
v The t shower alsoj broke the
heat wave which had gripped
the area since , Sunday, u. Tern-
perei'ie 3mrpei from the high
rs.j v:',o''v- rJay.
The company at present has a
strength of six officers, one war
rant officer and 101 enlisted men
and receives an annual income of
approximately $40,000. Each
member receives a full day's pay
for each drill attended and full
pay and allowances for 15 days
field training.
The company attended field
training at Fort Bragg, N. C, June
9-23, 1957. During the entire pe
riod, the company had' 100 .per
cent attendance. During the first
week the company received train
ing in communications, fire direc
training.
During the second week the
company moved to the field and
lived under combat conditions
and conducted fpur days firing
the 4-2-inch mortars.
CWO John tL Asbell, Jr., is full
time administrative, supply and
maintenance technician for the
company. He has served in this
capacity since December, 1948.
The items for which he is held
responsible have been rated su
perior for the past seven years.
: Over the past years all inspec
tors have been impressed with the
After the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Baker entertained at
a reception at their home in
Whiteston.
Following a wedding trip the
couple will make their home in
the Whiteston community.
Board Of HealtiT
Irons Out Problem
In Yearly Budget
The District Board of Health,
meeting in special session last
week, apparently ironed out
some problems concerning the
1958 budget for the District
Health Departmont which will
provide retaining of all person
nel of the department through
the current year.
A problem arose over payment
The bridegroom had as his best!osts .ue case
man his brother, Otis J. White. ; clav Carter. Neero. was found
guilty on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon. He was
ordered to pay a fine of $10 and
costs of court.
Two defendants, John Pool,
Negro, charged with driving
with insufficient brakes, and
Franklin Randolph, Negro, charg
ed with failing to report an ac
cident, failed to appear in cout
to answer the charges. The
court ordered the defendants
apprehended and held on $50
bail.
Rites Held Tuesday
FortioahFelton,Sr.
Noah Felton, Sr., age 93, died
Sunday morning at 4:30 o'clock
at his home in the Beech Springs
community of Perquimans Coun
ty following a lingering illness.
of salaries to employees coverediHe was the son of the late
by the State Merit System. In-JElishav and Julia Ann Freeman
sufficient funds had been ap
propriated to cover salary in
creases as provided for under the
system and this threatened to
hold up receipt of state and fed
eral funds allocated the district
health department. -
It was reported to this news
paper i the Board of Health
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tion; operations, 4.2 mortar and calibre of personnel in the com-reachKed a lutipn in the mat
the cooks, company clerk and sup- pany and refer to it as the "cream
ply personnel received on the job' of the community."
Bethel Revival Willf
Begin August 18th
; .The Rev. Kenneth Donald Berg
of the! Powers Memorial Baptist
Church, Hopewell, Va., will con
duct the annual revival at Bethel
Baptist Church in s Perquimans
County. , Services will begin Sun
day evening, August 18 and con
tinue each evening at 8 o'clock
through Sunday morning, August
25. The public is invited. . ; ;
1 A native of Michigan, Mr, Berg
is a graduate of Wheaton College
and Northern Baptist Seminary,
Chicago. He served as an ensign
in the U. S. Navy during World
WarH. . " , .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr.' and Mrs. E. L. Studley an
nounce the. birth of a son, Mark
Edward, '"bortt Sunday, July 14,
j in the Chowan Hospital tEden
Safety Check
Perquimans County motorists
are urged to take time off to-"
day to get a free safety, check for
their vehicles. ... The Hertford
Lions Club in cooperation with
the Hertford Junior Chamber of
Commerce is conducting a one
day program Friday to stimulate
public interest in promoting
highway safety. , :.
(The safety, check station will
be located at the Municipal
-Building on Grubb Street and
motosists are advised, by Claude
Brinn, publicity' ' chairman,1 the
free check up of cars will take
only a few minutes of the mo
torist's time. There will be no
charge for the safety check eo
take time tcr get ana today
ter by granting the salary in
creases as required by law, but
balanced the department's bud
get by cutting appropriations re
quested for travel allowances.
Bethlehem Church
To Hold Revival
! A series of revival meeting ser-'
vices will be conducted at Beth
lehem Christian Church, near
Hertford, beginning on Monday
night, July 29 v and continuing
through Sunday night, August 4.
The Rev. Harold C. Turner, field
representative of Roanoke Bible
College of Elizabeth City, will be
the visiting evangelist. Services
will begin each evening at 8
o'clock. The public is invited to
each of these services.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sutton
of Elizabeth City, announce the
birth of a daughter, Denise Lynn,
at the Albemarle Hospital, on
Tuesday, July 18. Mrs. Sutton is
the former Miss Carolyn Dicker-
son of Elizabeth City,
Felton and the husband of Mrs.
Mary Bunch Felton. He was a
native and , life-long resident of
Perquimans County, a retired
farmer and a member of Ander
son's Methodist Church.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. L.
F. Smith of Halifax, N. C, and
Mrs. F. J. Floyd of Route 1, Or
rum, N. C; one son, Noah Fel
ton, Jr., of Hertford; one foster
son, C. H. Wilson, Jr., of Ports
mouth, Vs.; one' foster daughter,
Mrs. Braxton Voliva of Colum
bia, N. C; one brother, J. Oscar
Felton of Hertford; six grand
children. .;
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
in the chapel of Twiford's Fun
eral Home by the Rev. P. M.
Porter," former pastor of Ander
son s Methodist Church, assisted
by the Rev, Frank Fortesque,
present pastor of Anderson's.
The church choir sang "The
Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide
With Me." They were accom
panied by Mrs. L. C. Winslow,
organist ... ,
The casket was covered witjh a
pall of red and white carnations
and fern.
Pallbearers were John Hill.
Louis Howell, Anderson Layden,
Carson Howell, Jones Perry and
Wayland Howell.. " .
Interment was made in Cedcr
wood Cemetery ."