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'J "WEE 1 l r II II m a , . a aT i. KLY . c uTie XXV. Number 9, juirlm: Of Construction' workers, number ing between 300 and 400, are ex pected to be employed at the Har vey; Point Naval ' Air Facility, Hertford, by July 1, according to a report: given the Tri-County In dustrial! Committee in Edenton last Monday by Capt. K. ft. San ger, USN, from the Navy Depart ment in Washington. -' ".; l The meeting of the committee, called by the Edenton, Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of ' exploring possibilities of keeping - the Edenton Marine Base open, developed into a report on Navy plans, for the Harvey Point iSea plane Base. : Indians Down Aces Fciri Tourney? Title Sguaws Are Second i r The Perquimans Indians defdat- ed -Ahoskje and Edenton to cap ' ture the iannual Albemarle Con ference basketball tourney con ducted last week at Ahoskie. By winning the meet the Indians ran true to form having been top : seeded among the competing " teams. 1. . ' ' ' 'The Indian Squaws were run-ners-up if the girls' division, hav- . ing defeated Edenton girls , but losing to Plymouth in the final round. ' , ' Perquianqns High won the first . - round gajnes, the girls defeating Edc-nton . 30 to, 30. Letitia Me , Googan jroring'25 points, led the . PerquimTsirl while Spencer, ; i with 19 points Was hig'If score for Edenton. The Squaws gain ed a 12-61 lead during the first : quarter jmd never relinquished the advantage. " Halftime 'score ' was 23 to 14. ' Tommy Mathews " . canned 24 points to lead the Indians to vic ' tory ovefi Ahoskie in the dpen ing round,. The Indians gained a 17-10 lead over Ahoskie In the first period, led 25. to 15 at the ' half and! 39 to 25 at the start of the1 finaj ' quarter. Miller scor ed 9 points, Burton 5, W. Mat- hews 8. J " Baker 'with 18 points was high for Ahoskie. r . - In In'e championship rounds 'played on Friday night the Ply mouth garls edged out the Squaws ',31' to 28. Plymouth t gained an y early lead in the game and the local girls were unable to over ' take the -Washington County las sies.' Harrison of Plymouth was. ' top scorer witft 21 points while McGoogan' led Perquimans with , 14 points. ' 1 v Perquimans . Indians, played well) tij. win the championship from' the Edentori Aces bi fave ' point margin 42 to 37. The In litem built un a five Doint .lead in the first period and stretched this to a 27-20 advantage at half -time, they mantained the five poiht lead throughout the second half. Millet led the Indians in scorins? iwlth 13 points, Mat thews' got 10, W. Mathews 7, Bur ton and Tucker six each". Griffin had 15 points for Edenton. ; The teams were presentee tournament trophies following thr games. ' v.Pcul Cultz! . 4; Faul Ehuitz, rector Tnnily " Episcopal Ilrl-'ord, has tond- ;e iit'V. tc'a in of r ! 's res''" tition to acceptj a fie I,. -copal Cl-urch at FloriJa, 'it vus an 1 -re Monday. ' 1 i ? Ij-nation, wl'.kh ' was ' i tue church I T n i e'fective . ..1 11, z and his f - "y i rida somtt.,i.. r Workers ev Point BMuh 1st ' Capt. Sanger told the 75 pen sons attending the meeting 'that the Edenton base will be closed as now planned but development of plans for Harvey Point should provide economic support . not only to Hertford but to Edenton and Elizabeth City. He also ad vised the committee the Navy had selected the Harvey Point site as a base for the seaplane because the bases at Elizabeth City and Edenton were not suit able for basing the Martin Sea Master plane which will be sta tioned at Harvey Point. ., , . He told the gathering that plans for Harvey : Point call for new V wmniiiiPPiiiMi ihr wttivy HEADLINES New rates for postal services are expected to be approved dur ing this session .'of Congress but reports . Wednesday indicated some opposition has developed to a proposal that first class letter rates be Increased to five cents. Some Washington officials pre dict;- however, letter rates will go from three to four cents. ?WcUxera45es.of-JnaiU ... : 1 1 : ii' .i , will increase accordingly. I Senator . Harry ,Byrd (D-Va.) has changed his mind about be ing a candidate for re-election Jhis vear. Friends nf BvrH vihn . " . ,v . -v- uas Hp uuisiuiiumg recoru as a public official, pleaded with him to retain his Senate position, He had previously announced he was retiring from the Congress this year. . ' President Eisenhower, seeking $3.9 billions for 'foreign aid, .has started a campaign ior appropal of this program during the cur rent session of Congress. Strong opposition, to the $3.9 billion fig ure must be overcome and' some Washington reports indicate the planned aid . will be reduced be fore final adoption. . i- 1 , ; Costs of living reached new high during January, it was re 6orted' bV the Government this week. Increasing: costs- of tboji; was given as ' a ' reasoh'for the jump in HCL. The report said prices of. ,s6me "items, ;re. being ifcditoed ' bui liff; StnUkey i food wm awp uuring we. next several months. The Wright Memorial "Bridee i over the Currituck Sound, closed 'ters and red carnations and fern, to traffic since Thursday of last 1 Pallbearers were John! Wil week due to damage sustained by liam Chappell, -i Gillam Twine, Ihe recent storm, was reopened on Tuesday. ' , . Sales Tax Gain ; Shown By County . Despite room for improvement In the economic 'situation, ' Pei" quimans County sales tax- report showed an increase for 'the M month period from February 4957 through' Jantlary 1958, according to James S. Currie of the' Stsjte Department of Revenue.' ' ' !1 y " , Mr. Currie reported sale? tax collection's in' Perquimans Coun ty from February ' 1KB k through January 1957 amounted Id $30, E"0 , while for the period from I ' ruary 1957 through January I 3 the collections totaled $30, . .7. A g-'.i of .11 per cent. ' Caih. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 28, 1958. Expected contracts totaling b.4 million dor- lars to be let between April and July for construction through June of 1959. Additional con tracts, calling for outlay of $10 million will be let each year thereafter for four years. - . At ..the present time about 50 persons are employed at the base but another 50 are expected to be hired Within thirty days and this , total will continue to grow as the construction at the site' pro gresses. .'. The present schedule for the base calls for it to be placed in operation by 1961. How.ever, construction will continue through 1963. Plans for person nel at the, base has been enlarg ed. Originally plans called for 100 civilian employees with about 1,500 Navy personnel but these figures have- been moved upward.: Capt. Sanger estimated civilian' personnel will number' 367 while the Navy will have 265 officers and 2.200 enlisted, men stationed at the base. He also advised the meeting that no federal housing is "pres ently planned in connection with the new base and that the Navy has requested the State Highway Commission to improve roads in the area to make more accessi ble highways to Hertford, Eden ton and Elizabeth City.. . A large number of State and Federal ' officials, including Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner, was present for the meeting on Mon day and brief remarks on the eco nomic outlook for this area,; with Hertford as the hub of activities, were given by a number of the visitors. ;Jn Washington last , Friday, Congressman Bonner, stated the ie SePle.ie Base at Harvey Pninf wtatr"Kn-ViMr ahI" iirir kind in. the United States. .'It is scheduled to house 38 Martin Sea- Master planes which are now un den construction at the Martin plant in Baltimore. Navy plans for a similar base for the west coast have been scrapped. ..Representing Hertford .and the PerqpfiViana i C6unty jilndustiial uuiiuniiiee - at me. meeting . in Edenton ,were Mayor V. N. Dar den and Robert L. Hollowell, chairman of the local committee. ChvlFunaral ConuJctcdMondav Funeral services for Norman Oliver ,. Chappell, age 69, who died Saturday night at his home in the '.Belvidere section, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Twiford Fun eral . Home chapel by the Rev. - ' Redding, : pastorL of; Piney WnnHn FripnHs-MpptlnV . Dr. , Harold , White sang "My Jesus. As Thou Wilt," accom panied, by Mrs. J. Ellie, White, pr ganist. At the graveside he sang "Abide With Me. The casket was covered with . , Pal1 of whitP gladioli, white as- Charlie Thomas Rogerson, Beech- er Chappell, Harvey Chappell and Paul Smith -Burial followed . in the family Icemetery near Belvidere. T Mr. Chappell was a native arid life-long resident of Perquimans County, having resided in the Belvidere ' section. He was the son of, the, late George and Han riette Anne , Copeland Chappell and j is suryived. by his wile, Mrs, Margaret Oakes Chappell of ,$e,lvidere; four,, .daughters, Mrs. Claude,, Winsjpw ,of Belvidere, Mrs. Ashby Jordan pf Greenville, Mrs. Fprrest Cale and Miss1 Daw nella iSue. Chappell of Belvidere: a stepdaughter, Miss Bobbie Sa bones ' of Eelvidere; one son. Gaither ChaFPr'l of' Norfolk: three sisters,' IZ.a. Eessie '.Chap pell of Eel "re, Mrs. Willie Lamb of Her " er Twine of I ers, SidT-y C t.ouis Ch-r: ' rT 'o CI ( 1 t J Mrs. Oliv- i tour' broth- 11 cf Wilson, r Jolg' . Fer i id J iieltor nine hp - - if 'll ", VN. 3d -J ARMY; MIGHT HAVE DONE' ri-Army; Secretary Wilber. Brucker holds a model I ttia Jupuer-u missue . ; Washington. Brucker told Congress that ths Army might have, launched an earth satellite, two years ago if the Pentagon nau not blocked the project. , JL J. Emmett Wiii$loy Announces As Candidate For State Senate J. Emmett Winslow. Perquim one'- Pnnnfv .hiisinpmi man anil former State Senator, has an nounced his candidacy for ; on: of the two positions as Stata Senator for the First Senatorial District of North Carolina. I Mr. Winslow, prominent in Democratic party circles in North Carolina, served the District as State Senator - during the 1949 and 1951 sessions of the General Assembly. Last , July Mr. Winslow com pleted a four-year term as High way Commissioner for the First Division, having been appointed to the post by the late Governor William Umstead. He served as Sheriff ' of Perquimans County for 14 years,- retiring from 'the office in 1946 without seeking re-election. - He is a member of the Executive Committee for the First Congressional District and was twice a delegate to the. Na tional Democratic; Convention In tyte&rlJ-. ..Jim. As a veteran r of -World War I,, duHngV which he served as a pilot in the Air; Force, he has taken an active part in 'county activities during recent years, having served as chairman of War Fund drives, ' County1 Sal vage' Committee and was district D w 1 C.. oay , o ui x utaiW In Fire Saturday Bond Chairman Gives Sties Totd For Perquimans In North Carolina, January sales Of Series E and H Savings Bonds were the best for any one month for the past 12 months. , It was reported today by R. M. Rid dick, Volunteer Savings 1 Bonds Chairman for Perquimans Coun ty. , The combined E and H sales of $4,744,111 represents 9.7 per cent of the annual goal of $49 million and is also f record performance of achievement against quota re corded for any January in the past 5 years. ' The Series H Bonds sales were up 88 per cent over January, 1957 figures, The tremendous increase in the sale of this bond, which is an investor's bond, is evidence of, the public's interest and faith in Savings , Bonds as a safe and sound investment. - -. ' Nation-wide sales of Series E and H Bonds were the best for any month for the past 24 monthsl While sales were Increasing iri January, redemptions were de creasing br APWiCentVi U i i . TptalhQldof EraRd Hav nigs xnas py approximately tw million Americana reached anoth. er new peak of $41,686 billion by the end of Januaiyy.y In , Perquimans County,' the sales were' $3,901.30 which repre sents 3.6iper cent of the county's goal of $107,800.00 for this year. MACC::3 TO MSET ! .' The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 1C3, A. F. & A. M., will meet TV 1 y r; ' t at 7:D0-o'clock. '1 r , , e v i i-) attend. ... ! ' -s I i - I 1 ' i . '4 ij l x v r; X supervisor 'for the Army Air Force Warning Service. Mr. Winslow is a member of the American Legion, Hertford Hotary Cliibva 'Masoned ShrirT- er, and a. member of the Wood men, of the World. He owns the Hertford Hardware & Supply Company, is president of the Al bemarle Chemical Company and manages the Winslow Oil Com pany.. :,, ..;...; '. ' i: A fire of undetermined origin resulted in the death of an 8-months-old Negro boy here last Friday morning and hospitalized four other members of his fami- County Coroner Dr. C. A. Dav enport ' reported Van Johnson Zachary died from suffocation. Hospitalized were his mother. Mrs. Jerry Zachary; her two sons, Shelton 2, and Jcrald 6, and a daughter, Vanessa 3. , They suf fered second degree burns and were taken to Chowan Hospital for (treatment. v . The fire, which was reported at about 11:15 Saturday morning, had gained considerable headway before the fire department was called and the two-story house was ablaze by the'time the fire men arrived at the scene. The department was unable' to save the building or its furnishings. f The house, which was located near the corner of Edenton Road and King Streets was owned by Adeline Clark, who also resided on the premises. - After the, firemen had extin guished the flames the body of the infant was located in what was left of a small room between the kitchen and the main part of the Jiouse; it was removed to the Isaac Lowe Funeral Home. '"' i-'i-.'i 'i' ( ; i '.' 11 1 1 . V.yi County Board To Meet Next Monday 'i Two meetings are scheduled for the Board of County Commission ers for the month of March. The Board will conduct its regular March meeting next Monday, be ginning at 10 A. M. On Mondav March 17, the Commissioners will sit as a Board of Equalization and Review for - the purpose of ad justing any- complaints arising over property valuation, t This latter meeting win oegin .at' 10 o'clock A. M. -. Wa rran Served On John E. Chappell: Coroner's Inquest John Edgar Chappell, 36, of the Belvidere section, was, late Wed nesday formally charged with the slaying of Norman Oliver Chap pell, 69, it was reported by Sher iff J. K. White. Norman Oliver Chappell, 69, was found dead on the floor of the kitchen in his home near Bel videre last Sunday morning at about 12:30 o'clock by Sheriff White and County Coroner Dr. C. . Davenport who were called to the scene at about 11:30 Satur day night. Following a four-day investiga tion conducted by Sheriff White, who was assisted by SBI Agent John B. Edwards, the warrant charging John Edgar Chappell with the crime was served Wed nesday. Dr. Davenport ordered sum mons for a coroner's jury on Mon day and this jury, composed ofi Wallace Barrow, Cecil White,; Lester Keel, J. W. Dillon, Frank Brown and Ralph Winslow, re - cessea att.er nnidinj? a short ses- sion on Monday. The coroner's iury will reconvene at the Court House in Hertford at two o'clock Friday afternoon to continue in quiry, into the slaying. An intensive investigation has been under way in connection with the death, since Sheriff J. K. White was notif'ed last Sat urday night to come to the Chappell home. Accompanied by Dr. Davenport, the sheriff reached the home at about 12:30 A.. M. Sunday and found Chap pell dead on the floor of the kit chen in the home. Officers be- ieve death occurred at approxi mately 10:30 o'clock Saturday night or about one and one-half hours before the sheriff was no- j tified. - Dr. Da venportr on viewing the body, pronounced Chappell dead -md declared death resulted from j a, blow or blows, delivered by a blunt instrument, to Chappell's head. It was reported Mr. Chappell f tii.uuusaii To Receive Eagle Scout Award Sun. Franklin McGoogan, 14-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. McGoogan, will receive the Eagle Award in Scouting Sun- day , night, March 2, at 7:30 1 o'clock in special services at the First Methodist Church. Parti cipating in , the service Will . be all the Boy Scouts of the local Troop No. 155, members of the Explorer Post, special represen tatives of the Tidewater Council, former Eagle Scouts, as well as Franklin's minister, the - Rev. James A. Auman. The Lions Club, sponsor for the ' local Scouting program, will sit in a eserved section Sunday night. Franklin, who joined the Boy Scouts in January, 1955, has served as patrol leader, senior oatrol leader, assistant junior scoutmaster and scribe. He was a representative to the' National Jamboree at Valley Forge last summer,' and .while there was assistant patrol leader of the Lee Patrol. His record in Scouting shows that He has com pleted work ) and ', received 21 merit badges and has success fully advanced from First Class Scout to Star and to Life Scout prior to . application for Eagle rank'-' '"'e,tV-";V''' . :. , Russell Willis is Scoutmaster of Troop 155, and R. S. Chappell is assistant Scoutmaster. ' Work ing with the recently-formed Exr plorer Post as advisors are John Beers and Dick , Brewer. .. ! Sunday1 ' night's award Service is open to the public. It was pointed out by Scoutmaster Wil lis that the formal ceremony for presentation of the Eagle. Award is a most, impressive service and (hat anyone interested in Scout ing should attend. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' Mr. and Mrs. George Fields, Jr announce the birth of a son, bom Wednesday at the Albemarle Hos pital jn Elizabeth City,. .;- r ' , t Charging Murder suffered a severe beating and , er articles found are being checkS rustamed. a broken jaw and 'in-j ed for evidence. , f. juries to the nose and head i John Edgar Chappell was taken around the area of the temple. I into custody by the officers on The officers found a blood-' Sunday morning, being held for stained high chair in the kitchen' ievestigation. Mrs. Margaret O; but they do not claim this was . Chappell, widow of the deceased the instrument used as a weapon, man, was also taken into custody The chair along with some oth- being held as a material witness. Red Gross Chapter Names Officers; P lans F u nd Drive Reorganization of the Perquim- ! ans Chapter of the American Red Cross was completed here last I Friday night at a meeting of the chapter's Board of Directors 1 when a large number of inter ested citaens volunteered to rve the chapter in various ca pacities. Heading up the chapter activi ties will be Marion Swindell, e.s chairman, Mrs. Elwood Nowell, vice chairman; James Divers, secretay-treasurer; the Rev. James Auman, Home Service Of ficer; Talmage Rose, Blood Chair man; Mrs. Keith Haskett, fund drive chairman; Dick Brewer, first aid chairman, and J. T. Big gcrs, disaster chairman. These officers, along with the 12-man board of. directors, will direct the Red Cross work with in the county during the coming year. t Other action taken at the meet- ing last Friday was completing arrangements for the annual fund drive for the-Red Cross-which will get under way March 10, with the county quota set at $1,-. 458. The drive will be conduct- ed on a township basis, each of the townships being assigned part ot the overall goal. Directing the fund drive will be Mrs. Keith Hpskett, chairman and Hertford Township chairman; Mrs. Julian Long, Bethel; Mrs. Russell Baker and Mrs. Harold White, Belvidere; Mrs. Irwin Turner, New Hope; Mrs. Ei-nvst Long, Parkville; W. C. Stroud and Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Negro divis ion. These fund chairmen met Monday night to develop further plans for the campaign which will be announced later. Also appointed were Township chairmen to direct the blood pro gram and this committee is com posed of Talmage Rose, Hertford chairman; Mrs. Dewey Perry, Jr., Bethel; Joe Nowell and Clifford Winslow, Belvidere; Carson Spi vey, New Hope; Floyd Mathews, Parkville; W. C. Stroud and Mrs. Continued from Page 6 Rites Held Tuesday For Mrs. Wheeler Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, 44, died early Monday morning in the Chowan Hospital in Edenton after a short illness. She was a native and life long resident of Perquimans County, a member of Hertford Baptist Church, daughter of Trotman and Mollie Bass Miller and wife of Elick Wheeler. In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by three sons, ,. Elick Wheeler, Jr., of the U. S. Marines at Camp Lejeune, , Richard and Jimmy Wheeler of Hertford; one daugh ter, Mrs. O. J. Bunch, of Eden ton.;, . .-,;'' - ''.:',. , Funeral services were conduct ed . .Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock ' at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. James O. Mat- tox, pastor of the Baptist Church. During the services the men's choir of the church sang "What A Friend We Have In Jesus' and "Have Thine Own Way." The pall was pink car nations and fern. " Psllhpnrcni wer Pt RMHinV Bill Taikenton, Edgar White,' Ray White, W. A. White and Keith, aske'tt, v,Burial was in Cedarwood . Cemetery. .',,'-:. 5 Cents Per Copy, Set Today Mrs.AumanToLead Church Institute At Elizabeth City An Institute for Vacation Church School workers will be conducted" at First Methodist Church, Elizabeth City, Monday, March 3. Beginning at 9:30 A. M., the Institute will provide an op portunity for children's workers to become acquainted with new materials for vacation schools, and to begin formulating plans for this summer's activities with -children in their local churches. Mrs. James A. Auman of Hert ford, district director of children's work, will be in charge of the day's activities, and will also lead the kindergarten workshop. Oth er workshop leaders are: Mrs. Senah Pulliam, Seven Mile Ford, Va., Primary, Mrs, flarr , .. . Mitcham, Atlanta, Ga., Junior; Rev. Owen Fitzgerald, Murfrees- . boro, Intermediate. A workshop group for those responsible .for planning and directine vacation schools will be led by Mrs. Chas. Saunders, Elizabeth Citv. The conference director of children's work, Mrs. V, E. Queen, Durham, , will probably bp present ar.d wHf'' serve as resource person for this group. The 1958 theme for vacation church schools in the Methodist Church is "Jesus". Persons at tending are asked to bring sand wiches for lunch. Drink and des- . sert will be provided. A new feature of this year's In stitute will be the presentation of an introductory film, proposed by the Children's Television series, entitled "Run Away Home." This film will be for information and evaluation and will help to pre pare for sharing projects in Va cation Church School this sum mer. A Before Recorder HereLastTuesday Sixteen cases were disposed of during . Tuesday's session of Per- , quimans Recorder's Court presid ed over by Judge Chas. E. John son, and two defendants were ordered apprehended and held for bond for failure to appear in court to answer charges in their warrarits.; ' f ; 'foW'i!' Four; defendants submit ted. to charges' of speeding and 'paid the costs of court, these being Roy Cahoon, Phillip Perry, William Beck and James Cozzens. . Wilbert Brooks and Claud Fel-' ton,. Negroes, charged with driv ing with expired license tags submitted and t:; each paid the costs of court. -' '. i Essex Bowens, Jr.; Negro, was taxed with the costs of court after he plead guilty to a charge as to drinking and payment of a a highway.' James White, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to Using improper lights and paid a fine of $10 an 1 court costs, v )S i . . William Hollowell, Negro, pc thej CoUr,ti costs after submi-' W a charge of driving wiJi ,1 Tonlinuod on 6 variety Of Cases i' I Mtl y