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:3 XXIV.-vNumber 50. raa Club Honors f ' 'mmmr. lt :w,.. ... ! . A ,w ri i TB lrr -W 1' ; . - ' -- - . .V . i I .. .. I ! . i i !.' i t ,. ir --' r- : -: . - j :4iJ. persons! auena ' " e Jimriu; at Hertford Qram- ti.hoJ,j list( Monday tiight, nsored by the .Hertford Lions Club as a tribute to Clarence ChappelL Jr., oh the recent win ; Jnj of the American Star Farm er title at Kansas City," Mo. Honored guests at the event in addition to Mr. and Mrs, C: oppell were the youth's par-1 .. i, sister and uncle, William C. Chappell, his former igricul- hire teachers, G. C. Buck. "and Joe Tunnell. ' s : Special guests included state agriculture officials from Raleigh i;M .nfimber of persons from ) Jso, aotank, Chowan 'and ".Can -in Hi"--. ,U:V'. , R. ,M4' Thompson, kions past 'residihW,-and county I agent, ected asitoastmaster . and intro duced ! the' honored ' guests, each f of wfrom ! gave brief remarks concerning ; Clarence s . activities in the work of Future Farmers ijf America.,- A ft. fl-ane,' chairman of the of County Commissioners, ( paid tribute to Clarence Chap welcomed ' the guests and spe- pell, Jr., recently awarded the rial .music was" provided "by America Star Farmer title for Misses Letitia McGoogan, Jane j arhievement as a member of the and Jean Keel. Future Fasmers of America. .-U.. S. Senator W. Kerr Scott,; .. 1 widely kn6wn for the interest and development of farming ac tivities in North ' Carolina, was the guest speaker" for the event. a The .Senator was introduced by Representative Carroll Holmes. '; Speaking on ; farm problems, Senator Scott said agriculture is going ' through a critical period and this trend can be expected to continue (or the next few V years. " He stated one of the , chief problems faced by farmers iji North Carolina;, is the wide production o$ "a 'majority , of Jtvopa and, tljat despite . figures " to. the "contrary farm .income in r'CaroHna' for fSwi1ifSeVSenii'4)Ut - 1hiA needed' to be ut $150 'millions yxp&stJ the . . . .... concerned mostly 'with the loss in the field of tobacco. :v "Farmers have a right to be in the dumps over the 'situation," the Senator said in pointing out the . farmer heeds ' to look to a wide field of production rather t.aa be content to grow one cl.'ef cash crop. . 'x Advocating adoption of a L. ioU Vear. i ThlSdrc beinlWlCe no Wovidt BiVIrldUUert JSiurch Conference evealed ;utiire Expansion ; "In God We Trust-: "was the subject ,of 1 the Methodist . Dig; Irict Conference sermon preach 1 by Dr, Carl Sariders, supbr .endent of the Richmond, Vir nia, pistrict at First Methodist .urch, Hertford, Thursday hen the Elizabeth City District , , , ' a tar. a new dependence upon God if our nation is to remain great, Dr. Sanders reminded his audi ence . that "we have ., lived t' rough seven civilizations and onra may not be the last." He ' ted- three areas in -which i'..urch people need to revitalize t";eir efforts if ours is to be a Christian America: First, the 1-eeping of the Christian Sab 1 h; second, the elimination of bling and crime; third, the :g of standards: of the day which we live., "Physical th, bodily" pleasure poli nwer, and financial success i gods we . worship," he p he closed , his message : " a for renewed efforts e part of Christians to live ; the motto "In God Wd F;ev. C- Freeman Heath, rtenJent of the Elizabeth -iv.t, pre:i.' 1 at Thurs C Terence al called for ; ' -m the Eouid of Itis ''Dlism, Lay Activities . n. The r-v. tcn ' r cf Fr t I ' o- " 'y : We- . (f '. C" ? "r. 'r' -' .-Dinner Speaker Senator , W. Kerr Scott was the special guest speaker at a dinner held here Monday night uhpn " tho HirtfnrH T.inna Plnh strong three-point program, which he believes is needed to bolster the agriculture situation, thr Senator said he intended tr work for a better agriculture situation when Congress con venes next January. ;. . , Included in this program is development o fa water resource plan, greater growth' of home processing of crops and a strong; er : marketing cooperative pro gram. . The Senator told his audience farmers have developed a very strong purchas'ns cooperative balanced off with a marketing ... .... . V1U .X I with a fair-shart Arf'ihe national income. At Ihe close lot the Drrenaoi, i.ion' Past seJiaTiJliW presented Chappell with a gift from the . members of the I.lnnp Club, X tijken, of awricjpttjn-if the 'reeggnition-f he 'iievl sfdt Perquimans County in the win ning of the Star Farmer. Award. Plans For ft Cob1 director of the Methodist Retirement ' Home at J Durham, pcl&J Officer ning the Home's exptt ftAbn program. ' ;. . , . - Highlights of pastors' reports Was presented by . the, district superintendent, and . it ; was re vealed that 355 new .members have been received into the membership of the Methodist . . ..... . , churches in the district during the past five months, : with . 85 babies being christened. ' Ap proximately, $80,000 has been spent on buildings and improve ments during that period, and $30,000 has been .sent to confer ence treasurer for world ser vice and conference benevol ,ences. ' County Seal Sale Now Totals $510 ; 'V'Mrs.'C, P. Morris, Chairman of the Christmas Seal' Sale for Per'r qiiimahs County, 1 urged everyone to mail . jn , their contributions. Some '430 " letters have been- re turned and a total of $510.70 had been realized so far, of a $1,300 goal that is se . badly ' needed to help carry on the work of the Tuberculosis Association in Per quimans County, Mrs. Morris also reminds those who are sending cards and pack ages during Christmas to use the 1957' Christmas . Seals, for . the Seals help to fight iTB through the year-around work of the As sociation which is supported sole ; t t! e ennual sale of Christ- Hertford, Perquimans County North Carolina, Friday, December 13, 1957. tB - te.T5 Perquimans Indians madeiU it "two in; a .row over Weeksville High basketball yteam last vFrij day . ; night while tithe Indian Squaws lest to the-; Weeksville girls. . , I .The Indians, . led by Parker Chesson, who scored 1 1 points, edged the Weeksville boys' team by a, 35-22 margin,' ' Perquimans'Ied 7-0 at the end1 of the first . quarter- and then' Weeksville closed' "the t gap to 9-7 at half time : The Indians tallied eight points in the third period to lead 17-11 at the third quarter mark. Both teams hit better during the - last quarter, the ;.' Indians scoring 18 points and Weeksville racking up a to tal of II, . . i I? Chesson. was high scorer for the Indians with 11, followed bv Burton and Tucker, each of ;Whom scored.geven points, Odom dropped in a' total of 11 points "or Weeksville. Weeksville girls scored a 45 to 39 win over the Indian Squaws. Score at half time was 23-17 in favor of Weeksville. : Virginia Eves led the winners with 19 points, while Pierce scored 18 points for Perquimans. and Bag ey netted 15 points; On Tuesday night the Indians and Squaws journeyed to Central and won a double-header from the Pasquotank cage teams. The Indians, won by a 55 to 27 score while -the Squaws scored a 48-39 victory over Central girls. ' The girl's contest was close un til the final . quarter when the Squaws moved ahead for a nine point margin;. Halftime score was 25-19 in. favpr of Perquimans. El liott was high scorer with 15 for 'he Squaws, Bagley netted. 11, Pierce tallied 10t and McGoogan scored 12. Morgan with 16 points was high scorer for Central.. ,;. Opening witlv a fast first quar ter ,thp Indians gained a 10-8 lead - iv:niie tenim yvya anu uieii . . '1 U-.. A1 pit ft or 19 points' in th'e second ontowhile Central again scored V.'Qafrtime score was 29-16, Per- wintfans.' 'The Indians sank 2fi ,.:.'' j i . ... . j I .4 ouints during me secoiiu nan whjlepCntral counted for 11.' .Scaring for Perquimans were Mfltthf ws 13, Burton 14, Tucker 12, Chesson 12, Miller 4. Rose, with nine points led the scoring for Central. :; ! THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES f '' r ; President Eisenhower will leave Washington Friday to attend the NATQ meeting , in, Paris, it was announced ' following a medical checkup . given the President on Tuesday.-. It has been- reported the President will advance U. S. proposals at the NATO meeting j aimed at cementing tne western alliance into an, event stronger unit. . Russia, following its usual pat tern for propaganda, just prior to meetings of the Allies', has is sued a letter calling for a new summit meeting of world powers for the purpose, of outlawing war. The letter was delivered in Wash ington Tuesday .but official, com ment on its contents is not ex pected before Friday. . - Senator Lyndon Johnson, speaking this week on the state of defense affairs, said this nation should junk the 4Q-hour week un til such time as the present emer gency is over. The senator called for all-out efforts in. the develop-! ment of a missile program by the United States; JohraorCI -suggest-ion drew, quick opposition from leaders bf( organized labon- - ', - ' , i, .' The worst subway strike in the history of New;, York has created a traffic jam in that city, as thou sands of persons took to motor ve hicles as a -means Of transporta tion to and from. work. Streets already crowded , with vehicles has traffic backed ud for miles ?s police attempt to direct an or derly flow of the traffic. Job ab senteeism and a 'drop in business for stores were reported caused by the strike.-. i KILLER .'BIRDS' Three Arm Uawk miMile mounted on a tracked loader ive the new hunter-klUer mlistle treat mobility in the field. The 'self-propelleii, hifhly-maneuverablo vehicle can move its load swiftly from itoraie to Brine site over routh or muddy Urraln. Peanut Marketing Slowed BW and Crop Condition " ' i- . m mm aaah - In September it was theugMi that the peanut marketing sea-, son would be about completed j: by tliis time. However, due to inclement weather ; harvesting and marketing of the peanut crop is still the No. ' 1 problem to about 70 , of Our peanut growers.' , During this period of time, a number of things haye taken place which have created brary Board in its meeting on a certain amount . of confusion, Tuesday, heard Mrs. W. H Pitt which' Pa's'ot been" beneficial tb ( giv6a report on the total contH the selatUmship between therbutions of the library drive 'for commercial buyer, the Co-op and funds. the farmer; It is hoped that the," A total of $3,512.36 -was con conditions creating . this confu sion have - been pretty largely ironed out to the point where the facts can be clearly estab- 'i ;hed, " and an ., 'understanding Mished -in.. The .Perquimans WeeTt reached ' by all concerned that My. They are from Mr. and Mrs. will allow.foF a continuation of! Emmett Stalling? and Mrs. Roy nlcasant relationships Tjetween ; Nixon. nil porties concerned in : the ! Mrs. Pitt told the board that a marketing' iOf the . crop, it is re-j, little more work remained to be oorted by:' Joe ; Sugg, secretary") done before the final bills could if the ' North Carolina Peanut , be Daid. Growers Association. Sugg , said: . "It should be pointed out. here that for vari ous 'reasons relating to , supplv ind quality that some of the buyers feel that their buying policies should be modified front-hose which they have followec" in the past.': . Generally speak ing,, the' buyers . have follower the price structure as establish ed under the support prograir with respect to the:, grades of peanuts. V It' should be thor oughly understood by all grow ers that the" buyers .are not ob- 'igated . to follow any specified system except that which they themselves devise for their own individual operations, as they ire ; operating ' private, busi nesses., using their own funds On the other hand, the grower? should understand that there if a price-support program operat ed by the United States Depart ment ;'of .'Agriculture with the Peanut ' Growers Cooperative Marketing r Association as the idministratave agency in North Carolina and Virginia. It is the luty j and responsibility of the Co-op to inake ; price supports available to all eligible growers 'lased upon , the price support schedule according to the grade ,f leachyindividual lot of peanuts nffered.' '.Based upon the grade 'ihd '"the 'price as determined by the price support schedule it hen is - the grower' resporis,i.-. bility to determine1 whether or not it & to his advahtage' to sell to a Commercial buyer or olace them' under . loan with the Co-op. It is the general policy of the- fCo-op to '' establish re viving points as V. conveniently M possible' to. all growers. Due o many problems too numerous to explain in this article there was t considerable delay, in the establishment of some receiving points. There have been addi Csrinued on Pag Eight lilllillipiiillpi eather Recent Fund Drive The Perquimans County Li- tributed by more than '700 indi viduals and business firms. Threr contributions have been receivec since the list of names was pub- The' board went on record as being very grateful to those who contributed money and also to the nany beo.ple who generously ;ave' of their tirrie, talents and nateriais to make the library pro :ect a success. The men and women who so licited fuhds throughout the town and county deserve many thanks. The' library is deeply indebted 'o the Jaycees for much of the! . : : . : . t-r,,..!.,.. xt; ' m and Joe Tunnell for sign paint ing; to Pat Keegan for refinishing furniture; to Miss Minnie Lee Winslow . for bookkeeping; to three-town workers, who under the direction -of Mayor Darderi ind Superintendent Britt. moved the books to the new building. The board expresses apprecia tion also to the numerous women who dusted, sorted and shelved thousands-of books and to. the donors of ninety-five pieces of Shrubbery which have been plant, ed around the building. : It is almost impossible to list the help given in every phase of the renovation of and the mov ing into the new library. The board : sincerely hopes that the people of the town and county will come to the' open house plan ned for early in January and see for themselves the attractive li brary that has been made possible by their money, time and efforts. Commissioners To Meet With Listers . The.Board of County Commis sionerse will meet in special session next Monday at 10 A. M. with the. county tax list ers for the purpose of issuing instructions and supplies for the listing of 1958 taxes' on property within the county. The list takers will begin their duties on January 2, 1958, and will make an announcement -as to the schedule at a later date. UDrarytJoaro tb i n k Given Report On Ml ' I ' CV Speaker Sunday At Methodist Church The Rev. Lin wood E. 'Black burn of 1 Wadosboro, N. C, mis sionary of the Methodist Church ;n Luanda, Angola, Portugese Africa, will he guest speaker at h:; First Methodist Church, lertford, Sunday morning, De fmbiir 15, at the regular 11 .iVloik worship hour. His com ing is the fulfillment of one of he goals of the local church Jommission on Missions, to have i missionary or exchange stu ent as guest of the-church at east once each year. ..,,' ;'-Xhc Rev. . Mr, , Bla,gkburn is "irector of the Mission .Station ind ol the Christian Social Cen ter serving the city Of Luanda ind the surrounding communi es. He and his family have icon in Africa since 1943, hav ng returned to the States last pring en furlough. Educated at Duke University and the, Duke 'Divinity School, he also has had raining at the School of Mis iions in. Hartford. Connecticut, and Pembroke State College, dong 'with-work in Cornell Uni versity. It is especially fitting that Methodists' should hear the Rev. Mr. Blackburn's message at this time, because Africa is one of the areas of . study during the hurch-wide study this year. All Methodists in this area are in vited to hear Mr. Blackburn Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. He- will also remain in Hertford to speak at the Chowan-Perquimans Methodist Youth Sub district meeting Monday . night in Winfall. Those who cannot hear him Sunday morning are invited to hear him Monday night in Winfall, Epworth Metho dist Church, at 7:45 o'clock. Central PTA Will Meet Next Monday The PTA of Central Grammar School will hold its December meeting next Monday night, De cember 16, at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium ofl the school. : The topic of the meeting will be "For the future we build through ac tive spiritual faith." The school will have charge of the program with Mrs. William Wood .direct ing. All members of the PTA are urged to attend. ' . Draft Office To Close For 10 Days The office of Perquimans Coun ty's Draft Board will be closed for a 10-day period, starting De cember 16, it was announced thi? week by Mrs. . Margaret Scaff. clerk to the board. -The office will be re-opened on. December 26th. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs, ' John Danchise announce the birth of "a son, Wil lis Proctor, born at Albemarle Hospital. . Mrs. Danchise is the former Mary Proctor. ' . i ; Missionary Guest Officers Liquor - Iri1 Raid Wednesday Stores Announce Holiday Schedule Hertford stores and business houses will observe three days holiday for Christmas and New Year, it was reported to The Weekly Tuesday . following a survey conducted among the merchants to determine the schedule of hours for the holi-1 panied by John .Edwards of the days. The survey revealed a j SBI and Edenton Police Chief majority-of the stores will be George I. Dail, conducted the closed December 25 and 26 in ' r:iid looking Yor cigarettes al observance of Christmas and al- legodly stolen from the Hblmes so win Close on Wednesday, January 1, for New Year. The stores will resume their regulan schedule of hours after that date. Honor Roll Lists Fifty-two Pupils Fifty-two students at Perquim ans High School were listed on the school honor roll for the sec Perquimans High ond grading period which closed i ro" 111 m ,he Spruill homo. , last week, it was reported by E. i sh-rllf White stated the li C. Woodard, principal of thf quor was in several five gallon school. a"d one gallon jugs and a quan- Honor students for the period ;titv in Pint bottles, were: Edenton police have charged Eighth Grade: Mabel Louise ! Spruill with receiving stolen Cook, Emily Hurdle, Frank Ains- property and Sheriff White has ley, Sidney Long, Franklyn Mc-' charged him with possession of Googan, Charlie Banks, Alton non-tax paid liquor for the pur Daniels, Edward Matthews, Wade Pse of sale. Spruill was re Morgan, Mike Stoltz, Linda Chap- leased from local custody on a pell, Brenda White, Jimmy $500 bond. He will be given a White, Paige Chappell, Brenda hearing in Perquimans Record Smith, Paula Stoltz. ' er's Court . next week on the Continued on Page Eight charge brought hy local officers. Var ied)dckm iff Recorder's Court Tuesday A docket consisting- of 12 jwithout license, rases of a varied .nature waij "Willie Walker was fined $25 u sposed Of during Tuesday's and i:osts of court after he sub session of Perquimans Record---mitted to charges of failing to .r's Court presided over by ; " ''Po' t an accident, and exceeding Judge Chas. E. Johnson. a sfc speed limit. Wilbert Collins, Negro, charg- ,5'Willie Lister, Negro,. submitted e.l with reckless driving follow-; to a charge of driving without :ng art accident two weeks ago i a license and paid a fine of $25 which caused damages to Mr. and Mrs. Ruf us .Proctor and Haywood Proctor, entered a plea ; of guilty to the charge and he was ordered' to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. ' Herman Hollowell was found j guilty on a charge of driving drunk. He was ordered to pay j a fine of $150 and costs of! Th H"v- Don c- Pryor, pastor court. The defendant noted .'an ot 'he Salem Baptist - Church,., appeal to Superior Court. Ap- f Weeksville, -has -accepted the po peal bond was set at $200. fition of Associations! Missionary Two school students, Johnnie ;of ,ht' Chowan -P.ptist . A.-sociu- Miller, Jr., charged with soeed- Jr., charged with speed-! ing, and Lloyd Morgan; charged with failing to observe a stop sign, entered pleas of guilty to 'he charges. After a lecture by the Court the youths were giv en $25 fines, both to be sus pended providing each submitted V 300-word theme to the Court in' the subject of their viola tions. Ernest Moore, Negro, paid a fine of $25 and costs after sub mitting to a charge of driving without a license. Jesse Moore, Negro, paid a fine of $25 and court costs after submitting, to a charge of permitting an unli censed operator to drive his car. Mary Matthews submitted to a charge of failing to yield a right-of-way and paid the court costs. . . ' Virginia' Hales, charged with improper passing, entered a plea of guilty to the charge and paid the costs of court. Charles Shneers paid the costs of court on a charge of failure to observe a stop sign. He sub mitted to the charge. William Billups, Jr., Negro, paid a $25 fine and court costs after he had entered a plea of guilty, to a charge of driving 5 Cents Per Copy. Capture Cigarettes Police officers, . conducting ! Sm 4 mid, here. Wednesday morning in f j searcn 01 stolen property, cap tured some four cases of cigar- ettes and about 12 gallons of il legal liquor in the home of Joe Spruill, Negro, who resides on' Edenton Road Street. Sheriff J. K. White and Police j Officer Robert A. White aeeom- I Wholesale Grocery warehouse j Edenton last Sunday niuht- i s)lt.rift Whitp r,.p(11.tod of , ficers had apprehcnde, ,hl ppr. i sons who brf)ke jn)() th(j Edpn j ton warehouse and had secured . a c(.nfess:on about the robbery; ; 'along with information the cig jaretles stolen in the robbery I had been sold to Joe Spruill of Hert oid. i i A search warrant for the Spruill property was secured jhere Wednesday mfrning and , officers went to the residence 1 to conduct a search for the cig rettes, which along with thei iliqurr were discovered in a' Morning ! and. costs of court i Pryor Named To i New Baptist Post t,on- SUOTeam me late Key, Garland M. Singletary. Mn Pry or offered his resignation Sunday to the Salem Baptist Church, ef fective December '.30, 'and will as sume his duties with the Associa tion the first of the year. He will occupy the office formerly occu pied by Mr. Singletary located at the Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. Pryor is married to Barbara ; Cuthrell of Deep Creek, Va., and they have one daughter, Deborah age two. He has served the Sa- ' lem Baptist Church as pa.stor for1 the past five years. A native of Texas, he is a graduate of Baylor ' University and the Southern Bap tist Theological "-.Seminary 'of' Louisville, Ky.; He has also stud- '.' icd at the Unfversity of Heidel- -berg, Heidelberg, ' Germany and the Baptist Seminary at Zurich, Switzerland. . Mr. Pryor - was unauimously elected to this position by the Executive Committee of the Cho wan Baptist Association upon unanimous recommendation of of the Screening Committee. The committees 'express themselves as being pleased with securing a man of Mr. Pryor's ability and knowledge of the association for this strategic office, a 1
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