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-Number 29
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 18, 1958.
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; ; t, men who . died with nine others in a huge KC-135 jet Stratotanker in a Chicopee. Mass., corn
. field. . The plane, attempting with three others a record hop across the Atlantic to Eng
land, crashed moments after taking off from Wcstover Air Force Base. The plane struck
,. power lines before the disastrous crash. Two of the four planes established new records for
, the distance. Their passengers and crew, were not informed of the crash till after the flights
, were completed. The fourth KC-135's take-off was canceled after the crash. -
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, The United States landed 1,500
' 'Marines in the Middle Eas,t na
'i, tion of Lebanon Tuesday to pre
vejat xthe overthrow of the Leb
'. tnc-nese government following
the upheaval . In; Iraq ' on Mon
" K;"4jt; President EiseT1haw:ar'
'Nnounctd'the U. S.:'wMtiprvide
J nwre- troops; if t neededr to main
""'Uiii the government of Lebanon,
' Which has faced a crisis. tor 'sev-
' 'etal "weeks.. Meanwhrle,:-the U.,j
- Keaiiea upon the unite ;Na
' f fiotts 'to 'assume, the responsjbil
3''!jty'of fkeeping the peace ift'the'j
, Middle East, a move expeoted toj
be vetoed by Russia, i '
!.A successful and well-kept
i pldt o. overthrow the pro-West
ern gdvfrnment of Iraq explod-
, ed Monday when the Crown
Prince was killed and it appear
' fed from reports King Faisal has
disappeared. Pro-Nasser army
' officials were credited with car
':'rying ouf'the Iraq revoke.'" i
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sbJ Meaawhjle, .Marines stationed
M!'t'Camp iLejeune and tl other
. , nearby stations; were, .pjacedj on
; JfoSm-hour , alerts as: .! precaution
:'"iA'.f case, additional-, trpops-, were
t hwdered. . "to Vth-,!trouWa area
tifTRe government.'- alstf i'jordered
'iiDtner Units--tf.vthef . defense ; to
stand ready-sHould- developments
i"c aeferiorate into ' Increased fight-r
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A The . Federal Reserve Board
reported this week factory pro
duction in the United States in
creased during June for the
second straight month. Although
unemployment continues strong
in many , areas economists predict
a, ' brisk upswing in business
during the final quarter, of this
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"-. Contract- tAlksf betweta car
anuactifrsr ", and thb' ' uhion
e V6'Krts.um'ea ? as' v'flrh'e"drawff.
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M.;teeit. state agreement J(sv"nof'now
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An Explorer Scout cruise, withlitation code,
stops scheduled at Boston and! " The case in which Joseph Pat
4 V'jtland, Me., was cancelled r'ck is .charged with driving
uuixdayby the Defense Depart-drunk
mem aue to ine crisis in i.eDanon,
f d the U. S.-ship assigned to the
i outs was ordered back to Nor-
I'orts,. including Franklin
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STORY - A smashed tVDew'riter is
Of Casss
Tuesday
Twenty seven of the 29 casea
listed on the docket of Perquim
ans Recorder's Court was disposed
or ounng the session, held ontown and fn.e department wiU be
xajr ... -uubo vni. w
Johnson pressing. - V
Two defendants, Joseph Eason
and J. B. Zachary, Negroes, failed
to appear ih . court; to answer
charges and the court ordered
them apprehended and held -for
bonds of $50 'eachj;.' j'-Ta U
Costs of 4 court were taxed
against -David-.Corey,' Ernest ,L.
White and Jtfhn Felfon aftr'icjb
had 'submitted to charge's of tail
ihg tci observe a' stop sign. ' 'J
4 1 1'eft'defenrfanf s,' Julian' " Rawls,
Joyce Cliffordr'Muradc'k McMiU
lah Andrew Drtrs, ' Sidney
Able, -'Peter Paterzai J. N." Tay
T6r,: 'Albert 'Ireland," Clydi Mabes
atM Reuben : Wells;' ; Negro, : were
taxes -with the - court costs after
each had pleaded guilty to charg
es of speeding. ' . f' '
'Donald Devaney' was found
guilty on charges of speeding and
driving without a chauffeur's li
cense. He was ordered to pay f
fine of $30 and costs. k
) Philip Steward, found-ftuttty or
charges of driving drunk an
driing without a license, was or
dered to pay' a fine of $125' and
court costs. -A
fine of $2 and costs were as-
tfSWLil&iSt .Wvid. .Whlttvho
each vf whom submitted to charg
es of driving on the left side: of
a -highway- t' i-n.'. :
" John Bryant' entered t ' plea qt
guilty ' to' iislng Improper1 equip
ment on his car and paid the costs
of courts
A fine of $25 and costs were
taxed against William Dillard,
Negro, found guilty on a charge
of parking on a highway.
i Eugene Sechler paid the costs
of .court after submitting to a
charge of issuing : a worthless
check. ' . ,
' Costs of court -were paid by
Haywood. Russell who submitted
to a charge of forcible trespass. .,
; David Nixon, Negroi paid the
Wsts of court tin-a chatge of im
proper paTkihg1'" " "1 .":. Jfi I
Sim Banks! Neti '8 "found
guilty or being drunk 8n' possess
ing tax paid' liquor' with' tHe "sea.l.
broken, V: Prayer" for" Judgment,
was confrjMe)ifp4nfeiii pt
the couxtKoSti.! Kw4S f sii.
Pray'ePYoV'Jddfem'ent wa's'cpt,
tinued, upon cavment of court
i itubis ui ine case in wniun oain
jcuinnKS was iouna Kuiiiy oi vio-
lating the health, department san- .
was moved up to the Su
perior Court on a motion by the
defendant for a jury trial, i,
E:ara ANNourTcruirNT
Mr., and Mrs. Eldon Vv'inslow
anioursfe-tu.e"l'..' r? 'fend
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Three Firemen To
Retire This Month
.Hertford's Fire Department will (
pay tnoute to three of its mem
bers who will retire July 30, af
ter serving more than 30 years as
volunteer firemen here, it was re
ported to the Town Board Mon
day night by Fire Chief R. C.
Elliott
The firemen who will retire are1
n.A XT XT T- J -.l 1 77. ,
Mayor V. N. Darden, Charles Ford two home runs in the victory.
Sumner and B, C. Berry. Recog- scored Thursday night and Hun
nitiori of their long service to the'ter also hit a home run. . Rid-
made at a; meeting of the depart
thig month.;? ,,, . .
Council Ap?
Hertford's celebration of its bi
centennila will be "climaxed, by
publication of art historic' b(ok
let, now being prepared by W. G.
Newby, one of the community's
blder. citizens.-. This action was
approved at a meeting of the
Town Board last Monday night.
Mr. Newby .is now compiling a
Sistory of 'Hertford,', chartered in
April 1758, which will be illus
trated with pictures of a number
of the historic scenes within the
community.
Further plans for celebration of
the event, sometime this fall, are
being arranged .by the Town
Board.
Other matters handled during
the Board meeting Monday- in
cluded appointment of Fire Chief
R. C, Elliott to represent the
Hertford Fire Department at the
Mate Convention in Lumberton.
on July 28 '
Mayor V N. Darden and Com
missioners R, L, Hollowell and
Henry C. Sullivan were named as
a committee to wprk with a com
mittee" from- the Board of C6iinty
Commissioners ixi expediting de
velopment plans for the town and
county in' connection with expan
sion anticipated with the estate
hshment of the Naval Air Station
at Harvey Point;
Five From County
On ECC Honor List
Five Perquimans County stu
dents at East' Carolina College
were listed on th school honor
rou iqr jne tfiird quarter of the
school y tar,, the college announc
ed this , week. ;- Students listed
were Peggy HarrelL Janice Stall-
lngs, Safah Sutton, Joanna Willi-
forcV ahd BurwelL Winslow. '. v
Vouth Granted
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"TJie.' Uttivwsitt of South 1 CaW'
Una has' announced" the granting
of forty-'six' BssistantshipS fof the.
academic year 1858-59, ' ) '-
'Those .'awarded assistantships.
and wiU ,pend part of their time
working in the school or depart
ment of their choice. " , '
The assistantships carry award.)
of from. $500 to $1,800 per aca
demic year.
Recipients included Charles (?.
White, English, of Belvidere. :
BIRTH rvrCEMZHT
. Mr. 'and Kn. T'infred Smitti
announce ths I i f J'a'sorw Le,wi3
MoricDcoMat
y, JaJyjl"'V
; j 'Hertford's Indians , moved into
a 4 Mi game lead in the Albemarle
League with an 11-3 win over
Camtuck here . Wednesday night.
Parker Chesson .was the winning
pitcher while Pete Paul was
charged with the loss. Hertford
scored twice in the first, fourth
and fifth innings then tallied 5
runs in the seventh. Camtuck
scored singles in the second,
fourth and sixth.
Richard Wheeler pitched the
Hertford Indians to a 5-1 'vic
tory over' Camtuck Tuesday
night to move the Indians into
a 3 Mi game lead in the Albe
marle League. The victory 'was
I the third straight for Hertford
during the past week, the local
team having defeated Edenton
in two contests.
The Indians nicked two Cam
tuck pitchers, Zinb and Mans
field, for five hits to score five
runs Tuesday night Wheeler
had .control of the game all the
way. He allowed four; hits and
walked five batters. The In
dians got four hits off Zink and
one off Mansfield. Taking a 3-0
lead, the Indians gave up one
run to Camtuck in the fifth then
came back to score singles in
the sixth and ninth.
Last week-end , the Indians
trounced Edenton 8 to 4 and 10
10 5. D. A. Carver collected
turn .1 a
dick and Wheeler did the pitch
ing, giving up 11 hits to the Co
lonials while their teammates
collected nine off Edenton hurl
er Hiesler. , Hertford scored
three runs in the fifth then
Edenton went ahead with'-iour
runs in the top of the eighth but
Hertford bounced back. .-.to' tWly
five in the bottom of the eight
to win the contest . .
- Welly White pitched Hertford
to victory dver the Colonials 'on
Friday night. Monch was the
losing pitcher. Edenton opened
the scoring with three runs in
the first but Hertford countered
with two' in the sixth, three in
the seventh, and five in the
eighth.
Schedule of games for the In
dians during the coming week
is as follows: Friday night,
Elizabeth' City here; Monday
night at Edenton; Tuesday night
Edenton here; Thursday night,
Camtuck here; Friday night at
Camtuck.
. Ervin Jackson, Negro, was
found not guilty on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon.
State 4-H dub) Week Scheduled
To Be If eld From July 2 KTo 25
S'The 'thrill of a lifetime is close . Demonstrate," a course .designed
at hand for some 1,200 North I to 'improve their ability to tell
Carolina 4-H Club boys arid' -others of their projects and ex-
gim. . SUte 4-H Club Week is
scheduled for July 21-25 at N. a
State College in Raleigh. The !,
200 club members selected to aU
tend are among the state's finest
farm youths.
While at State College the boys
and girls will take part in a host
of activities, including demonstra
tion contests to name state win
ners in 27 different 4-H programs,
according to L. R. Harrill, state
4-H Club leader. .
One boy and one girl from each
of the state's organized 4-H Clubs
have been named as official dele
gates. The. trip, sponsored on the
local level, is in recognition for
outstanding work and leadership,,
said Harrill While at State Col
lege the youths will be exposed
to the highest type of fellowship, I
information' and' inspiration! ' '
' Upm arrival' at Stat College
the' bays and girls will be divide
ed into groups to attend Special
interest classes.' ' Miss" ' ' Emmie
Nelson, Afield-' repreSehtatiW f o
the ' National Committee bit Boy
arid Girls Club Work, Inc., Chica
go, wuTteach a course titled "The
How of 4-H Record,- Keeping";
Mrs. Josephine C Bond, home de
velopment specialist for the if. C.
Agricultural .Extension Service,
will teach a course entitled,
"New Rooms- from Old Here's
How"; Mitchell Kirkland of the
American Red Cross and Charles
Scott of N. C. State College will
instruct' iii' ""Farm' Pond" Safety";'
.ar- and . E3
n.Serviesv
TECHNIQUE The thumb goes in like so, but no music comes
,out,- Debra Lynn Taylor Thacker, 2, has the right idea but.
the wrong instrument. A bugle, perhaps, or a trumpet might
produce better results than a thumb but it wouldn't be half so
satisfying. The tune is being supplied by Marine Aircraft .
Wing Band at Cherry Point, N.C.
ress
Additional Funds
For Harvey Point
Soil Conservation
The following conservation
work was completed in Per
quimans County from January
1 to June 30, 1958, it was an
nounced by F. A. McGoogan:
Conservation farm plans were
written with sixteen farmers.
29.8 miles of open . ditch drain
age was constructed which in
volved ; the moving of 93,924
cubic yards of dirt. .
Two group drainage jobs were
constructed on which 22,212
cubic yards of dirt were moved
Twelve farms with . a total of
784 acres of cultivated land will
benefit by a better drainage
outlet from these two group
drainage jobs.
Eight acres of wildlife plant
mgs were made. Twenty acres
were planted to trees.
A. W. Lane dug a farm pond
to provide water for irrigation.
F. B. Skinner seeded a field to
Coastal Bermuda grass for pas
ture. This is the first Coastal
Bermuda grass to be seeded iA
Perquimans County.
1 periences; and Dr. Arnold Hoff-
man of the N. C. Dept.- of Public
Instruction will teach a 'special
course in song leadership. 7 "
, The youths will also hear outr
standing speakers during the
week-long event. Included on
the program are Dr. Napoleon Hill
of Greenville, S. C, noted author,
lecturer, and better living coun
selor; Dr. E. W. Aiton, national
leader of 4-H Club and YMW
programs, U. S. Dept. of Agricul
ture; and Gov. Luther H. Hodges.
Arden Peterson of Michigan
State University will be in charge
of all recreation during the week.
He will also teach one of the spe
cial Classes each morning to a se
lected group, v .fTsvii? :
i Other highlights of the week in.
clude election of new 4-H .off i-
cerss the- annual 4-H Honor Club
tapping ceremony; the recognition
ceremony for. state project, and1
activity dinners;. W Health. Pa-1 '
geant, ; during... which the... state
4-H.ihealth, kin&, and qfini Are'
-Mhotedi.. nri ihp .annum hiAii
selected;- and the , annual , Dress
Revue, to select the state's cham
pion 4-H seamstress. '
REVIVAL AT BURGESS '
'Revival services will be held
each evening at 8 o'clock at Bur
gess Baptist Church, beginning
Monday, July 21, and closing with
the-H o'clock services on July 27.
vited ta Uend-vT. gestapeakr,
M Report Given
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Approves
I Congress, last week, authorized
an additional su.z million lor
construction of the -Harvey . Point
Naval Air Station. Hertford, and
Washington reports all indica
tions point toward Congress ap-,
propriating the funds for expend
iture during the current fiscal
year.
The Navy Department" about
six weeks ago requested the au
thorization, and now since that
action has met approval, the ac
tual funding of the money must
be voted , prior - to expenditure.
This action is expected before
Congress adjourns next month.
..Total of the military construc
tion bill for North Carolina insfal
latibns amounted to $17,881,000:
thus the Harvey Point project; is
to receive the lion's share of the
funds.
The $11,215,000. authorized for
Harvey Point will be used, if ap
Dropriated for operational, train
ing, maintenance, medical and
administrative facilities, troop
housing, utilities and ground im
provements. More than $8 million in con
tracts have been awarded during
the past year, for work at the lo
cal base and projects are report
ed progressing, as scheduled, al
though one company, Diamond
Construction, had a work stop
page for a couple of weeks. Oth
er firms are moving onto the site
in preparation to begin contracts
awarded during the past sixty
days. ',
. In connection with construction
at Harvey Point, Lt. Cmdr. D. F.
Dalton stated another 40 to 50
days will lapse before, there is a
noticeable pickup in the labor
force at the site. : . .
Shore Farm Tour
Twenty three Perquimans
County farmers returned home on
Thursday after a three-day farm
tour of the Eastern Shore of Vir
ginia, Maryland and Washington.
D. C.
Conducted under . the sponsor
ship of the local Extension Ser
vice, the group left Hertford ori
Tuesday". morning) Aroute' to
Washington. Stopjoverjjvere ar-
'""8CU. " xo,nac; ua" w"fre
th7 'v,s,d vegetable packing
Tad'n ' operation -
Jhere' the .W to Salisbury,
Md;. st0PPm ther to see the op
erations of a poultry;, processing
plant.- J.,:-.;, ...
A cattle feeding project was
seen at Trappe, Md. and a mill
ing operation was visiting at Eas
ton, Md. Other farming opera
tions were visited as was the
Beltsville, Md., Research Station.
The tour also included several
stops in the state of Delaware
where the. group Saw additional
poultry production and swine
breeing,pro,e,ctst;H :,h,!n.;':
Tie. group, was accompanied, op
the. tour by &. Mi Thompson,! Per
quimans ."Countjr -Farm -AjenVi--i .
Group Home From
Jean Edwards Leaves
For California Contest
Miss Jean Edwards, represent
ing North Carolina in the Miss
Universe contest, left Tuesday for
Washington, D. C, where she
joined other contestants to plane
to California for the finals of the
contest.
Miss Edwards, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Edwards, won the
North Carolina title at a state
contest conducted recently at
Ahoskie. A 1958 graduate of Per
quimans High School, Jean has
been active in school events and
has also achieved an outstanding
record in 4-H Club work.
Board Of Hcslth
ers
The District Board of Health,:
according to Dr. B. B McGuire,
has adopted a resolution publiz-
irig thr fact that swimming, wa
ter skiing and other aquatic
sports are dangerous from a
public health standpoint in Pas
quotank River, Little River, Par
quimans River and Edenton Bay.
' Most of the raw' sewage from
Elizabeth City, Hertford and,
Edenton goes directly and un
hampered into these Waters, the'
Health Officer stated, and a
snnitnrv snrvpv hv tKo .Qtato n.
',ed these bodies o Water 'are
polluted. . . ' . I
Dr. McGuire statedy "Wfe nave
no authority to prevent :swim
ming in the above ; named rivers
and upper Albemarle Sound, but
we strongly advise., against it.
You are indeed taking 'your
health or even your own life in
your own hands." ' , '.;
Vaccination against typhoid
alone, even given annually, will
protect only against typhoid.
Against, the Salmonella group,
almost as dangerous,, there would
be no protection. .The Health
Department has proven typhoid
carriers as well as Salmonella
carriers on file. Th Salamon
ella group covers over 100 dif
ferent strains and all are carried
along through sewage.
The only "saving grace," the
doctor pointed out, is the amount
of dispersion with so much wa
ter,, and this,,, tooi varies ;: with
weather conditions.. . '
Announcement was made here"
Wednesday of the purchase by T.
P. Byrum, of the White building,
formerly occupied by the Hert
ford Furniture Company. .
Mr. Byrum announced he will
move his furniture business, now
located in the Broughton build
ing, to the new location as soon
as he has completed some minor
renovations to the building pur
chased this week.
He stated present plans indi
cate his business will be in its
new location within the next few
weeks.
With increased space in his new
building, Mrv Byrum reported, he
plans to enlarge his stock of
household- furnishings but will
continue also to handle used fur
niture and antiques. -
School Project
Started Monday
Replacement of the electrical
wire system in the main part of
the Central Grammar School was
started last Monday, it was re
ported by J. T. Biggers, school
superintendent. The $4,000 con
tract calls for rewiring of -the
main building with exception of
the auditorium, and installation of
new fixtures in the classrooms of
this section ot the school ' ' ''f
Mr. Biggers also reported sum
mer , maintenance" work planned
for other schools, of tjje county is
about completed and the. school!
wiy shortly,.be ready for the new
ferm' 'tart.inS. .8Plebr-;.:u
Byrum Purchases
white Building
Plans for development pf
new water field to s serve, .the !
Town of Hertford was' advanced
Tuesday when the Town Board
awarded a contract to .the Heat
er Well Company of Raleigh for
the drilling of a test well on ; a
tract, of land, under option to the
town for a period of one year.
Acting under authority voted
by the Town Board, Mayor V.
N. Darden awarded the contract
when it was determined the
Heater Company was the low
bidder for th? project. A total
of three bids was submitted for
the work. '
F, T. Britt, town superinten
dent, stated Wednesday, prelim,
inary work on the project will
get under way the middle ol
next week, , when the drilling
firm will come here to start
drilling the test well.
During the past year the
Hertford Board has been in1 con
sultation with state and federal
geologists concerning the local
wat r problem and these au
thorities will be available fo
advice during the installation of
the test well and. development 'of
a permanent well providing the
test provfs successful.
Several months ago the Town
securpd an option on a tract of
land located about l'z mile from
the town limits on the Gaither
property for the purpose 'of
drilline the test well. In the
event the test is successful,' it is
oroposed the town-will purcnasi
the land and proceed with plans
for installation of a new water
field. '
Mayor Darden announced the'
I contract awarded the Heater.
Company calls for expenditures
not to exceed $2,000 but should
a test well prove- successful, ad
ditional funds will be neede for "
installation of a permanent well
and the piping of the water to
the .towti plant for distribution
throughout the town. a
' Securement of thrse necessary
funds, it was reported, may. re-'
quire a bond issue to be approv
ed : by the residents uot . the'
town. . '...,-'.. ; , '
Mrs. Addie Lane Humphlett, 87,
died at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning s at the Albemarle Hos
pital after an illness of four
weeks. i
She was the daughter of thi
late Charles and Rebecca, Lane
and the widow of Frank Waiter
Humphlett. She was a member
of the Winfall Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Walter
L. Humphlett of Winfall and a
daughter, Mrs. Claude D. White
of Winfall; five grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon . at 2
o'clock at the Winfall Methodist
Church by the Rev. A. H. Gore,
pastor. Burial will be in Cedars
wood Cemetery. The 'body will
remain at the LyjrcH Funeral
Home until carried to the church.
Horn Production
Prospects Bfight!
Based on condition reports from
farmers as of July f, production of
corn in '.North Carolina is foreV
cast at 71 ,448,000 bushels, lip' 19
per cent from the 60,125,000 bush
els produced in 1957, according to
the North Carolina Crop Report
ine Service. Acrease for harvest
is estimated at 1,832.000 or one
percent below last year's acreage,
hilt a prospective yield of 39 bush
els as compared with 32.5 bushels
for last year more than makes up
the difference. Though corn got
off to a late start,' ample supplies
of . moisture and , other . weather
conditions have been ideal for its
growth, and as of July 1 the cron
was generally in excellent condi
tion.' The smaller acreage is pri
marily the result; of greater par
ticipation in the Soil Bank Acre
age Reserve by producers In 32
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;; birth Announcement;,
' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baumgart-tee-announce
the birth of a son.
Leigh, boni Sunday, July, ,6, ft
Jarvisbur?.!, frs. Batimffftrtnvr f i
the forT'- " '.'cS .T';r!slow'
Humphlett Rites
Friday Afternoon
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