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f - MANS W El 7F :cly oliime XXIV. Number 38. Central FT A Given Program !--.'-A record crowd met in the au j'ditorium of the Perquimans Cen- tral Grammar School Monday night for the first meeting of ' the .. Parent-Teacher Association. - After "America" was sung by .. 'the' audience, the president, Mrs. Ernest Long, welcomed the new 'parents and brought greetings to the former members of the asso - ciation. 'v The White Hat community, with Mrs. Melvin Eure as chair man', presented a very interesting program which emphasized audi ence participation in programs. - Mrs. Eure conducted a most im pressive devotion on the theme of the month, "For the Future We Build Through New Ven tures in Partnerships." She read a part of Psalm 119 and Galatians 4 and 5 and made a very timely talk on "Our Child- ren Are Our Future." She said "The future of our land lies in the hands of our children. They are, indeed, children of promise and as parents and teachers we neea to aeai witn tnem in love and understanding." - Stressing audience participa tion Mrs. Eure asked the audi ence to stand and pray together the . Lord's Prayer. All of the men in the audience sang "0 Master, Let Me Walk With Thee." Mrs., Pauline Webb was accompanist for this number. " Thomas Maston, the principal, presented the faculty to the as sociation and introduced the new teachers! Mrs. Julia Stokes In the sixth, grade and Miss Janet Glenn In jihe third grade. Z ong, presented the other v' of ficers of the association: ? Vice president, Mrs. Melvin Eure; see retary, Mrs. Ned Nfacen; -assist- v&twttrmtz. itefc-ittB.- max: . treasurer, George jpajtfn. ' Mrs. Long thin presented the Standing committees for the year. Mrs. Eure called attention to , the Congress publications which were displayed in the hall. She announced , the participating committees for -fato& J October meeting will be trie" Safetv. 2ealth, Citizenship - and Inter ational ; Relations Committees , tinder the leadership of Mrs. A n n ual OPWaubte j'od:ls For Show Names of models who will par ticipate in the BPW Club fash ion show,' to be staged at the Hertford Grammar School Thurs day night, September 26, were released Wednesday by Mrs. Ar chie T. Lane, Jr., chairman of the BPW committee staging the event. The list of models was incomplete at the time the paper went to press. The show will slart at 7:30 o'clock and tickets may be obtained from any mem ber of the, BPW Club or stores sponsoring models in the show. The models taking part will be Jlrs. Henry Stokes, Mrs. Charlie Skinner, Mrs. Charles - Johnson, Barbara Divers, Dianne- Divers; Margaret Ann Banks; Julie Lane, Lib Thach, Nita Goodman, Joyce Faye Owens, Gloria Stalling, Connie Myers," Shirley .Tarken tan. Thelma Rogerson, Mrs. Tal- mage Rose, Mrs. J. A. Auman, Anne White, Mark Beers, Kim Rose, Anzie Layton,". Carolyn Lewis, Mrs. George Fields, Jr. ' Angela Baker, Karen Haskett, Thomai Gregory, Brad 'Fields, f'lsan Harrell, Charlie Harrell, 1 at Long, Nancy Tunnell,. Sarah 7inslow, Becky Gregory, Judy r.eed, Mrs. Edward Barber, Mrs. Jarvia Henry, . Mrs. - Charles ""hite, Mrs. Henry C. Sullivan, i Edwardu, Mrs. Robert Hol '1, Mrs. R. S. Mbnds, .Mrs. -a Costea, vClt?Y.!i:;.Ki AtMeetihgMdnday REA Select Outline Vernon Harrell of the Snow Hill community. ;.- During the business session the minutes were read and ap proved. The secretary, Mrs. Ned Nixon, read the State President's message. She also read the minutes of the executive com mittee meeting. The executive committee maae i the following recommendations: That the li brary be adopted as a project; that the room representatives! serve the children at Thanks giving and Easter; $10 be appro priated for Congress 'publica tions; the association pay for the bulletins for the officers of the PTA. The executive committee went on record as favoring the organization of a Boy Scout troop which would be sponsored by the association. The associa tion voted to adopt 'the recom mendations of the executive com mittee. Mrs. John Hurdle, membership chairman, made a ' short talk urging every parent to become a member of the PTA. She seated that the drive will be conducted during October. Mrs. Carl Lewis, magazine chairman, urged each member to subscribe to the PTA magazine, which is the official organ of the National ; Congress of Parents and Teachers. Mrs. Ernest Long made an in teresting talk about her stay at the Parent - Teacher Institute which was held at Woman's Col lege June' 10-13. The president recognized J. T. Biggers, who spoke briefly on the opening of school and the fine spirit of enthusiasm and co operation which prevails. Mrs. Long , presented Gene Trautwein,, an executive of the Tidewa.tertCdno of ' the Boy ,Scit? J6 'America. He$nade'a.the Nation es wein, ,-, 'Scouting affords you an opportunity to , do things t with your son." He stated that there are 17,000 units sponsored by PTA's all over the country. . i ne presiueni iannounceq... tnat the district meeting will be held in Ahoskie October 15. She urged a,large delegation to at- Continued on Page Six - Stockholders Directors At Mee ting More than 600 stockholders of the Albemarle Electric Member ship Cooperative gathered Hertford last Saturday afternoon for their annual meeting and elected directors for the organi zation for the coming year. The meeting was held in the Perquim ans High School. John D. Costen, manager of the Coop, reported the meeting was 6ne of the best ever conducted with more stockholders taking part by attendance and voting than in recent years, Prior to the annual election of directors organizational reports were made by officers of the cor poration. President A. T. Lane reported continued growth for the organization during the past year. A number of new consumers were added- to' the membership; which covers five counties in Northeast ern North Carolina:' the AEMC has , a splendid .financial febort ' which was well received' by the stockholders. -.It employi' a total of u full time workers." Elected to serve as directors pf the corporation during the com ing year were J. A. Whitehurst and Joe Hastings of Camden,-A. T. Lane, Chas. E. White and Floyd Matthews of Perquimans, John Bunch and J. A. Wiggins of Cho wan and Tommie Temple and W. R. Lowry of Pasquotank. Officers of the board, chosen afj ter the election Dy uie directors are A. T. Lane, president; J, A. Wifgins,. yice. president; Chas.- E. V.-itUa,, treasurer, .wd.rioy'JIat-i Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 20, 1957. DRIVER'S A DUMMY From the way this tractor's acting it's easy to see the driver's a dum my. He actually is a straw-stuffed dummy used in a demonstration of the hazards of tractor misuse. The specially equipped tractor toured Ohio with a team of demonstrators. ..This scene was at the state fair in Columbus. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES West German voters this week gave Chancellor Adenauer a strong vote of confidence on the manner in which he had direct ed the government, re-electing the 81-year-old leader to a third term. Adenauer's record reveals XXfoct rinmQnV ' Vl n c nnm n Vtnnlr ' from the shambles of World Wr,team' Wl11 Pen inference play II to achieve the economic lead- ership among nations in Europe and he had lined up West Ger many in aliance with the west ern powers against Communism, -Telephone ..service throughout hit by a strike this week when phone installers walked 'out in a dispute over higher 'waiges. ;. Phone companies were using ' management person nel , to maintain service as near to .par as possible but it was re ported some delay occurred on long distance cailsi Another tropical storm was I headed toward Louisiana this week, weather forecasters stated. Thi stnrm rallpH Fsthor io tha I third this year to threaten the'lw,? hard rig toys. Louisiana area. Hurricane Car rie, which has moved northward in tho Ati9ntin rw , , hundred miles east of the U. S, codst, is not expected to hit the mainland, although weather of ficials had not predicted Car rie's movements more than 24 hours 4n advance, North Carolina' patrolmen con fiscated two rriofe automobiles khis week under the law which permits this action iwhen the cars are . involved; in pre-arranged racing. " Patrol officials state, they intend to work., diligently to halt racing on the state high ways. . Secretary of Defense Wilson, who has been holding up some $10 billion in defense contracts for several weeks, is expected to release these funds during the next 30 days, according to a re port from Washington. Wilson is scheduled to retire as defense secretary early next month. Peanut Production ,; Below 1956 Average - BasecTdn condition reports from, growers ;: Qt SeptembeT 'lj' pear- -loh-.J-1ecasfc it Z74i- 350,000 poundsaijper cent below 1956 and 1 per ceflt Deiow aver- l' Yika 'i$er', acre ; I fc. indicated .at' 1,550 pounds, compared with l,75d pounds in 1956 and the 1946-55 average of 1,230 pounds. Pros pective yield per acre is consid ered good; however, one more i general rain in the near future is needed to make conditions more favorable for pegging and kernel development, ; Even with favor able weather during the remain der vof the' growing season and during the harvesting, season, it is, unlikely that yields will equal the j. f.s.3re$0d, set last -year. ' ;. Indians Score Wm Over Camden; Play Ahoskie Here Fri. Perquimans High School's football team, fresh from its 27-7 win over a fighting Camden here Friday night, meeting Ahos- kie Hi8h School. Ahoskie has played two games thus far, win ning over Scotland Neck and losing to Roanoke Rapids. Game time is 8 o'clock. The.. Irsdiaui have been prac ticing; hard 'this 3 we.k to correct a number of errors ' discovered during the Camden game. While Perquimans won easily from the visitors last Friday night, it was apparent the local squad needed a bit more polish especially on defense. ' . ' In the game against Camden backs Tommy and John Mat thews displayed some fine run ning and gave evidence Indian opponents this season will have to build a defense against these Tommy Tilley, quarterback also showed lne .lnalans , Wlu passing attack to have a fine I bolster the running offense. The Camden game opened With Perquimans kicking off and Jrcm Matthews ; scored a. TD shortly after ' the Indians had gained ball possession ori .a Cam- den fumble. 1 Tommy Matthews converted to make the score 7-0. Carrideh 'played its best, dur ing -the, second quarter but there after wais' ; hampered by the de fensive" playing, of .,: Skip , Mat thews, ' John Miller and Colson Camden' evened the count at 7-7 on a 20-yard pass play, then some excellent runs by Mans field, who scored the TD. The conversion was made in a pass from Seymour to Staples. ; Tommy Matthews galloped 50 yards for a score on the first play from scrimmage following the Camden touchdown and John Matthews ran the extra point to put Perquimans ahead 14-7 at 'half time. Perquimans threatened mid way -the third period only to lose pthe ball . on a;,iumble rbut came back, picking, up first downs-with .Dan ure,;. Tommy Matthews-, and nonny;. f Bateman carrying.,.; Tpmrrry latthewB then - ran-- 25- yards ; to sccje, Try ivi- ;am -point.;ianea .qn.a IVD9 plunge.::...-,...,..,!' -. " r -;-. ' ;ttMidway the. final period Cm- mjrJrilleyj.hit Bevl Tucker withf a., pass , ,5 good - for'.-. 20- yards "to reach the Camden 37 and then he threw strike to Tommy .Matthews tot reach the 15. A 15- yard vpenalty moved the ball back to the Camden 30 and on the next play Tommy Matthews sprinted for the final touch down. Tilley passed to Tucker for the extra point Perquimans led first downs 9 to 6 and completed two of five, passt attempts for 42;yards. Camden had one of eight pastel completed ,fnr80 yards, KM 1 ' 111 Car-Jeep Wreck Reported Saturday Two persons were injured Sat urday evening about 5:30 o'clock when a car and jeep were in volved in a head-on collision on U. S. Highway 17 about 3 miles north of Hertford. Patrolman B. R. Inscoe, who investigated the accident reported Miss Vicki Johnson, accompanied by her sis ter, Miss Gale Johnson, was head ed north in a jeep when William F. Burke, Negro, in.a car attempt ed to pass another vehicle while headed south, striking the John- ! son vphirlB Tho Tnh suffered minor injuries while Burke sustained a shattered left arm. Burke was charged with reckless driving and driving on the left side of a highway. Student Council To Sponsor Play The Student Council at Per quimans High School, during its first meeting last week, voted to sponsor a play and approved plans for improving parking ar rangements at the school. The meeting was presided over by Kay Matthews, president of the Council. Other members are Donald Baker, vice president; Catherine Sawyer, secretary; Dot tie Cartwright, treasurer; Parker Ghesson, sergeaht-at-arms. Home room representatives are: Sarah Dail, Wade Morgan, Jackie Bunch, Carry le Woodard, Mary Frances Baker, Carroll McDonnel, ! Willis Williams, Preston Winslow.lUn bOybean Yield Carl Skinner, Ethel Sutton, Wyn da Chappell, Gail Pierce and Jimmy Bates. Committee chairman for the Council are: . Jake Myers, elec tions; Hazel Matthews, traffic; John Matthews, publicity; Jo Ann Cartwright, scrapbook; Ann Lane, calendars; Sonny Matthews, fi nance; Rachael Spivey, soiial; Bebbie Tucker, house - grounds; Ray. Winslow, citizenship; Glenn White, r standards; Iris ' Wilder, lockers, Jean Edwards, library. Mrs. Cherry Resigns Red Cross Position ,'. Perquimans chapter of the American Red Cross is without a chairman following the announce- ment this week by Mrs. W. C. Cherry that she has resigned the post effective immediately. In tendering her resignation, Mrs. Cherry thanked her co workers for the cooperation re ceived while she served as chair man of the county committee and stated she will be pleased to as sist future Red Cross officers with fund drtoi and the blood, pro- pm. - ; '.. ; - Mrs. G. P. Morris ilzmsdOhrrman At-: the 'Executive ;Meeting of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Cam-den .'Tuberculosis Association, held at - the Health Department September 12, Mrs. David Fear ing, president, announced that Mrs. C. P. Morris of Hertford, had accepted the chairmanship rep resenting Perquimans County for 1957 Christmas Seals. Mrs. Morris has been a member of the TB Board for several years, served on TB health committees, and most active in church and civic activities. .Mrs. Fearing said the 1957 Christmas Seal Sale will begin November 15 and the Seals are the only support of the programs of the TB Association. The quo ta ior the three counties will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Gladys Cropsey, TB sec - retary, reported that a letter from Dr. Stuart Willis had been re - ceived, thanking the TB Associa tion for the $50.00 sent in for the TB research that is going on in Chapel Hill. Also reported that nine persons had been returned to Wilson Sanatorium for further chest X-ray check up from the three counties. Mrs. Cropsey reported that 2, 283 chest X-rays had been made in cooperation with District Health Department, with films and solutions paid for by Christ mas Seal dollars. A total of 405 were made in Perquimans County Health Department, making a to tal of 2,688 chest X-rays since January, 1957. Regional Meeting Of WMU Planned At Baptist Church The Woman's. Missionary Union regional conference of, the Eliza beth City Region will be held in the Edenton Baptist Church Thursday and Friday, October 3-4. The session will convene at 1 :30 o'clock on the first day and will close with the meditation period at 12:30 o'clock on the second day. Miss Inabelle Coleman, mis sionary to Formosa, will be the principal speaker, using as her theme "A Charge To Keep". A conference led by one of the State personnel is scheduled for every officer of Woman's Mis sionary Union. Young People's Counselors who desire the leadership card of ac creditation may receive it by at tending the full eight hours of conference time. Dinner will be served at the church Thursday evening, Octo ber 3. A registration fee of $1.00 must be sent to Mrs. Haywood Bunch, 210 South Oakum Street, Edenton, by September 20, in or der to make a reservation for this meal, Reservations for the night of October 3, in a private home must be made also to Mrs. Bunch. Women who prefer to stay in the hotel or motels will make their own reservations. Drop Predicted The current soybean crop is es timated at 7,858,000 bushels 12 per cent below last year's 8,944, 000 bushels, according to infor mation released by the North Car olina Crop Reporting Service. The September 1 forecast of produc tion is based on condition and probable yield reports from grow ers. Yield per acre is estimated at 17.5 bushels compared with 21.5 bushels last year and 15.6 bushels for the 10-year average. Extend ed dry weather, especially in the commercial producing . counties, reduced plant development and caused more than the usual shed ding of blooms and young pods. Although yield prospects are down ' 1.5 bushels per acre from August 1, there is still time for the crop to respond to additional rainfall. i, - : BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Virginius Haymes of Greenville announce the birth of a daughter, Carolyn Bishop, born Friday, September 13. Mrs Haymes it the former Mlsi Ed win McMulJen. County Library In Need Of Funds To rt The Perquimans County Li brary finds itself in the peculiar position of having gratefully ac cepted a $25,000 building for the use as a library and not having money enough to make the neces sary repairs before moving it. The brick building, once the school lunch room, has been giv en jointly by the Board of Edu cation and the Town of Hertford for use as a library. But this j building needs a heating system roof repairs, a coat of interior paint which cannot be applied un til the falling plaster is patched, and the present library shelves must be moved and cut to fit the new building and some additional shelves must be built. ! Under the library set up the State furnishes money for buy .ine books, buying and operating a bookmobile and paying the sal ary of a certified librarian. But not one cent of this State money can be used to provide or main tain a building to house the li brary. That, says the state library law, is the obligation of the local government or the community. The Perquimans County Li brary operates on a local budget of $1,600, $1,100 of which is ap propriated by the county and S500 by the Town of Hertford. This sum barely covers running ex penses including the salary of one workfer. But because the county at present has a financial burden such as it has never had before the library board feels that it must not ask for an increased li brary appropriation. This situation places upon the library board the unexpected ob ligation of raising approximately Conve Traffic Violators Dominate Docket Of Recorder Court Sixteen cases, all involving violations of traffic laws, made up the docket of Perquimans Re corder's Court in session here Tuesday with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding. All but two of the defendants submitted to charges. Edgar Barclift, Negro, charged with exceeding a safe speed lim it, was found guilty and order ed to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. Thomas Lanier entered a plea of guilty o a charge of driving on the left side of a highway and he was fined $25 and costs of court. Costs of court were taxed against Gilbert Riddick, Eugene Felton, Negro, and Earl Jordan, each of whom submitted to the charge of speeding. Haywood Ziegler, Jr., Kenneth Spruill, Clarence Rogerson and Vansie Blount, Negro, entered pleas of guilty to charges of failing to observe a stop sign and each paid the costs of court. James Cay ton, charged with speeding, submitted to the charge and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. Albert Roffe submitted to a charge of driving on the left side of a highway and paid a fine of $10 and court costs. George Gibbs, Negro, charged with reckless driving and driv ing on the left side of a road, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. Ben Matulewiez and William Downing, Negro, submitted to charges of driving with suffi cient brakes and each paid a fine of $10 and costs, fine of $25 and costs after plead- Ulysses Skinner, Negro, paid a ing guilty to charges of driving without a license. Forden Whedbee, Negro, sub mitted to charges of driving without a license and he was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. ROT ARIANS TO MEET The Hertford Rotary Club' will meet Tuesday evening at 6:15, 5 Cents Per Copy. Building $2,500 to make the renovations absolutely necessary before the move can be made. So the Board in its meeting on Tuesday decid ed to put the problem squarely up to the people of the town and county. This appeal to help the library should find a response in every person, young and old, in the county because it is their li brary; it is to adults and children . that the library offers its wealth of reading material for education al and recreational purposes as well as practical reference help. Its book stock of more than 12,000 volumes consist of well chosen books on a wide range of sub jects from reference books of many kinds through much of the best on non-fiction, current best sellers both fiction and non-fiction on to light romances, west erns and mysteries. The library's collection of books for teen-agers and children is unsurpassed in any other library serving an area of this size. The school libraries are woefully in need of more books and the county library is coming to their aid with loans of 100 or more books at a time on a monthly basis for circulation among the students to meet their reading needs. The library operates from the main library on Grubb Street, a branch library on King Street, a library station at Belvidere, and bookmobile service on four routes throughout the county with a fifth route to be added soon. The circulation during the past year totaled 24,675 books lent for periods of two weeks or less to readers in the county. Jaycee Clean-Up Campaign Now In Progress Here Last Saturday a survey team composed pf a group of Hertford Jaycees made a thorough house-by-house inspection of the town in an effort to determine what will have been accomplished by Clean-up Month by a compari son of conditions before and af ter the campaign. The team concluded unanimously that a great deal could be done to im prove the town and that a great part of the work could be done by small expenditures. Specific recommendations were recorded. The Clean-up Campaign will officially begin on September 20 and will continue to October 20. By Friday morning, September 20, all residents of the town will have a check list distributed to them in the form of a hand-bill. The check list is designed to re mind the property owner or oc cupant of places that are often neglected during their normal cleaning and to call attention to conditions that present a hazard to life and property. It is the hope of the Jaycees-. that the entire town will become conscious of its opportunity to make Hertford a shining ex ample of what can be done by ' citizens who are determined to improve their town. CLASS REUNION PLANNED FOR SATURDAY. SEPT. 28 All 1953 Perquimans High School graduates are invited to a class reunion, which will be held September 28 in the high school lunch room, beginning at 6:30 P. M., it was announced by Marilyn Baker. The group will have a picnic style supper. . MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.,'will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
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