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,(,r .m,i )u !'! m'r? I I W::' I IL ' )!i ;: i :JCi liV -jr r,,J . - . . - r .1 Vji iO1 ,lume XXV. Number 22. p rimary :l;GE!!iiSatt!E - Voting booths in the' six pre-, : cincts in Perquimans County will ,: be I, oped, between, the hours of 6:30 A. M.r and 6:30 P. M.j Sat urday, May 31, for holding the . Democratic primary election, it . was reported today by A. White, Chairman of the Perquim ans Board of Elections. ' Local voters will cast ballots for state and county offices, nomi nating candidates for the general election next November. . Mr. White stated eight local contests will be decided in the election to morrow. t, ,k Three, candidates, J. Emmett Winslpw, William Copeland and A. Pilston Godwin, Jr., seek elec tion to the State Senate. Carroll R. Holmes and James - S.' McNider, Jr., seek the nomi nation as County Representative in the' next General Assembly. . There are five contests for the offices, of County Commissioners. In. Bethel Township the candi dates are Woodley Bundy and Warner Madre; In Belvidere : Township three .candidates seek the post: Emerson- Asbell, Wil liam C. Chappell and Elwood No well; Hertford Township can- , didates are Archie T. Lane and Harry Winslow; seeking the of fice from New Hope Township are R. L. Spivey and Jack Ben ton while the race In Parkville Is between Thomas Nixon and . George W. Baker. A six-way race is on for the '. five positions on the County i Board, of Education. Candidates ' seeking the offices are Dr. Ai B Bonner, Mrs. Jack Brlnn, Mrs.-A. R, Cook, Clarence C. Chaptoell, Sr., C M. HarttlJ and H. B. Mat thews. , - " .,' 1 FJve other coufity officers. without x '"'.ilonj.wm be certi : fV ng ca for -election- sheriff. J.K. iy ... i ....urxnyi ku v-v-rttv.'n.' Pitt. ; Treasurer D. ,F. . Reed. Jrl, Judge Cha E. Johnsdtf and Coroner Dr. A. Davenport -County voters will also; .cast ballots upon a proposition to de . , tannine whether or not the coun ty "will provide j supplementary funds to enrich the school pro . gram in Perquimans County,.' as - proposed by the Citizens Committee-for Better Schools and adopt ed by the Board of . Education The balloting on this proposition was ordered by : the Board of Commissioners. : . ' Interest Shown In Organizing;; Local Mis to ricociy A Tain, stormy at timer and' athel ; Baptist Church, where steady drizzkvat others, did' not Morris nffl" ave a b"ff dampen -the enthusiasm nor' de-J termany of the lovers of history 'ySunday to tour historical Per j, f qijimans County, ' . Preceding the tour, the . group was addressed by Mr. Corbett of Raleigh - on the subject of or ganizing a local historical soci ety. The enthusiasm shsWrh by the more than 35 people of Per quimans and other nearby areas expressing interest in this - or ganization, led to- a temporary organization' with Captalfr Na thaniel Fulford and Mrs. S. M. Y'hedbee being named tempor ary chairman and secretary re spectively; 1 !-. '.''' Oriicials-of the Statfe His-' torical Society's -nd ; residents from many 'other counties; ' In cluding Guilfprd, Wake; Vance, Orange, Moore,' Martin; 'Lerti'e. Ti -quotank and others followed t' lead car of Jesse F. t Jh 'M C iden .; County,: " one" bl the Historical Socii1 Vic I nts,' who ; org.L-i the 1 1 tour a"i pointed 6ut the 1 j cf : :st, first la the I - '3 1 k section of the i ' r If; I"'.Ie Rivef area ' ! t 'i the village of . . . ..... - ... - ix : ILri, the r V3 S sched- ": ' i I and Election CommicsionergiTo V r;, Meet Kext Monday , ; ' The Board of Commissioners of Perquimans County will hold its June meeting next Monday, June 2, in the Court House, beginning at 10 A. M. Final action on-a proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, is expected to be considered by the Board, and a tax rate set for 1958-59. Individuals desiring to confer with the Board are requested 'to note the time and place of meet ing. Infesting, UpFflrOninji;!!; Prospects for the Perquimans entry in the Albemarle- League are good, .according to : Manager Ike Perry, who has been con ducting a series of pre-season practice sessions in selecting the lineup for the team. "... Leading candidates for the team include Parker Chesson, Ted Chappell, Paul Matthews, McKay Riddick, as pitchers; D A. Carver and Billy . Nixon, catchers; Phillip Trueblood, Johnny Morris, Demp ' . Pierce, Tommy Matthews, Marvin Hun ter, j Richard . Wheeler u Welly White and Clyde Briggs. ,. . Manager Perry, stated practice sessions will be continued be tween now and the.- opening game on June 9, and players de siring to try out for, the local team., art requested to meet a the higtt school field each af Two pre-season f games- have been scheduled with the Eden ton club. . The first of these will be played in Edenton, on Thurs day, the seoond to be played in Hertford next week. -,-' : ..The Indians will open the sea son on June . 9 at Edenton and will play Edenton in Hertford on .Tuesday; June rlO.-.;- Season tickets for the local games are now on sale at . reduced prices i and the ducats may be purchas- ed from any member of the 'board of directors of the club. " M.w ; - Church. . Next , on ; the ' Itinerary was Piney -Woods Friends ' Meeting House. ; Here in the quaint old structure, the pastor, the Rev. Earl Redding, and Mrs. Grace Ward gave an interesting re view of the Friends Meetings which were first - held Jn this section in 1675 .' , Finally, , the party paused for a look at., the Exum Newby house: in' Belvidere, uilt in 1767, then disbanded and ' de parted for - their : respective homes. ' , i ' , ' l, ',-.'. Receive Decrees "i:.. At Chowan College : ;,Five studentv from the Hert1 fprd .area, William Eugene By rum, son. , of , Mr., and 'Mrs. Eu gene jByrunv Sheldon' Jeari Long, daughter of Mrs. ,.S. .Mi'Long, Jesse Ray Mansfield son .of iMr. and Mrs. .8. . J, , Mansfield; ; Bar bara Jean Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- Crofton -Russell, and Deri Gray Winslow, son of Mr. and Mra. H. J. Winslow, -received Associate , of Arts de ffrepR' at rommentwriMit exer cises conducted I" y at wan Colic; In 1" boro., Hertford, In rrr- .Iff MM IW0ULDMAKE STRONG 1VIEN WEEP The largest Illegal Ltugittsburgh, Pa., jn .the last five years comes to an abrupt end, PLy Assignment And Fiscal Items Adopted By Board Meeting here in special ses sion) last . Monday night, the Perquimans Board of Education, in compliance with state law, adopted a resolution assigning pupils of county schools for $hie 1958-59 term, , beginning next September, it was reported by J. T. Biggers, county superintendent.- A copy of this reso lution is published in this issue of The Weekly. A number of important mat ters were handlpd by the board during a rather long : meeting, including adoption of a new schedule of classes for Perquim ans High School which- provides a flexible -program for activities so not to , interfere with the curriculum'; v 5 . . The board approved the elec tiorfarOVf Underwood to a position a?- science' ' : feacher at Perquimans .-. High' School. - He m'ill . tpach ; chemistry, bhVsics jud biology. " - 1 V"' After much discussion,, the board adopted a tentative sup plementary budget for the" gertr exal School fund calling for an outlay of: approximately $7,75p, in 1 the event the proposal f or- supplementary funds is approved bv - the countv voters in thr election on Saturday. These funds, if made available, will be used during the 1958-59 school term to provide a public school music teacher, a librarian at the Hertford Grammar School, onr part-time teabh'er aL Hertfdrd Grammar School and equip the , vocational aepartment at erJ cial- tax of 10 cents to provide the funds for the aboye, . prq giam. '''' . The'rioafd aso' adopted a.mor 'tion granting ' use ' of school grounds after, .1 .P. M, on. Sun days, ' proyidmg , . individuals seeking" use 'of , the, grounds are supervised by a.vresponsible per", son, . .r .,,..,.,! -i j. i The superintendent of schoolr was authorized to close his of fice all day on Saturdays dur ing the summer vacation months starting in June and ending in August. - Approval was voted by the board for 12 repair projects to be carried - out .at' - the various schools . dulring the . " summer .Continue on Page Eight ible School To VJIVllVHWUuV v i ., ' 'Vacatiori'ChurchV School" for boys! snd ; girls' Jages 4-1' - will begirt oh' Monday, June2,'at the Firsi '-Methodist Churchl ; Hf lora. -nours will ,be irom un til, til o'clock , each, "more ing iiiiuuBii rimay, nunc ,- , Sbiar Activities, .Bible.., study a'nov 'dVenture'CVJitVn!liy" ing JiaVe been pianned for ea'ch of three age groups, Who -.will have the . . following . persons as their i leaders:' j' Kindergarten. Mra. ; Ray White, Irs. Rfly Has- kett," Mrs. Paul .nith, and Mrs. Cho-jElber't Taylor; Primary, Mrs. H C. Sullivan, Mrs. H. W. Wins- low, ;Krs. . Charles J. L. Harris and Harrell,' Mrs. Miss Letitia V i. R. . S. ,,T-';rjnn; Ju":" arid' Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, m -' ' h ' t ' ''' ! , 'fit. ondumpIngU. Photo at right shows the Proposal OnBetter Schools Program Before Voters Sat. Voters in Perquimans County will, in addition to selecting of ficials at the election on Satur- day. May 31, cast ballots on a proposal to allow increased sup port of schools as advocated by the Perquimans County Citizens Committee for Better Schools. All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, are eligible to -vote on this proposal. i If approved, the proposal gives the Board of Education author ity to spend not more than 30 cents per $100 property ; valua tion for supplementing the gen eral school fund. This ; 30-cent rate, according to the Citizens Committee, will'-renlace the A3ltPtes will take effect next Jan dent$ rate;7 :'tet this Vear riiseot;-Jthis i year ' f or capital outlay ,m completing 'arid equipping the county's Iwd new schoois. ' The committee h&s pointed .put during the campaign that, there are other, needs which are urgent,. such, as extra teach ers;, nqt supplied by: state funds, improved facilities for' libraries and science, departments secre tarial help and public school mu sic. Without a vote by the peo ple, school officials have no au thority under the law to spend tax money - for these above cause-. !; i The committee points out if the proposal is approved by the voters it will not require school officials to spend as much as the 30 cent rate would allow hut only so much of that amount as seems 'needed from year to year. ' ; . v:;. ; ; Fof !the ' past several years Perquimans County has orovid- jd,rjfr6m' 'local county funds, -ap. proximately ?38,000 , for., main tfmance' bf 'sch'odlsr Although school t. offitiials have authority to spend more than that for reev ttlar' upkeep ' of schools and for capital outlay; they have no au thority; to spend tax : money for the other causes' proposed above, without approval by a vote of the"- people. Almost all funds for y teachers' salaries are paid by the state, amounting to about $400,000. each year for the Per quimans schools. In the opinion of the com mittee,4, if the Citizens Commit tee , proposal is , approved on May 31, the county will begin to assume more of its rightful 3hare,i of .'the responsibility for its-school;'' W:fi',k'" : V " , :-?"';' ' " lHC:,:Suilivan and' Floyfi; Itews; c'o-thairTneri; . pf - 'the' dOmMteel 'annoTihce 'plans for a motorcade,, (to feover ''Perquimans CbUnty on'IVidayiMay 3b', to remind, voters to go 1 tb' thff boils. , The 'committee requests 'any peri TOn who wishes-to loin the mo- Wrcade to sJrt'tbhpjJr4f!ftfM grammar school r t- iliOf May ISO. The groups Will stop' at Onley's store in New Hope for refreshments. ' The Citizens Committee at its! taetting May 24 adopted resolu tions of thanks to the Hertford Jaycees for defraying? the cost of the Better Schools rally which Ray Wilkinson addressed on May 3, . to the Hertford Gram-i mar School PTA and the Central Grammar; School PT.V for.,, the t - , ,i aAd 'to' tt s m i l i .in J . moonshine operation uncovered ' , Police, at left, hold a barrel of bootleg whisky cascading down)- The Perquimans . Weekly who nave urgea ineir readers to "Vote For Better Schools." ' THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES President E i s e n h o w er has signed a 'postal rate bill which vill increase .costs of mailing all types .of'." letters; cards, news papers, magazines and circulars. First class mail rates' will be ef fective; August' 1, ). while other f uary- I"rfded in the billis i pay -raise for all employees of the Post Office Department;- IThe tug-o-war over control of the French government continu ed this week but there are indi cations General : DeGaulle will eventually emerge as the' pre mier. "The French National 'As sembly rallied to the support of Premier - Pflimlin on Tuesday, but a report stated Pflimlin is ready to resign in favor of De Gaulle. . ' Washington reports this week state Congress has had a change of heart concerning a tax cut this year ; and there is little likelihood changes will be, made in either excise or income tax levies. ' Government officials, in cluding' the President, point out the U. S. economic picture is improving and the need for re cession measures is decreasing; therefore, taxes should remain at present levels as a means of overcoming deficit financing.... Unemployment is expected to reach new highs - during, the month of June due. to school students leaving classes for jobs. While this is a seasonal situa tion, government officials report the demand for unemployed com pensation has shown some de crease and the overall economic situation is improving in a num ber of manufacturing fields. ;,, , Two unknown soldiers, one from World War II and the other from the Korean War, have been selected to rest; irf honor next to the unknown soldier of World War I in Arlington. Cemetery in Washington. ' Final selection was madethis week: by a. Medal of Hdnor sailor, aboard a ahipy off shore 'near ' Norfolk. Ritea tor the veterans will be conducted in rWdshington Friday. . .;, ' h ncer Fund Now- " Mrs.' F. A. McGpogan, treasur er of the cancer "fund drive,' re ported this week contributions' to this campaign have reached" $1,'- 157.78, and of this amount 40 per cent will be retained in-the jcoun ty for use by the county unit of the Cancer Society. ; ,' ' The Society .and, BPW.b which sponsored the drive, ex nressed appreciation to the public n-' i'-'nerou's support riven i'.his campaign ; . May 30, 1958. Commencement At M.IIUI iteayilight ;J Perquimans High School con ducted its 33rd annual commence ment last Wednesday night, With the awarding of diplomas to 56 members of the graduating class. Following invocation by Ervin Mansfield, three seniors, Jean Ed wards, Beth Skinner and Rachael Spivey, gave addresses on the po tentialities of Perquimans Coun ty. f During the program, Sophia Godfrey, in behalf of the class of 1958, presented the school a wa ter cooler as a gift from the class. Diplomas were awarded bv Cla rence C. Chappell, Sr., chairman of the Board of F.ducation. after which Patsy Elliott gave the vale dictory. a1 E. C. Woodard, principal of the school, presented the following medals and awards to: Chief medal and name on pla que, Rachael Spivey; Sportsman ship, Babe Ruth awards and name on plaque, Jimmy Batts and Kay Matthews, Activities, Hazel Matthews and Rachael Spivey: Citizenship, hieh school, Kav Matthews, eighth grade, Frank lin McGoogan; Dramatics, Sonnv Matthews and Iris Wilder; Out standing undergraduate, Beverlv Tucker; Debates, Jean Edwards Ray Winslow, Rachael Spivey and Ann Lane; Glee Club, Shir ley Tarkington and Letitia Mc Googan. Journalism Yearbook, Rachel Spivey, Newspaper, Patsy Elliott and Business Manager, Jean Ed wards; Student Council, Kay Matthews; Highest grades in school, Mrs. B. G. Koonce award. Pauline Baccus; commercial BPW award, Beth Skinner; Buck pla que for agriculture, Irving Mans field; Will Chappell award for highest grades in agriculture," J. D.i Hollowell; DeKalb award for excellence in agriculture, Aubrey Baccus; American History award, by WOW, Beverly Tucker; Bus drivers' watch, Dempsey White. Final exercises at the school were conducted Thursday morn ing when 8th .grade promotion certificates were awarded. The speaker was D. E. Hervey. Fol lowing presentation of the certi ficiates, perfect attendance cer- tificates were awarded as were bus driver awards and athletic emblems. Beit Recorders Docket Listed 27 Cases At Session Tuesday ; - A varied docket consisting of M. i8", the ,sum , of 27 cases was disposed of during s,;x &U.jer aveelE for support Tuesday's session of Perquimans . 0 h!s children. Recorder's Court presided over Curtis Whedbee, Negro, found by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. not guilty on a charge of tres- Ten defendants, Pearl Berber, :Pa, was ordered to serve a 60 Marvin DavenDort. R. W. Mc- day road sentence for failure to Queen. Philio ,- Buswell. E. B. Hamblin, Mary FutreH Richard Holliard, J .P. Morgan, Gwen-" dolyn Heath and John Eruley, submitted to charges of speed - ing and each paid the costs of rourt Charlie Ferebee, Negro, was found ' guilty on .. charges of speeding and he was ordered to pay a fine of $20 and costs or serve 3d days in jail. Willie Outlaw, Negro, James Roberts, Negro, William Rid dick, Negro, and George Dillard each entered a plea of guilty to charges of following ' too : close behind another vehicle and each paid the costs of court. .'.Henry King, ; ;Jr. .was taxed with the court costs on 'a charge of driving a truck, exceeding the width limit. - ' X A verdict bf not guilty . -was returned in the.' cast , in . which Malachl " , Harfell;, Negro, was charged' With Operating a truck without a tuni signal. . ..Costs of . court were taxed against Oliver Lee Riddick, Negro.- on a charge ot operating t tfuck -- exceeding the height limit. -'v,: 'v-$y?'-:.v',':- : i' 1 -T.innihnii.. JfnHniirm mIaojI eniil. jty to charges : of using an im proper muffler' and driving with insufficient brakes, z He paid a flne,of10 . ap4,c6sts,;; !:;.v7; Thomas., Felton Negro, fouhd I guilty ; on a eharBe of non-sup port, was ordered to pay the Navy Obtains Bids On Three Projects Harvey Point N AS I Poppy Day Saturday. May 31, will be ob- served as Poppy Day in Per quimans County, and members of the Auxiliary of the Wm Paul Stallings Post of the Am erican Legion, urges everybody to buy and wear a poppy in memory of the war dead. , Mrs. Thomas H. White, co chairman of the Poppy Day -ales, announced all children who are vountcer workers are asked to moot at the Court House poppy booth at 5 P. M They will be given a wiener roast later. Rev. Clark S. Reed To Assume Duties The Rev. Clark S. Reed, of Durham and Fort Lauderdale Florida, will assume summei pastoral duties at First Metho- list Church, Hertford, on Sun lay, June 1. it was announced this week by the pastor, the Rev. James A. Auman, who will sail on June 3 for a ten weeks mission tour of Europe. Mr. Reed comes to Hertford from Durham, where he has re cently completed his work for he B.D. degree at the Divinity School of Duke University. He is also a graduate of Davidson College, and has served as sum mer associates at Brevard, Dav idson end Maysville, N. C. For the past year he has been As sociate Chaplain of the Metho dist Church at Duke University. He is married to the former Miss 'U"VU" "u,,e 1' "l Patsy Beam of Shelby, who will1"1 the afternoon. Estimated loorts join him in Hertford when she Z thlSJtiT'i ge fwm 250' has completed her year's teach ing in the Durham schools. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr., and 'Mrs. Steve Marsh an nounce the birth of a daughter, born Tuesday, - May 27, at the Chowan Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh live in an apartment at the Hotel Hertford. Pay an old ine and court costs. A fine . of $2 and costs were taxed against Hiram Thatch, Negro, who. submitted to a .charge of being drunk, I Dallas Jennings paid a fine of $10 and costs on charges of drving with insufficient brakes. Herbert Ward,, found guilty1 on charges of being drunk and possession of tax paid liquor, was otdered to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. Jack White, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of leaving the scene of an accident, driving without, a .license, after license had oeen. revoked. ,He was given- iqjgixl rhohths1 -sentence to be suspended on payment of, a fine-Qf $250 ahd ' costs of court. -.", ,,Si4ivl ii"15'.-"1 ;":';' Garland McDonald 1 entered ! a pica j of i.guiltyT. tef''a '' charge i of drivirgnw'ithbXita license; He was given a -30- da'sehtence to be "suspended ' upoitf " payment of a fine of $35 and costs of court. Cancer Clinic To Close For Summer ' The Northeastern Cancer Clin ic will be discontinued for the summer months, effective with the clinic to be conducted on June 6. The. clinic wili. be- re-, opened ' bri September 5, ft .has been announced, fihe. quota lor the. June clinic has already been fill-1 ed, 5 Cents Per Copy, Low bids, totaling more than 1 1 $3,936,500, were received by the I Navy Department for constructior i projects at the Naval Air Station, Harvey Point at the offices of the Fifth Naval District in Norfolk last Tuesday afternoon. A Navy spokesman announced contracts for this work are ex pected to be awarded within the next few days, and work proba bly started on the projects with in the next 30 days. The three projects on which bids were received were a Boat house and Operations Building, fueling facilities and roads and utilities. Low bid for the boat house, in the amount of $458,200, was submitted by Diamond Con struction Co., of Savannah, Ga.; while low bid for the fueling fa cilities in the amount of $1,498, 381 was submitted by A. J. Jen kins & Son of Warsaw, N. C. A bid of $1,980,000 was submitted for the construction of the roads and utilities by Malan Construc tion Company of New York. It was reported a bid of $443. 5(51 for the boathouse project, submitted by J. T. Hardison, was in the mail at the time these bids were opened but thus far there has been no confirmation as to the bidding on this job. In addition to the above pro jects scheduled for construction at the local Air Station, Rear Ad miral A. J. Fay, Officer in Charge of Construction for the Fifth Na val District, has issued invita tions for bids on two more pro tects at the site. Bids are sought for construction of communica tions facilities and these will be opened at the Navy Office in Norfolk on June 17 at 2 o'clock 000 to $500,000; the second pro ject offered for bids, which will be opened on June 19, will be construction of a heating plant : and distribution system. Estimat: ed posts run from $500,000 to $i million. About 125 persons are now em ployed at the base, and this fig ure, according to Ralph Hall, chief inspector, is expected to in crease as new projects get under way in the very near future. HD County Council Planning Projects The HD County Council met this week with Mrs. Warner Madre, vice president,J.presidng.'j After a devotional vgiven by MrsA Roy Nixon, much important bus iness was discussed. Mrs. Fred Matthews, County Song Leader, gave a report on a special music "' program that she made possible ' during the month of May. Mrs. Mathews visited the local Home ' Demonstration Clubs and after1 giving them several pointers on things to remember in singing, she taught the group the songs that are in their year books and others that are in their new song books. Mrs. Madre announced that Farm and Home Week will , be June 9-13 and that all Home Demonstration members who would like to attend should please let the Home Agent's office know -by June 1. The secretary, Mrs. . Melvin Eure, read a letter from , the State Music Chairman stating : that they would like to have one1 ' " dollar per local Home Demonsira-'v tibn Club to help make the State " Music. Program continue funct'on- -1' ing as.it already is. The follow- ,,: 'ng committeemen for Farmers'' ' Day, were appointed: : Mrs.; WiW'P liam; Winslow, Mrs, Warner Ma-'! dre,' Mrs. Melvin. Eure.: Mrs. Intn ing Trueblood. Mrs. Co'on Jacls son: Mrs, John Hurdle. Mrs. Chnr- ' lie Dail. Mrs. Willie Lamb, Mrs. Oliver Winslow, Mrs. Edear Long, Mrs. Jos'ah Prootor, Mrs. . Roy v Nixon. Mrs. E. W. Sutton. Mrs. Fred Matthews.' Mrs. : Joe Webb, Jr.. Mr. Jack Benton. Mrs, Arch- -le WhMe -and Mrs. Nathan Ma-"" 4 hews, -i; The committpe that will "reet;th planninir for the 1959 ; Horn Demonstration pmeram will h composed of the, County Codiicit Vfficers, id. cluh presi dents. Spverai 4-H ewnts were announced and Horn Demonstr tion women invited to attend.'