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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 25, 195'.
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. ! LIGHT MOMENT Driven by a pair of colorful fish, an oyster shell chariot carries four beau
tiful "pearls" in swimsuits. The float, called "Queens of the Sea," was a prize-winner in the
, Florence (Italy) Riflcolone Carnival. '
Central
Halloween
At
School
The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Perquimans County Central
r.rammar School helH its Octoher
mw in h auditorium nf -th .
school Monday night, October 21,
with the president, Mrs. Ernest
Long, presiding. The PTA Song ,
was used as the opening number
with Mrs. Pauline Webb at the
piano.
Mrs. Loni? welcomed the larce
audience and presented Mrs. Ver-i
non Harrell of the Snow Hill
community . who was program
chairman for the month. Mrs.
Harrell announced the theme for
the month: "For the Future We
Build Through Looking, Listen
ing and Learning." Participating
committees in presenting the pro
grant were . those. QnSaietxJlrlinMdjng ln number-.
SthrCiUzfenship and'7nterna-
' tional Relations. . 11
Mrs. Harrell -recognized Mrs.
Ralph Harrell who presented an
inspiring devotion. She spoke on
the topic "Body, Mind and Spir
it." She aid, "To get the most
from life, we must apportion our
times wisely Jl She stressed the
point that we cannot afford to ne
glect the spiritual side of life any
more than we can neglect the
mental and physical. , .
A ' quartet composed of Mrs.
Jack Benton, Mrs. Jeff Piece,
Mason Sawyer and" Ralph Harlell
gave a beautiful rendition v of
"Mansions Over the Hill Top."
Mii. Steve Perry,Jr., was accom
panied for this number.
Thomas- Maston gave an inter
esting talk on ."How the Lunch
Room Meets .J he Nutritional
Needs of . the Child:'? ; He started
that 7,175 student lunches and t58
adult lunches were secved during
the month of September with 98
of the students eating in the' lunch
room.'- He gave some of the
menus that pre used and explain-
ed how the: vitamin, protein, and
-.1 , 1.. nMA fnl.n nnva nf
umci uccw oic wi to
Mrs. Harrell presented Corporal
Roland Tripp who spoke on "Bi
cycle Safety." He gave the evo
( lution of the bicycle beginning
with the Walk Along in 1810,
through the Dandy Horse of. 1839,
the High Wheeler of 1870, to the
first safety wheel in 1890. He
said, "There are 6,000,000 bicycles
in Japan and Denmark and the
Netherlands have four or five bi
cycles for each car; there are ap
proxomiately 18,000,000 bicycles
in the United States. ; v j
i Corporal Tripp stated that tHere
were 400 people killed dh bicycles
in the United ' States in 1955.
Twenty 6f these were in North
Carolina. Of the 400 killed 280
Were in the 5'td 14 age group.
He said there are 60,000,000 auto
mobiles in the United States. Of
the 40,000 killed in automobile
accidents in the United States, 2,
380 were' in the 5 to 14 age brdc-
.ket.
Said Corporal Tripp: . "Our
chief -concern is how can we pre
vent some of these accidents and
deaths." He stated that bicycle
safety clubs have been formed,
designed ; to teach children . the
proper way to ride, places to ride,
how to Keep the bicycle in repair
and the laws governing its use.
' " He gave some rules which par--ents
should follow and also out-
i lined rules for riders.1 - " - v
.During the business session the
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PTA
Plans
Party
Tuesday
minutes were read and approved,
The taairer, George Baker, re-
Ported $24S'80 ln the treasury.
Te -Secretary, Mrs. Ned.'Nixon,,lli.)j,ohpth ru Fd.nin wind.
rfl 1 tA tVia orqtn nfOciJnnt'n m ado n rra !
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sussing membership in the as -
soclatlon- !
Mrs. Carl Lewis, magazine
chairman, reported that she had
obtained 56 subscriptions to the
PTA Magazine.. Mrs. Long an
nouneed that two certificates have
been received, the first when 25
subscriptions were sent in and
the second when 50 were secured.
Mrs. John Hurdle, membership
chairman, reported that the mem
bership drive is progressing sat
isfactorily. She. reminded the as-
sociation that November 15 is the
ship dues and' urged th
the "parents
who have not joined to dp so be- the visitors and a country style
fore that date. 'dinner was served by members
Melvin Eure, chairman of theof the Perquimans Grammar
Ways and Means Committee, re- School PTA.
ported on. the supper which was Columbia won the attendance
, . Continued on Page 'Six prize.
n'n'f ii i.ii inii.iuuu 'intvrtft imiivujinniiiifinnniri
Defeiidant Waives
Hearing On Charge
Of Attempted Rape
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Willie , Waldoni Negro prisoner
at Woodvyle Prison Camp waived
a prelirriirmrj' hearing hi Perquim
ans Recorder's Court last Tuesday
on charges of escape, breaking and
entering , and.,, attempted rape.
,- iiiBj case ws ,ee upon me qock-
let for. trial' at the Superior Court
'term next week.-.
sheriff J. K. White told this
!reporter the incidents occurred
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Thurfsriav evenine of last week
and that his investigation of the
matter revealed Waldon left a
road gang at a saw mill near
Woodville and went to the home
of Mrs. Beatie Twiddy nearby.
There, it was reported, the Ne
gro1 attempted to choke the wo
man,' threw her on a couch but
was scared ' off bV somebody ap
proaching the house. Waldron,
the sheriff said, had been iden
tified as the one who was in the
house and. committed the al
leged assault : ;'
Other cases disposed of during
the court session - Tuesday in
cluded the. casej,4f. Oliver Over
ton, Negro, who pleaded guilty
to driving without , a license,
reckless , driving and-' failing to
observe , a stop sign.," He. Was
given, a - six months road sen
tence to, be, suspended upon pay
ment of a fine, of $50 and. costs
"and paying for damages done
when his car struck 'the auto
owned by Policeman William
Tarkenton. - . , ., '
A fine -of $10 and costs were
taxed against Creg Lane, who
was found guilty on a charge of
failing to observe a stop sign.
Lane noted an appeal to' the Su
perior Court and the case was
set upon- the Superior Court
docket
i Costs of t court v were - taxed
against Oliver; ,Modlin,"i Negro,
Hertford Jaycees
Meeting Oct 16th
' The second quarterly meeting
of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce, 10th
District, was held here Wednes
day night of last week with
some 80 members from Hertford,
'
; sor Piymouth, williamston, Co-
lumhia and Ahoskie attending.
jRobersonville was the only club
'not represented,
J. B. Smith, Jr., off Gates
vine, national director, gave a
meeung neia in riign Fomt
w.u.e ciud presiaenis gave re-!hav-e expired by that time will
ports of their activities duringibe riispnntinlIP(1.
the past three months.
Report also were heard
by
district committee chairmen
Frank " Jennings ' of Elizabeth
City, Bob Bryan of Ahoskie and
Russ Twiford of Elizabeth City.
. Charlje Skinner, ,. president, of
.the Hertford Jaycees. welcomed
who submitted to a charge of
failing to report an accident im
mediately. Donald Wellett paid. the costs
of court after pleading guilty to
a charge of speeding.-
Ceciro Riddick, Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of non
support. He was given a 30-
day jail sentence to be suspend-
ed upon payment of $5 per week
for the u y of his wife.
Jacob Winslow, Negro, plead
ed guilty to charges of driving
drunk, driving without a . license
and speeding. He was sentenced
to jail for 90 days, same to be
suspended "upon payment cf a
fine of $150 and costs.
Mayor Requests
Cooperation In
Hertford Mayor V. N. Darden
today appealed to residents of the
town to Join with other citizens
of North Carolina in observance
of North Carolina Clean Up Week
Lto be proclaimed by Governor
Hodges from November 2 to 9. 1
' The campaign will climax the
state program to eradicate the
"litterbug". and to focus attention
on the need for a cleaner, more
beautiful North Carolina, .
Extra efforts will be, made to
clean up streets, highways, public
grounds and parks. , ,
Mayor Darden stated ' that this
State Clean Up Week, following
the recent project sponsored by
the ' Hertford Jaycees, will do
much to help make Hertford a
cleaner and more attractive place
in which to live.?'. - , , A .
State Program
Soliciting YeeMy
Renewals Iri County
' Members of the Parent-Teacher
Association of . the ; Hertford
Grammar School ' and . Central
Grammar S?hool pre now acting
as subscription agents for The
Perquimans Weekly, seeking re
newals to your home-county
newspaper, and will continue this
drive to raise funds for the next
three' weeks.
The groups are working inde
pendently of each other, in a
I drive to help raise funds for
school equipment usually fur
nished by PTA. The Perquim
ans Weekly is paying each
group a substantial commission
on all subscriptions sold and sub
scribers who renew their sub
scriptions through the PTA yjill
be helping the local schools and
at the same time they are pay
ing for their home newspaper
for another year. ' '-Hi
All subscriptions taken by the
PTA will be marked up at the'
end of the present expiration of'
the subscribers. Thus if a sub
scriber's paper expires January
li the renewal given a PTA
member will run from January
to January the following year.
Each street in Hertford and
esch community in the county
lias a PTA representative seek
ing renewal subscriptions and
subscribers are urged to co
operate by giving their renew
als to the solicitors calling at the
individual home. j
No notices of expiration will
be sent to subscribers Iol.owing
However . subscriptions which !
If you have not renewed your'by 8 score of 28"7- The loss aM
siihsrHntinn q vot d cr. todo bt wiped out any hopes the In-
through a member of the PTA;
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Honor Roll Lists
Fifty-nine Pupils
Perquimans High School honor
roll for the first grading period,
which closed last week, was re
leased with 59 students listed as
winning scholastic honors. In
cluded on the list were:
Eighth Grade Frank Ainsley,
Sidney Long, Franklin McGoog
Charlie Banks, Alton Daniels,
an, Mabel Cook, Emily Hurdle,
Edward Matthews, Linda Chap
pell, Michael Stoltz, Brenda
Wuh"6'
Stoltz. . - ,.
Ninth Grade Kathryn Bon
ner, Linda Bass; Hubert White,
Joyce Owens, Sallie Benton,
Faye' Wood. . .
Tenth Grade Allan Bonner,
Jack Brinn, 'Mary Lee Glenn,
Katherine Sawver. Betsy stal-
lings, Lena Umphlette, Lionel
Haste, Preston Winslow, Brenda
Elliott, Linda Lou Elliott, Ar
lene Stallings, Carolyn White,
"l Ski"ner' Jimmy Sul"van'
Pauline Baccus, Jo Ann Cart
wight, Pat Rogersbh, Clay
Stokes.
Eleventh Grade John Mat
thews, Letitia McGoogan, Ethel
Sutton, Elizabeth Thach, Beb
bie Tucker, Ray Winslow, Kath
leen ; Blanchard, Carolyn Lewis,
Shirley Tarkington.
Twelfth Grade Jean Edwards,
Alma Jane Godfrey, -Sophia God
frey, Rachel Spivey, , Iris Wilder,
Richard Wheeler, .Dan .Winslow,
Patsy Elliott, Lois Ann Hurdle,
Kay Matthews,- Beth Skinner.. .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Rivet,
Jr., of New Orleans, La.; announeel
the birth of a daughter; lorri FH' j
day, October 8V Mrs, Rivet is
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daughter of Harry Broughton and
the late Mrs. Julia Chalk Brough
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BAKE SALE
The Hertford Chapter of the
Eastern star will hold a bake
and fancy goods sale Saturday
morning at '10 o'clock at the
Hertford ' - - Furniture - .Company
store.. ' - ' . I
Perns
mans High
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MIGHTY POTATO FROM TINY VINE -This six-pound
sweet potato was grown by John W. Dichms of Stillwater, Okla.
Dlehms, who styles himself a -city farmer," said he found the
huge specimen giwi--- tin.. ,-jnP n his patch.
Edento
n
28-7 Victory Over
Perquimans Team
Playing without the services of
a couple of key players, the
Perquimans Indians went down
I to defeat at the hands of the
lEdenton Aces last Friday nieht
alons ,,aa Ql capturing the Al-
'bemarle Conference title this
'season.
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Except for the opening minutes
i -ot h ball game when Tommy,.
Matthews raced 79 yards for a
hiuliiuvwu, uu. nic seconu piay
of the contest, placing Per
quimans ahead '7-0, the Aces
were masters of 'the game.
After the Perquimans score
Edenton marched for six first
downs during the first quarter I1, Jcan '"wa"s- busmess man
but lost possession of the ball bv 8.ger: Kay Matthews. assistant;
a fumble on the Perquimans 33 iA-nancla . Matthews and Janice
yard-line.: Early in the second I chaPP". 'circulation managers;
nnsrtoi. 4t, tj;.. ,
v. v.., iuc Aiiuiaus 1CVUVCICU a I
second Edenton fumble but found
themselves backed up to the-8-yard
stripe by a penalty. Eure
was caught behind the goal line
giving Edenton a safety and two
points.' Following this play the
Indians came to life and rolled
up six' first downs but lacked
Isufficient punch to score. Eden
ton then tallied a TD on a pass
play from Overton toAshley and
the Aces held an 8-7 half time
.advantage?
Overton hit Marvin Ashley for
a 36-yard pass during the third
period which gave the Aces an
other touchdown, running the
score to .14-7.
About this time Nixon and
Poctor were lost from the In
dians' lineup ' because of in
juries. During the final period Eden
ton scored two more touchdowns,
the first coming on a run by
Bruce White and the second was
scored by Overton on a quarter-,
oacK sneak.
Edenton had 17 first downs to
Perquimans 9, while the Indians
lost a -total of 90 yafrds by pen
alties to Edenton's 15.
The contest was the last con-"
ference game for Perquimans
which now has a 3-2 record.
Foun games, all scheduled to be
played in1 Hertford, remain on
the Indians' ' schedule. Manteo
comes y here Friday night to
tangle '.With Perquimans and on
November 1' 'Spring 'Hope will
furnish : the opposition for the
Indiansit ' !'
ACCEPTS POSITION -
"M T.r CTrn Tltnrvlre Vine
ceW accepted a position as as
sistant dietitian on the staff of
Texas. Technological College. Mrs.
Brooks is the former Shirley Eure
of Hertford, Routed. Mr. Brooks
is a graduate student of geology
and a .member of the faculty at'
Texas. Tech. '
; MASONS TO MEET
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge
i No.. 106,. A. F. & A. M., will meet
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
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. S. Annual Staff
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Plans for publishing th? Kil
cocanen, Perquimans High School
annua), are developing under a
staff recently elected. Heading
the staff as editor-in-chief is Ra-
chael Spivey. Other editors are
Gail Pierce, senior; Jimmy
Butts, assistant; Beckie Cox,
tivities; Patsy Elliott, assistant;
Gloria Stalling inninr oditnr-
Clay Stokes, sophomore editor; these boys have been on a judg-!Cnristau H- A. Turner. Gar
Phyllis Bagley. freshman editor: : ing team and they still have land Stallings, Arthur N. Chap-"
Sonnv Matlhows snorts- .TnhnnJ three and four vears of iudcinH ,Pe11- William Riddick. H. W.
Phillips, advertising; W. N. Mat-
hcws ;l,t; Rov cllPP''. assist -
mjuui apiif i , uan winsiow a? -
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MMciiu, oecKy lNixon; lypiSIS, ld&svi vi ctuiiiicus weie veiy
Myrtle Asbell, Sophia Godfrey, close and it really took well ex
Lois Hurdle, Beth Skinner and perienced eyes to determine the
Janet Elliott. difference in all the classes.
Perquimans Scout
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r una Lnve ypenea
I uesday
Perquimans County's annual fi
nance drive for Boy Scouts got
under way here last Tuesday
morning under the leadership of
Henry C. Stokes, Ji, at a break
fast at the Hotel. Hertford at
which Mrs. J. If. Bagley was the
hostess. .
After the delicious breakfast.
Mr. Stokes spoke briefly on the
aims of this drive and distributed
campaign cards and receipts to
the large number of volunteer
workers.
He pointed out this drive is part
of the state-wide coordinated Boy
Scout finance campaign under the
leadership of the governors of
North Carolina and Virginia. Al
though the Albemarle District is
part of a national Boy Scout or
ganization the goal expected to be
collected in the campaign will all
be spent in the district on de
veloping a program for the more
than 1,300 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts
and Explorers who reside in the
Albemarle area.
Solicitors, many of whom at-
tended the breakfast, who .' are
volunteering their time and ef
fort to make the 1957 Boy Scout
drive a success include Mrs. D.
M. Jackson, Henry C. Sullivan, J.
McNider. Jr Jarvis Henry, Dr.
A. B. Bonner, Mrs. Jack Brinn, J.
Jimory wnite, a. w. neiren, Mrs.
M. G. Owens, Mrs. R. L. Hollo-
well, S. M. Whedbee, C T. Skin
ner, Jr., Broughton ,DaiL Mrs.
'Charles F. Murray, J. W. Dillon,
20 Criminal Cases
Gn Superior Court
Docket For Monday
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Building: And Loan
i Increases Dividend
here next Monday with Judge
Directors of the Hertford Clifton L. Moore presiding. A
Build ng and Loan Association, total of 22 criminal cases are
at a meeting beld Tuesday, vot- listed on the docket for the term
ed to increase its dividend rate according to W. H. Pitt, clerk,
on full paid stock to per Eive of the cases involve the
cent per annum effective for theft of an automobile from Hoi
payments to be made in Decern- lowell Chevrolet Company; two
ber for the past six months defendants, Clarence Brickie and
period. Creg Lane will face charges of
The action '.v s taken by the manslaughter; Willie Lee Wins-di!Vftor;follo-vving
a review of a low. Negro, is charged m four
state examination of the local founts on violation of traffic
association, which revealed as-1 !aws: other cases listed are dnv
sets of the Building and Loan in? drunk, two cases; possession
had incieaed more than $58,000 , of non-tax paid liquor; reckless
during the past 15 months.
4-H Judging Team
Loses At State Fair
'drawn: Lottie Miller vs. George
The Perquimans County 4-H Miller; Fenner Morris, Jr., vs.
Livestock Judging Team attend- Barbara Morris; Beulah Harrell
ed the Noitii Carolina State Fair vs. Lloyd Harrell; Percell Skin
last, week and participated in ner vs. Charlie Jernigan and Ed--
the State Livestock Judging
finals.
By w'nning third place at 4-H
Club Week in Rnleigh this sum
mer, they won the right to com
pete in the final contest
The team is composed of four Art m. vs. Laura Lowe; 'Olilee
boys: Wayne Howell, son of (White vs. Lycurgus White; And
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Howell of rey Roach vs. Pyramid Life In
Route 2. Hertford: Vernon Wins- surance Co.; Anne Harrell vs.
low, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
N. Winslow: Billy and Ed Nixon,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Nix
on, also of Route 2, Hertford.
The team placed fifth in the
fnal contest. The boys were
very disappointed, but they are
i looking forward to another year
f judging and hope to be able
ac-jto tln a better job in the final
i contest.
This is the first vear anv of
i left. Once a team wins state,
.they are ineligible to judge in
anv further contest
The competition was very keen
with three teams composed of
members who have been judging
,11" nvc .veais.
The
i t i
JVlorning
Claude Brinn, Talmage Rose, R
A. Willis and W. W. White.
Mr. Stokes reported the drive Tllesc;av. announced the cam
will be conducted throughout the ajKn (0 raise $3 000 for ,rs
county and the committee is now to the new ljbrary hulIding had
in the process of organizing the' hed gQal wjm contribu.
canvass in rural areas. tjons to d)te amounting to
increased interest is o e i n g
shown in the Boy Scout move
ment locally as revealed by
growth of local Scout activity and
increasing number of Cub Scout
units.
Inspection Made At
King Street School
Final inspection of the construc
tion of King Street School was
conducted Thursday of last week
by representatives of the Board of
Education, State Board of Educa-
tion along with the contractors, it
was reported by J. T. Biggers, su
perintendent of schools.
The building was found to be
satisfactory and constructed ac
cording to specifications and was
accepted by the school officials,
despite several minor jobs re
maining to be finished by the con
struction crews.
Mr. Biggers stated final pay
ment on the construction of this
building will be made within the
next few weeks.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Christgau
announce the birth of a son on
Thursday, October 24,, at Albe
mare Hospital,' Elizabeth City." :
Perquimans . Superior Court
term for October will convene
driving, two cases; assault,, two
casss and two cases charging ..
breaking and entering,
j Court officials anticipate the j
icriminal docket will be complet- I
ed in time to permit the hearing
of some civil actions and the fol
lowing civil calendar has been
die Austin; Percy Brothers vs.
Charlie Jernigan; Widows Fund,
Sudan Temple vs. Charlotte Um
phlett; William Wilson vs. Wil
bert Wilson; Willie Mallorv vs.
iKeefer Mallorv; W. N. Douelas,
Benjamin Harrell; Elizabeth
Thatch vs. Lonnie Thatch. Jr.
Drawn for jury service at this
term of court were:
John Godfrey, Ralph Harrell,
John Lassiter, Jimmy Meads,
Lonnie
Spruill, Claude Dail,
Ernest Symons, Zack Phillips,
L. R. Gay. Freeman Umphlett,
Louis Stallings, Daily N. Roun
tree, C. T. Phillips, Mrs. Redmon
Perry. Merritt Lowe, Henry
Lynch. E. C. Woodard. Jerry
Stokely. Sammie Monds, James
Perry, Erman Lane.
N. C. Spivey. Wallace Bright,
Earl Morse. William Copeland,
Mrs. J. E. White, C. R. Chappell,
William C. Barclift, David R.
Trueblood, Clarence Burke, Sr.,
A. L. Dail, Dewey Overton, B.
P. Chappell, Luther Copeland,
Jimmy Sawyer, Johnny Gray,
Charles A. Perry, Garland Eure,
W. Q. Hurdle. George C. Eure,
Jr., Walter Dail, J. L. Bateman,
L. O. Overton, Tommie Ellis,
Will E. Dail and Edgar Roberson.
. Library Drive Now
Totals $3,024.54
The Perquimans Library
Board, at a mertinp npld lact
$3,024.54.
The Board reported it will
;butors to tw ' '
soon as final reports are made
by all solicitors, and the list is
completed. Expenditures will
also be published in order that
the public will have final fig
ures as to the costs of renovat
ing the building for library use.
Work in preparing the build
ing for the use by the library is
progressing, it was reported. A
heating system is now being in
stalled and painting of the in
terior will start just as soon as
the recently installed plaster is
dry. Most of the painting will
be done by volunteers who are
donating their time and service
to the project. J
FIRE CALL MONDAY '
Hertford Fire Department was
called to the home of Leroy
White, on Church Street, f at
about 7:30 Monday morning; to
extinguish a fire believed caused
by spontaneous combustion
among material :- stored in the
basement of the house. 'The fire
was quickly extinguished., with
only slight damage reported.' K