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4 iJLT 11 Volume XXIV. Number 327 Hertford, Perquimans County, North-Carolina, Friday, August 9, 1957. 5 Cents Per Copy. -5. A M r 4 i I. ) ( . Joint Committee .Organized To Seek Ikidudtoy.' . t tTtiA - iva4 tiffin fura4 itrrVnnW, s ing a ; tri-county committee to develop ' an industrial program for. Northeastern North Carolina waii taken here Wednesday night . when business and civic leaders from Perquimans,- Pasquotank and Chowan counties met in the Municipal Building and discussed-views aimed at attracting in- , dustry in the area. v At i the close of the meeting ,; when! it was apparent those present approved of the propo- ' sal, the, three counties unite for a common purpose Mayor Ern est Kahayes of Edenton, who originated the idea and presided ; over the meeting, appointed W. P.; Jones of Edenton, A W. ( Houtz of Elizabeth City and R. L. Hollowell of Hertford to head the r joint committee. - These three men now serve as chair man of industrial committees in jthcir county.. Mr. Jones was ..: chosen to serve as chairman , Of . the organization and membership on the joint committee will be named by the above men. . lit was planned thai the com mittee will visit Governor Luth- , er Hodges as Soon as possible to seek help and guidance In get ting the Albemarle recognized on the industrial map of North . Carolina. The group, also will converse with the Department of Conservation and Development in an effort to secure additional permanent business and industry for the district. ; Some 1 40 business and civic leaders were among those pres ent at the meeting Wednesday and spokesmen expressed ; the views j that "nothing but good" can come from a united effort on the! part of the three coun- : ties in - seeking " industry ,, as a grounr father than as individual cities 'of-ttif ff4A:'! '-'si & - Hay VM: iSardwasSsI atljtb qoeeting,'-an'ij be welcomed Thosel offering advice .. and recommendations forithtt organ iz4Mmv? (he committee, , in ad ditJoA to the three county chair : men, were State Senator Elton Aydlett, Mayor Levin Culpepper of VElizabeh City; C. R. Holmes, Perquimans Representative: Lo--rimer s Midgette, Ernest Ward, Charles : Skinner, Joe Conger, Jr., and! Albert Byrum, Indians Close Out League Play With EdentonThis Week . Pdul " Matthews pitched the . Hertford Indians to a 7-4 victory over the; league-leading -William-ston ? clib here ' Tuesday night. The wiri gave the Indians ,23-13 record for the season with four games remaining on the locals' schedule. - , . The Indians played a fine de fensive game behind Matthews, and stalled several Williamston rallies. Hertford tallied one run in the second then Williamston knotted 'the count in the third. Williamston scored two runs in the fifth but Hertford came back to score five land sew ' up the jgame. Five hits and two1 Walks in the fifth accounted for the five runs scored by the Indians: Hits were ' made, by Carver, i Hiinter, Cliff ToWe, Riddick ana Clem ents. Stepherison was the losing pitcher tor Willlamstoh.y ;,, 'Elizabeth City faptured a? two : game series from the Indian's, last' Thursday and Friday, Jaklnrf the ! first game by a 0 to 5 score' and .'winning the second wie 9 o 7. The victories practically : assorad the Albies1 fourth plape n U,e,lea- vgue while the Indians rest-J in third place a game behind Cam- tuck. . ' r ' In the Thursday nirnt game played' here Elizabeth C.'y scor' ed all Its runs In twp in;. v col lecting five in the sixth a : 1 four in the ninth. ' T' i t' e wir-' "! p'Ichcr vl." ' - m 'For' Area Named Director .-. Of State Railroad s Mrs. J. Eminett Winslow of Hertford, has been nominated by Governor Luther H. Hodges as one of eight directors of the Atlantic and ; North Carolina Railroad Company to act in be half of the state, it was report ed from Raleigh Tuesday. Others nominated as directors were . M. G. Mann, Raleigh;' Ir vin Davis, Beaufort; D. G. Bell. Morehead . City; Robert Hester, Jr.y Elizabethtown; W. F. Ward, New Bern; Judson Blount, Greenville and R. P. McKenzie, Sr., Washington. N. C. Attend Farm-Home WeekAtRaleigh ; sented at North Carolina's annual, Farm Home Week at State Col lege in Raleigh this week by Miss Nancy Henderson, County Home Agent and Mr. and Mrs. Warner Madre. ' ' : " The local delegation were among more than 1,000 farm wo men attending from everyone of the state's 100 counties. Anong the highlights of the program are two prominent speakers, Mrs. Mavis Gibbs of The Southern Planter magazine, and Mrs. Eliza' beth von Hesse, speech consultant from New York City. .. Miss Henderson said that more than 40 outstanding home eco nomics and agricultural leader appeared, on the program; moce tba2ftant subjects of ia teiest'taural women are. on' the, program. f " Among these are: - Trends in Home Decorating, Farm Pond arid Water Safety,,' fd, -Your Clothes,:Outdopr Cookery, What's New in Home Lighting, Familiar Foods in Fancy Fashion, Speed-O-Lite Cooking,' Modernizing Old Picture1 Frames( Braided Rugs, Foods for Weddings' and Anni versary Receptions, Children and Money, arid Auto Camping and Family Vacations.' ' ford, while Morris scored three of the six runs. , ' ' On Friday night . the Albies came from behind to score a 9-7 win over Hertford. . Elizabeth City 'got 12 hits off Riddick and Ted Chappell- while the Indians collected 8 hits off Curtis. The Indians tallied two runs in the third and three in the fourth, but Elizabeth City bunched six hits and a walk in the fourth to score' seven runs and put the game on ice. ... ,v Highway Dept. To. 1 Sell Equipment The State . Highway Depart ment is now aicepting bids on. surplus mo'tor vehicle equipment which will be sold; next Tues day.. 'I W. j. : Davis, "superihten-1 dent. ; of 'the State Repair Shop here, stated the equipment' may be seen at the shop and details of the sale; along wth bid forms, may be secured from him.' Bids on the equipment must be mailed to Raleigh before next Tuesday. MT. SINAI CKUT.CH TO HOLD SERIES REVIVAL. RVICES A series of revival services will be conducted at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church each r.: ' t r -sf week. with .the r v. C j Dureh of '"mz t3,-? V t r, -Ser ' -s wi" 1 s ' t Ft 8 ' ' ' ' "7 Three From County DoEJd Rejects All , DidsSubmittedFor faaSSiTiijcri ; All bids submitted for the pur chase of timber ' owned by Per quimans County ': on the county home land were ' rejected during a meeting of the Board of Commis sioners held last Monday, and the Commissioners voted to readver tise the timber for sale. Bids will be received again up to 10 A. M ort Tuesday, September 3, which is the date of the next meeting of the Board. At the request of Dr. B. B. Mc Guire,, district health officer, the Board appropriated the sum of $175 for the use of the District Health Department in connection with the mass X-ray project which is to be carried out in the district -this fall. It was pointed out the $175 is the county's pro rata total of the cost of the pro gram: ',',.! - Tbfl i&oard took under advise ment 4hB appointment of a county electrical - inspector now manda tory tinder a new law which pro vides all' schools 'must be inspect ed each month for electrical de fects. Action on ' this appoint ment was tabled Until the next meeting of the Board. During a i .ni,.f.n t 41 ' : i i : i was out, the individual namea 10 me post cannot engage in the operation of an electrical business during his term of office. The-Board also voted to amend the 1958 budget for welfare ad ministration to make it comply With minimum requirements of the merit system. mmMm:"Xm':'"M:.a-X"- ' THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Opinions from Washington on the Cjvil Rights bill before Con gress is divided as-to , final out come. An administration sppk man has announce the bill;'' as approved-toy the Senate, is unac ceptable nd, predicts the meas ure, will riot be adopted at 'this session of Congress but will ,b brought up again next January Opponents of the House passed measure state the Senate' version may be passed, since it shows ef forts of progress for the right to vote. The Navy Department announc ed this week plans to place in mothballs sohi 60 ships, includ ing the . battleship Iowa. The mna te Viili :1 ma At ir oi it nv. ' pendltures during the commg year. , Defense Department also announced cutbacks will be made within the Army and Air Force and among, civilian, personnel as a means to rcarry out defense plans I under,, a reduced budget.-)-; Housing .construction -is expect ed to gefc a boost from a new gov ernment, ", ruling which-,, provides for - a, Jower,.. down , .payment for homeowner?-, having loans .. from FHA and, 'Veterans Administra tion. .Under the regulation inter est rates were upped slightly but the down payment total was cut considerably. Walter F. George, former U. S. Senator and special ambassador to NATO,, died at his home in Georgia last Sunday; He served in the Senate for 34 years and was credited with development of bipartisan foreign policy. He re tired from the Senate last lanu ary. .Two North Carolina sctiool boards this week rejected the rp- plications cf Negro . student to -already in the, building but the rapsfer 4from, their ,p re sen t furnace itself was destroyed in schools. to white schools. ;,At Oldlfhe school fire! ' 5 ! T 1 ' '' '" Fortj the. board,ejected applka, A11 of these n6cesfeajy ren0. tions from 68, .students while at Raleigh the board passed upon one application. t,, BEREA CHURCH TO HOLD U , REVIVAL SERVICES AUG. U A series of revival services will begin at Berea Church 6f Christ Sunday night, August ll,yontin uing through tMe following Sun day night The.Jtev. Carl Barn well of Richmond, Va' will be the visiting evangelist and ' the Rev. Neal Puckett, minister of the ihiirrh. will be norff leader. The public is invited to atlend all s - r - j ' .-' . ..'i .. '.. .,,.. ..k. . - m i.v ..v .. w ...i . : i - mi ... mM HE'WONT SURRENDER Bill "Patchy" Cook, 73, comes to the door of an abandoned Army pillbox at Thetford, England, to receive a gift of milk from neighbors. The old gentleman keeps the home fires burning In his unique diggings rather 'than give up independence for security of an old folks' home. Library Prepares To Move Into New Quarters Shortly The Perquimans County Li brary, which had its beginning in 1937 in the old building known as the Woman's Club Building, with one shelf of books donated by interested friends and the members of the Hert ford Book Club, is making pre parations to move soon into its new location. In .1942 the Library Board was reorganized and Miss Mael.new quarters. , Wood "Winslow ' was elected The library board has been cRalrman and rVed from l94jfbresented 6ne "cmr ffSm an in- until her death in November, i terested citizen and it will grate , fully accept contributions from 1955. . t Largely because of her keen "interest and untiring efforts, the library -grew 1 steadily. "': When state aid for libraries' became a financial reality, the county li brary was' well on' its way to becoming a first-rate civic pro ject. This year's ' statistical re port ' shows the ; Perquimans County Library has a book stock of 12,041 volumes; it operates in the main library and two branch libraries, as well as bookmobile routes - throughout the countv. The total circula- ( tjn ,jujjng tne past year was 24,537, with 1,596 residents of the county registered as borrow ers. ' A;p"'-;i ,,This summer or early fall will mark an important' step in the progress of the library, as it will be moved to new quarters in the brck building ; recently ased as lunch room and temporary class rooms for the Hertford Grammar School This building which the toyyn ; and county ' ', jointly have dprinted to the library will make a very attractive library. The floor plan is as . well suited for the library needs as if it had been planned for that purpose. However, iertain renovations must, be made before the library can "be moved ipto it. Two temporary partitions must be taken down and the interior walls painted. The present book shelves must be cut to fit the new wall spaces before they are moved over. In addition to these, changes, a small furnace room and ' furnace should be added. Pipes and 'radiators are vations ' will cost " more than the library has . in its treasury. Ac cording -to State -Library regu lations',' nO stati aid money may be used for-a building or the renovation of a building. State funds may. be, used for buying books, . bookmobile - service and the salary ''of a certified li brarian, but may not be used for any other- purpose. The lo cal community must provide the building and its upkeep. ' The Perquimans County Board of : Commissioners appropriates l$U0Q and the town of Hertford 1 1500, each year for Ubrvr penses. This must be used for paying Mrs. Keegan's salary, for fuel, for insurance, for rent on the Negro library, for library supplies, maintenance bills and for numerous other bills that come up in the course of the year. After all these items are taken care of there is little money in the library treasury to 'make possible the move into the others who wish to help Per quimans County and the town of Hertford to have an even better library. The library, as it is, is an as set to the town and county, and can be of even more benefit to the people of all ages if present plans can be carried out. Local Units Share intangible Taxes Perquimans County nd the Town of Hertford have received $7,824.47 in the division of state collecteck intangible taxes, it was reported by J. C. Bethune of the State "Board of Assessment from Raleigh this week. Perquimans County's share of the ' division' amounted to .tfi.- 1703.85, while the town received $1,120.62. During 1956 the coun ty received, from this source, about $5,800 while the town re ceived $930. According to Bethune, collec tions on intangible taxes this year are somewhat higher than during last year and this is re flected 1 in increased allotments to counties and towns. Intangible taxes ireceived by Perquimans County are estimat ed in preparation of the budget and divided into various funds of the county, permitting a lesser tax rate than would be possible without receipt of the intangible taxes. A , Football Practice To Start August 15 Coach Ike Perry, athletic direc tor at Perquimans High School, today issued a call for candidates for1 the 1957 "football team to re port at the school gymnasium on Wednesday, August 14, at which time uniforms will be issued' to players. The first practice ses sion will be conducted on August 15th, The coach requests all boys who desire to try out for the team to report for uniforms at 1 o'clock next Wednesday. Equipment will be issued at that time and de - tails of the pre-school practice; sessions will be outlined to the. plerr , Defendant Rned Curtis Whedbee, Negro, who was arrested : at a still site in New Hope Township three weeks ago by Sheriff J. K. White, en tered a plea of guilty to charges of : manufacturing liquor at a hearing conducted in Recorder's Court Tuesday morning. Whed bee was given a six months sus pended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of $100 and court costs. Betty Arnold . submitted to a charge of driving without a li cense and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. Costs of court were taxed against Carol Ballance, who en tered a plea of guilty to charge? of failing to report an accident. Kenneth Dalling paid the costf of court, after submitting to ? charge of speeding. James White, Jr., Negro, wa? fined $2 and costs after he pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk on the streets o' Hertford. Jesse Coburn submitted to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $30 and costs of court. William Newby, Negro, was found guilty, on a charge of reckless driving. He was or dered to pay a fine of $50 and court costs. Seaton Davenport entered a plea of guilty to charges of be ing drunk and disorderly. Hp was. ordered to pay the costs of court. A verdict of not guilty was returned in thf case in which Grandy White, Negro, was charg ed with assault. Leonius Jones, Negro, paid a fine of $10 and court costs after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of speeding. Owens-ToveVows Spoken July 28 At Baxter, Tennessee The Baxter Methodist Church, Baxter, Tennessee, was the scene at noon Sunday, July 28, for the wedding of Mrs. Alice Mills Towe of Hertford, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mills, Sr., of Baxter, Tennessee, and Melvin Griggs Owens, Sr., of Hertford, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. A. T. Owens of Currituck County and Hertford. The Rev. W. E. Schaerer, pas tor of the church, read the mar riage vows and Dr. Harry L. Upperman, president emeritus of Baxter Seminary, performed the double ring ceremony in a set ting of palms and white gladioli. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. D. Y. Maxwell, organist, rend ered a program of nuptial music and accompanied Mrs. Harry Lee Upperman, who sang "O Promise Me." Mrs. Maxwell's dress was gold lace with a shoulder cor sage of yellow roses. Mrs. Up perman's dress was gray silk, and her. flowers were varigated pink carnations. The bride, who entered the church with the bridegroom, wore a dress of soft blue tone 'ace fashioned with a picture neckline and bracelet length 3leeves. The back was accentu ated with a blue satin bow. She wore a matching lace hat and a single strand of pearls. Her moulder corsage ; was a white orchid nestled in a lily of the valley. Mrs. Mills, mother of the bride, wore a navy silk dress with matching accessories. Her flower was a pink ulamcllia. Mrs. ' Frank Hall of Baxter and Mrs. H. LV Mills Of New York City, sister ' of' the bride, were mistresses of " ceremony. Their dresses were pink , and copper suk and wore; shoulder corsages of V white ''glamellias,. Frank Hall was an usher. 1 After the ceremony Mrs. Owens' parents entertained mem bers of the bridal party and out of town guests with a wedding breakfast. For the occasion the guests were served from a table veiled with a pink, cloth and centered with a plaque of shad7, ed pink blossoms. Pink tapers flanked the decorations. Miss Hannah Laura Hall, kept the register, r Committee Votes Sum Of $8,548,000 For Harvey Point Bloodmobile To Visit Here Monday A Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Hertford next Monday, August 12, it was reported by Billy White, chairman of the Perquimans Red Cross blood program, who urged the public 'o volunteer as a blood donor to help the county secure the 85 pints of blood which as the county's quota fcr the program. Mr. White stated the blood mobile unit will be located at the Municipal Building on Grubb Sreet from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. Man Charged In Robbery Of Store Link O'Neal, Hertford Negro, was arrested Wednesday morn ;ng by Sheriff J. K. White and Police Officers Robert A. White md W. F. Tarkenton on charges of breaking and entering the Pitt Farm Equipmpnt store and stealing a shot gun, ,i .22' calibre rifle and seven boxes of shells and cartridges. Sheriff White reported O'Neal admitted rn!erin( the store at about 5 A. M. Saturday morning and taking the puns and ammu nition. The theft was discover ed at the store Monday morn ;fig. O'Neal will be given a hearing in Recorder's Court next Tuesday. Farmers Day Date Set For "August 2$ Exhibits Planned The -4th annual Farmers Day will be held at Perquimans Coun-1 ty High School on Wednesday. August 28. For the past three years, par ticipation in this event has in creased each year in both the Home and Agricultural phase of the exhibits. Exhibits may be entered in the following depart ments for the ladies: CLOTHING: Infants' Clothing Dress, Gown, Slip, Jacket, Cap; Children's Clothing Cotton Dress,, Boys' Cotton Suit, Child's Wool Coat, Slip;' Women's Cloth ingCotton Housecoat, 1 Smock, School Dress, Best Dress, Wnol Suit, House Dress, Apron, Hand made Pocketbook, Skirt; Home Cooked Articles Loaf Cake; An gel Food, Sponge,' Pound, Layer Cake, Devil's Food, Chocolate, Caramel, Cocoanut, , Spice, Any Other Filling, Best Decorated Cake, Cookies, Doughnuts, Ice Box Cookies, Macaroons, Cheese Straws (12), Six Cookies (any oth er kind), Candies (12 pieces), Car amel, Fudge, Sea Foam, Mints, Dipped Chocolate, Cocoanut, Pea- nut. .'; Canned Foods Canned fruits and vegetables, apples, apple sauce, figs, peaches, pears, car rots, corn, tomatoes, soup mix ture, beets, string beans, squash, green peas, lima beans. Pre serves: Peach, pear, fig, straw berry, apple, blackberry, grape. Jelly: Apple, crab apple, grape. Pickles: . Cucumber, bread and butter,, peach, pear, , watermelon rind, beet, Dixie relish. . - Floral Arrangements: Cut flowers Spe cimen rose, collection of roses, ar rangement of mixed flowers, dis play of.'rzinnias, arrangement of dried materials, collection of dah lias, collection of, marigolds,, un listed arrangement, collection of glads. Potted Plants: African violet, ferns, begonia, geraniums. Arts and Crafts: Crocheted ar ticles, luncheon set, pillow cases, quilt, crocheted bedspread, knit ted article, stenciled article,' nee dlepoint, unlisted article, tatting. The Men's Division will consist of the following: . Field crops Corn (1 dozen ears), sweet pota toes, (1 dozen), soybean! (4 hills), cotton, (4 hills). Meats and poul Construction funds amounting ! to $8,548,000 for the Harvey Point : Seaplane Base were approved ' Tuesday by the House Appropri-1 ations Committee during consid- eration of military expenditures for the fiscal year which began ' last July 1. The economy-minded committee, at one point, recom- -mended the funds for Harvey Point be set at $5,081,000. but af ter some discussion the figure ap proved remained at the original total. The funds approved Tuesday by the appropriations committee must also be given approval by the entire Congress before the project can be assured, it was learned by this reporter. A Navy official informed this newspaper Wednesday morning construction funds are still froz- 1 en on order of the Defense De partment and officials of the Fifth Naval District are awaiting a sig nal to proceed with awarding contracts for some $2,804,000 in work at the base. Bids for this work were received on June 27 but awarding of the contracts was postponed when funds were fro zen. The official pointed out the original bids are effective for a period of 60 days and usually the Navy requests the bidders to ex tend the time limit if funds ae not available for awarding of bids within the 60 day period. The bids which were submitted on June 27 pertained to installa tion of a bulkhead, plane parking areas and ramps at the base. Low bidder on .this work was the Dia mond Construction Company of Savannah, Georgia. try products Eggs (1 doz. brown or white.) Cured meatsHam, shoulder, side. Horticulture Garden Exhibit (minimum of 5) watermelons, cantaloupes, toma toes, egg plants, fruits, apples, doz.), grapes (pint). The Farmers Day Committee with Mrs. John Hurdle and Cliff Morgan, as co-chairmen for the event, have stated that all ex-, hibits must be in place by 7:00 ' P. M., on August 27 with the judging of the exhibits to start at 7:00 P. M. These exhibits shall not be taken dowrf until Thurs day morning, August 29, in order that people may have all day . Wednesday and Wednesday even ing to come and see the different' items on display. The merchants of Hertford and rural area have had a mighty big part to play :n the success of Farmers Day, as the money that is contributed is used to pay the prize money giv en for the exhibits. These mer chants have had very attractive booths in the past and .are plan-' ning to have booths of the same' calibre this year at Farmers Day.' The Home Demonstration Clubs' in the county are planning a foods booth and as most people know this is an added attraction' as many people plan to attend the day's events ', least just to have an opportunity to partake of the homemade pies, cakes, and coun-' try ham. "Be sure and make it' a - definite aim to attend this year's Farmers'. Day -and take;: part in the day's events by bring-1-ing items that can be exhibited in the booths along with your neigh bors." - . Rotarians Hear Talk On Red Cross : Glenn Browsier, area repre-, sentative for the Red Cross, was guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club. Introduced by program chairman, Henry C. Sullivan, Mr. Browsier gave a brief talk on the duties of his job with the Red Cross and explained some of the programs the Red Cr expects , to carry out wlC community.