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.i iiblic Invited To
Attend Open House
At New Bank Wed.
- " ' Formal ' opening of Hertford's
. pew $1)0,000 banking house will
, be, observed here next Wednes
day night, January 15, between
'. the hours of , seven "and 9:30
o'clock, , it was announced today
by R, M.; Riddick, president of
' : the banking company. ,
. Officials of the bank .have been
planning' for this event for'sev-
: . eral months and a cordial invi
' tation is issued to the- public of
0,Perquittians County, both chil-
' ' spect the new bank brilding next
i 'Wednesday night, . special invi
ii tahons have been mailed to bank-
Qing officials in North Carolina,
" Vii-nini n anI TOmir VMlr' on1 q
; large number of out-of-town vlsit-
vors are expected to be here for
(the formal open house next week,
.', Mr. Riddick slated that refresh-
kients will be served and favors
Will be provided all persons at
tending the open house for the
new bank.
' two' special door prizes, --one
' $50 savings bond and one $25
: savings bond will also be award
ed to j two individuals attending
the vent.
: 'iThe. ;Company's new building,
, recently "completed, was designed
b$ . Raymond" Fuson, New Bern
architect, and was constructed by
fhe P. S. West Construction Com-
Jany of Greenville and States
ille. 'The building, of Colonial
design is one of the most mod
ern banking houses in North Car
6tina and has received high praise
' frfcm 'bank patrbns and visitors
since 'placed in operation last
mftnttu, -
Hertford Banking Company be
gat operations in 1901 and has
shown inconstant and steady
- growth through the years. Pres-
ent directors of the' bank 'are R
"M. ijiddlclc'Jr., DJ-. TrPliBnon, J.
W. lyard, V-N. Dartfen and Chas.:
E. Johnson
Defendant Fined
On Liquor Charge
!y Local
A1 ?0-day suspended sentence
Was jpieted out to Joe Spruill,
Hertford Negro, after he had en'
tener a plea of guilty to charges
of possessing some 10 to 12 gal- j
Ions of non-tax paid liquor be-'
fore- Recorder Chas.: E. Johnson
In ;' Recorder's Court last Tues
day. Spruill was ordered, jo pay
a fine : of $100 and costs and the
' eentence suspension was also on
condition not more than one gal-
Ion of1 tax-paid liquor be found
. i on the Spruill premises". during
f the next two' years. The de-
. V fondant was charged with the
f-.. liquor violation after ? officers
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. fcember 11. 1
: ; -Jesse East entered a 'plea of
: guilty , to charges of attempted
larceny of an automobile being
'.drunk and destruction of prop
pty.. ' The court ordered East to
epe 12 mdnths on 'the roads or
' pay a fine of $250 and. court
icyits. , , ;
lley Moore submitted to a
charge! of driving with improp
er' flights nd , shooting fire
works. He paid the jbosts of
couit. '
Bernice Tee White paid a
fine', of $25 and court' costs af
ter pleading T guilty to . charges
of driving without a license.
I Costs '! of court were taxed
Against George Johnson,' Negro,
who -submitted to a charge -of
being drunk on a highway,
RcLtwood HarrelL . charged
h driving with.an expired li-
, - - i ' .
entered a plea of guilty
lid the court costs.. '
s of court ''were! taxed
George Buffer, who sub
to a charge of being
. . . ' ,- y v I
r Jones Negro, entered
' ruilty to driving with
3 and failing to ob
. Ko was giyr
nee to be sus
v nt cf a tne
r-.'.rt.
Lane-Nixon Vows
Given At Anderson
Methodist Church
Miss- Deborah ' Ann "Wixon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pres
ton Nixon,- became the bride of
Crea :.Tn1inn ' T.nnp Rnn nf Mr.
ana Mrs. Irving L,ane, at
o'clock Sunday afternoon at An
derson Methodist Church. The
vows were heard by the Rev. P.
M. Porter in a setting of palms
lighted candles in tall candelabra
with tall baskets of white glads,
mums and chrysanthemums,
open Bible Willi mum and satjn
ribbons streams and potted fern.
Miss Betty Faye Ralph of
Corapeake, cousin of the bride,
was pianist. Miss Shelby Jean
Overton, soloist, sang "Because"
and "The Lord's Prayer."
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a ballerina
length wedding gown of lace and
tulle over satin, styled with an
oval escalloped neckline. The
very bouffant skirt of lace misty
with tulle. Her fingertip veil of
illusion was attached to a crown
of seed pearls and she carried a
white prayer book with a white
purple-throated orchid and step
hanotis. Miss Mabel Wrea Mathews
was maid of honor. She wore a
gown of emerald green velvet
styled with basque bodice three -
luarter length sleeves. The
very bouffant skirt was baller
na length. - She', carried a bou
quet of yellow shastor daisies.
Edward Lee Nixon and Gen"
NTixon, brothers of1' ,the bride.
lighted the "candles. - -
The best man ' was Durwood
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Recorder
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
President Eisenhower asked
Congress Tuesday for. $r.2 bil
lion to step up the nation's de
fense program, especially in de
velopment of a missile ' program
and conquest of space,; The re
quest was made at the conven
ing of .Congress on Tuesday.
Washington reports indicate that
most Congressman are favorable
toward increased spending for
defense. ' '.
- This session of the Congress is
expected to explore a lot of pos
sibilities related to improvement
of the military,, advancement of
educaiton and further develop
ment of neuclear power,. At the
same time, this being election
year, Congress will devote con
siderable times to. problems af
fecting the general public.
Governor , Hodges announced
the appointment this "Week of
W. S. Hunt as head of the State
AB'C Board. ' Hunt has, been a
lieutenant of the Highway Pa
trol ' and formerly served in this
area as sergeant in ; charge of
the Elizabeth City station.
Schools in many areas of the
state were closed Wednesday
following the wintry blast
.which swept most of North Ca-
' i: m 1 . ' Tj! i a
rolina on Tuesday. Rdin, sleet
and snow hit - wide areas and
caused hazards for highway
driving ' , Weather forecasters
predict below normal tempera
tures for this : section - at least
; through January ' 15. . , v"
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr, and Mrs. Joe NowelL Jr.,
announceN the birth of a second
son, Keith Melvin, born Saturday,
January 4, at the Albemarle Hos-
pital.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 10, 1958.
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BACK HOME IN OTTAWA Bill Girard, center, the 22-year-old' ex-G.I. made famous by his ,
Japanese manslaughter trial, is back in Ottawa, 111., with wife, .Candy, and brother Louis.';
Candy is the former Haru Sueyama, 30.. Louis also made international news with trans-,
oceanic phone palls to Bill, advising him during the pre-trial uproar whether the case would,
be tried by a U.S. court-martial or the Japanese judicial sysfem. Neither Girard, who received
a suspended sentence,. nor 'the Army would reveal what sort of service discharge ho was given.'
Health Conference
Planned Next Week
At Edenton Armory
"The ' Community's Role in
Health Protection" will be the
theme of a District Rural Health
Conference to be held in Eden
ton armory on Wednesday af
ternoon, January 15, beginning
at 1 P. M.
Designed as a public service
or the people of Northeastern
North Carolina, including Ber
tie, Perquimans, Gates, Hert
'ord, Pasquotank, Camden, Cur
ituck and "Dare Counties, the
conference.. Is sponsored by1he.
t,.-u ' riiL': . . : .
with the First District Medical
Society. - :'.
The Edenton conference will
be the first in a series of five
mch conferences scheduled to be
'.ield throughout the state spon
sored by the State Medical So
ciety during 1958 in cooperation
with local medical and civic
groups. - ' :
Registration begins at 12:30 un
ier the direction of representa
tives of the Auxiliary to the
local Medical Society.
Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hertford,
District .Councilor for the State
Medical Society, will give the
opening greetings, followed by a
response to be given by W- W.
Byrum, an outstanding civic and
community leader of Edenton.
"Poison" and "Farm Chemicals"
will be featured first on the
program with a local physician,
Dr. Dan Boyette of Ahoskie and
Aaron Baxter of Williamston
representing one of tbe larger
manufacturers of such chem
icals, the Olin Mathison Cor
poration, discussing ; the proper
use, storage and handling of
these substances.
The sanitarians at the District
Health Department in Elizabeth
City will demonstrate and dis
cuss certain . sanitation protec
tions, including water testing
and vinsect-rodent control. Fol
lowing a brief refreshment in
termission, through the courtesy
of the Maola Milk Company,
the program will resume with
two other topics being present
ed. -The first will be a slide
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Javcees Planning f
DSA Dinner Jan. 15 .
' The Hertford Jaycees will hold
their annual Distinguished Ser
vice Award :,- Banquet on Wed
nesday,' January 15, at 7 P. M.
at the Hertford Grammar School
lunch room. s J
This annual award is present
ed to a man between the ages
of 21 and 36 who lives in Per
quimans County and ' has per
formed outstanding community
service. - -
DSA Chairman Hilton White
has made available applications
for clubs and individuals to sub
mit their nominations." All en
tries must be in not later than
January 13. - ,
Any person desiring a nomin
ation 'application for- a DSA
winner can contact Hilton White.
Hertford Couple To
Lead Church Youth
On European Tour
The Rev. and Mrs... James A.
Auman of Hereford will lead the
1958 Methodist Youth Caravan
to Europe. The Rev. Thomas A.
Collins of Raleigh, chairman of
the Caravan Committee, an
nounced this appointment.
Mr. Auman is at present pas
tor 'of the Hertford Methodist
Church. He is a native of Sea
prove and ws graduated from
High V()lb College and puke.
Divinity School. He has-Served
pastorates at Stem, Four Oaks
.and the Camp Ground Methodist
Church at Fayetteville, before
coming to his present pastorate!
Auman has been active in
District Youth work, is district
director and is a member of the
Conference Commission on
Christian Higher Education and
the Commission on Christian
Vocations. Mrs. Auman has .
been active in the work of the
conference, with emphasis on
the work on the Woman's Soci
ety of Christian Service and
children's work in Christian
Education.
The 1958 Caravan to Europe
will be the ninth consecutive one
to be sponsored by the North
Carolina Conference Boards
Missions . and Education
Eight
young Tar Heel Methodists will
accompany the Aumans. These
will be selected from numerous
applicants, all of whom must be
of college age or older.
The mission visit will consume
10 weeks, this, summer. The
1958 Caravan plans to visit
Methodist churches and youth
groups . in England, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland and will
make contact with Methodists in
Board Of Education
In Meeting Monday
Perquimans Board of Educa
tion held its regular quarterly
meeting in the office of the
superintendent of schools last
Monday night and handled a
number of routine business mat
ters. .;.'; '
.Announcements were "tnade
that : the School Board Associa
tion for this district will meet
at. Poplar Branch on January 29
and the annual dinner meeting
of the Perquimans NCEA will
be held at Perquimans High
School Wednesday night, Janu
ary 22.
Considerable time was taken
by '. the board members with fa
discussion on ways and means
of improving local schools dur
ing this second; term of the
school . year. Particular empha
sis was placed on the subject
for improvement of Science a.nd
English classes. .;
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Winslow
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, born December 17 at Chowan
Hospital Mrs, Winslow is the
former Miss Peggy Ann, Sawyer.
JAMES A. AUMAN
France, Italy and Holland.
Ex
tensive work projects will be
planned in Austria and Germ
any in cooperation with local
churches. Last year these work
projects consisted of construc
tion work on refugee homes for
Hungarian refugees in Vienna
and Linz, Austria.
Applications are still being ac-
of.cepted through the middle of
January, and if there are young
i persons interested in becoming
la part of the Caravan, they may
secure information and applica-
tion blanks from ' the Rev.
Thomas A. Collins, 920 Lake
Boone Trail, Raleigh. To be
eligible a youth should be a
member of the Methodist Church
and should be enrolled in col
lege, or have age and work ex
perience comparable to a col-
, lege education.
Don Juan Official
Stricken In N. Y.
Irving Rubensteln, one of the
founders and an official of the
Don Juan Manufacturing Com
pany, died in New York City
last Saturday after being strick
en by a heart attack. ' According
to word received here,! Mr. Rub
enstein was riding on a subway
at the time of the attack and
was. dead on arrival at a hos
pital. " '."4-: '
: Mr. Rubenstein was well
known in Hertford, having yis
ited here often during the es
tablishment' and operation of the
Don Juan factory in Hertford a
number of years ago. ,'
Stores To Observe
WpdnpsHnv flnsintr
Wednesday afternoon , cSsing' xf nf endance
will jagain , be the order of the
day. for a majority of Hertford
stores ' and ' business houses, be
ginning Wednesday, January 15,
jt 'was" reported here-this week.
; A survey of he merchants conducted-
Monday indicated ' most
of the stores will start closing
Wednesday afternoons, starting
ext week. Several stores start
ed observing the ;Custom last
Wednesday.
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Plans For Opening
Recreation Center
Adopted At ftleeting
The Activities Committeel o?
the County Recreation Group
met Monday night with repre
sentatives ol the various high
school 'classes and clubs. Under
the leadership of Miss Thelnia
Elliott, chairman, the
following
plans were made:
Groups of volunteer teen an
ers will paint the interior walls,
sand the floor and add some
decorative touches. It was
hoped fhis work could be fin
ished by January 18, which was
set a.s a tentative opening date,
in 1 lie. meantime automatic cold
drink and record playing ma
chines will be installed.
Membership cards will be sold
for 25 cents per year for fifth,
sixth and seventh graders and
50 eent.s for high school and
older young people. Out-of-eourity
memberships, will be
S1.C0. These memberships may
be bought as soon as the centeV
(opens but will not be required
lor ucmissuin unin sometime in
February. Members may bring
one guest on his or her card.
After three visits a guest must
become a member to continue to
use the center. A membership
committee, appointed by the
High School Student Government
president, will pass on member
ihips.
It is planned to have the cen
ter open to teen agers every
Saturday night from 7 to 11
o'clock. A separate night, other
than Saturday, will be reserved
ftor fifth, sixth and seventh
graders about once a month.
Definite plans for this age group
will be announced later.
Chaperones for the month of
January will be furnished by the
Hertford Grammar School PTA.
Various other organizations Will
assume this responsibility.. .j-ach
month; i v 4 H
Groups or individuals wishing
to rent the center for high
school or private parties may
Jo so at thp rate of $5.00 per
night. They, of course, will
furnish their own chaperones.
Friday, in general, will be re
served for the use of high school
groups after high school games.
Reorganization Of
Planned For County
Hertford Rotary Club voted at
its meeting Tuesday night to
sponsor a movement aimed at
the reorganization of the Per
quimans Chapter of the Ameri
can Keel Cross after hearing a
report the chapter is'nearing
collapse and is without a direct
ing chairman.
A. W. Hefren, treasurer of the
Red Cross, told the Rotarians
the Red Cross Chapter is at a
low ebb; available funds are fast
dwindling to nothing and unless
a reorganization is perfected
prior to the --annual' Red Cross
fund raising campaign, it is
likely the chapter will pass out
of existence.
He stated William White has
been acting as chairman for
several months in addition to
serving as chairman of the blood
bank program.
Members of the Rotary Club
then voted to sponsor a move
ment to enlist the aid of other
civic organizations f throughout
the count .yto reviving the chap
ter and securing a full slate of
new officers for the unit.
A committee composed of A.
W. Hefren, chairman, Dr. A. B.
Bonner, the Rev. Paul Shultz,
Henry C. Sullivan and Max
Campbell was named to contact
civic clubs in Perquimans Coun-
at a
meeting to be called at a later
date, at which time efforts will
be made to reorganize the Red
Cross , chapter.
Failure on .the 1 part of the
people, the Rotarians were told,
to recognize the importance of
this project may cost the county
its participation in the blood
bank program as well as other
programs sponsored by the Red
Cross. '
Red Cross Chapter
Board Considering
Increase Property
Valuation In 1958
TB Seal Sales
Short Of Quota
Seeing in the Christmas Seal a
i message of brighter hope for TB
patients, Mrs. C. P. Morris point
ed out that the Seal Sale will end
soon and urged Perquimans citi
zens to continue their generosity
through their purchase of Seals
until the goal of $1,300 has been
realized. So far a total of $1,000
ha.x been realized and Mrs. Morris
said it is the only way the Asso
ciation has to finance its pro
gram of medical research, healtl
education, chest X-rays and ser
vices to TB patients, and the
search has helped to decrease the
death toll, fur these are person?
now spreading the infection t(
other Education and patience i;
the secret to the control of thi
disease, said Mrs. Morris.
Indians - Squaws
To Play Ahoskie
Teams Here Friday
Perquimans Hign School bas
ketball teams will play host to
the Ahoskie eagers in a double
header to be played Friday
night at the local gym. Game
time for the first contest will be
7 o'clock.
r!:niif phiitiiliwt :it Turtinm
last Tuesday nicht were
jelled because of weather condi- J Whedbee as a committee to con
i'ons which made highway f'-r with the Elizabeth City Cham
travel unsafe. These games will
k played at a later date.
.Last -Friday night the Indians
ind Squaws lost a couple .'of
Ottxtrenco contests to-' WUriMM-,-
'UJh-. High 's2iiuor'VTho '''Syiav5s '
AIM cl Ul-t-l llldliu Wllijf
he Indians lost 42 to (il.
Williamston girls gained a 7-
point lead m the tirst period
:ind held this advantage through
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Winslow t Banks,
of Greenville announce the birth,1 Reports were received from the
of a daughter, Catherine Perry,' - extension service and wlfarv de
born December 18, at Pitt Me- partment and a financial report
morial Hospital. Mrs. Winslow is, was given by the county account-
the former Miss Alvis' Perry.
Modification Of
Support Price On
Peanuts Reported
Modification of '57 Crop peanut
price support for the Virginia
Carolina area to provide loans on
peanuts snowing damage above 7
per cent was announced today by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. This modification was made be
cause the severe freezes after
heavy rain in the first week of
December are expected to result
in a quantity of damaged peanuts
which cannot be handled satis
factorily by the regular commer
cial trade at time of delivery by
farmers. Most of these peanuts
likely will have to be crushed for
oil and meal. By making price
supports available the Depart
ment hopes to be able to protect
and aid farmers in obtaining the
full value of the damaged peanuts
for this purpose.
Loan advance prices per pound
for peanuts containing not over
10 per cent moisture and 8 to 25
per cent damage will be as fol
lows: 8-9 per cent damage, 6.1
cents; 10-11 per cent damage, 5.7
cents; 12-13 per cent damage, 5.4
cents; 14-15 per cent damage, 5.0
cents; 16-19 per cent damage, 4.6
cents; and 20-25 per cent dam
age, 3.9 cents.
The loans will be made through
the Peanut Growers Cooperative
Marketing Association, Franklin,
Va. They will be available with
in a few days when warehouse
and contractual arrangements can
be completed at receiving points
throughout the Virginia. Carolina
peanut producing area,
Peanuts received with 8 to 25
5 Cents Per Copy.'
' Revaluation of real property
within Perquimans County, under
authority granted in bill passed
by the last legislature, was dis
cussed at length during Monday's
meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners.
While no action was taken dur
ing the meeting, it appeared the
board will, within the next 00
days, act on the matter in an at
tempt to provide a substantial tax
rate reduction for the next iiscal
year.
The law passed by the last
General Assembly provides the
county board may postpone the
evaluation of property until
either 1958, 1959 or 1960.
From the discussion conducted
by the Board during its meeting :
'his week, it njp:avd, because of
financial circumstances faced by
the county, a horizontal increase
in values will be made rather
than a full-scale revaluation.
The Commissioners expressed
ihe opinion that in view of the
inflationary trends of recent vears
t is in order for the board to re
place a 25 per cent reduction in
I property values which were cut
in 1933, during the depression. It
1 nointcrl not real nrnnnrtv i .
.still being assessed at those de
pression prices while the listing,
nf personal property such as cars,
tractors and other farm machin
ery are being listed at present dav
values-.
Other matters acted upon hv
the board during the meeting in-
uiled appointment of Conunis-
can-lsione, R. L. Spivey and S
M.
ber of Commerce regarding se
eurement. of a college for the Eliz
abeth City area.
County Attorney S. M. Wiled
b'e; wuu hi
SMpieinff ft
horized to contact the
ourt t seouief a r45c
cial term of superior rVurt tor
Perquimans Countv during the
month of March in order that a
number -of civil cases might be
tried during a special term.
The board also voted approval
to an application for a beer li-
cense as
submittcd by Carson
ant.
'P' dme- wil' bc,;Ted
separately uum yi-ciiiuu wnu ivw
er damage. The grower associa-
tion will be permitted to redeem .
such peanuts- but they may be
sold at any time by the Com
modity Credit Corporation for
crushing.
The Department urged farmers
to make every reasonable effort
to bring their peanuts to market -in
the best possii ie condition.
' Potinnl., intilmniniF rvn Iflfwr
cent moisture cannot be accepted :
under loan.
The damage resulting from... the
freezes is concentrated on the top
and outer edges of the stacks
where peanuts absorbed the most
moisture. Recognizing this, sofhe
farmers have found that the
quality and value of their peanuts
can be improved appreciably by
the following process:
1. Take off and pick separately
the top or outer portion of the ;
stack. ' .
2. If necessary, handle these
peanuts so as to bring the mois- - t
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New Justice Of
Peace Appointed "
Announcement has beeii made
here of the appointment of D.. J.
Pritchard to serve as Justice of
the Peace for Hertford Township.
The appointment was made by
Judge Chester Morris, presiding
judge for the First District. 1
Mr. Pritchard has qualified foe
the office and has assumed the
duties of the office. N
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