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m 'mm TT3 KLY 1 -1..,; PEfiO Vdume-XXV. Number-32. ourtein Cases On Recorder's Court Docket Here Tues. ! A varied docket consisting of (fourteen cases was disposed of 'during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court presid ed over by Judge Chas. E. John fon. v.- Billy Creech and Joseph Rough ton paid the costs of court after submitting to' charges of speed- j,,Wv-;- .'V-; IjA fine of $10 and court costs were taxed against Clyde Hollo well, Jr., who entered a plea of guilty to speeding charges. iiLloyd Strawhand paid the costs off court after pleading guilty to a -charge' of improper passing.' Elsie Felton, Negro, was fined $2 and costs on a charge of being drank.' .. Prayer for judgment was con ' tinued in the case in which Tyrve Dahl was charged with improper passing. Charles Henry Johnson, Negro, paid' a fine of $100. and costs after pleading guilty to a charge . of driving without a license and using another operator's license while' driving. William Modlin pleaded guilty to allowing an un licensed operator to drive his car and wis fined $100 and costs. Verdicts of not guilty was re turned: in the cases in which Maude-White and Patricia Over ton, Negroes were charged with assault : , Bern ice White, Negro, pleaded guilty to charges of driving with improper equipment and having nonliability insurance. He was ; .:. ordered to pay a fine of $30 and costs of court .'" .. : ! Patrick Leaverton entered ' a plea of, guilty to a charge of driv ing with an expired license. He was ordered tor pay the costs of Ji. court Joseph Easo,"Negro, was tax- , ,. ed with the twurt osts after J?eding"'uilty. to a' tfeaifga of fail-i . ing to ohserve a top sjgri.' . Hezekah Basnight,. Negro, was found guilty of speeding and driv ing with) "a learner's "pemjit with v :t .out axipfryision. JsHe was' given a 60 day road sentence to be sus pended upon payment of aline of $100 and costs of court II loLast Saturday IntlY. Uevc:Iyn VovsSno The marriage of Miss Anne! He was a carpenter. . Fuller Llewellyn, daughter of Mr.t" Besides his wife, he is survived and Mrs.; William Henry Llewel- by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Gur lyn, of Bronxville, N. Y. and Dur-'kin of Rt. 1, Roper; two sons, J. . ham, N,C. to Joseph Henry Towe, j Ray and Keith W. Haskett both Jr., took place last Sunday af-' of Hertford; three sisters, Mrs. El ternoon'at St. John's Episcopal, va Cates of Raleigh, Mrs. Milton, Church, Crestwood, N, Y. ? The! Shaffeitt of Orange, Texas, and bridegroom is the son of Mr. and' Mrs. Joseph Henry Towe of Hert ford. y'tXs-y:- The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Osborne JBudd, and ' Vas followed by a reception 'irt the Church Parish House.. The bride, who was escorted by ' her father, was attired in a floor length gown of white organza, with Chantilly lace bodice, Sa . ibrina neckline and long sleeves. :Her cap was of sequins and seed pearls v with fingertip veil ; of ' French illusion. She carried a cascade bouquet of white asters, orchids and stephanqtis. i i ; Miss Barbara Allen of Yonkers, N.- Y. was maid of honor. , The I. bridesmaids were Misses Suz- ',anne Towe,' sister of the bride groom, Eleanor Martin of Dur ham, Arnold Garvin of Aiken,' S. .p., and Mrs. Clifford Towe. ' f Mr. 'Towe served as his' son's ; best man. . The ushers , were Clif ford Towe,; brother of the bride roomi ; Freddie Byrum, ; Francis , Hicks, ;Jr . both ; of Edenton, Thomas Sumngr, Jr., of Hertford nd Garland C. Llewellyn, Jr., ousin of the bride, of Durham. . Mrs;1 Towe graduated from St. Mary's Junior College in Raleigh Jind. Qys University of North Car olina. She Was a member of Pi , Ceta fhi Sorority. . . f! Mr. Towe attended yirginia (Episcopal School in Lynchburg, tya. served with the Armed , Forces in Germany and will reT ' n io the University of North C.'.-f'Irta this f;i to,c plete his V "i. "ihi ".ber of Funds Restored - A. Senate House conference committee Monday re-affirmed previous Senate action in restor ing almost $7 million to funds au thorized for construction of the Harvey Point Naval Air Station in Hertford.-. . The conferees approved the full $11,215,000 which the Navy had requested for the seaplane base, only approved home of the Glenn L. Martin Co., PGM SeaMaster. House action on July 24 had cut the Navy request to $4,885,000 for construction this fiscal year. , The Harvey Point project was among several -in which House and Senate conferees "reached agreement Monday on differences in amounts to be authorised.. Included in the seaplane base appropriations are monies for operational, training, mainten ance, medical and administrative facilities, -troop- housing and ground improvements.' ; Haskett Funeral Conducted Sunday Funeral services for Clifton Wood Haskett, age 57, who died early Thursday morning at his home in the New Hope section, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Twiford Fun eral Home by the Rev. Clarke Reed, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. William Pickett, pastor of the New Hope Methodist Church. iMod Will Take Care Of You" aiafiiiaf Ne ver. Grow 01d".were sung by .Mr? and Mrs. Bobby Jones,": accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organist. The casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies, red and white carnations and fern.' Pallbearers were Steve Perry, Roulac Webb, Robert Robbing. Phillip Jackson, S. D. Banks and Jesse Sawyer. ;'; "'."'' ' Burial was made in Cedarwood Cemetery. ' ; Mr. Haskett,: who was a life long resident of Perquimans County, was the son of the late Joseph , Wesley and Margaret Alice Wood Haskett and husband i of Mrs. Elizabeth Webb Haskett. Mrs. Ralph Proctor of Route 3, j Hertford;; two brothers, Norman Haskeu of ElizabeUi Citjr and Ed gar Haskett of Route 3, Hertford, and seven grandchildren. srs cncc:!ulFor'53 Farmers' Day; ,an annual event held in Perquimans County for the past several years, has been cancelled ' for 1958, it was an nounced here this week following a meeting of a group of farm men arid women and agriculture work ers. , ' A survey, conducted prior to the meeting, to determine nter est in the event -and to learn the desires of cooperating' merchants, revealed facts which' :led fto can. collation of the program, for this year. ! ' 'y-',vC-;i:;: " Most" merchants who had par ticipated in the prow-am in the past offered financial aid for the event aeai this year but in sev eral cases the merchants felt they would ibe unable to participate, with a booth as in the past After considering all phases of the - situation the- committee de cided Jo forego the Farmers' Dav event for this year but expressed hope tht it can revived next veaf. The committee 'expressed -its appreciation to local merchants for past ass'stunce with this bro-wram-apd of f.sr- of aid for futue.: r " 5' r. j ffii an J this ' ' 1 ' il a 1 -r DayPlais Hertford, Perquimans County, North CarolinaFriday, August 8, 1958. rr-w fx - :W - ftp J frS Y': UPROAR IN MOSCOW A crowd of some 100,000 aroused Muscovites swarm near the U.S. Embassy, shoving against a line ot mounted police. The crowd, enraged by U.S. and U.K. troop landings in Lebanon and Jordan, burst through the police line and, smashed-hundreds of windows in the embassy building. No one inside was hurt. School Lunchroom $9,438 InUSDA Aid Operating a lunchroom program in 'Perquimans County schools is an extensive project according to figures released this week by J. T. Biggers, school superintendent. During the 1957-58 school term a total or 224,002 lunches were served in the five county schools. Total operating income amounted to $66,368. Of this amount stu dents paid $45,760 for lunches purchased at a price of 20 cents in all schools excepting Perquim ans High School where the cost was 25 cents. ' ;x The National School- Lunchroom program supplies $U,170 ot the total -amount and the schools re ceived from the U. S. Department of Agriculture commodities val ued at wholesale of $9,438. During the previous year Per quimans County schools received commodities valued at $17,717, ac cording to figures released by the U.S.D.A. However, last year the provisions for commodities were reduced. Mr. Biggers reported during the coming year the com modities Supply is expected to be stepped up thus increasing the aid received from this source. Allocation ' of the commodities are made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture on a school popu lation basis as a means in provid ing a well-balanced lunch for school children. Hertford Indians Play Edenton In League Play-off The Hertford Indians apparent ly have clinched the regular sea son title in the Albemarle League and will' play Edenton in the first round of the play-off for the league championship. According to Ralph Jordan, president of the Hertford Club, the first and fourth place teams and the second and third place teams will meet in a three best out of five series, starting Mon day night. , Then the two , win ners will, play ia , the final round, which will start immedi-r ately after the completion of the first round. .. .Vv'( The Edenton Colonials, , play ing improved ball since acquis ing - GashOuse - Parker . as , .man-' ager, defeated the Indians twice during, the. .past, jvek. , ( .BJddick and Che'ssph pitched ' a' 'losing game1 last' Friday when 'Vdenton captured a - JO-7 ' decision and Chesson and , Owens were the when Edenton -dians 9 to 5. defeated the In- BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs..Creg Julian Lane of Tyner announce the birth of a daughter, fpebbia.;.l,eigh,bord Thursday, July 31,, at-thei Albe-nwrler-T1-4"!.- Mrs. Lane is; the Program Received CD Survival Plan OutlinedToC Officals Town and county officials and members of the Perquimans Civil Defense Agency were briefed on problems which will confront local authorities in case an enemy should mount an at tack against the nation. , Col. John A. Crawford and Frank Culvern of the State Civil Dtfense staff came to Hertford Tuesday night for the purpose of outlining the State Survival Plan and aid local Civil De fense officials to . perfect plans for 'incorporating the "county's plan into the state operations. Chief problem , facing Per quimans County, should an at tack come, according to Mr. Cul vern, will be one of evacuation. Perquimans County, because of the location of the Harvey Point Naval Air Station, has been designated by the state staff as a target area ; annougn no one can be certain just what tar gets an enemy might select. Moving evacuees from target areas is an important task, since events past has shown military movements can be hindered by actions of evacuees. Mr. Culvern pointed out it will be the re sponsibility of local governments to look after the survival Of the local population, but the federal government will pay for food, clothing and shelter for evacuees in case an attack should come. Expressing the strong hope that no emergency of the kind would ever present itself, Mr. .Culvern declared we must be prepared for any eventuality, explaining that plans on a nation-wide scale have been work ed out to help handle the prob lem. He said that Civil De fense is ready to cooperate with county defense organizations, to distribute on a share basis needed equipment. ; Revival Services At Mt Sinai Church The Rev. Jesse H. Parker will assist the pastor, the Rev. H. Ed gar Harden, in a series of revival services in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church during the week of Au gust U-17. The visiting minis ter is pastor of the Ebenezer and Moyock' Baptist churches in the Chowan Association. Services will begin each, night at 8 o'clock and special music tirill' be furnished by the choir. Robbery Reported At Glenn's Place Sheriff -J..K. White, and S8I Agent 'Jinn f B. 'Edwards are continuing an investigation of a robbery which occurred at Glenn's Place on the Edenton highway Thursday night of last week. ' The' thieves . broke a kitchen window at the rear of the place to gain: entrance and among the items taken were a pistol and bullets, ! pocket knives, and'.handkerchiefs. The juke box.i:was. .broken i;-mto -and an unknown -amount -of cash: .taken from the box. ,' ounty Tuesday Because of military installa tions along : the coast, most of this area is included in target circles and the state plan calls for Perquimans Dooulation to ! evacuate in a northwestern di rection, into Gates and Hertford counties. Agreements have been signed between North Carolina and Virginia regulating the I flow of evacuees along the bor der of the two states. According to Mr. Culvern, the local problem will be similar in Camden, Currituck and Pasquo tank counties and because of this, and the mass migration, lo cal Civil Defense officials should work out in advance exact loca tions in neighboring counties to which the people will be taken. Mr. Culvern stated that it wasj planned to train high school students and others in the coun ty in radiological defense, that a special kit is to be placed in the schools and made available to fire and police departments. Trained persons will then be able to determine the amount of fall-out, if any right here at home. Complete data on the state plan was left with Charles M. Harrell, -chairman of the Per quimans Civil Defense Agency, for study by local officials in mapping local plans and offer ing recommendations for per fection of such plans. Some three hours . warning will 'be given in case of at tack, the Defense Department having worked out plans for this to be given all areas through the State Highway Patrol facili ties but Mr. Culvern pointed out once the warning is - received action must start at ; . once to make sure the survival plan is carried out successfully. , Byrum Opens New Store Saturday Byrum Furniture Company will hold open house at ' its new lo cation on Market Street on Sat urday, August 9, it was announc ed by T. P. Byrum, owner of the business,' who stated the recently purchased property will provide additional display space for many new lines the firm will offer for sale. : . ' Mr. Byrum invites the public to visit his new store on Sat urday, to join in the opening day eVent'", Youth Is Writer Of Magazine Story Alfred Williams, grandson of Mrs. Isa Tucker and Mrs. Simon, Rutenberg of Hertford, is the writer of a story appearing in this month's issue of Field and Stream, a nationally circulated sports magazine. The article, first written by Mr. Williams, has to , do with duck hunting, and gives advice to sportsmen con cerning location? of food, duck shoofing areas .' -" " VendEls C2use $50 Worth Of Damage Vandalism has struck the Per quimans County Ground Observer Post tower, located near the health Center. It is not the mark of Zorro, either. Glass windows have been shot out with BB guns, rocks and clods of dirt have been thrown through the windows, the door torn off the hinges, the log book destroyed, canvas sides have been cut, and parts from the Air Force electronic plane detection equipment have been removed. The door has now been repair ed and padlocked and a sign posted warning unauthorized per sons to stay off the observation tower. . It will now take around $50.00 to replace the glass and other equipment destroyed by the vandals. - The post was constructed by citizens giving their time and en ergy and donations from individ uals, civic clubs, the Town of Hertford and Perquimans County. The people living in the vicini ty of the tower are requested to participate in keeping unauthoriz ed persons off the tower. People found on or near the tower with BB guns will be turned over to juvenile authorities. Government authorities have begun an in vestigation in connection with the missing sound detection equip ment. This post is a part of. the Civil Defense program in the community, and when in opera tion plays a vital part in the air craft defense of the country. THIS WEEK'S I HEADLINES I M-C"X-.:..:..x...x..X"X"M":- The U. S. accepted a Russian proposal on Wednesday for a special session of the United Nations Assembly to discuss the Mid East crisis. If carried out, this arrangement may cancel out a summit meeting of the govern ment leaders. Meanwhile, the situation in the Middle East re mains tense. Iraq, where trouble started, apparently is almost normal, the government having been recognized by many na tions. Lebanon has selected a new president but Jordan re mains as a trouble spot. British and American forces remain in Jordan and Lebanon but"Twports say U. S. forces may be withdrawn soon although the British troops are likely to re main on in Jordan due to the threat to the Jordanian govern ment and its king. Federal courts this week heard additional school integra tion cases; In St. Louis, Mo., a district court took under advise ment the appealed case dealing with postponement of integration of the Little Rock, Arkansas, Central High School, while a district judge in Virginia ruled the schools of Prince Edward County, Virginia, may postpone the action for a period of seven years, subject to review during that period of time. The Vir ginia ruling is expected to be appealed to higher courts. Congress, hoping to adjourn sometime within the next two weeks, is working rapidly to orocess the remaining important legislation now pending before it. Many of the members face election opposition and are anx ious to get home to start cam paigning. Washington reports state most of the important work has been completed but finaj adoption of some money bills remain to be approved. Town To Survey ' House Numbering A survey to reveal compliance with the recently adopted house numbering ordinance for , the Town of Hertford, will be con ducted within the town during the next several days, it was re ported by Mayor V. N. Darden. Reports have been received that some residents have been slow In installing new house num hers on their residences and those who have, not yet complied with the ordinance, are urged to do so bs rapidly-a& possible . Education Board Announces Date Opening Of Schools 1 ' - - i j Water Project ; I v ,- ,,, An important project for the Town of Hertford, that of secur ing a deep water well field for serving the residents of the town, got under vay here this week when employees of the Heater Well Company of Ra leigh arrived to start prelimin ary drilling of a test well. Town offieials for many months have befn studying plans for this project and se curing information for the pur pose of obtaining an adequate water supply and only recently contracted with the Raleigh firm for the tost well. Mayor V. N. Darden stated work on the test well is ex pected to be completed very shortly and in the event an ample supply of acceptable wa ter is discovered the Town will take steps to install permanent wells. Rites Held Monday For John Q. Hurdle Funeral services for John Q. Hurdle, 47. prominent farme' of the New Hope community, who died last Friday in Chowan Hos pital, were conducted Monday af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock at New Hope Methodist Church by the Rev. Neil Puckett, pastor of Be rea Christian Church, assisted by the Rev. W. E. Pickett, pastor of New Hope Methodist Church. During the services Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones sang "Good Night and Good-Morning" and "Sometime We'll Understand". The casket was covered with a double spray of yellow mums and fern. Pallbearers were Howard Hurdle, Harrell Hurdle, Earl Hur dle, Jr., Bob Raper, Joe Raoer and Raymond Raper. Interment was in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Hurdle was the son of the late W. C. and Mrs. Sallie Raper Hurdle and husband of Mrs. Fan nie Eure Hurdle. He was a mem ber of the Berea Christian Church and a member of the District School Committee for Perquimans County. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Misses Sallie Ruth Hurdle and Mary Beth Hur dle; two brothers, Q. R. Hurdle and T. A. White, both of Norfolk, Va.; five sisters, Mrs. Lucile True blood, Mrs. E. A. Turner, Mrs. Hazel Hoskins, Mrs. George Bak er and Mrs. Marian Caddy. Support Price On Corn Is Announced The Department of Agricul ture has announced the minimum county support rates for 1958- crop corn grading No. 3 or bet-' ter except for moisture, or grad ing No. 4 because of test weight only but otherwise grading No. 3 or better to be $1.49 per bushel for farms which comply with their corn acreage allot ment. These rates were determined on the basis of the national av erage rate of $1.36 per bushel. No announcement has been made of any provision for supporting the price of corn produced on non-complying farms in f19S8. Premiums of one cent per bushel will be allowed on corn grading No. 2 or better; cracked corn or foreign material (per cent 2.0 or less) and where mois ture content is 13.5 per cent or less. Discounts ranging from one to five cents per bushel will be as sessed on moisture content; tw cents on weevily corn and two cents on mixed porn (Class in). For warehouse-s'tored corn the premiums and .' discounts shall be applied to the basic support rate at the time the loan is com pleted. For farm-stored corn, except for corn grading "mixed," the premiums and discounts shall be applied to - the basic is Continued from Pag 6 5 Cents Per Copy; Plans are now being completed for the opening of the 1958-59 school term in Perquimans Coun ty, it was reported today by J. T. Biggers, superintendent. The Board of Education has set Wed nesday, September 3, as the open- ing date for all county schools. Mr. Biggers stated school reno vation projects, scheduled by the Board of Education, are nearing completion and all schools will be in excellent condition for the opening. A major project, instal lation of a new wiring and light ing system at Central Grammar School, is expected to be com pleted within the next two weeks. The District School Committee met last Monday night and elect ed Mrs. Gladys R. White and Mrs. B. L. Raines to positions as teach ers at Central Grammar School, filling two vacancies on the school faculty. It was also announced that Le grande Summerset, principal at the King Street School since 1951, has tendered his resignation to accept principalship of a school at Whiteville. Principals of the five county schools will begin duties again on August 20, opening their offices for conferences with parents and students concerning schedules and studies. The principals will br in their offices each week da beginning August 20. Prior to the opening of the new school term, a county-wide teach ers' meeting will be conducted on Tuesday, September 2. White teachers will meet at 10 A. M.,' at Hertford Grammar School and Negro teachers will meet at 2:30 P. M., at King Street School. Whiteside-Baker Vows Spoken At Bethany Church The wedding of Miss Marilyn Joyce Baker and John William Whiteside was solemnized Satur- : day, August 2, at 11 A. M in ll:e , Bethany Methodist Church at Bel videre, Route 1. ' Miss Baker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace R. Baker of Belvidere, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Whiteside of Dare, Virginia. The double ring ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. Frank Fortescue, in a set ting of palms, fern, white mums and lighted tapers. Miss Ann Baker, cousin of the bride, lighted the seven-branched candelabras. She wore a street length dress of light pink em broidered cotton with a corsage of pink carnations. Mrs. Charles Garrett of Chapel Hill, accompanied by Miss Wilma Jolliff, sang "Because," "O Per fect Love", and the Wedding Prayer as a benediction. The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Wallace Baker, Jr., wore a street length dress of royal blue brocaded satin. She wore on , her head a matching feather bandeau with veiling and carried a purple-throated orchid on her Bible. Miss Lois Byrum was maid of honor and only attendant. She wore a stree't length dress of pink brocaded satin with matching bandeau and carried a nosegay of pink roses and carnation with Continued on Page 6 Commissioners In Routine Session The Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County; conduct ing its August meeting here on Monday, handled a number of routine matters presented for con sideration. The Board voted to review col lection of 1957 taxes at its meet ing in September, prior to final : settlement in October. The Sep tember meeting will be conducted on Tuesday, September 2r follow-, ing the Labor Day holiday on the first Monday. - , - ; -. , After reviewing the Insurance coverage of county buildings the Commissioners Voted to increase the coverage on the Court House, Agriculture Building and County Home property. v :3t j 3