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Thl'perauimans Countv r-nm.m' in general, since they are
mittee'for Better Schools met on
March 29 at the Court House in
Hertford, together with a large
(group of interested . citizens
fiom all ,parts of v the " county.
After a thorough discussion of
the need for better schools, the
committee, together, with the
group of . citizens present, voted
to request the County. District
School Committee to send a pe
tition to the Board of Education
that it recommend , that ' the
County Commissioners call an
election by the people of the
county, who would vote on mea-
sures designed to enrich the
educational program of the
county's schools. After the citi
zens' committee adjourned, the
District ; School Committee met
and .approved the petition which
the citizens had requested.
In the citizens' committee, co
Chairman' Floyd. Matthews - pre
sented the other co-chairman,!
Mrs. H, C, Sullivan, who re-
viewed facts about the need for I
better education as brought to
light in recent PTA studies and
in the first meeting of the Bet
ter Schools Committee. School
Superintendent J. T. Biggers
gave some details of the rules
, and policies which govern the
operation of the school budget.
He mentioned various sources of
revenue from taxation and items
for which it is spent. Members
of he audience took part in the
discussion period, with aues-
tions and answers, which gave
additional information about the
schools and their support. . One
fact brought out was that Per
quimans County receives many
times as much tax money from
the state for )unty school teach
. T era . as salaries : as it contributes
riWlt-Viy
county's share- in .supporting Its,
i
own schools-must , be increased
if they are to be improved. But
Y it was pointed out that such an
increase will . require slight
' changes in present tax sched
' ules and an election Is neces
sary," to provide the Board of
Education with authority to use
funds fof a better school pro-
Fifteen
Recorder's Docket
Here, Last Tuesday
LccdFIIAI;ii.!:3rs
AlStstcCcnvcnlion
" Eleven - members of the Per
quimans 1 High School Future
Homemakera Chapter, along with
their advisor and a chaperone, at
tended the State. HA Convention
at the Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium last Saturday.
Speaker for the occasion was
Mrs. Bernice McCullar, Supervis
or, ; Office Public Information,
State Department of Education,
Georgia. Her general topic for the
morning I was "How, To Be A
Charming Hdmemaker", i Another
,speaker for the day was Ihe FFA
State President, who was very in
teresting . to the groupi ot :yer
three thousand . girls. ..OthCer
events included the installation of
new officers, hearing details; Of
National FHA meeting in Kan
sas City, and helping to elect a
candidate for the National Office
of Historian. Serving as ushers
for the convention were Rachael
Spivey and Glennie Myere of the
local .chapter.
Those attending wtre: Eva Ann
rwith: Phyllis Hendren, Sara
' ri, Patricia White, Katherine
'. r, Glennie Myers, Linda
I , J ry Lee Ward, Kay Wins
1 , ' 1 fMvey, Miss Fran
c 1 r "visor, and" Mrs.
C ' C perone.
"vr
ectibii
no longer needed for the new
school buildings which have been
completed. This better school
program could include such
items, at the discretion of the
Board of Education,' as increas
ed salary Jjir teachers and bet
ter facilities for science teach
ing and library work, as well as
increased secretarial' help.
At the close of the -meeting
Mrs. R. S. Monds announced sev
eral magazine articles currently
appearing in publications -on
iunencan education ; and men
tioned television ' programs on
educational needs. She urgojd
each citizen to get this infor
mation in order to know more
about the part that he can have
in improving the school system.
Schedule! Church
Residents of Hertford, and of
Perquimans County, are remind-
ed of the Opportunities for religi
ous observance of the Holy Days
o Easter Week. On Friday, from
12 o'clock noon until three o'clock
there will be a union, Good Fri
day observance at the Baptist
Church. Meditations oh the Sev
en Last Words of Jesus will be
brought by the Rev. Paul Shultz,
Episcopal rector,' the Rev. James
Mattox, Baptist minister1,' and the
Rev. James Auman, Methodist
minister. The service is divided
into thirty-minute periods for the
convenience of those who cannot
attend the service for the entire
three-hbur period. Many busi
nesses of the town will be clos
ed during these hours.
On Easter morning at 5:41, a
Sunrise Service will be held.atl
: Jhe Bey.
James Mattox Will bring the mest;
sage at this service at Christian
people assemble to welcome the
Easter Dawn; ri-.., : , i
Ministers of the participating
churches are urged their congrej
gations to attend these two union
services, and to attend the church
of their choice for the 11 o'clock
worship service on Easter Day.
t
Pleas of guilty were enterei by
all defendants in 15 cases dis
posed of during Tuesday's session
of Perquimans Recorder's. Court
Costs of court were taxed
against William : Overton . on
charges of using improper license
Plates. ',i.VA3s. ':!'.'V' V-':-i''
'j Johnny . Pike paid -the court
costs after pleading guilty to a
charge' of failing to yield the
right-of-way.
, Oliver Riddick, Negro, charged
with operating a vehicle exceed
ing' the height limits, pleaded
guilty and paid the court costs.
William Riddick, Negro, was
taxed with the costs of court on
a charge of using improper equip
ment 'on his vehicle.
John Moxant, Karl Noetzel,
JosiaH Proctor and George Meis
ter each paid the costs of court on
speeding charges.: ' ;
. Charles Floyd,' Jr, Negro; was
taxed with a $5 fine and ' court
costs ' after ' pleading guilty j to
charges of using expired license
plates. ' - ,
A fine of $25 and costs were
assessed .against George Wright
who submitted to driving without
a license and speeding.; ' trf.;
'- Robert Farmer paid .to costs
of court on a charge of speeding.
William Elstrott, Jr., paid the
costs of court after pleading guil
ty to a charge of failing to ob
serve a stop sign. ".'.
1 Prayer for judgment was con
tinued in the case in which Mar
ion Smith entered a plea of guil
ty to a charge of vagrancy. ,
Alexander Young paid the costs
of emrt in the case in which he
r ' .! 1 i V.y to a c' rirge of fail
; 1 tt c' "-e a i' u'z.
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Cases
On
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
"For Christ Is Risen and AW the Earth's at Play"
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President Eisenhower vetoed a
bill passed by Congress freez
ing farm prices or a period of
one year. The presidential ac
tion had been predicted and it
is. now anticipated leaders in
Congress will study the propo
sition to deterntine if efforts will
be made to override . the ' veto.
The Department of Agriculture
has reported farm prices re
cently have shown improvement
over past months. .
The international tug-of -pro
paganda increased in tempo this
lyeek , when , Russia .j announced
suspension of " nuclear tests.
The West countered the Com
munist move means - nothing
since the Russians reject an in
spection Y program which is the
only way to assure the world
such tests are in reality being
halted by any nation.? ,
Economic reports ' froni over
the, nation this week revealed
little change in the national eco
nomy; certain industrial areas
continued hard hit by unem
ployment although the reports
showed stockpiles of inventories
were going down. , Meanwhile
the government adopted a new
housing bill aimed at helping
ease the employment condition
and are, still working on other
oroposals aimed at economic re
covery. -.
Judge Malcolm B. Seawell of
Lumberton has been named to
the office " as State ' Attorney
General by Governor Luther
Hodges to fill the vacancy cre
ated by George Patton,' who re
signed to run for the office of
Superior Court Judge.
the gigantic Navy Relief Ball
that night, will be a first class
man from the U. S. Naval Acad
emy at Annapolis,
Patricia Jane LeMay, 19-year-
old daughter of Air Force General
and Mrs. Curtis LeMay, will
reign 'as Queen Azalea V. Her
coronation in the beautiful aza
lea gardens at Norfolk will be
the major feature of the week
long program of sporting, cuU
turaL gardening and social events
beginning April 14.
Members Attend
District Meeting. t
Six members of the Auxiliary
of ;the Wm, Paul Stallings Post
of the American Aegion were in
Belhaven this week attending
the First District meeting of (the
organizatibrti Representing the
local unit were Mrs. W. G. Hol
lowell, presidentr Mrs. C. A.
Davenport, 'Mrs. C. T. Skinner,
Sr., Mrs. B. C. Berry, Mrs J. E.
Jones and Mrs. C. E. Pritchard.
At the invitation of Mrs, Hol
lowell, the meeting voted to hold
its next district ' gathering in
Hertford. The date will be an
nounced later. .. ' '
EASTZ.JI PARTV
The VFV7 r t will hold an
' - r ' r 1 1 Fort I '1 on
Mayor Gives Club
Outlinl Of Plans
L oca 1 Exp a ns ion
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Better Late!
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The old saying, "better late
than never", was again proved
here last Monday when Darden
Department Store received a let
ter containing $5, vhich, explain
ed the writer, "is payment of a
bill I owe you since 1928." The
sender did not explain thejrans-.
action but, V.' N. Darden, "owner
of the store, said he would have
to do some searching to locate the
30-year-old account. .
At Azalea Court
A pretty Perquimans County
High School senior has been se-
IpnfpH frt naVtinlnafo in Vio Fifth I
Annual International Azalea
Court to be held in Norfolk's Mu
nicipal Gardens on Saturday af
ternoon, April 19.
Wm. Moultrie Guerry, general
chairman of the 1958 Azalea
Week in Norfolk program, an
nounced that Rachael Spivey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carson
D. Spivey, Sr., on Route 3, Hert
ford, has been appointed by the
faculty of her Perquimans County
High School to represent this area
as a Maid of Honor in the forth
coming festival at Norfolk.
This' marks the first year that
Hertford has received an invita
tion to take part in the interna-,
tional exercises. :
. Miss Spivey, 18, is Editor-in-chief
of yearbook; State winner
in 4-H Home Improvement Pro
ject; Princess in N. C, Apple
Festival in 1956; and Princess in
International Cup Regatta in
Miss Spivey will serve as maid
of honor to an international prin
cess from one of the 15 NATO na
tions. Her escort fdr the corona
tion ; pn Saturday ' afternoon and
Donald Baker Named
Student President
Donald Baker, vice president
of the Perquimans County High
School Student : Council, is the
new president of the Eastern
North Carolina ' District St
dent Council. Baker was elect
ed Friday at the 19th annual
congress held in ftinston.
Other officers . elected were
Allan Euro Of Gatesville High
School, vice president, and Mil
dred Coleman of the Junius H.
Rose High School of Green
ville, secretary. -. V.,r
Representing Perquimans High
nt the meeting, in addition fto
Brter, were Kay Matthews,
i t c! tls local council;
., c r manacr
RachaeISp
iveyTo
Carolina, Friday, April
Plans now being studied and
proposed by the Town of Hert
ford for expanding services ex
pected to be needed because of
community growth brought about
by the establishment of the
Naval Air Facility here were
revealed to the Hertford Rotary
Club at its meeting Tuesday
night by Mayor. . VN. Darden. ,
Mayor Darden pointed out the
present need for a new water
well field to provide additional
water to local residents. He
said an option has been secured
for the site and plans developed
for drilling of a test well. Should
this test prove successful, a per
manent well will be installed.
A . change, the Mayor said, is
also needed in the power lines
to better serve present and fu
ture customers. A large in
crease in customers is antici
pated during the next few
years should plans of a realty
company develop in the con
struction of a housing project
adjacent to the town limits. A
new Y-system,, with increased
voltage on the power lines is
proposed to replace the present
Delta system now used by the
town,
Mayor Darden also reported
plans nolv call for improvement
of Dobb Street during the pres
ent year through the installa
tion of curb and gutters along
this street through the town.
Payment of ' this , project will
come from Powell Bill funds
supplied by the State.
The Mayor pointed out the
town is now in excellent finan
cial condition, with-a very low
bonded indebtedness, and plans
call fdr financing these projects,
as far as possible, on a pay-as-you-go
plan. However, he said
it may become necessary, in or
der to provide for full expan
sion, for the town to borrow ad
ditional funds at a later date
and due notive will be given of
this action. -
Jaycees To Give
School Equipment
Directors of the . Hertford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
met Friday night and voted to
present the athletic department
at Perquimans High School with
a whirlpool bath to be used in
treating injured athletes suffer
ing from, sprains and bruised
muscles. An order for the
equipment, which will cost $435,
has been placed and delivery ;s
expected soon. ,
Nixon Candidate
For County Board
m.; - ''-v-' : , v' " . .
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Thomas D. i Nixon ' has an
nounced his candidacy for the of
fice of County Commissioner for
Parkville Township. Nixon filed
as a candidate with the. Board of
Tactions last Monday. , He is a
':ve of Parkville Towsph'p. -
4, 1958.
Chairman Reports
Termed Successful
Perquimans County has
brought to a successful close its
1958 Red Cross Fund drive, it
was reported by Mrs. Keith Has
kett, chairman, who stated the
final report made to Red Cros:
headquarters amounted to $!,
463.47. The county goal was $1,-
458.
The drive this year was con
ducted on a township basis with
three of 'the six divisions report
ing contributions in excess of
their goals. Hertford township
with a goal of $500, contributed
$606.24, Parkville township, thf
goal being $200, reported $227.57
and the Negro division, with
goal of $200, reported $324.
Marion Swindell, chairman oi
the local Red Cross Chapter
stated the successful drive wil
enable the chapter to continue its
full scale operations including
having an active part in the blooc
program.
In announcing the results of
the drive Mrs. Haskett express
ed her thanks to the public foi
the generous support given the
Red Cross and the volunteei
workers who made the drive i
success.
Club Will Sponsor
Local Cancer Drive
The Perquimans Business and
Professional Women's Club wil'
sponsor the Cancer Crusade ir
April. Solicitors for t h e drivf
and the exact dateof the kick
off meeting will be announced at
a later date.
Officers for the Prequiman.'
Unit of the American Cancer So
ciety are: ,; President, Miss Huldf
Wood; first vice presidentv Miss
Nancy Henderson; second vice
preside tMisg Audrey , Umphlett
secretary, " Mrs. Charles Payne
treasurer, Mrs. Frank McGoogan
publicity chairman, Mrs. Melvic
G. Owens; - campaign chairman
Mrs. Norman Elliott and co-chairman,
Mrs. R. M. Riddick. Mrs
Bert G. Tyson of . Greenville is
the Field Consultant.
Forty per. cent, of the money
contributed to the Cancer Fund
in Perquimans County is used by
the County. Last year out of the
$942.00 collected, since ' Septem
ber 1, $345.00 has been spent on
local patient service, which in
cluded hospitalization, home nurs
ing, drugs, -dressings . and trans
portation; $200.00 .contributed tc
the State. Hospital for terminal
cases, which is located near Lum
berton, and $22.00 for Education
al meetings, which left, a . low
balance to the. State, for research
work and other purposes.
IJ
BeConductedHere
The District Health Department
will sponsor rabies clinics accord-
ins to schedules to he rmhlished
in each county, and all dogs four
months of age and older are re
quired by law to . be vaccinated
during these clinics by the rabies
inspectors. In . Pasquotank and
Camden counties North of High
The U. S, Department of Agri
culture -has announced proposed
revisions in the cucumber grades
in effect since 1953. The princi
pal Change is the addition of U. S.
Extra No. 1 grade which will be
a cftmbination of the present U. S.
Fancy and U. S. No. 1 grades.
The new grade requires that at
least 50 per cent of the cucumbers
in a lot meet requirements pf U.
S. Fancy grade and the remainder,
meet requirements of U. S. No.
Banadyga explains, that North
Carolina growers naven t- had
many cucumbers grade fancy be
cause of restrictions. But he says
under, the new grading system, lo
cal growers would have more of
their crop go into the higher
grades. '
The horticulture specialist says
that anyonee desiring to submit
written views on the proposed
changes should write the: S.
Department, of Agriculture, Pro
duction and Marketing Admini
stration, Washington 25. D. C
. BAKE SALE .- f
' The members of the St, Cath
erine Auxiliary wilt, hold a bake
sale , Saturday morning, begin
ning at 10 o'clock at the Perry
Electric Store on Church Street,
Highway Offical
Says Local Bypass
0 nly Cons ide red
Hertford PTA To
Meet April 10
.A safety program will be pre
sented at the next meeting of
the PTA of Hertford Grammar
School, which is to be held in
the auditorium of the school on
rhursday night, April 10, be
ginning at 8 o'clock. The pub
ic is invited to attend.
Goodman Funeral
ConductedTuesday
Mrs. Caroline Thomas Britt
Goodman, age 79, died Monday
norning at 5:40 o'clock at the
family residence at New Hope
unuwing a angering niness. ane
as a native and life-long resi-
ient of Perquimans County and
:he New Hope community; the
daughter of the late Jim and Lau
a Wood Britt, widow of Edward
, Goodman, and a member of
the New Hope Methodist Church.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Walter Saunders of
Vew Hope and Mrs. David Grif
fin of Lexington, S. C; two sons,
Tames A. Goodman of Roper and
S. A. (Chub) Goodman of Hert
ford; one sister, Mrs. Mary Kea
'on of Hertford, and one brother,
Jim T. Britt of Hertford; 21
grandchildren and 12 great-1
grandchildren, and several nieces
ind nephews.
Funeral services were conduct
id Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
n the chapel of the Twiford Fun
gal Home in Hertford by the
lev. J. W. Pickett, pastor of the
New Hope Methodist Church, as
sisted by the Rev. J. A. Auman,
oastor of the Hertford Methodist
Church.
The ew;HopeVChOiicli.Choic!recofnize- only 4JwWlhre is?a-
ang "In The Garden" accompan
ied by Mrs. Harvey Butts, Jr., at
the organ.
The casket was covered by a
oall of Easter lilies, white stock,
pink carnations and fern.
Pallbearers were Steve Perry,
S., D. Banks', F. T. Britt, Julian
White, Ervin Turner and Billy
Barclift,
Burial followed in the New
Hope Methodist Church Cemetery.
Time Running Out
For
Candidates To
File For
Little interest is being mani
fested in Perquimans County
over the primary election to be
conducted May 31, according to
W. A. White, chairman of the
Board of Elections. He pointed
out only nine candidates have
fiIed for the
16 offices which
win De di siane in me primary.
Mr. White stated that 12
o'clock noon, Saturday, April 19,
will be the deadline for indivi
duals to file as candidates for
offices to be filled by the elec
tion. . ';
Offices to be filled include the
i Board of County Commission
ers, five positions on the Board
of Education, County Represen
tative, Clerk of Court, Sheriff,
County Treasurer, Judge of Re
corder's Court and County Cor
oner.
The election chairman report
ed his board will meet shortly
for the purpose of naming poll
l.;i,lf officials , for the primary
; Registration books will be open-
ed for four weeks on Saturday,
May 3.: v . .':;
Candidates who have already
filed for offices include J. Em
mett Winslow, who is' seeking
election to the office of State
Senator from the First District.
J. K. White has filed as a can
didate for re-election to the of
fice as sheriff, while D. F. Reed,
Jr., ; has filed for re-election is.
County Treasurer. Chas. E.
Johnson has also filed for re
election as Judge pf Recorder's
Court.
On Monday Thomas D. Nixon
filed as a candidate for the of
fice of County Commissioner to
represent Parkville' Township.
Wednesday was the. most ac-
c5 Cents Per Copy.
A by-pass on C. S. Highway
17 at Hertford is, at : present, ,
only one of a number of consid
erations being studied by the
State Highway Commission for ;
improvement of the highway. .
There has been no definite de
cisions, no basic Studies or maps
made of any proposed route, that
is the information received here
Wednesday by Mayor V. N.
Darden from W. F. Babcock, Di
rector of Highways. ,
Earlier, Mayor Darden had
queried Mr. Babcock concerning
a report circulated in this area
tiiat the State was go ng to con
struct a by-pass at Hertford and
the Mayor requested informa-
tion as to the plans,
j Replying to Mayor
'Mr. Babcock wrote-
Darden,
As you
know, the H shwav Cnmrnksinn
is giving consideration to pos
sible improvement along U. S.
17. One of these proposals that
may be given consideration is
a possible by-pass for Hertford.
"The Highway Commission
has merely been putting down
general listings of what they '
consider critical traffic problems
and critical improvement.
"As you know, there is a pos
sibility that traffic along U. S. -17
might begin to increase in
the next few years because of
certain constructions and tunnel
operations in Norfolk. It may
be also that traffic could in
crease to the point where traffic
congestion in and around the
Town of Hertford could boeome
intolerable. We realize also ;
that there will be some consid
erable growth in your town if
things develop as are indicated
at the Naval Base. At the pres-'
ent time there has been no i
basic studies or maps of any
proposed route in ..Hertford. We
problem, and we recognize aiso
that any by-pass or any improve
ment in and around any city in
North Carolina should be de
veloped with the city so that the
overall thoroughfare and street
plan of the city as it develops
ever the years can be coordinated
with our efforts."
That appears to be the situa
tion insofar as a Hertford by
pass on TJ. S. 17 is concerned. '
Offices
tive day for candidate filing. .
Four persons paid filing fees and
indicated intentions to seek of
fice. These were Mrs. Jack
Brinn and' Mrs. A. R. Cook as
candidates for membership on the
lboard of education; Warner
Madre, who is now a candidate
for reelection to the board of
commissioners from Bethel Town
ship and George W, Baker, who
filed as a candidate for the board
of commissioners to represent
Parkville Township.
Other incumbents, up to Wed
nesday, had not indicated their
intentions concerning running
for re-election.
Library Hours
Are Announced
A schedule of hours for the ,
Perquimans County Library for
the coming week-end has been
announced as follows: The Li- :
brary will be closed Friday af
ternoon, open on Saturday, and1
closed all day Monday, April 7;
reopening on normal' schedule
Tuesday. , ,,r-
County Boards To
Meet Next Tuesday
Meetings of two,coUnty boards,
the Commissioners and Board of
Education, ' will be held . next .
Tuesday, April 8, instead of Mon
day. The Commissioners' meet
ing. Will start at 10 A. M; in the
court room,- while the Board of
Education will meet at the same
time ih th office of the school
super'
"nt