North Carolina Newspapers

-.'.' ij.- -c. : .'SI f il,l, if jll iJ. iL ii Volume XXV. Number 27. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, 'July 4, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy; Darken Says State Recorder's Judge ision 1 Road it . . vommis 1 : T'TSir, .iffi.: ;!?Arr Pk, '.-'it . ;!The , State , Highway - CommU- iiqn Unfamiliar. With Hertford views regarding any, possible by pass to be constructed On U. S. Highway 17, it was reported by Mayor,. V, N. Darden who was questioned .Wednesday as to any v further developments pertaining it the State's intentions of build ing a by .pass around the Town . ot Hertford. , V Mayor Darden pointed out the Highway Commission has, in past years, conducted numerous i surveys of possible routes and in turn conferred, with local offi .qials regarding the proposed plans, vHe stated the present proposed Construction, according to infor mation he has received, is pos. wbly some five years away v Mayor Darden pointed out that the official view as to a by-pass for Hertford is 'negative, but v since present highway- planning apparently calls for by-passes for III. towns, Hertford desires and wants the same treatment given other towns, such as . Wiliams . ton, Windsor and Elizabeth City', when, by-passes t were Installed . ih1 these locations. ' $he .'Mayor said he realized by-passes are a part of present day .highway planning, but in sofar .as Hertford is concerned, he felt the State, in' construct ing a by -pass here, should not install the route more than to one mile from the " present town limits. ; ' ' . jLocal officials, the mayor said, are giving much thought' to the traffic problems now present and which may arise with the acti vation of the Harvey Point base and v art , studying plans and methods to give Yeltef ;to"the ever increasing traffic through! the town. , ' " . ' . ", 1 '. However,, he continued, v we ,irHP9Qa uy -action propped r. ... that.-Vill b detrimental to1 the ' future developments the town ot Hertford.-., V , felly &0n-" pln&'fcot Ih r' JIT. if, White;- Hertford Post . piaster, announced new penalty rates for postage due on mail Went into effect Tuesday as! a major change In postal' pro cedure'.'' "P" - The. Postmaster said that un paid or insufficiently prepaid mail of ajl glasses is now being o aed-,for the amount of deflci .') Aent postage, ' plus a. new, short paid charge , of five cents, and , dispatched for . delivery, . . '.v ; ., ' :: The "penalty" ia t charted to '.either , the sender or the receive fof the postage-due letter, White said. . For PxamnlA it mailed -with W tw. T . .postage, the 'addressee1 is -called On to pay the one cent due, plus -. , the, .. five-cent short-paid mail charge. ' . - If - the ' addressee refuses - to ,...; wep the letter,' it is returned " " to the sender who must pay the , ' postage due; plus the extra .charge. . ' Businesses also are affected by the short-paid mail charge, White said, as it applies to cases . where the addressee has" moved. A business sending f a two-cent circular . with forwarding and , return postage guaranteed to an undeliverable address ih another " oity.has .to pay the forwarding and returning , charge, iplus five f centftor a total.of nine cents. The(.new -law. could prove es ' specially Mostly when new postal rates go into effect August ,1, .. White saidU ., , Alsfl effective ;T2siay, ,the restrictive size and,.1 weight w.Lmitations .'n air vparcels ,iad . .(firesnesj : o. ihost overseas mili , tc post bfficea wre greatly 'LLeruedk s .-.,, rJ , Parcels for,'; most overseas Biliary post offices may weish vt to 70 pounds and: have com- tli.ti 1, r;tl and girth up 'to Jones of Commissioners ,Th Meet Next Monday ; . , The I Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County will hold its July meeting next Monday at 10 A. M. in the Court House. In addition to other matters ex pected to be handled during the meeting, the Commissioners will approve final action in the 1959 fiscal budget. THIS VMS MIMES Congress cleared the way this week for. Alaska to be admitted to the, United States, as the 49th State of the Union, when' the Senate , voted, adoption- of House approved bill. Only the formalities remain, the .: Presi. dential signature to the bill, and acceptance by the people Of Alas ka. .On Wednesday, adminizstra tion , officials called on Congress to grant' Hawaii the statehood voted for Alaska. The - State : Department - an nounced Wednesday; it is work ing hard for release of some, 60 Americans held - captive abroad. A number of these U. S. citizens are held prisoner by Cuban rebel forces . and eight airmen are. prisoners in East Germany. Reports state the Americans are held by the Cuban rebels in a blackmail move to halt U. S, in. tervention in Cuban affairs. ;, ,V,, -'IV.' r---; ':; : The U. ' S. Supreme Court, prior Jto . its summer adjourn ment ' aSrt-lidyaaed,;.to shortcut usual " procedures ' in itmsmriSiK'w appeal of a .Pis; trtct uour anecung lniegrauon in kittle kock, Are., scnoois. The court! ruled, the action bev re ferred back' to. the, Court of Ap peals, in St. Louis. , ,. V , i-;'.iV. The East-West conference on Dolicine' a bari bh nuclear tests started in' Cfeneva Tuesday des pite previous announcements by Russia hinting at a boycott of the meeting. " Reports stated the conference was off to a good start 'wlthi 15 f delegates partici pating in' the preliminary dis cussions aimed toward develop ment of plans to supervise fu. ture atomic tests. lordiiCDlircs - v : ' "' V''". ria"vIBw.v from the State Highway 'Commission July 1st, was honors if loyal service at a dinner giv- en to him by state employees of virlrair itnnartmonts 'fhrnuehout Division One at the ; equipment ! i shop, in Hertford. ' r ' Mr. Jordan is married to the former Miss Goldieunch and has, one daughter, Miss Betty Jordan. He started v with ' the State Highway Commission August 1, 1933, when he began working as a mechanic 'in Edenton under the supervision of W. J. Davis. On July 1, 1937iv he was trans ferred to Elizabeth City, then in 1944 was promoted . to district mechanic a position he, has held for the past 14 yedrfcv V His fellow 'Workers presented him ' with a Bulova watch.; f !,; Tot Lot Completed Installation of a Tot Xot" at the Perquimans- recreatlbnal cen ter has' been completed, and will be ready for' use .by prejchool childraw taeitil vieefli.- itl'was re ported,, today, Mn, liams " and Mrs. R. M.' Thompson, who headed : the committee for the installation.; Mrs. Williams pointed out this "Tpt Loff is for use by. children up. to five yars of age and parents are' re- qiisted to keep ' older children I this section of the' center, in i.uch. as the equipment ii not r:'y enout:h for' use- by older cl "..en. . The committee ex- " is f ' i to i 'ivlJ-nls -t ' ' : t ' i- tu . ' L" fPost " Vf'.' ' . - ; "AIR-CONDITONING" THE ATMOSPHERE-A louvered mask installed in front of the No. 3 engine of a Boeing 707 prototype jet airliner "air-conditions" the atmosphere in front of the engine for tests in Seattle, Wash. Since natural icing conditions are hard to find, the 14 parallel bars are equipped a quarter-inch of ice forms, AhoskieContest Miss Jean Edwards,, daughter of Mr. . and Mrs. A. H. Edwards, a 1958. graduate of Perquimans High School, was selected as the winner of a "Miss Universe" contest conducted last week at Ahoskie. .She competed against 10 other young ladies for the North Carolina title. As winner of the contest Miss Edwards will represent -the state at the. world-wide contest to be staged July 16-27 at Lang Beach, California. . Runnerjv was Sherrie Mc- Creightos.-.; of Newton, with Blanchtr Manning, Williamston, Linda Spence v q Conway and Betty - Ann , Liverman of. Winton as the three other top finalists. Hertford Assembly of God lurch V ,was the setting on June ,8( 'at 2 o'clock in. the af ternoon, for, the marriage of ! Miss; Rebecca.. Ann White of Hertford and pimer, Allen Winslow of Belviere. . .;,.:,,. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Annie C. White of Hert ford and the bridegroom is the son of Elmer Ray Winslow of Belvidere. -.ii, G. B., -; Lawrence heard the wedding vqws exchanged in a setting of palms, gladioli and candlelight. Miss- Patsy Boyce played the wedding 'music and accompanied Mrs. Calvin Bundy who sang "The Wedding Prayer." The bride, given, in marriage by her brother, Eugene White, Wore a .: pale blue . nylon dress with; white " accessories and . car-, ried a white prayer book topped with an fcrrchid. ' , MrsV ; Wilfiam- Johnson Was the'hriHp'si'nnlv Atrt.ndant. flhe urnw o", TiiHTr h Araca 1 '- ninlr 'laril hat ana - carried a nosegay of pink roses. ' Billy : Winslow was best man tor 'his brother. Vivian Baker and " Johnny Winslow, another brother, were ushers. Mrs. , James Wilder was mis. tress of" the ceremony. , , For -her daughter's wedding Mrs. White. wore a Navy blue dress, .harmonizing : accessories and a' corsage of pink carna tions. Following their ' Vedding trip Mr. ancf, Mrs. Winslow are mak ing their home at South Mills. Charles Payne New Rotary President ; c Officers yf ot - the, , coming year for. the Hertford Rotary Club,.as. sumed , their .duties At , , Tuesday 'a meeting ,of . the club., ' Charles Payne ; is the new president bf the - local Rotary Club, succeed ing C?,Pi1MrfW; "(m. Payne Dresented1-1 Morris " with 'a past president's.' pin during ' the meet" ing this week. , ; tLt Comdr.i Donald Dalton, of ficer in charge of construction at Harvey Point, ' was a guest at the meeting and he gave a re port on development of , road plans serving the base, . . During .the business : session the club yoted to contribute $50 to - Miss Jean Edwards to be ued t-rwr d""-yir3. expenses " ' .'c : j t" 3 IJi-'Stni-, s ' in i "lornia.1 . " with 109 spray nozzles which shoot water at the engine. After the engine's hot-air dc-icing system is tested. Jaycees To Sponsor All-Star Baseball Game Indians Continue Lead League Plans for an All-Star Albe. marie League basebal ' game to be payed" in Hertford Friday night under the sponsorship of the Hertford Junjor Chamber of Commerce are complete, it was reported by the Jaycee commit- Tho aam this vpnr will obstruction at Harvey Point NAS players from Edenton and Hert ford competing against a team composed of players from Eliza beth City and Camtuck. Game time is 8 o'clock, and a large crowd of fans are expected to turn out to watch this holiday event. ' Meanwhile, the Hertford In dians maintained thfeir ; two-lead in the competition for the league title. Hertford lost a deci sion to Edenton Monday night but bounced back to take a 43-2 victory from the v Colonialaii Hemora-on mesctay nigni. . , The Colonials nicked Richard Wheeler for four runs and six hits to win Monday night, while the Indians tallied three runs off -nine hits. ' Edenton scored three runs in the first inning, then Hertford knotted, the count in the third but the Colonials added one run1 in the' bottom of the third to score the victory. Fenri was the. winning pitcher. Ted Channel! 'contained the Colonials easily here Tuesday night, giving up only four hits in the first seven innings, while blanking the Colonials. The In dians ; nicked Powell, Edenton pitcher, for 10 hits and seven runs during the first five in nings, then unnin reieaveo Powell. Hertford scored six runs Off Griffin in the sixth to run its total to 13. At this point Manager Ike Perry sent in his reserves to fin ish the game. Edenton tallied two runs in the late innings to finish the game on the short end of a 13-2 score. Cdllejre Quartet Here July 11th , . . i The King's Messengers Quar tet from Malone College, Canton, Ohio, will be in a special service at the . Bacley Swamp Pilgrim Church Friday, .July 11, at 8 P. M. The Rev. Owen W. Glass- burn. Damascus. Ohio, will be the guest speaker. . The public is cordially invited to, attena this service. . - , BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Capt.'and Mrs. French Read an nounce the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth, , born Sunday, June. 29, at the Camp Lejeune Hospital. Mrs. Reed is the former Miss Dee Oakeyk. ('-r'-1 ..t-;j:;il,; -'r:;: t 7 V W. O- W. MEETING . fThe Albemarle Camp No. 461 at the Woodmen of the World will meet "July; 3,:at8 P. VL. at the . Town Municipal Building. All members are urged to attend this meeting. J CUB PACK OUTING Cub Scout Pack 510 of Win. fall ' conducted n outing to Nags , Head Thursday ;' of ' last week when 46 persons, includ ing the Cubs" and their families, toured . o1 i . trails ,in that area". e- group - njore ' "wemeri roc-.t at the close of thetrip.-' Here Friday; Navy Awarded Four Contracts At Base Four more contracts for con- were awarded by the Fifth Dis trict Naval Public Works office last week, it was reported by Lt Comdr. Don Dalton, officer ir charge at the base. The con jets totalled $1,387,388. , . iiing-Hunter,' Inc.,. of Greens boro, received a contract amount ing to $423,523 for construction of communication facilities; Bay Construction Company of Nor folk received a $173,068 contract for building a warehouse supply storage; a -contract of $249,950 for construction of a contro tower and seadrome-- lighting went to W. T. Byrns Company o' Norfolk and L. T. Zoby & Son o Norfolk got a contract for con- structing a heating plant and distribution 'system worth $964, 370. " - Plans have been announced by the Corps of Engineers of Wil mington for clearing an addi tional 97 miles of hurricane clogged streams in eight eastern counties. Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr., dis trict engineer, said bids are scheduled to be opened on Aug ust 6 and that the successful bidders would be required to be. gin the work within 30 days af ter receipt of the notice to pro ceed. , The counties with the number of miles in each are: -Camden. 1; Currituck, 15; Hertford, 26; Hyde, 4; , Pasquotank, 11; Per quimans, 36; Tyrrell, 2, and Washington, 2 miles. The district engineer pointed out that the Corps of Engineers has ' been authorized to perform the work for the Federal Civil Defense ' Administration by. con tracts with private enterprise on a competitive basis. FFA Judging Team Wins State Honors The livestock judging, team representing Perquimans chapter of the Future Farmers of Am erica won -:- first . place in the state ' contest, conducted last Week' in connection with - the State PFA convention. The team is " composed of Preston ; Wins. low, '- Harold I Winslow? Johnny Winslow and - Freddie Colson. Their advisor Is -Joe L. TunnelL :' As ! state winners, the team was presented a $400 prize to be used to defray their expenses to the national contest' to be con ducted at the national FFA convention in Kansas City, Missouri. ..: BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Roger. ,son ,of Route 1, Tyner, announce the birth of a ; daughter, Marta Lynn, born Tuesday, June 24, . at Chowan Hospital, . Mra Rogerson if sthe fornw- Miss ' Dotmegan Lane. ' - ". 1 23ta Tuesday .... ,, , ... , .. ....... ,, ' A ' docket consisting of 20 cases was disposed of in Per quimans Recorder Court on Tuesday with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding. 7 Fourteen of the defendants were charged with speeding and each submitted to the charges and paid trie costs of court and fines as indicated: Kathryn Rogers, Juliaelien Seward, John Hamer, Fredrick Clouse, Joseph Hunter, Jr., Sam Landsman, Donald Macon, Ralph Smith, John Simms, Allen Felton, Eliza Jordan, Negro, Curley Black- will, Negro, William Zinkol and Anthonys Simirglia, $10. Peter Riddick Negro, paid a ine of $2 and costs after Dlead. ing guilty to a charge of being drunk. Audrey Forehand. Necro. was dismissed when the court found her not guilty on a charge of larceny. , Robert Bragg, :Jegros, found guilty on a charge of assaulting his wife, was given a 60-day road sentence, suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and costs and the .condition he be of J, good behavior for 12 months. waller uritim, Negro, was found not guilty on a charge of assault and having carnal knowl- edge of a female without her consent. Costs of court were taxed against Charles Alexander, who submitted to a charge of driving on the wrong side of a highway. William Lloyd Carter, Negro, was found guilty on charges of being drunk and trespassing. He Mruwiiceu 10 serve ou aays in jail and a suspended sentence of 60 days was ordered invoked. 6 ForMrsflaskett ; Funeral services for Mrs. itargaret Wood Haskett, 83, ivho died at her home in New Hope last Friday, were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at the New Hope Methodist Church by the Rev. W. E. Pickett. "Goodnight and Goodmorning" was sung by Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tones and "In The Garden" was sung by. the church choir, ac- ompanied at the organ by Mrs. Ann Butt. Mrs. Haskett was a lifelong resident of Perquimans County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood and - widow of J. W. Haskett. ,. A member of the New . Hope Methodist Church and the W(Cr man's Missionary Society, she survived by three sons, N. C. Haskett of Elizabeth City, C. W. Haskett and E. A. Haskett of New Hope; three daughters, Mrs. Ralph Proctor of New Hope, Mrs. Elva ,Cates of Raleigh and Mrs. M. T. Shoffiett of Orange, Texas; two brothers, Frank Wood of Norfolk and Jesse Wood of Route 2, Elizabeth City; a sis ter, Mrs. Eula Daniels of Nor folk, nine grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. Pallbearers were Carson Spi. vey, K. Li. Spivey, Irvm Turner, Ike Butt, Robert Robbins and Steve Perry. Burial was in the church cemetery. ;. Board Of Education Meets Monday Night The quarterly- meeting, of ' the ! Perquimans-Board of Education will be held next Monday night at 7:30 O'clock in the offices of the superintendent of schools, it was reported today by J. T. Biggers. GETS PROMOTION John Ward, an agent for the Southland Life 'Insurance Com pany since August 1, 1955, has been promoted to superintend ent; effective June 30. In the three years as an agent John has been a member of the Vice President's Club and last year a member of the Leaders , Club, one of the company's highest clubs., , , . . . , Last October he - won a trip for himself and his wife to New Id Sunday York City' and at ' present IJs' A ,N,iCkirej: .r:,; 'Jaa; moyecj from qualified to ' date for a' trip to jknightsville to the Perquimans Dallas," TeVas, on 'April 7, 1959. 'Charge. . ' To Start Base L A.,.,:..'....,:,, s:;M- No detinite action has been taken by the Navy Department on the establishment of a Cape hart housing development at Light Nixon For, four miles south of Hortlord. This was thi announcement given The Week ly Tuesday by Lt. Comdr. Don Dalton, resident oflicer in charge of construction at Harvey Poin: NAS. Unofficial reports have been released concerning this project and il mav develop later on. .nowever, at me present time the matter ls merely under con. isideration Apt Says Farm Tour Will Offer. Many Opportunities r. m. Thompson, county aeerit, today reminded farmers who are , interested in takinc a tour of Virginia. Maryland and Dela. ware, that the time is nearing for them to sign up for the tour and pay a $15 deposit as part of the expense. The county agent stated this . four will be for three days and j two nights, and will offer the tourists an opportunity to see new vegetable co-op, beef cattle feeding operations, poultry auc. tion and swine breeding and fattening equipment. 4 Arrangements have been com pleted for 41 persons to take this tour, and it -will oprtfc-tm a first come, first serve basi. If an insufficient number of persons from Perquimans sign up for the tour an invitation will be issued to residents of nearby counties. ' Mr. Thompson stated this tour can mean a lot to those taking it, for it wil be educational as well as entertaining. He an nounced persons desiring to take the trip to sign up immediately at the Ag Building. The bus will leave Hertford Tuesday, July 15, and return July 17. 4-H Contest Held Tuesday -WW VI On July 2 the Perauimans CelntVrV 4-H- Cornmpal Muffin ECoit&i: "was! ' held at. .the Per auimans County High School. Fifteen Junior 4-H Club girls participated in this contest. The purpose of the contest is to teach the place of enriched corn meal as'a good low cost food in the diet, to teach skills in food pre paration, to develop an apprecia. tion for good quality products and to improve personal .and family health through the de velopment of better food habits. The winner will enter sample muffins in a state contest at the State Fair in Raleigh, The gir.ls who participated in the contest were Brenda Sawyer, Ellen Wood, Kay Wood, Faye Phthisic, Wanda Chappell, Louise Carlwright, Ruth Harrell, Dianne McDonnell, Brenda Byrum, ,Lin. da Sutton, Hazel Howell, Mae Belle Stallings, Rachel Bass, Varina Brabble, Bonnie. Benton and Ann Nowell. . .. . Judges for the contest were Miss Francis, Newby, local home economics cteacher: I Mri Joe Webb, ,JrM former home agent, and Miss Maidred Morris, home agent in. Chowan County. Methodist Pastors Assigned For Year Methodist pastors were as signed to churches in Perquim ans County at the annual con ference, concluded last Friday at Wilson. The' Rev. James A. Auman was reassigned to the First Methodist Church, Hert ford, and the Rev. W. E. Pickett was returned to the New Hope- (Woodland churches. , The Rev, Mmimm Work On it ! ' The State Highway Commis-' jsion last Friday gave the green ngnt tor a construction project to provide two access roads serving the Harvey Point Naval Air Station -ore. It is esti mated $1.5 mil ..will be spent in the construct, IfV)f the high ways. ."'': Director of Highways W. F. Babcock said after a conference with Navy officials Friday that : the work will begin within four ) months. The money will come from iVderal aid secondary funds, which are half state and half federal. Both the access roads " will lead off U. S. 17 to the site of the base. An all-new 24-foot road will be constructed- from Highway 17 at Nixon Fork about four miles south of Hertford to Burgess and the present county road that connects Hertford and Harvey Point will be' rebuilt and resurfaced. The two will intersect near Burgess and run directly into the base. Construction of the new road will cost about $1 million and reconstruction of the existing road is expected to cost half a million. The latter is exclusive of the $75,000 recently allocated from the highway surplus by Governor Hodges for construc tion of a new bridge over Rac coon Creek. Construction crews ran into a bottleneck when they were 'un able to move heavy equipment into the site because of load limits. These were , taken off one indirect route from Hertford to Harvey Point but could not ' be lifted from the direct link because of the weak bridge. i:j Babcock said specific, design and.4o"ation plans for thi, roads imvr iiui vccrn ueiei iiuncu : um indicated they would be some i form of limited access roads. ' The Navy already has let. abput $ll miWoWinx,eostruc- ; tlgn Kontrfectt fdrtfihi feasefand a Capehart housuig prpject is be ing planned it theyicfelty of Hertford. . .i U Utl District Meeting Of Eastern Star. Planned July 9th Hertford Chapter of Eastern Star will be hostess to the Dis trict School of Instruction on Wednesday, July 9, at 10 A. M. at the Hertford Grammar School under the direction of Mrs. Maude Reaves and Holmes Bridges, District Deputies. - Mrs. Lucille Johnson and Willie Bachelor, Worthy Matron and Patron of Hertford Chap ter, will preside over the meet ing..' ' " ;; "; ' The distinguished guests ' ex pected are the Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. Glenna Grimes of Siler City, and Worthy Grand Patron Wilbur Perkins of Sel-, ' ma, N. C, who will make their official visit to the chapter. All members are urged to be present. . ' Essie Benton Weds . Robert Turner In a quiet ceremony -which was solemnized at' the home' of Mr. and Mrs. Wallie Knight on Route Three, Hertford, ori Sun day, June 8, at 6:30 o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Essie'! B. Benton and Robert W. Turner were united in marriage vThe ; Rev. W. E. Pickett pastor of the Woodland Methodist Church, -bf-ficiated, using 'the ring cere, mony. . ' .v'-.-ff.'.y';"' .' The bride was attired in a medium blue lace dress over: taffeta, blue hat and white ac cessories With a shoulder corsage of a white purple throated or chid. ; Her attendant i. was; Mrs. Wallie Knight, who wore a pink embroidered dacron ; dress with white accessories and a tiorsage , of blue feathered carnations. ; ( Wallie jCnightv acfed, ,bst , man.-;4,..i-!.Ki;i3f;;!cr'.' f A few friends alstf attend, . the ceremony, .