"s XXV. Number 15.
DOWN THE HATCH Thh is the way members of an Army
Engineer unit from Fort BelvouyV., will toon be tattering
their summer home en the Greenland Icecap. Doing research
; eh storac problems in the Arctic, the men live under the snow
, , In "homes" provided even with hot and cold running- water.
Recorder Orders
Ca
r Confiscated
Whiskey Case
In
Failure to dim the lights on
his car lor an approaching High-;
way Patrolman resulted - in
trouble for James Wilson, Ne
gro, on April 1. Wilson . wa's
convicted in Recorder's Court on
Tuesday on charges of possess
ing .and transporting 15 gallons
of non-tax paid liauor, He wast"10"- Pni beginning at
ordered to pay a. fine of $200 and
slfCOsts of court and the court also
oraerea nis car oe confiscated.
V.'ilson 'was arrested , by" Patrol-
man,. R...R, . Jnacoe,. ,who;r rf&
stopped the defendant for inves
v ligation after Wilson had driven
"by the patrolman without dintr
. ming his car -lights. , t . '.
A verdict , of . not guilty was
returned in . the case in which
charged - with -. possessing and
transporting non-tax paid liquor, i
Mallory was with Wilson at the
time Wilson was apprehended
Other cases disposed of during
: the court session this week in
cluded those in which Melvin
Chappell was fined 50 and
costs on charges of driving with
out a registration and speeding.
Ellis Sutton, ( Jr., . Negro, ' sub
mitted to a . charge of speeding
'and paid the costs of court.
William 0s Smith, ?Negro; suV
mitted ttf'a charge of Improper
passing and i paid the
costs of
court. V v 'J tyf: t-
Fred " Ro'untree', Negro, Was
: taxed with the. court costs after
pleading guilty to a- charge of
using improper license.'-.'
Alton Jordan, Negro paid the
costs of court after ' submitting
rto a charge of failure to yield
'a right-of-way. ,
Archie' Boone, . Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of as
sault and he. was ordered to pay
a fine of $10 and costs. ..
Liouis Taylor submitted to a
charge of being drunk and paid
a fine of $2 and costs of court.
Costs ol court were taxed
:. against William Creecy, Negro,
who entpred a plea of guilty to
a charge of using improper
equipment on nis car. :
Curtis Sharabry, Negro, was
fined, $10 and costs on a charge
of apsault. - ' .
;.' Watson : Looneyv charged with
issuing a worthless check, was
given a: 60-day road sentence af
ter entering a plea of guilty.
:3 Gib Hears
.3 Dy Hcl:r.s3
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roll R. Holmes, County
' ,ive, was guest speak
a liv ;!ng of the Hertford
i '::Ai 1. t Friday night.
' r views on the
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District Welfare
Meeting Here Friday
Welfare officials and mem
bers of . county boards of com
missioners will ; hold a district
w , metmg ,n Hertford 0I
11,
100 A. ;M., at the . Municipal
Building, it was reported by C.
Edgar White, superintendent , of
public '.'welfare' for' Perquimans
Sorne I, counties wiU be
resented at the meeting, during
which the welfare program will
te ' , reviewed , by district and
state officials. .v.
Coiniy8ordVotes
rilfaLnt, J !m!Xa f1n
rUlUM LlUlltS UI1
llospikl Expense
Faced with the mounting ex
penses for hospitalization of
County residents, the Board of
Commissioners, during its meet
ing Tuesday, voted further limit
ations- on this program. The
Commissioners adopted a' resolu
tion restricting county responsi
bility for hospitalization to those
individuals receiving assistance
through the Department of Wei
fare. ,' ,
The superintendent of welfare
was advised . of the action and
informed . the county will, no
longer accept . responsibility for
hospital bills- incurred by indivi
duals not listed on the rolls, of
the department - " -
Recently the Board voted to
limit hospital costs by setting up
maximum time for patients in
hospitals but it deemed , further
action : was needed to halt the
continuing growth of this expen,
diture.
The Board ; also , adopted . a
resolution opposing any salary
increases proposed for state and
county employees covered un
der the Merit System and notice
of this opposition was forward
ed to ' the Association, of County
Commissioners wjiich will meet
today to consider ' the , proposals.
. Authority was voted to Coun
ty Attorney & . My W.hcdbee. tp
advertise and sell at, public auc
tion ;an automobile ordered- con
fiscated by the Recorder's Court
. i The Board also reopened disr,
cussion ' regarding the- possibility
of holding a property revalua
tion during the coming year, but
definite , action was deferred
pending . investigation of ' the
project. 4 ,
IT.Z-TZZ'S FAT.TY
The-
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wi:i
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
ivuun iu
Next Monday, With
Superior Court will convene
here next Monday, April 14, with.
Judge Henry Stevens presiding
oyer a calendar of sixteen cases'
set for trial. , Eight of these cas
es comprise the criminal docket
and eight cases are listed on the
civil calendar.
The criminal docket is made up
of the following cases: Lillian
Boone, Negro, charged with no
operator's -license; Creg' Lane,
charged with manslaughter; Link
O'Neal, Negro, charged with
breaking and entering; Herman
Hollowell, charged with driving
drunk; Haywood Russell, chant
ed with reckless driving; Willie
Boles Negro, charged with es
cape; Jesse Stanton, charged with
assault on a female, and John Ed
gar Chappell, charged with mur-
der. -;t
The civil, calendar lists the fol
lowing cases: William Riddick vs.
Mary Riddick, Vivian Stewart vs.
Arthur Stewart, Wilbur Owens
vs. Nellie Owens, Hertford Live
stock vs. Linward Godfrey, R. A.
Winslow vs. Spence Elliott, Mar
Ian Perry vs. Clifford Perry, H. L.
Ownley vs. Aldon Smith, J. E.
Winslow vs. James Lilly.
Jurors selected to serve at this
term of court include the follow
ing: :
M. J. Gregory, W. M. Divers,
Jr., Morris Byrum, James E.
Newby, E. B. Winslow, Amy
Thompson, Frank Skinner, Ernest
Stallings, Linwood Twine, Earl J.
Riddick, Joseph W. White, W. Os
car Wilder, W. Alden Jackson,
Louis Proctor, Wilbur Wilson,
William C. Barclift, Linwood Har
rell, Ralph Jordan, Walter Cart
wright, T. Hoyle Jones, Joseph
K. Barber, Jesse L. Harris. Carl
W. Wihslow, W. Savage Jolliff,
Paul Hatch, t Sr., R. M. Riddick,
Jr.; p. F. Reed, Sr ; '
Raymond Trueblood, M. Parker
lTT.
rill Layton,: Willis L, Jessup, Jo
seph B. Perry, Jr., James A. Car
ver, Jr., E. R., Stevenson, James
ROuntree, George Armstrong, Jr.,
Garland Eure, J. Edgar Morris,
Claude Moore, Mrs. Essie M. Ben
ton, Allen E. Lowe, Keith Has
kett, Dr L. Barber, Sr., Vernon V.
White, Melvin' Eure, Nathan
Zachary, British H. Wood, Gerald
Gregory, Ernest W. White, Del
ton Stallings, Clarence Burker,
Sr., Charles E. Winslow.
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
Senator ' Kerr Scott is a pa
tient in a Burlington hospital af
tef having suffered a heart at
tack last Wednesday. Doctors
report the attack was a mild one
but like all such , attacks is seri
ous! The Senator . suffered the
attack while driving, with his
wife, to Graham to renew his
driver's license. ; . '
Cuba is undergoing severe
economic strains due to a poli
tical uprising which
hasr been
in progress . for a couple of
weeks. Tourists, a big business
in Cuba, are staying out of the
country because of , the reports
the trouble between the ; rebels
and the government may break
out into full ; scale war. The
Cuban government . claims ' the
situation is under - control but
rebels cite counter-claims to these
reports. '
The Post Office Department,
trying .hard to secure postage
rate increase's ' announced this
week a number of new post of
fices will be constructed if first
class -postage fa raised ; to five
cents this' ' year.' ' Cited as: loca
tions forJ ' hew y buildings in
North Carolina; t were the cities
of Goldsboro, J Klnston, Greens
boro, Winston-Salem, Fayette
ville, Durham, Albemarle . and
Concord.
A $12 million nuclear testing
plant is scheduled to - be con
structed near Rockingham, ac
cording to a report released this
recreation 1 week from Raleigh. The an
n Friday nouncement said construction
- " 7.rOwUl get under wey within 90
("';? enl on co- k tion the
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VAJllvtJilU
Contract Let i : I
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The Public Works' Office df
the Fifth Naval District in Norr
folk, Va., announced late"- Tues
day afternoon that the Norfolk
Dredging Company had - been
awarded the , contract for -a
dredging project at Hertford
Naval Air Facility. Bids for
the contract, were received anct
opened at the Naval office at 2
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon:
It was reported work on. the
dredging project will get under
way immediately. , . V:
Bids for two more contracts
at the" local base will . be re
ceived on April 22, calling for
the 'expenditure of $750,000 for
the construction of, two perma
nent type buildings at the base.
Two new members, H. B.
Matthews and C. M. Harrell, as
sumed duties on the Board of
Education after being sworn into
office at a meeting of the Board
last Tuesday.
: During the meeting the Board
discussed and reviewed the du
ties and responsibilities of mem
bers of the Board in relation to
the" operation of the county
school system.
Acting on recommendations of
the district school committee, the
i Board approved the election- of
C. Woodard, Miss Thelma
I Elliott, Thomas Maston, R. L.
'Kingsbury and Legrande Sum-
: .as principals . of .,. the
schools for the . 1958-59
school year.
The Board voted approval to
a petition, presented by the dis
trict school committee, .request
ing a ' special election to seek
authority for a tax levy to sup
plement school funds; following
this action the Board forwarded
the petition to the County Com
missioners. '
Approval was voted by the
Board to repair the grandstand
and shower house situated on
Memorial Field and D. H. Eure
and J. T. Biggers were named
as , a , Committee to supervise
these repairs.
Superintendent J. T. Biggers
reported freezing weather dur
ing the past , winter caused
damages to water pipes and
pumps at some of the schools
and these damages had 'been re
paired with - costs amounting to
$800.
Winners Reveled
In Poster Catost
The judges in the Conserva
tion "Poster Contest, sponsored
by the Albemarle Soil Conserva-
tion District, selected the post
ers prepared by the following
students - as first and second
place winners in the contest:
;,' Fourth Grade First Patricia
Ann Long; second, Charlie Bon
ner, both of Hertford Grammar
School.
.' Fifth Grade Clark Henry,
pertfordv Grammar School; sec
end, Ann, Nowell, Central Gram
mar School. .
Sixth Grade First, Mary Beth
Hurdle, Central Grammar School;
second, Charles Woodard, Hert
ford Grammar School. . . ; -'
The first place winners in
each, grade will r receive a $5
prize and second place winners
will receive $3. (1
Judges in the contest were
Mrs. Paige Underwood, R. M.
Thompson and Joe Tunnell.
First and second place post
ers in each grade will be enter
ed in the district contest being
sponsored by the Elizabeth. City
Chamber of Commerce. . And the
final of this contest will be held
in Elizabeth City today.
The Perquimans soil supervis
ors,. Ueorge u. winiiow, John A,
Bray and Joe Nowell, expressed
their appreciation to the pnnci-
; lynchers an J to each -ktu
" .1' J to' r:i.!.c
'i c-t a s""!r
Approves Election
School Principals
Carolina, Friday, April 11. 1958.
THE FORM'S THE THINC If you wish to know the cor
rect way to club a man, study this picture. Note the policeman's
excellent form as his subject sags in Bogota, Columbia. Occa
sion for the demonstration of skill was a riot started when
supporters of one presidential candidate started slugging it. out,
with an opposition group.
Indians
Friday Afternoon
On Hertford Field
. - ; 4,
l t.
i To Preach Sunday :
The Rev. Reinhard Brose of
the Divinity School of Duke
University will preach at First
Methodist Church, Hertford, on
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The young man, a native of
Germany, has for a number of
years .been interpreter for the
North Carolina Conference Eu
ropean Caravan. At present he
is a ministerial student in the
Divinity School of Duke Univer
sity. He expects to .return to
Germany . to preacht i The Rev.
Mr. Brose will be in ' Hertford
for the week-end to assist in the
orientation". of this ' year's Cara
vtn, which will sail oh'iune 3,
and which will have as its adult
counselors this year the Rev.
and Mrs. James A. Auman of
Hertford.
Health Officer
Advises Polio Shot
Dr. B. B. McGuire, "District
Health Officer, has announced
reports show polio is on the in
crease in North Carolina and he
advises individuals who have not
received polio shots to get them
before the polio season gets un
der way.
The officer said Dr. Sam Rav-
eneL chairman of the Polio
Committee of the State Medical
Society, reported the national
attack rate for ; the first two
months is lowered by 58 per cent
while for North Carolina it has
risen' from 6 in 1957 to 17 cases
in, 1958, thd third highest rate
increase 'in 'the 'United' States. "
Charles Payne New
Itbtary President
Charles Payne was elected to
serve as president of the Hert
ford Rotary Club for the year
beginning July 1 at a meeting
of the club held Tuesday night.
Payne was -olected to the -office
afior (Robert L Hollowell,-, presU
dw.i Ject, hits -resigned .from- the
pr:t. - -
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Play Aces
The Perquimans
Indians, en-
joying top spot
in the Albe
marle Conference with three
straight baseball victories, will
tangle with their old rivals, the
Edenton Aces, in a game to be
played in Hertford Friday after
noon beginning at 2 o'clock.
Getting off to a late start be
cause of inclement weather, the
Indians have, ' thus' far, main
tained the pre-season dope by
lending the conference with wins
over Plymouth Williamston and
Ahoskie.
Last Friday Parker Chesson
pitched Perqquimans to a 10-4
victory over Williamston, also a
favorite for the conference title.
I Chesson held Williamston to
seven hits, but from the first in
ning when the Green Wave tal
lied three runs; he was never in
trouble. The Indians collected
10 hits with Chesson, Tommy
Matthews and Richard Wheeler
having two each. Williamston
used three pitchers trying to
stem the Perquimans attack, but
Raw!s, Hardison and Perry were
unable to cope with rthe Indians.
Perquimans scored two runs
in the first but Williamston went
ahead 3-2; then Perquimans ex-i
ploded in the second to score six
runs and sew up. the decision
On Tuesday of this . week
Richard Wheeler was the, win
ning pitcher against ; Ahoskie
when Perquimans scored a 9-2
win., Neither team, .in this con
test, showed much power at the
plate but errors on the part of
Ahoskie allowed ; the Indians to
run up a commanding lead.
Next week the Indians will
play against Tarboro in Hert
ford on Friday afternoon and
this game will also start at 2
o'clock.
Tuesday Deadline
For Tax Payments
Tuesday, April 15, is the dead
line for citizens to file state and
federal tax returns. , These forms
must according to law, be in the
mails not later than . Tuesday
night.
To those who, as yet- have not
filed a state and federal return,
the law provides, the report must
be mailed not later than Tues
day! otherwise a penalty may be
charged for late filing...-.
i Individuals who . earned as
much as $600 during 1957 must
file a return ; with the federal
government, and state returns
must be, filed if during 1957 a
single person earned as much as
$1,000 or a married person earn
ed at least $2,000. .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT .
Mr. and Mrs. -Ab Williams an
nounce the birth of a son, jbom
Sunday; April 6,- n at the. ; Albe
marle hospital in Elizabeth' City.
Supplement Funds
For Schools Will
Be Election Issue
Spivey Candidate
For County Board
R. L. Spivey, Route 3, Hert
ford, has filed as a candidate for
re-election to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners for New Hope
Township, it was reported by
W. A. White, chairman of the
Board of Elections.
Other candidates who have fil
ed for office with the Board of
Elections include G. Elwood Now
ell who js seeking the nomina
tion for the office as commis
sioner for Belvidere Township.
Mr. Nowell filed Wednesday.
H. B. Matthews and Clarence
C. Chappell also filed Wednesday
as candidates for members of the
Board of Education.
Legion Auxiliary
Names Two Girls
To State Meeting
Mrs. W. u. Holiowell was hos
tess at a meeting of the Amen-
can Legion Auxiliary at hei , As explained, during the dis
home in Winfall Thursday, April cussiorli the petition grew out
3. Mrs. Hollowell presided over
the business session during
which reports of committees
wwe given, snowing mvocauon authority for the Board of Coun
by Mrs. Riddick Chappell. u., fnmmkcinnerc
The treasurer, Mrs. RoulacLjementarv tay fnP srv,i
Webb, gave a financial report
and stated membership dues had
been paid to the State Depart
ment and a contribution made
to the Red Cross. Contributions
oi d were voiea tor tne cancer
drive and to the Teen Age Club
i) uie ainuum 01 0.
1 Mrs. Hollowell save a . rerjort
on the District Auxiliary meet
ing, attended by six members of
the local unit and announced
the Hertford unit will be host at
the next District Meeting.
It ' was also reported . Ray
Winslow won a $5 prize offered
by the Auxiliary to the winner
of the Americanism essay con
test and iLetitia McGopgan won
second place and a Drize of
$2.50.
The Auxiliary also announced
it will hold a spaghetti supper
at the Hertford Grammar School
on Wednesday night, April 16.
and the public is invited to at
tend. From a field of six candidates
the Auxiliary elected Beckv Gre
gory and Glennie Myers to rep
resent the unit at Girls' State
which will be held at Woman's
College in Greensboro in June.
: Mrs. Hollowell named a nom
inating committee composed of
Mrs. Thomas White, Mrs. Chas.
F. Sumner and Mrs. B. C. Berry
to present a slate of new offic
ers at the next meeting . of the
Auxiliary.
After the business meeting the
members enjoyed refreshments
served by the hostess.
AwardedWoodmen
The Albemarle Camp No. 463
of the Woodmen of the World at
its regular meeting last Thurs
day presented 25 -year member
ship pins to Woodmen who have
been in the camp for 25 years
or longer. Field Representative
Charlie Skinner, Jr., presented
pins to the following Woodmen:
A. W. Hefren, Joseph C. Lay
den, Curvin C. Mansfield, Ralph
E. Perry, Abbott Hunter and Roy
Chappell.
i Other Woodmen entitled to re
ceive pins who were not pres
ent are: E, Y. Berry, John C.
Bundy, John B. Byrum, C. R.
Chappell, Archie S. Chappell, W.
E. Dail, W. H. Elliott Raymond
B. Eure, John W. Hampton, Rob
ert J. Hollowell, Sidney Lane,
Anderson E. Layden, C. C. Mans
field, Freeman Mansfield, Earl
M. r Perry, C. T. Phillips, R. E.
Pierce, James R. Sawyer, Jacob
L. White, John O. White, Jr.,
Robert A. White, Albert V. As
bell, James A. Hunter, S. J.
Mansfield, J. Alton Stallings,
Charles C. White, William T. El
liott and Alfonzo Thatch. '
i The - next rfmeeting ! of the
Woodmen .Camp will be on May;
lst.
Membership Pins
5 Cents Per Copy.
Acting upon a petition pre-'
sented to the Board of Education
by the District School Commit
tee, the Board of County Com
missioners in regular meeting or
Tuesday voted to call an election
to ascertain the will of the vot- .
are of Perquimans County as to
whether there should be levied '
and collected from the State and
County allotments and thereby
operate the schools of a higher
standard by supplementing any
item of expendituie in the
.school budget.
The petitioners seek, through
:he election, to set a maximum
rate of tax to be levied at the
sum of 30 cents per $100 valua
tion.
The petition was presented to
the Board of Education during
its meeting Tuesday and in turn,
after being approved by that
Board, it was presented to the
Commissioners for action.
After some discussion among
the Board members, it was de
termined that the election sought
by the petitioners will be incor
porated with the Democratic
j Primary scheduled for May 31,
nd the issue will be decided by
the voters at this -,.,:
of a series of meetings conduct
ed by the Citizens Committee
For Better Schools, and seeks
t;nna ;n Pjjit;nn u ,.:j
budget items.
Budgeting such supplementary
items under the authority will
rest with the Board of Edura-
tion End does not neceSca'rliv
mean a supplementary tax of 30
mU ,.- u..t : j
by the voters, can mean a lew
up to that maximum each year.
It has 1 been ' previously an
nounced by the Citizens Cnm-
mittee the funds are sought for
the purpose of supplementing the
budget for the purpose of rais
ing the school standards, such as
improving facilities for science
teachers, library work, increased
salaries for teachers and em
ployment of additional teachers
not allocated by the State.
Further notice regarding the
proposal will be published prior
to the election and special hal-
lots will be printed for use in
the election to determine the
proposal on May 31.
County financial
Operations Given
For 9-month Period
Financial operations for Per
quimans County for the first
nine months of this fiscal year,
which closed March 31, are run
ning fairly close to the budget
estimate set by the Board of
County Commissioners last June,
according to a financial report
made to the Board this week by
Max Campbell, County Account
ant. ;;.
Estimated budget expenditures
for the fiscal year totals $352,
020.00. Against this amount ex-.
penditures for the first nine
months amount to $246,536 while
income for : the same period
amounted to $299,264. These ;
received from the federal gov
ernment in settlement of a claim '
for the garage which was de-
stroyed and replaced. . . "
' Cash balances .on hand as nf -. .
April 1 amounted to $109,301. -
duced by $37,950 last week when
the county made a payment on;
its bonded indebtedness in this"! "
amount. ."irjy i ij : , ,,;
As usual income exceeded ex
penditures during this period in
asmuch as a large (percentage of
taxes have- hppn Hb-ioj j -
thus income during the remaind-,
er of the year will decrease in
ratio to expenditures.
Of the $160,000 levied as 1957 1
property taxes, $133,201.50 has
been collected up to this date.
More than $10,000 of the cur
rent year's income came through '.,
the sale -of timber on the coun-r
ty home property, which was
not . anticipated at the time the
budget was adoptedi - i . ;