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1 PXIQUMANS WEEKLY clume XXV. Number 10. sfeEicHnt Waives '1 HO&O.EJiSJ? Gi Murder Charge ........ :. :"'Tm'ri; w w uvi. rfav nmAnn rfnrino a Pnmnpr's Inquest revealed some of the evi- dence being weighed by law en- forcement officers in the investi- gation of the death of Nortnan Oliver Chappell, who died at his home : near Belvidere Saturday night of last week. After hearing more than three 1 and one-half hours of testimony, the coroner's jury, returned a ver- ' diet that Chappell had died from injuries around his head inflict ed by a blunt instrument by a person or persons unknown. -, While the verdict of the coron er's jury did not involve anybody in the slaying, a warrant charg ing John Edgar Chappell with the crime had been served by Sher iff J. K. White and the authori- "ties held' Chappell for action by the grand jury at the April term of Superior Court. -, Attorney Carl S. Bailey, representing John Ed- , gar Chappell, waived a prelimi nary , hearing in Recorder's Court this week and bond for Chappell whs set 'by Recorder Cha?. E. Johnson at $7,500. Chappell was released from custody last Sat urday afternoon. . J During- the inquest, conducted by County Coroner Dr. C. A. Dav enport, Sheriff White testified that he received a call at about 11:55 Saturday night from For est Calereques ting the Sheriff to go to the home of Norman Chap pell, Whom Cale believed was dead. The Sheriff stated he no tified the coroner and funeral di rector and they went to the .home located near Belvidere. On. ar rival, the Sheriff said, he fotjrid Norman Chappell lying on the floor of -the kitchen of bis home. -a deep cut near uie :mru, eye A puddle of blood was under the head and; come blood spattered on the kitchen stove and walls of PTA Study Course Develops Plan To Secure Teachers frVv-M' W-K5--'M-C"i I . The Senate took steps this week to start legislation' 'regard ing presidential disability,? fo lowing announcement by Presi deit Eisenhower an agreemdfit, oit' this matter had been 'reached between him and the vice- presi dent. The President had sought Congressional, action two years ago but the proposal failed to re ceive support until 'this week. Possibilities for a summit con ference between the East and West this summer remain faint, according to Washington reports. Russia is pressing for immedi ate gre "rj on an agenda for the cotiiorence -without' specific terms, while the U,'S. is calling for pre-conference agreement on subjects, to be considered at , the meeting. , , Congressional investigation' has brought about a shake-up in the Federal - Communications - Com mission. The commission chair r an resigned after ch"?s had ! made' that Influence had 1 i ad ' in securing TV sta , r ft a Miami, Florida . n North C ' 23 rr cf 3 reported t". i:v-r Sco.L, 1 by the -e. ' ' nm 1 ! the room. He tesified he found broken Mghchair about tWO feet on? 011 uchin the bdy found was cold- . r He- related that on his arrival :at the scene he ound Forest Cafe, Herman iwonas ana Mrs. Margar et O. Chappell, wife of the de ceased at the home. After ques tioning these people he went to the home of - Herman Monds where he found : John Edgar Chappell asleep in the back seat of a car owned by Norman Chap pell, and that John Edgar Chap pell was drunk and did not have, full coordination. The Sheriff said he took Chappell into cus tody -at that time and later brought him to the county jail. ; The Sheriff testified that Mrs Chappell in answer to his ques tions told him John Edgar Chap pell had come to the Norman Chappell home early in the day and -that all of them had been drinking most of the time. She told the Sheriff that night while she was, in the bedroom tending her baby she heard e noise in the kitchen which sounded like a chair being overturned and later going to the kitchen- was met at the door by John Edgar who said "Norman ;, is dead", , whereupon she went to her husband and found his hand was' cold. . She said to John Edgar "What did you do this for?" Mrs. Chappell told the Sheriff there was no one else in the kitchen at that time. John Edgar Chappell said to her, "A man came in." : . ' ' ; . The Sheriff also related thaf at the time he first saw John Edgar Chappell he had blood on both legs of his pants but he failed to see blood on the clothing of Mrs. ChaDDeH.. ! coroner, snenrr wniie saia mis. Chappell stated "John Edgar did " Continued on Pag The Hertford Grammar bcnooi PTA completed its annual study I course with the second . session ; j Thursday night at the Hertford , School. The first session was held one week earlier on' Thurs- day night. Mrs., H. i C' Sullivan was in charge of. conducting, the study whose title was '.'Teacher Supply and Demand." r Ray Wilkinson i of r Rocky Mount 'watf gufest speaker at. the firsts session. He held his1 audi ence spellbound- for an houtf & he, presented in -aja eleetriemfifl ner'the grim jr outlook for bur schools -as to available teachers. The burden of his talk was 'that' though the schools had done a wonderful job to date that the time had come, because of new trends,, new needs and inade quacy in teacher pay, when the people must pitch In and help in the situation. After a coffee break there was open discus sion. The second ' session featured the local situation.. Mrs. Sulli van recognized tnese speakers: Mrs. Walter- Edwards,; Archie X Lane, J. T. Biggers, J. E. Morris. Carroll Holmes, E, . C. Woodard, Miss Thelma Elliott and Mrs; .B S. Monds. The meeting was In formal and - abounded m ques tions and" discussion throughout Much enthusiasm was shown in the subject and ths Hertford PTA was: gratified to see its purpose'; realized, , namely, .t? inform the 'people and to. begin some discussion " ,as' to ' 'what .!.. uld be done. Mrs. Monds re 'ed the following conclusions 2 reached: '1. We have been extremely . ' y in goturg teachers up un '. I row but we 1 --w our luck t hf ' ' i: 'y-!jur of t'..e i, ' v ' 1 t ' s in this c 7 f ' 1. r 'f of then Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 7, 1958. Presentation of the Eagle Scout award to Franklin. McGoogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. F, A. McGoogan, took place last Sunday night at the. Methodist Church. Pictured here in the ceremony are, from left to right, Russell Willis, Scout master of Troop 155, Franklin McGoogan, Mr. and Mrs. McGoo gan,' the Rev. James A. Auman, State Recreation Officer Proposes Plans For Center Hubert Henderson and James Stephens, representing the State Commission for Recreation, were ti i m i ir j a in neruuru inoiiuay iui a tuu- ference with the Executive Com mittee of the Perquimans Youth Center for the, , purpose of dis cussing present use of the facil ity fend to lend assistance to lay out' a Jong range plan -which would attempt , to fulfill recrea tion needs of the county. It ; was reported during the meeting dirt1, has ' been secured Thomas ' freetwbojd, f baV VolUhr teered to level the dirt while A. H. Edwards has agreed to test the soil, and prepare it for seed ing of a ..lawn...;'; y'y ' i Immediate proposals for the Center call , for installation of tennis courts and a play area for pre-school children. Mrs. Mary Brinn,' chairman of the commit tee, stated the tennis court in stallations will be made just as soon as the ground can be pre pared and the lawn seeded. The play area for 'the younger chil dren will be equipped with sand boxes, swings and slides. During the meeting Monday it was recommended for tne Dresent time the local commit tee secure 'leadership for the Center on a part time basis. Fu ture plans call for speed ?one signs, '; parking regulations and one way traffic for East and West Academy Streets, Mn Henderson,. It was report-1 ed,' plans to preeent. a blue print for the facility at a meeting oi the Recreation Committee and contributing members to be call ed at a later date. I Open house will be observed, at the Youth Center on Sunday ' afternoon, March 18. ' S Mrs. rinn announced special . Continued on Page Eight Lions Entertain Perquimans Cagers The Hertford Lions Club enter tained members of the Perquim ans High School basketball teams at a dinner held Thursday night Woodard,-Chairman of the cfub's'.Keith Ha?ketVp. L Barber, Sr., youth? committee, had charge of arrangements for the; event" which urns held in honor of the bovs-and girls comprising the school's bas-. ketball teams, winners and run- nera-upj in the recent conference tourheyV':-:t;.'V "R. M. Thompson had-chargei of the program.- a.-:? .?'?; , ER He! Well Not To SccIj, Board Post E. B. Hollowell, County Com- missioned for Parkville Township ; District 2 state playoff being co for the past eight years, announce ducted this week in Ahoskie: The ed Monday he will not be a can-' Indians are scheduled to play Ay- diuate for re-election In the Dem or:iiic Primary next May. Hol low .U's Emo" nt is the first i wji .. i with -the flee' E2l2 Scout Cereir.:ny and in front, Charles Skinner, past Eagle Scout. . - McGoogan has been a "member of Troop 155 since 1955 and has, held various positions of leader ship in the troop including patrol leader, senior patrol leader, junior assistant Scoutmaster and scribe. He has taken active part in all troop activities, including camp Jurors Irawn For Term Of Gourt To Convene Meeting here in regular se: sion last Monda the Board of County Commissioners voted tp join in the purchase'1-of a com munication ' system . to i be in stalled on the county, fire truck and in a . 6ar- owned by Sheriff J. K. White. Expenditures fox the items will be about $550, payment of which is to be made during the next) fiscal year. A The Board ' also voted to in crtas'6. rhefJ05fl biidget byl,l)0lj' for payment of f hospitalization, which has been running, at . an iricreased pace compared to .pre-' vious years, , . , ; 'A, resignation, as ..delinquent tax collector was submitted by Mrs. , Floyd . Long and . accepted by the. Board. , No ( action v was taken at the meeting, to fill the vacancy,.:v.; ';;'-':j., ...;'-' ; Approval was voted for an application of a beer license as submitted by Altoma Redmon, Negro. . : During its meeting . the Board drew . the names of 55 county residents Who will be summoned for jury service at the April term of Superior Court, which will convene here April 14. Drawn for jury service were: M. J. Gregory, W. M. Divers, Jr., Morris Byrum, ; James E. Newby, E. B. Winslow, Amy Thompson, Frank Skinner, Ern est Stallings, Linwood Twine, Earl 1 J. Riddick, Joseph W. White,-W, Oscar Wilder, W. Al den Jackson, Louis Proctor,' Wil bur Wilson; William C. Barclift, Linwood Harrell, Ralph Jordan, Walter Cartwrigh T. Hoyle Jones, ' Joseph 1 K.. ' Barber,1 Jesse L. Harris,', Carl W. Winslow, W. Savage Jolliff, Paul Hatch, Sr., R. M. Riddick, Jr., D. F. Reed, Sr. Raymond Trueblood, M. Park er Copeland, W. W. Bundy, W. D. Rea, Jr., Leon E. Davenport, Murrill Layton, Willis L. Jessup, Joseph B. Perry, Jr., James A. Carver, 3r' E. R. Stevenson, James Rountree, George Arm strong, "Jr., Garland Eure,sJ. Ed gar Morris, Claude Moore, Mrs. Essie M. Benton, Alien E. Lowe, Nathan .5 Zachary, British ;'. H. Wood, . Gerald, Gregory, .Ernest W- White. Deltoh '. Stallings, Clarr : ... vuio Winslpw. Indians Play Ayden InStat$:Tonrney r.'-.'T The Perquimans Indians, win ners of the annual Albemarle Conference basketball tourna ment, are participating in the den In a first round contest on Wednesday . night of this week. Winner of the district tournament according to Coach Ike Perry will cW n the statemeet at Greens- l borp. .' . L";"'i. !!''.''? Sunday at Camp Sherando, National 5am boree and elected to the Order of the Arrow. He is an outstanding student in Perquimans High School and is presently working on his "God and Country Religi ous Award," with his pastor, Mr. Auman. Troop 155 is sponsored by the Hertford Lions Club. April 14th Varied Docket In Fourteen cases, . involvinct vari ous law violations, . were dispos ed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans"'! RecorderV ' Court presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. ' " ' Costs ' cf court were taxed against Henry Leer, Russell Cooper, Negro, Herbert Wynne, Negro,' : and Henry. Felton, Ne gro,' all of whom submitted to charges of speeding. '.'-i John ' Harris, charged with failing to comply with a re stricted operator's license, en tered a plea of guilty and paid the costs of court. George Johnson," Negro, paid the court costs on a charge of driving with improper lights. He entered a plea of guilty to the charges. Costs of court were taxed against John Franklin, who sub mitted to charges of driving with expired auto tags. . A six months jail sentence was meted out to Ercell Boone, Negro, who was found guilty on charges of being drunk and dis orderly, resisting arrest and de struction of property. The jail sentence was ordered suspended Upon payment of a fine of $75 and costs of court. , . , Erma Felton, Negro, was found guilty of interfering with an of ficer and she was ordered to pay a fine of' $25 and costs or serve 30 days in jail. Fines of $2 and costs of court were taxed against Fred Revell and Joshua , Zachary, Negroes, who entered pleas of guilty to charges of being drunk. Willie Johnikins. Negro, was found guilty- on a charge of im proper passing. He was given a 60-day suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. Robert Granbery, Negro, en tered, a plea, of guilty to a charge of non-support. He was ordered to pay $7 .SO per week for sup obit 1 of his child or serve du days on the roads. ' !; Vw' 'A verdict of not guilty1 was re turned ' in the case charging Theodore '- Cox. Negro, with' as saulitwttfc a. deadiyi wefaponobujt Thomas.. Jenkinsr-NegrA j, was found guifty '6i assaulting Cox Jenkins was ordered to pay the court costs or serve 30 days in jaiL'-r-vy-!r7$.. i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Dail of West Palm - Beach, Florida, an nounce the. birth of a, daughter, named ;. Thelma , Anne, at Lake Worth General Hospital, Febru r r Mrs. -i' Dail. xis 1 1 the' 'daughter r of Mf. .-and ;Mrs. Horace Miller .of Route 2, Hertford. At Term Tuesday Funeral Services Held In veigh For Shelton White This community was shocked last Friday to learn of the death of R. Shelton White, 59, who died suddenly in his office in Raleigh as the result of a heart attack. A native of Hertford, Mr. White was a prominent Raleigh contrac tor and churchman. He was own er and builder of a number of de velopments in the Raleigh area. He was president of Belvidere Construction Company, the White Mortgage Company and a direc tor of the First National Bank of Raleigh. An alumnus of Duke University, he served in the U. S. Navy in World War II and retir ed from the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander. He was a member of West Raleigh Ro tary Club and the Duke Athletic Board. Mr. White was long active in civic and church affairs, being a former chairman of the Official Board of the Edenton Street Methodist Church. He was on the executive committee and the building committee for the new Raleigh YMCA. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Elizabeth Knowles son, R. Shelton White, Jr., and a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth White; one sister, Mrs. George F. Latti more, all of Raleigh; his mother. Mrs. R. T. White of Hertford. Funeral services were held Sat urday at 3 P. M., at Edenton Street Methodist Church in Ra leigh with his pastor, Dr. Howard P, Powell, and the Rev. Charles K. McAdams, assistant pastor, in charge. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery. Methodist Church To Conduct Series The Rev. Douglas Newman, pastor of First Methodist Church, Norfolk, will be preaching in re vival services at First Methodist Church, Hertford, March 9-13. Services will begin each evening at 7:30, it was announced today by the Rev. James A. Auman, pastor of the local church. , The Hertford revival is one in series of special evangelistic missions being held during the second week in March, through out the Elizabeth City District, and every charge in the district is participating. f The Rev. Mr. Newman was ed ucated at Randolph-Macon Col lege and Wesley Theological Sem- nary. He has held pastorates at Middleburg, Covington and Nor folk, Va. For the past five years he has been . director of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Youth nnd Missions Conference at Lake Junaluska. Mr. Newman and his local church were featured re cently in an article in Together, a family magazine for Methodists. Mrs. Edward C. Barber is chair man of the local Commission on Membership and Evangelism and she and her Commission have made extensive plans for visita tion and promotion during the next two weeks. Hertford PTA To Meet March 13th The PTA of Hertford Grammar School will hold its meeting March 13 at .8 o'clock in the school auditorium. f The program will be a panel discussion on high school problems. The latter part of the meeting will be turned over for discussion on what citi zens can do about local school sit uations. , Efforts will be made to orga nize a citizens committee for pro motion of, better schools. All in terested citizens are invited to at tend this meeting . and a special invitation is issued to high school parents and county school off! cials. . . ", ' . CLASS TO MEET ' The first sewing . class for adults will be . IjfeM ' Friday night at 8 o'clock in the home economics department of Per quimans High. School. Thiswill be the first class of the six classes bffered.f Dates for ' the following classes will vbef detet mined r by those attending ; the first class. ' . Red Cross Chapter To Conduct Annual Roll Call I Revival Leader f The Rev. Douglas Newman, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Norfolk, Va., will con duct revival services at the Hert ford Methodist Church March it, through March 13. He received his education at Randolph-Macon College and- Wesley Theological Seminary. Library To Hold Open House Here Plans to join in the observ ance of National Library Week. March 16-23, were made at a meeting of the Prquimans Li brary Board held last Monday. The purpose of National Library Week is to inform the public about 7 operaridfis Sot .local li braries and to acquaint the peo ple with what the library offers nd can mean to a community. In " connection with the ob servance the Perquimans board will hold open house at the new County Library " on Sunday af ternoon, March 16, from 3:30 tc 5:30 o'clock. Members of the Board invited the public to at tend this open house and to in spect the new facilities now used by the local library. At the same time open house is being ob served at the library, the Youth Center will be open for inspec tion by the public. BAKE SALE The members of the St. Cather ine Guild will hold a bake sale Saturday, March 8, beginning at 10 A. M.; at the Perry Electri-! cal Shop on Church Street. National Week Be Observed Week of March 1-8 This year marks the 10th an-1 2) An Experimental Discussion niversary of the National 4-H ! Proiect for rural young adults. Club Foundation and the Inter- national Farm Youth Exchange Program, according to an an nouncement by Norman C. Min- drum, the Foundation's Execu tive Director, "The 10th Anni versary , i . presents an oppor tunity for everyone concerned with 4-H Club work to join to gether in celebrating this event," Mindrum said. The Foundation was establ ish ed by the Cooperative Extension Service on November 18, 1948. In June of the same year, the International Farm Youth Ex- cnange uityje) got under way with the departure of 17 delegates to England,v Denmark, Sweden, Norway,' Holland, France! and Italy, . ''''" .';,-,. In the past decade the Foun dation has pioneered and de veloped several new areas of ser vice to 4-H, as requested by the Extension Service. , These in elude: -'.,: ;. : '';-:vrt..i ' ; (1) The establishment of a Na tional 4-H "Club. Center. ' .The property will be occupied by the Foundation this year and Nation al 4-H Conference" will be held at the Center beginning in 1959. 5 Cents Per Copy. Camp A fund raising ' campaign to secure $1,458 for the operation of the Perquimans Chapter of the American Red Cross will get under way throughout the coun ty next Monday, it was report ed today by Mrs. Keith Haskett, fund chairman, who stated much enthusiasm is" being shown to ward the recently reorganized chapter. Unlike previous fund drives, the 1958 campaign will be con ducted on a township level with each township having a drive chairman and a definite qJbta for each. ' In urging public support of this annual membership drive, Mrs. Haskett stated the county's quota of the national fund for; this year is $893, while budget expenses for the county chapter amount to $565; The local chap ter will spend, during 1958, $125 for home service, $240 for blood program, $75 for canteen ex penses in connection with blood mobile visits here, $50 for dis7 aster relief and $75 for first aid and water safety. The chairman stated the 1958 fund drive has been so planned it will be the aim of the chap ter to conclude the campaign on Saturday, March 8. Solicitors who have volunteered to make" a house to house canvass for the Red Cross are asked to concen trate their efforts in order that the drive can be successfully coscluded in one week. Directing the 1958 fund cam oaign under the supervision of Mrs. Haskett, county-wide chair man, will be Mrs. Julian Long, Bethel; Mrs. , Russell Baker and Mrs. Harold White, Belvidere; Mrs. ; f OTMi.r , NewHgpv Mrs. Ernest "Long; 'Parkville h W. C. Stroud, and Mrs. M. B. Taylor, chairmen of the Negro division, have announced the fol. lowing community chairmen wirl supervise and direct the cam: paign among the Negro, residents of the county:.- George Felton. Md Willie Winslow, Hertford; Theodore Felton and Mrs.. Mary Jones, Bethel; Mrs.v Susie E. Taylor and Miss Mary Sumner, Vew Hope; Ernest Wilson and Mrs. Virginia Mallory, Leigh Temple; Mrs. Elnora Billups, Mrs. , Mattie Brothers, Bay Branch; Mrs. Corena Riddick. fOdell Hurdle, Nicanor: Mitchell Zachary, Oak Hill; Mrs. Louise Washington, Mrs. Emily Lamh,, Winfall; Charlie Parker, ' Chap- anoke Mrs. : America Moore. Woodville; Mrs. Ernestine Fel- 'ton, Chinquapin. 4 - H Club lThis Project has been completed and the results made available to ' the Extension Service. . ' , (3) A broad program in Human Development - Human Relations. ; Through worshops and consultant help to states, this program has helped Extension workers to de-, velop additional skills in under standing and working with young people. (4) A Citizenship Improvement Study. This three-year study, just being completed, has helped Extension workers in five pilot states Ohio, Oregon, Puerto RK co, Texas and Vermont to define the qualities within young peo pie that make a democratic citi zen and determine- what pro grams; will help develop these qualtities. Results of the study,' which was made a a part of the Extension program in the pilot states, will, be made available during 1958. , (5) The' International Farm Youth Exchange. : IFYE has grown from' a -small exchan; with 1 western Europe to an i n tensively ' planned, .world-w ;. program for peace. 'From. 1" Continued on Par T' J