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WEEKLY
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 24, 1958.
5 Cents Per Copy.
Volume XXV. Number .4.
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' ."t Fourteen civil cases are listed
on the calendar for the one
week; term of Perquimans Superior-
Court which will convene
here Monday with Judge Chester
Morris presiding.
The court calendar,, as re
leased toy Clerk of Court W. H.
Pitt, . includes the following
cases: Fenner Norris, Jr. vs.
Barbara Norris; John Q. White
ps. Bessie White; Leanna Wins
low: vs. Johnnie White; Carlton
E. Cannon Est. vs. Charles R.
Ward; Oliver Lee Riddick vs.
Edward Scheidt, Com.; Samuel
S. Salitan vs. J. F. HollowelJ;
W. R. Baccus vs. Ralph E. Perry;
Gilbert B. Eure, Jr. vs. Willie
B, Moore; Fercell Skinner vs.
Charlie ; Jornigan; Percy Broth
ers vs. Charlie Jemigan; Aud
rey S. Roach vs. Pyramid Life
In So:; Anne Elliott Harrell vs.
Benjamin- Harrell; T. W. Wilson
vs." Hugh White; Nathan Riddick
vs. J. Hugh White.
Drawn for jurp service next
week were Garland Baker, Rob
ert Russell, Melvin Forehand,
Joseph A; Winslow, Ellis Wins
low,. Elsbcrry Whedbee, Jr.,
'Linford Stallings, Max Griffin,
John Symons, Jr., George Car
Owens, Ellis Weaver, Philip
ver, Gordon Winslow, Melvin G.
Sawyer, Rufus Proctor, M. C.
Boyce. ' Julian B. White, Kader
S. White.
N. J. Smith, E, J. Proctor, Jr.,
W. D. Parry, Sr, eorge G.
WinsloW, . Woodrow Daughtry,
i Roland Bateman, Josiah Smith,
. John D. I.nnn Willi.. Kon c .
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ArchTo ft, .WJjjte; Aa$oa.aancl-t
cio, niuuic -nuppeu, trea
Smith, C. E. Feltoni Charlie Fclfi
ton, J. H. Coburn,- F. A. Mc-!
Googan and Thomas G.. Sawyer.
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Tdltb Score Wins-OyerAces-Paithers
Perquimans High scored bas
ketball victories, over Edenton
and Plymouth this past week to
advance in the standing of the
Albemarle Conference. The In
dians nosed, out Edenton last
Friday night by one point in an
overtime contest, 5 to 4, then
came back strong to defeat Ply
mouth Tuesday night by a 70 to
48 margin.' v; o :;-:" ' t , , . : ; :-
The ; Indian Squaws , defeated
Edenton girls " 60 to 48 and the
Plymouth girls scored a 72 to fl2
vin over the Squaws. ; " .
The Edenton game was, a hard
fought - contest with t)ie score
tied on several occasions'. Eden
ton led 13-8 at the first quarter
and 23-18 at half time, but Per
quimans outscored the Aces dur
ing the second half to; knot the
count, then in the overtime
period. Tucker and Whitey Mat
thews counted for three points
while Edenton 'hit the net for
only, two.
Burton led the Indian scoring
with 13 points while Griffin was
high scorer for Edenton with 18
'points..,;. j:;;;', .;':, ''.,. ' .
Letitia t McGoogan scored 40
points to ad the Perduimans
girls to an easy win over the
Edenton lassies. ' ' '
At i PtymoUth on Tuesday
night the Indian Squaws had a
bad third quarter which account
ed for the! Plymouth 10-pbint:
victory, Half time score- was '36
to -35 in favor of Perquimans.
During the third period Plyrhdutb
ennned 21 points while the'
C aws hit' for only ninei ' Final
sjle was 72-62, Plymouth. . '
I ' the boys' contest Tommy
l; sews, Burton and Tucker
);!t ' double figures.to lead the
! to an easy win over the
, ; i. Perquimans grabbed
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Revival Services
At Bagley Swamp
REV. P. O. CARPENTER
A scries of revival . services
will begin in the Bagley Swamp
Pilgrim . Church Wednesday
evening, January 29, at 7:30 and
will continue through February
9, with the Rev. P. O. Carpenter
of .Ashland, Ky., as the evange
list. Mr. Carpenter is an outstand
ing evangelist of the Pilgrim
Church and is well known
throughout the nation.
There will be special singing
each service.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend these services.
Open house will be observed
at the new Perquimans Library
on March 16, during ; National
Book Week, it was announced by
the Library Board on Wednes
day. At this time the public
is invited to visit the new li
brary and inspect the changes
made in the building.
Mrs. W. H. Pitt, chairman of
the board, released a report on
costs of renovating the building.
Total contributions received for
the project were $3,512.36, while
expenditures .were $3,363.86, ,
Uidudcd in the costs' of '"pre
paring the building for use by
the library were the following
items: Repairs to ' brick work,
building hew chimney, labor,
$329.75; moving shelves, build
ing new. ones, $534.49; installing
central heating plant,- $1,300.00;
repair . to plaster , .and roof,
$135.00; renovating floors, paint
ing .walls and shelves, $550.10;
building materials purchased,' in
cluding sand, cement, nails, etc.,
$365.32; repair to chairs, $13.50;
miscellaneous expense, including
cleaning, painting and landscap
ing, , $110.70; printing, $2.00. A
balance of $158.50 remains ; in
this fund. -
The Perquimans "County Li
brary's special display of this
week consists of books, pictures
and magazine articles on rock
ets, satellites, and the explora
tion of space. ,
. The library is adding steadily
to this collection and is trying to
have available to its patrons au
thentic material as fast as it is
published. 1 -
Several new novels came into
the library this week: Guard of
Honor, and The Just and the Un
just, both by Cozzens; The Edge
of - Darkness - by ' Mary. Ellen
Chase; Peace River Country- by,
Allen, and The New England
Story a novel of family life' by
Hough. '
. Jubilee is a collection of the
best of the Atlantic Monthly
during the past 100 years.
Several light romances and
Westerns complete the list of
new books.'
' ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs.' Luther Chappell
of Belvidere announce the birth
of ,a daughter,; Linda Louy born
Friday. uJanuarJriJd?,' at Chowan
Hospital. - '. v '-i -
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Board Givesljeport
OnRenovatinguost
For Library Bui
Iding
PRIDE OF MOOSEHEART Casting a bovine glance at her birthday calec is Moosehoart (111.)
Princess Star (tow at left), holder of a world's record for milk production. She is presented
with the cake by members of the Moose Child City Girls Drum and Bugle Corps on her 10th
birtlid-iy Princess Star has produced more than 145,000 pounds of milk and 6,700 pounds of
buttcrfat during her career. She's the matron of the purebred dairy herd of MooL-elieart
which produces at least a quart of milk each day for the nearly !00 children in the town.
Polio Clinic In
Operation Today
At Municipal Bldg.
A very important, health
clinic is being conducted here
Thursday and Friday nights for
the purpose of inoculating some
450 ; Perquimans residents who
have received first and second
pnti-polio shots, it was reported
by D. F. Reed, Jr., publicity
chairman for the Jaycee com
mittee, which in cooperation with
the County Polio Committee, is
sponsoring the "third - shot"
clinic.
Mr. Reed pointed out the
cHnic, under directions of Dr.
C. A. Davenport ant! Dr. T. P.
Brinn, is being, conducted for the
purpose of inoculating all per
sons who have received the first
two polio vaccine shots. He
stated it is very important , for
individuals to understand 'the
first two shots are of little' or
no 'value ttnless the individual
secured the third vaccine shot.
The clinic here is being con
ducted from 7 to 9 o'clock on
Thursday and Friday night at
the Municipal Building located
on Grubb Street.
Notices of the clinic have
been mailed-out to every person
who participated in the first
two clinics, and have received
the first two shots. Individuals
who - .received these notices last
Tuesday and , Wednesday are
urged to take time to get their
third anti-polio shot this week,
since the ; clinic will not be re
peated;' "
Much . interest was shown to
ward reorganization of the Wood
men of the World Camp 463, of
Hertford, at a meeting held at the
Municipal Building last Friday
night and, which was attended by
24 members of the local camp.
Hariam A. Melvin, State Mana
ger for Eastern North Carolina,
was present and told the members
of the changes that have taken
place in the Woodmen organiza
tion in recent years. He intro
duced Charles T. Skinner, Jr.,
new,field representative, for this
district,. whQ will be working for
the Woodme.n in the .'capacity of
promoting fraternal activities and
the Woodmen, insurance program;
-Camp .Secretary A, W., Hefren
gave a report ,pn ; expenditures
and membership during the past
year and stated efforts are. being
made topure , meeting hall for
the Woodmen. ' . -
A nominating committee was
named to select officers for the
camp for the coming year and
these will be installed at a meet
ing next week.1 Dean Weather
ford of the national Woodmen, of
fice, is expected to attend the
next meeting.
MASONS TO MEET
The' Perquimans Masonic? Lodge
No, 106, Ai R StAM4 iiwtll. meet
Tuesday niht at 7:30 o'dlocfciuH
VQiypampBeing
Reorganized Here
Fire De partme nt
Report Losses In
Amountof $93,715
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
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Congress is in the midst of
liear.ngs regarding appropria
tions for defense spending during
the next fiscal year and Wash
ington reports point out commit
tee members are' favorable to
ward higher ' spending for de
fense purposes. Few, if any,
changes are expected to be made
in the tax laws and little
change is anticipated regarding
arm policy.
Congressional committees are
also studying economic reports
and while this picture appears
cloudy at present, the outlook,
it is predicted, by government
officials will be better during
the last half of 1958. Increased
.fefcn.se spending is expected to
give a boost to sagging employ
ment. The Navy Department an
lounced Tuesday it will close
"our bases, including the one at
Mcnton, between now and
March 31, 1959. The report
itated the Edenton base area
will be termed surplus and of
fered to the town and county
'or development of industry.
Glenn L. Martin Company,
3altimdre, Md., announced on
Tuesday a successful flight itest
"or the Martin SeaMaster plane;
fcheduled to be based, at Harvey
Point, Hertford. Two previous
Jxperimental planes tested
crashed,': but this third model,
reports state, went through the
-est in good shape.
The season's worst storm hit
the Midwest this week, tangling
communications and causing"
some property loss. A snow
storm swept across the plains
states, leaving 15 inches of snow
in mostareas and heavy winds
caused drifts from three to six
feet. . .
First District
Masons Meet
In Edenton
'' Masons of the First District are
scheduled to hold a meeting in
Edenton Thursday, January 30,
with members of Unanimity
Lodge No. 7, as hosts. An after
noon meeting Will, be held in the
Masonij Temple and at 7 o'clock
a supper will, tie served in. the
dining room. ; '
A feature ol the meeting will be
exemplification of the degree of
Demolay. by a group from. Nor
folk. A large number of Masons
in the district, as well as members
ol Unanimity Ledge are 'expected
to attend. ' -.i
Property losses, resulting from
fires during 1957, amounted to
$93,715 in Perquimans County, il
was reported at a meeting of the
Fire Department last Thursday
j night. The report was made by
W. A. White, secretary of the de
j partment.
I While the losses amounted to
; almost $10 per capita, the report
I revealed two fires of' the 44 cover
ed by the result resulted in lossei
J totaling $65,000. Loss at tho Pcr
: quimans School Garage was Jist
ed at $35,000 while loss at the
Gregory and Saunders shop, near
Woodville, totaled $30,000.
Two fatalities were recorded in
the year's fires; J. Van Roach lost
his life as a result of the garage
fire and Mack Dail perished when
his home burned on December 22. '
The department a wcrcd 44
fire calls during the year, 25 of
the calls being from areas within
the county while 19 of the calls
were to residences within the
town of Hertford. The depart
ment traveled a total of 284 miles
answering all calls.
County fire losses were listed at
$83,240 while fires in town result
ed in a loss of $10,475.
During this meeting the fire de
partment was reorganized for the
years while R. C. Elliott remain
ed as chief; Herbert Nixon, as
sistant chief, and W. A. White,
secretary. B. C. Berry was nam
ed as trustee. Other trustees in
clude Mayor V. N. Darden, R. C.
Elliott, C. T." Skinner, Sr., and
Henry C. Sullivan.
To head the department's two
companies, Capt. Edgar Fields,
Sr., was elected to the in-town
crew with Noah Gregory as his
lieutenant and Capt. Francis Nix
on will head the out-of-town crew
with Billy White as lieutenant.
It was reported on Monday that
the department has, required its
2,000 gallon tanker and this au
xiliary unit will be placed in op
eration for use at county fires just
as soon as possible.
Tax Listing Moves
At Very Slow Pace
Reports from tax . listers in j
Perquimans reveal the listing of
prope rty; for 1958 taxesi 4s being
made at a very slow. pace. It
has- tsttanated. 'test 5Mcnday only
uiie-iiuii vi nit; muntj 9 pi up-
erty owners had complied with
the law and listed their , prop
erty. "At the present rate," one list
er stated, "we will have a tre
mendous last minute rush dur
ing the final week of listing."
Next . Friday, January 31, is
the last day for property owners
to list their property : for taxes
without being penalized for
late listing. Individuals who
'have- not yet' listed their: prop
I erty are urged to do so imme
diately and avoid: the , last ,min
'ute rush. ' ! "i
Central PTA Hears
Program On Civil
Defense On Monday
,The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Perquimans Central Gram
mar School held its January
niei ting in the auditorium of the
school Monday evening, January
20, with the president, Mrs. Er
nest Long, presiding. "America
the Beautiful" was used as the
opening number with Mrs. Pau
line Webb at tho piano.
The president welcomed the
I group and recognized Mrs. C. T.
I Roggcrson, Jr., of the Belvidere
community who had charge of the
program: She presented the Rev.
F.arl Redding, pastor of the Piney
Woods Friends Church, who con
ducted the devotional on "The
Blessing of the Children bv the
Master." Mr. Redding spoke of
the loving concern which Jesus
showed for children and empha
sized the fact that Jesus set the
example of loving care and con
cern for youth. He challenged the
Ctonp to follow this example. Mr.
Redding closed his inspiring de
votion with prayer.
Mrs. Charles Chappell, Mrs.
Arnold Chappell, Mrs. LaSalle
Chappell and Mrs. Quinton Stall
ings sang "The Haven of Ret"
with Mrs. Edwin White as accom
panist. Mrs. Rogerson presented Dr
Harold White who .spoke on "Civil
Defense." Dr. White defined civ
il defense as "The program set up
by the government to help per
sons escape disaster in case of at
tack." Dr. White emphasized sev
eral pertinent points: (1) When do
we need to know about civil de
fense? He answered this by say
ing we may need it during times
of disaster such as hurricanes,
floods, etc., but we will surely
need it in case of' attack. He
said "For the past four months
we have been alerted to the fact
that, we can be attacked. Norfolk
is the greatest Naval Ba--e in the
world and could be a prime tar
get for an enemy attack and we
are near enough to be affected by
radioactive fall-out."
Dr. White stated that by I960
Harvey Point might well be a tar
get also. He also pointed out that
in case of emergency what we
don't know about protecting our
homes and families could be cost
ly even fatal.
Tho second point Dr. White em
phasized was the warning sys
tem. The alert signal is a steady
blast for 3 to 5 minutes. If thi
signal is heard, turn the radio to
640 or 1240, make one member of
the family responsible for giving
orders, check the utility company,
for emergency instructions re
garding utilities, turn off or dis
connect, all heating appliances,
get emergency evacuation kit, and
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Outstanding
Speakers For
Series Courses
An opportunity to hear out
standing speakers in the field of
religion will be afforded interest
ed persons in Chowan and Per
quimans Counties Sunday through
Tuesday evenings, January 20
through January28. First Meth
odist Church, Hertford, will be
host to the annual Christian
Workers School, with the host
minister, the Rev. J. A. Auman,
as dean of the school. Classes be
gin each evening at 7:30 and end
at . 9:30 o'clock. Six hours of
study are available with five
hours necessary for credit.
Among the courses being taught
is "Understanding the Bible" led
by Mrs. R. E. Brown of Raleigh.
Mrs- Brown is the widow of the
late Raleigh District Superinten
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HONOR LISTS ANNOUNCED
Three lists of students at East
Carolina College1! who have re
ceived official recognition from
the college, because of excellent
records in academitf work include
the following from, Perquimans
County: All Is, Mildred Lewis;
Dean's List,- Peggy .'Harrell, Lil
lian. Hoflerr ' Joanna- Willifdrd;
honor roll, fJanlce Stallings and
Emilie Wh'ite v -"!
Prio rity
Set For
Secondary Roads
Wales Native To
Conduct Mission
At Local Church
REV. JOHN PRIOR
The Rev. John Prior will
he
n Hcitloid February 10 through
the 13th to conduct an Educ
lion Mission at Holy Trinity
Jhurch, it was announced today
oy the Rev. Paul Shultz, rector
of the churlli.
Mr. Prior, horn in Swansea
Wales, came to this country with
jis people in 1927. He was com
missioned in "Church Army" by
Presiding Bit;hop Perry in 1937
jP'Kr'Vv 'f"?rt 3
md served in tifw York, North J or paving projects will be lirn
Ca'foliiHi,1 New !r1SiTTipsWre,' ' Veiv j etl nd it wastlie dejire Of the
moot and . Canada. He ha;
worked with Boy Scouts, the
Red Cross, Civilian Defense and
;ocial agencies connected with
Christ Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.
He has served as clergyman
if the F.p'scopal Church in Ken
lucky, Ohio and North Carolina
it' Wliit.cvil'e prior to accepting
i call to the parish at Windsor
in 1956.
A cordial invitation is issued
y the Rev. Mr. Shultz to the
esidents of Herlfoul to attend
tlie services and meet Mr. Prior.
Navy Asking Bids
On Rental Of Land
The Department of the Navy.,
through the Public Works Of
'ice, Fifth Navy District, Nor
folk, Virginia, has announced it
will receive sealed bids for the
rental of 315 acres of land, situ
ated at the Harvey Point Sea
plane Facility. Hertford, North
Carolina, up to 2 P. M
January
28, 195ft.
The announcement as to the
offer to rent certain areas of the
Harvey Point tract was an
nounced by H. W. Johnson, Co
ordinator for Public Works.
Persons interested in leasing "'' J,US t!"lmal('a co's ' m
this land should submit their Pn'wment can be seen by the
bids to .the District Public pu!)llt' at the Cuult "u;-
Works office prior to the dead
line on January 28. Bids, the
announcement stated, shall be
based upon leasing, as one parcel
the entire '315 acres. Maps
identifying the land parcels and
showing location can be seen by
contacting Mayor V. N. Darden
or writing the Public Works Of-
, f ice, U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk,
Virginia. :
The lease agreement shall be
for an initial term of one year
beginning January 1, 1958. and
shall provide for annual re
newal for four additional cal
endar years.
The lease agreement also pro
vides restriction in use of the
land for planting agricultural
crops termed surplus or covered
by a price support program.
SEEK PARTY QUOTA
' Perquimans County Democrats
are engaged in a drive to raise
funds to meet the county's Jef
ferson-Jackson Day. 'dinner QUO'
ta, it was reported by W. F. Ain?'
ley, county chairman."; Individuals
desiring to contribute to this fund
are asked to contact Mr. AirtE'ey.
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Paving projects on secondary
roads in Perquimans County
were discussed at some length
here last Friday afternoon when
the Hoard of County Commis
sioners met in special session
with representatives of the
State Highway Commission to
review the system and schedule
as adopted by the state officials.
W. N. Spruill. resident engi
neer for the First Division, ad
vised the commissioners the
State Commission had designat
ed a total of 21 projects as meet
ing the 50 vehicle daily require
ment regulation and that these
projects had been given priority
ratings hy the Stale Commission
under the rating system adopt
ed by the Commission. This
system allows so many points for
occupied houses, schools, com
munity Centers, churches and
.oinmercial houses situated up-
icn the road and additional points
are credited if the road is on a
mail route and school bus route.
The traffic count on the road
also adds points toward prior
ity. George Mack, district engineer
nd D. W. Patrick of the division
ngincers office at Ahoskie,
were present at the meeting,
with Mr. Spruill. and used n
marked map in pointirtfs out the
iropc.sed projects to the Com
nissioners. The map was pre
cnted the county and is located
n the Court House for inspect
ion by th public.
Mr. bpruiH pointed out funds
l.ghway Commission that the
ounty board designate the rank
ng of each pmj. to be paved
:is funds, become available.
Since it appears only seven of
the. projects are likely to bo in
corporated into the todrk sched
ule for this year the .local, Board'
ccon.mended the roads be paved
.according to the priority as set
'P by Ihe State Commission.
These seven projects include a
total of 13.1 miles and are, as
listed in priority order: From
Bragg Perry corner to Billups
store, 1.3 miles: Sound Neck
road. 1.0 miles: Deep Creek
road. 2.5 miles; Maynard Fleet
wood road. 2 miles: Body Road,
32 miles; from Whiteston road
to Bethany Church. 1.3 miles;
Nixon Gin House road. 0.9 miles.
Mr. Spruill also pointed out a
special benefit fund may become
available for this county during
t he-
year and wilh this possibil
ity in mind the Commissioners
recommended using $0,897.40 to
supple ment funds to complete
tho (slfinnP rV,,,',!, T) i ....
ij. s Highway 17.
The map showing the county
road system, complete with col
ored lines designating proposed
projects along wilh a list of the
projects and thfcir priority .rat-'
Red Cross Meeting '
Called For Feb. 4
Reorganization of the Perquim
ans Chapter of the American Red
Cross will be the purpose of a
meeting to be conducted in the
Municipal Building in Hertford on
Tuesday night, February 4, start
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend
this meeting and take part in an
effort being made to perfect &
strong, active Red Cross Chap
ter.. ' - C
Special invitations to the meet
ing have been issued to Ruritan
P.lnhs rf hp pnilntv T.inns f!lllh.
, Rotary c,ub) Bpw club Eastern
Star and Masonic Lodge.
. MEETING CANCELLED
The '. January meeting of the
Win. Paul Stallings" Post of t'
American Legion, has been c
celled, it ri rcnorted bv '
Command
stai.id I'
be bf
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Miles