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; District Supervisors Receiving: Oath1.;
Pictured ar DUlrid SuperrUori of the Albemarle Soil Comarrt-
lion District holding Die BibU while Ralph Saundww, Clark of Court
,rf Currituck Counlr. admuiiiien the oath of office to tho. fourteen of
f fifteen district supervisors. District Supervisors in North Carolina
bar been Mrring.slnc 1937 without taking h oath of office as fro
quired by law. '
Auxiliary To
Poppy Sales May 3 1
Memorial poppies which will
be worn here on Poppy Day, May
31, have been received by William
Paul Stallings Post of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary from the
veterans hospital at Oteen, where
they were made by disabled vet
erans.! The little red flowers
were being made ready for dis
tribution by volunteer workers of
the Auxjjiary. ' ' ;
The memorial poppy is a
vrepe paper repina vi uw wuu
European poppy which bloomed J
in : profusion on , the world war
battlefields and cemeteries in
France and Belgium," Mrs. Thel
ma - Hollowell, Auxiliary presi
dent, explained. The World War
I poem, "In Flanders'FJelds," told
1 sopn atier.' mat war xne poppy
, became Hie memorial flower for
; the war aeaa tnrougnout uie jsng-.
""Making the flowers provides
' Interesting and . beneficial emr
1 erans in hospitals and convales-
," cent workrooms throughout the
ji I country," continued' J$Hoiio-
J well. ;VThe; Auxiliary 'provides
the poppies ; they make. The
work is V considered valuable as
occupational therapy and also
gives the long-time patients the
encouraging experience of earn
'. ihg money again. ,
"Disabled veterans of three
wars, the two world wars and the
i. Korean conflict, made poppies for
the Auxiliary this year."
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WUW candlelight ;end lovely
sbrihg flowers, the dining room of
y'the Hotel Hertford presented a
. lovely picture when the Perquim
'ahs BPW Club met Thursday
evening : to celebrate Its tenth
birthday. State and district , 'of
ficers and other, guests joined in
, the festivities. ' .:
Mrs. Margaret Bagley welcom
ed the -guests and Mrs. Mildred
Auman gaVe the response! .
- A most interesting history of
tie ;clUb'Svmany achievements
was given by Mrs. Betty Swin
dell, after which Mrs. MaiyDail
Lane sang "The Little Blue Man,"
accompanied by Mrs. Dora T."
. F.iddick; - ' 1 ; T ' , .
Mrs. Emily Harrell presented a
contest,! which was won' by Mrs.
Riddickji after "which Miss" Hulda
Wood introduced the speake'r of
the evening, Mrs. Ruby Elythe of
T.ockyy; Mount past president of
' t've North Carolina EPW' Clubs,
sent; editor of the Tar Heel
'. MX ' :
"lis' Joyce ' Hines of Ahoskie
1 Wad, a gift to Mrs. Alice
i cl -sen by the club as' the
1 . T, -,n of the Year, with
.7 , a Jackson and Mary
I rj t",-3e runners-up.
. T. Hiddick then in-
: ';t I'itchell of
; t" i"'h r:s-
': ,,IS i .iiUWlltg
' of-
' - h : -
Graduates From ,1 , ?
School Of Nursing 1 ;
Betty Sorrell Winslow," daugh'
ter of Mr. and Mrs, WoodrowW,
Sorrell of Raleigh and wife . of
Gale , N. ' Winslow of Route 1,
Belvidere, will graduate from the
University of North , Carolina
School of Nursing June 2.
Mrs. Winslow will be. awarded
the d;gree of mjmab
m nursing.
.Aside from regular academic
and professional work during the
past four t years,' . Mrs.' Winslow
took part in the followinfextrav
eurriculaf activities- Student
Nurses Association, YWCA . ariS
cnurcn activities, i , i -r
ViivsS:!bIn!t
BizuiCily. ;
Miss Ella Ruth Bunch of Eliz
abeth City and Sammy-Edmond
Jennings of Route 3, Hertford
were married in the Church of
Christ, :ElizabethCity,; Sunday;'
April 27. ' :
The bride is the- daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bunch of Eliz
abeth City and the bridegroom is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jen
nings. ' ;
. L.1 L. Hirtton, pastor, heard the
wedding vows exchanged in a
lovely setting of white gladiolus
and white carnations, palms, fern
and candlelight, ' ' I
Mrs;' Terry Roth played the
wedding music' and accompanied
Loma Hassell who sang "Because"
and The Lord'? Prayer." , ; ' ; (
The' bride, given in marwge by
hjar (father, tVOe; k whfte-floor-length
gown of rosepoint lace and
nylon tulle over satin,' styled with
a sabrina neckline, long sleeves,
fitted bodice and bouffant skirt
of lace, tiered in the-back with
nylon tulle. Her fingertip veil of
French illusion was attached to a
crown of sequins and pearls and
she carried a cascade bouquet of
roses and carnations.' -
Mrs. . Ernest Lee,. Jr., of Cole-
rain was the bride's only attend
ant She wore a powder blue ny
lon dress with matching acces
sories and carried a nosegay of
pink carnations.
Bradjey Jennings, . brother 'of
the bridegroom,' was best. mart.
ushers, were Conal Turner i and
Elton Lee Newbera oi Colerain.' .
r Mrs. Walker Perry was mistress
of the ceremony. . . . U'
For her daughter's wedding
Mrs. Bun,ch wore . q naVy, blue
lace bvfr 'taAieta' ' dress" Jwith
matchiitg.accessioTiMi and a cor
sage of pink carnations.,
The bridegroom's mother wore
a pink dacron two-piece dress
trimmed in lace with matching
accessories and corsage of pink
carnations. ' ' ' ' 1 ) .
zxr.zz r.
.L Tc::r:rr
in c"Ta-
Central PTA Holds
I
Mbetin
mai
irrrnv
I amily Picnic Mori.
Three Cases Heard i
By Recorder Judge
Three cases were disposed of
in Perquimans Recorder's Court
this week when John Carter, Ne
gro, submitted to a charge of be
ing drunk and paid a $2 fine and
court costs. Ernest Hardy, Ne
gro, paid the costs of court af
ter pleading guilty to a charge
of using .improper equipment on
his car and Melvjn Simpson en
tered a plea of guilty to a charge
of failing to yield a right-of-way
and paid the court costs,
Pcrijiilmais Union
Closing Exercises
Closing exercises will begin at
Perquimans County Union School
on Sunday, May 25, 1958 at 4 P,
M., in the gymtorium of the
school, with the Educational Ser
mon by the Rev. R. A. Councill,
pastor of - Metropolitan African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Of Norfolk, Va. ,
Class night exercises will be
held on Tuesday night, May 27, at
8 P. M. Awards will be given to
deserving seniors, and other stu
dents. Theme: "Harbor of Our
Dreams".
' Eighth grade promotion exer
cises wiU be held on Wednesday,
May 28; at 1:30 P. M J. T. Big
gers, Superintendent of Perquim
ans County Schools, will be the
speaker. ' R, L, Kingsbury, prin
cipal, will present the certificates
AaMwaids,... -k: .
' Graduation exercises ; will be
heid, on Thursday, May; 29, at 8
. , Continued on Pago 6
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
0000CHfr
The French ' Parliament TUes
day voted Premier Pflimlin addi
tional powers to contain opposi
tion developing against the na
tional government. The military
has taken over control in Algeria
but Pflimlin, with his new pow
ers, hopes to strengthen the Paris
regime and win back the loyal
ty of military leaders favoring as
cension of Genera, DeGualle as
French Premier. . ' - .
General DeGualle has expressed
WiDlhgness to assume the leader
ship' of the governntent but only
through legal procedure. That
condition may come about should
the Pflimlin government fail to
receive continued support , from
the French Parliament. . t, j
An air-crash- in Maryland
Tuesday, resulting in the death of
Unpersons, has led to an appeal
for a single control of air space.
The collision Tuesday, was be
tween a military plane and a ci
vilian airliner, Military planes
are not under CAA control as are
civilian flights, thus resulting in
some confusion in areas where
military planes are based,
'Secretary of State Dulles this
week states the United States, de
spite Russian threats, may step
in 'to aid Lebanon put down a
rebellion which has raged, mostly
in Beirut,' during 'the past two
weeks. Lebanon's ' ' pro-western
government, thus far, has repelled
efforts aimed at overthrowing the
regtae;-:' '' -. r-V.-t ; "
' Harold Stassen, attempting a
political comeback as a GOP can
didate for governor of Pennsyl
vania, was trailing his GOP op
ponent in the primary conducted
last Tuesday. Party.-baeked Ar
thur McGonigle had a command,
ing lead over Stassen iii early re
turns reported throughout the
state. , ;
. riXCTO EOCIETY
Edrar F; ";, Jr., son of Mr.
1 I ' r ' " ' Us has been
1! ' n
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The final meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher ; Association -ot he
Perquimans Central Grammar
School was held Monday night,
May 19. The annual family pic
nic began at 6:30 and the regular
meeting at 8 o'clock. 1
"America The Beautiful" ' was
used as the opening number with
Mrs. Ralph White as accompan
ist. v
The president, Mrs. Ernest Long
presented Mrs. Bddie Harrell who
conducted the devotional.
During the business meeting
the minutes were read and ap
proved. The president, Mrs.; Er
nest Long, expressed her appreci
ation to the officers, various' com
mittees, and the entire association
for their cooperation during the
year. She showed various certi
ficates which the association has
received for achieving . certain
goals. Among these were the
President's Citation for magazine
subscriptions the association had
a record number of 68 subscrip
tions to the PTA Magazine; the
Standard Association Certificate,
and the certificate for 100 mem
bership. Robert L. Stevenson, historian,
gave a most comprehensive and
interesting resume of the year's
work. . .'. . ;
The president reported on the
room representatives' luncheon
which was held in the school
cafeteria April 29 and on the Dis
trict Workshop on Parent Educa
tion which was held in Elizabeth
City on May 1. She stated that
the PTA Institute .will be held in
Greensboro June 22-24. Mrs. Ned
Nixon, Secretary, was named as a
delegate to this institute -with
Mrs. L. B. Elliott, assistant secre
tary, as alternate. V
The secretary read a letter from
City, stating that the marble pla
que which was placed in the li
brary honoring the late Mrs. Neva
Morgan and the late Mrs. Ruth
Winslow was a personal gift to
the school. The president in
structed the secretary, to write: a
letter of appreciation to Mr. Saw
Continued from Page I
One-Shot Vote
And
Apply To State Senate Race
Voters in Perquimans County,
as in all the First District, wiU be
permmea to cast a ballot lor only
one of the three candidates for
State Senate from this district if
they sq desire. TJiis ruliagf how
evtr, will nolt apply: to oan4idates
for county offices. , ;
. The above was revealed in a
letter, from jt. C, Maxwell, ex
ecutive secretary . of the State
Elections Board. ' -
Perquimans County is under
G.S. 163-175, subsection 6, better
known as .the One-Shot' Vote
Law. ..This states that thevone
shpt Jaw "shall apply . to group
candidates lor the same office
printed on ' the ballot in any
Couniy or Municipal primary held
in this State." For example,, if
there are five seats on a board,
(such as the Perquimans County
Commissioners), and there are
five candidates, a voter cannot
vote for just one and have it
count. He will have to vote for
all five. In races where there Is
only one seat, and several candl
dates, naturally a voter will cast
his ballot for only one.
The State Senate race is by dis
trict and several counties are, con
solidated.: This makes ft accord
ing to a ruling by the Attorney
General's office, a 'District j prir
mary and the one-shot law does
not apply. Therefore; for State
Senate in the First Districi! in
which A.; P Godwin nEmmett
Winslow and iWillianr Copeland
are the candidates, a . voter may
cast his vote for only one if he
so chooses.?.
MAIL. BOX WEEK
W. W; White, Hertford post
master, announced the annual
mail box improvement week is
being observed this week and
post office patrons are -urged to
provides suitable, boxes,, erected
and,' mir'r.tained : for easy, and
t
t i i r
Tops In Graduating Class
1
Winning top scholastic honors among the Class of '58 at Per
quimans High School are Patsy Elliott, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Freeland Elliott, with an average of 96.97 and Dan Reed
Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winslow with an average
of 96.60. Miss Elliott is class valedictorian while Winslow is
class salutatorian.
Postal Off ici a Is
Surveying Need Of
New Building Here
AcreageReserve
WorthP,605
A total of 3,162.3 acres of land
situated on 299 farms in Perquim
ans County are covered under the
1958 acreage reserve program
with compensation for these
agreements calling for payment
to the farmers of $140,605.59, it
was reported this week by the
local ASC,pflica.A l
There has been one wheat
agreement covering 21.7 acres
with a compensation of $653.60;
corn agreements cover 144 farms
for 2,647.5 acres with compensa
tion of $101,536.56; cotton agree
ments including 154 farms with
493.1 acres with compensation of
$38,415.43.
Law Will Not
nrQIIIOiTO Dfall III
III CHUlgC 11(111 III
A Perquimans County landown.
er has voiced opposition to, pro
posed plans for placing culverts
under Route 158 in Pasquotank
County for the purpose of reliev
ing . drainage problems in , the
Tadmore area of that county,
which lies adjacent to Perquim
ans and Gates counties.
According to reports published
in a newspaper on May 10, the
situation, then due to heavy rains,
threatened croplands in the Pas
quotank section, and after inspec
tion of the site W R. Gregory,
chairman of the board of super
visors for the N. C. Foresty Ser
vice, was quoted as saying dikes
in the section was causing the
water to back up over some land.
' The report continued that prior
to construction of Route 158 the
area drained into both the Pas
quotank and Perquimans Rivers
but since no culverts were install
ed under the highway the drain
age problem was dependent upon
the Pasquotank River, and , this
condition could be relieved by in
stallation: 'of culverts diverting
the jvater into the. Perquimans
;RiVe5fc ;:n "'"i!; "Urfi'V: 5.,.
K.Thei' Perquimans landowner
contends such plans, if placed in
operation will cause hardship and
flooding :f land in Perquimans
County lying adjacent to the Per
quimans River and since the Dis
mal Swamp has never drained in
to, the Perquimans .Rivef it now
should not be diverted in that
manner, Which definitely will be
to the detriment of Perquimans
landowners. .v-t ' ' r,.1'-i,
v He contends funds should be
spent to correct the mistakes
rrsJt in construction of the dikes
' t! s rareli W"irov::e proper
;9r-of the. ari' ' nwhat
fhe't.' -,in-
Program In County
Tadmore Opposed
By Landowner
?h ''''0 i
Reactivation of the Harvey
Point Naval Air Station may
mean securement of a new post
office building for the Town of
Hertford. V
This was the word coming
through Congressman Herbert C
Bonner from Post Office Opera
tional officials in Atlanta, Ga.
In reply to a query from this
newspaper Congressman Bonner
advised on May 14 the following
information which he had receiv
ed from W. L. Crawford, Acting
Regional Operations Director;
"This ' will acknowledge your
letter, of May 8, 1938, concerningJ
the procurement of new quarters
for the post office at Hertford,
North Carolina.
"Our present lease, at Hertford
expires November 3), 1958, and
we have been w6i,king toward the
procurement 6f iieW quarters for
a further term of years. In 'view
of; the announcement concerning
the reactivation by) the Navy of
the Harvey Point base, we have
determined it advisable to resur
vey our space needs preparatory
to further negotiations for a new
building. This may result in an
extension (one year or less) of
the present lease. , We wish to
assilre. you, however, that the
Post Office Department, is tak
ing steps to provide adequate
quarters for the Hertford office."
J. T. Biggers, superintendent
of Perquimans County 'Schools,
was guest speaker, at Tuesday's
meeting of the Hertford Rotary
Club, using as his subject the
financial operations of the local
school system. .
Pointing out the school sys
tem probably provides the larg
est payroll in the county, the
figures running to about $470,000
annually, Mr. Biggers explained
in detail the budget operations
for the system. This is com
posed of three phases, general
control, capital outlay and debt
service
. . V , '. ... .
The superintendent told the .
Rotarians state funds pay for
some $350,000 of the operations,
which c includes .. teachers,', sal
aries, . the remainder , coming
from local funds. . . 7.
He .explained the allocation ; of
teachers for various -.schools,' this
being based on average daily
attendance, advising the formula
possibly i causing -overloads ; in
some classes, since only 'one
teacher is allocated for every
30 pupils in each school.
Mr. Biggers j told the club
members of the program being
proposed by the Citizens Com
mittee for Better Schools and
recited the state law which pro
vides that 1 each school , system
must operate under the stand
ards as set by the state unless
the citizens of a school district
vote t provide1 " supplementary
funds' -W ' enable'-1- the-Boarcli fbf
Education' ' to caf ry ' oat ; air"
prich&I prosm "i s1 schools
of that dL.iict, "' '
Rotary Hears Talk
Perquimans High
Closing
Holmes Speaks At
School Program
Carroll R. Holmes was the
speaker at a seventh grade pro
gram conducted Thursday night
of last week at the Perquimans
Central Grammar School. He
was introduced by J. T. Biggers,
superintendent of schools. Stu
dents taking part on th program
were Vic Roach, Mary Frances
White, Dianne Sawyer, Doris
Harrell, Janice Stanton, Jerry
Whedbee, Rachel Winslow, Caro
lyn Colson, Susan Riddick, Ann
Baker, Kathleen Story, Faye
Morse, Joyce Miller, Judy Bak
er, Marie Saunders and Mary
Nixon.
State Society To
Conduct Tour Of
County On Sunday
The State Society of County
and Local Historians, one of the
State cultural societies, will tour
Perquimans County's historic
sites on Sunday, Mrs. Taft Bass
of Clinton, president, announces.
In charge will be district tour
chairman, J. F. Pugh and Mrs.
J. Ernmett Winslow, chairman of
the committee on local arrange
ments. Members and guests,
who customarily provide their
own transportation and lunch, are
urged by the president to bring
along cameras so that pictures of
spots and buildings may be made
for permanent records.
.Those attendingahe tour .are
asked tq Ineet at Hertford Gram
narc , Sth4 Jon :Dobb Street at
80 ; Ai IL. Places of interest to
be, visited include Perquimans
cjuWyjoutt.Hoji'sej erected in
lfeto ahtt 'CWe-Grove " residence
of Benjajsain .Skinner, grandson of
thefMlde.J'-Pei?iibn has been
granted? Mo' view furniture and
portraits.
"Stockton," built by Josiah
Granberry in 1811, noted for its
architectural proportions, and
Gatling house, another fine ex
ample of smaller type colonial
plantation residence, will be on
the list of stops. From the lat
ter family came Congressman Al
fred Moore Gatling, inventor of
the Gatling gun. Piney Woods
Quaker Meeting House, organized
in 1794, will be a highlight on the
tour. ' A view of the interior will
be included.'
The life, and times, of George
Durant, who held the first land
grant rnade in , North Carolina,
March 1, . 1662, will be reviewed
during the day. '
Hertford Couple
Visit Martin Plant
A Hertford couple, Mr. and
I Mrs. Henry Sullivan while in
Baltimore last week, were given
an extensive tour of the Glenn
L. Martin plant where the Mar
tin SeaMaster is now under pro
duction. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan
saw three of the huge planes
which will be based at Harvey
Point, already completed and
now undergoing tests, .and some
other planes in various stages
of production. An official . of
.. " . . t.
the company accompanied them
on the tour of the plant and ex
plained ' various phases of the
production procedure and also
showed them a vast wind tun
nel ' where plapes undergo tests
to' determine -stress weaknesses
at high speds. ,
Girl Graduates
1 To Receive Gift
k .
W. M. Morgan Furniture Store
in Hertford has announced it will
again honor girl graduates of Per
quimans High School and Per
quimans Union School by pre
senting' them , with a miniature
Lane Cedar Chest; the presenta
tion of the gift to be made fol
lowing commencement exercises
at the school.
"'The giffs are how' on display
at tKe local' store but the nonor-
'ee's -are .requested hot to appear
for their fc'f'j until they have re
ceived t'"':r r" 'TIPS. '
Wednesday lNight;
Exerci
C2
Perquimans High School will
conduct its 33rd annual com-;
mencement on Wednesday night,
May 28, when 56 members of the
senior class will be awarded di
plomas signifying completion of
their studies in county schools.
The class will hold Class Night
at the high school on Tuesday
night, May 27, with a program to
be presented by the seniors.
The commencement program
will begin at 8 o'clock with invo
cation by ' Ervin Mansfield, fol
lowed by addresses given by Jean
Edwards, Beth Skinner and Ra
chael Spivey. E. C. Woodard,
principal of the school, will pre
sent awards and medals to stu
dents of the school after which
Sophia Godfrey will present the
school a gift from the graduating
class.
Diplomas will be awarded by
C. C. Chappell, Sr., Chairman of
the Board of Education, to the
following seniors: Myrtle AsbelL
Aubrey Baccus, Phyllis Bagley,
Jimmy Batts, Leola Benton, Jan-:
ice Chappell, Roy Chappell, Ver-
nelle Chappell, Crafton Colson.
Amanda Corprew, Becky Cox,
Jean Edwards, Janet Elliott, Lau
ra Elliott, Louise Elliott, Patsy
Elliott, Daniel Eure, Sophia God
frey, Marion Harrell, Billy Hud
son, Fay Hughes, Lois Hurdle.
Sally Ruth Hurdle, Mack Jones,
Jane Keel, Jean Keel, Lucy
Lamb, Warner Lee Madre, Ervin
Mansfield, Kay Matthews, Mable
Mathews, Richard Mathews, Skip
Matthews, Sonny Matthews, Tom
my Mathews, W. N. Mathews,
Johnny Miller, Eugene Moore,
Jake Myers, Luther Overton,
Johnny Phillips, Gail Pierce, Al
ma Price, Edith Quidley, Thelma
Smith, Rachael Spivey, Dorothy
I Taylor. Thursma. Whdre; RioM
ard Wheeler, Elvira White, June
White, Iris Wilder, Dan Reed
Winslow and Otho Winslow.
The valedictory will be given
by Patsy Elliott and benediction
will follow by Amanda Lou Cor
prew.
Ike Perry Named
Manager Of Local
Semi-pro Team
Organization of the Hertford
entry in the Albemarle Baseball
League for this year was com
pleted at a meeting held last
week-end when Ike Perry, ath
letic coach at Perquimans High
School, was named as team man
ager, it was announced by club
president, Ralph Jordari.
Club officials, in addition to
Jordan, are Broughton Dail, vice
president; Jay Dillon, secretary
and treasurer and directors, W. .
W. White, J. H. To we, Fred Mat
thews, Cliff Banks, Jake Ches
son, A. W. Hefren, J. T. Britt,
Bill Elliott, Jimmy Stallings, John
Ward, Claude Brinn and Julian
Broughton. .
Jordan also announced a sche- .
dule of 16 games to be played
by the Indians and stated season
tickets for the games are now on
sale at a reduced price.
Games to be played here are:.
June 9, Edenton; June 12, Cam
den; June 17, Elizabeth City;
June 20, Edenton; June 25, Cam
den; June 26, Elizabeth City.
July 1, Edenton; July 3, Cam
den; July 9, Elizabeth City; July
10, Edenton;. July 16, Camden;
July 18, Elizabeth City; July 22,
Edenton; July 24, Camden; July -'
30, Elizabeth City and August 1,
Edenton. -
Manager Perry has been con- .
ducting try-outs for the team each
afternoon at the Perquimans High
School field and an invitation is
issued to all players desiring to
try out to attend the next team
practice. ; :.'' v ; '
It is anticipated some pre-sea-son
games will be played by the
Indians but arrangements for
these, as yet, have not been com
pleted.
PIANO RECITAL SUNDAY
-Pupils of Miss Kate Blanchard's
piano class will copJ-ict t! 'rr
nual recital next y 1
noon at 4 o'clock at the HertJoi 1
Grammar School. The public f ;
inv'.tel to at""i