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1 'tio Pi i7.r77, T73,' T7- TT TT F TT T TT TV TT A TYT 11 Inl r km u im A 11 WEEKLY Volume XXV. Number 36. Jurors Drawn For Sup enor Meeting Of ' Commissioners for Perquimans County held ' their September : meeting, last Tuesday conducting a number of routine business mat ters and discussed with Sheriff J. K. White the collection of 1957 taxes upon which final settlement " is scheduled for Monday, Octo ber 6. . ; I The board discussed the possi . -jf bility of establishing a parking area on the Court House Green for use by county officers but took no action on the matter. ' Names of Co Perquimans citi-i l, zens were, drawn for jury service at the October term of superior court. 'Drawn for jury service : were! J. Ray Haskett, E. A. Goodman, Jr., Garland Lane, Vel . urn C, Winslow, Mrs. . Sarah H. ; Baker, "Eldon D, Layderi, Pailen E. Lane, Clinton ,Ray Winslow, Eldon Winslow, Mrs. Blanche Ka noy", Ulric Caddy, Archie C. Rid dick, SheltonHobbs.J. W. Gat- ling; James T. Lamb, B. S. Hos kins, Herbert Williams, J. J. Phil lips, Lee R. Wilson, Charles W. Winslow T. R. Kirby, Elvin Stal- lings," Henry F. Ward, Harry Lee Spruill, Eddie L. Jennings, Mrs. Mary Brinn, Bernis A. Smith, Earl E, Rogerson, Mrs. Charlotte N. Umphlett, Rennie Dail, Thom as S. Russell. Adrian J. Smith, George True ' blood. Sr., 1 J. W. Ward, Rudolph Perry, Edward Nixon, Charlie Mansfield, Lloyd Evans, Vivian C. Dale, Mrs. Minnie B. Lane, Cal , vin Godfrey, '; Claud M. Long, William C. opeland, C. T. White, Lee E. Riddick, Jordan Gregory, Robert Roberts, Thomas E. Chap; j pell, Norman Laydeni Mrs.' M. T. Griffin,-Rodman Perry. Jr., Mar- ion -Caddy, Herbert Zachary, .... Clifton Griffin. John WVLowe, Cwrf den athewjDewej.f StalW vjngs, WUiarcl riuraie, jfreeman Umphless, J. S. Bass, Jeremiah Creecy, Horace Webb, E. N. Mil ler, Mrs. Sylvia L. Copeland and Lorenzo B. Elliott. .- . : . THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES JL Communist antics in the Far East, believed a part of the Reds' cold war tactics, was discussed at a conference of President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles Thursday. Chinese Reds have been threatening the Nationalist Chinese stronghold of Formosa, which' caused the U. S. to alert its Seventh Fleet, lor cated in that area, for possible trouble. President Eisenhower on Tues day signed 105 of the many bills enacted by the 85th Congress, including one which : hikes the government debt limit 1 to 288 billion dollars.' He , also vetoed 12 bills. He okayed bills calling for a i decrease in some amuse ment taxes and giving some tax relief to small business. Weather forecasters reported Wednesday Hurricane Ella lost most of its punch, sweeping across Cuba but gale winds up tn 55 miles ner hour wcta tpo. istered as the storm continued . to move in its . west-northwest direction about 280 miles south of Miami. y The nation watched closely jthis week as . schools opened '"throughout the country with in tegration ' a thorny . problem in some states. A decision by the Suprerrfe 'Court, expected . by September 15 .in regards to Little Rock, Ark., schools, is believed vwill' set the pattern for action on the part of school boards during the remainder of the yetu . Judge Chester Morris, presid ing over a term of court at Wil son, fined several officers and er's. Court was in, recess last witnesses for failure to appear Tuesday while - the .,. Board -of .in. cou,rt as summoned. The i Commissioners used the - court ,i'dge said it was unfair to per-1 room for its September meet- s drawn for jury duty and , ing. All. .cases . listed m on the e rs tt ' to woitj court docket wereset. for hear ; - i f-'ir-f at the September 9th . term At Board Dr. Kicklighter ro Preach At Baptist Revival Dr. R. W. Kicklighter, pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, will' be the evangelist at revival services which start at the Hertford Baptist Church September .7. The Rev. James -O. Mattox, pastor of the local church, said the congregation considered it self fortunate in having as out standing a guest preacher as Dr. Kicklighter . who not only heads a growing congregation, but has held responsible positions in the ,- Baptist Church and also finds time to participate in com munity activities. ':'Dr. Kicklighter is now a trus tee:'fiA.:the ..$outhera Baptist Theological Seminary, a, member of the committee on boards of the North Carolina Baptist Con vention and is president of the Elizabeth City Kiwanis Club. A native of Daytona Beach, Fla., he attended John B. Stet- Conlinued from Page 6 Court r 1 1 I t J . Base Road Project Given Must Sheriff Seeking Custody Of Two County Youths Sheriff J. K. White is seek ing custody of two Perquimans County youths, Bryant Cayton, 17, and William Harrison, 19, now held by Wilmington au thorities, for trial in connection with a series of thefts which occurred here last week. The youths were captured by Wilmington authorities when they attempted to '- drive away from a service station without paying for gas put into a car they stole in Virginia. Cayton was tried in New, Hanover court Thursday on a charge of driving without a license and Harrison was charged with vag- rancy, The youths, according tp re ports , from Wilmington, told New : Hanover authorities they stole a car in Hertford some time late . Friday night. This car is believed to belong to Jonas R. Futrell, whose auto mobile has - been missing since that time. " They drove this car to Ocean .View v beach,1 Virginia, abandoned it and stole another car owned .by Cayton's uncle, Continued on Page B ' Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday- Perquimans . County Record- Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 5, 1958. iSPV Fashion Show Scheduled Friday At Grammar School "Back to School" will be the theme o1 the Fashion Show sponsored by the Perquimans Business and Professional Wo mens Club with Mrs. Keith Haskett in charge of arrange ments, which will be staged at the Hertford Grammar School Friday night beginning at 8 o'clock with Mrs. R. S. Monds, Jr., moderator and Mrs. R. M. Riddick, Jr., at the piano. The show will open with the Perquimans Hieh School cheer leaders in action, who are as follows: Misses Becky Nixon, Dianne Divers, Lois By rum, Sandra Hudson, Becky Gregory and Brenda Joyce Stallings. During intermission Mrs. Ar chie T. Lane, Sr., and her com mittee will serve refreshments while special music will be ren dered by a quartet consisting of Preston Divers, Johnny Brough ton, Charlie Skinner and Elwood Copeland., ... Other added attractions will be Miss Jean ' Edwards, .Miss Universe of North Carolina, who will model one of the dresses worn in the Miss Universe con test in California, and Miss Ila Grey Mcllweon, assistant home agent, who will introduce Miss Ann Lane, district 4.-H Club dress revue winner, who will model her winning dress. The following will model the new fall fashions representing the stores in Hertford: Bea Skipsey, Martha and Frances White,' Debbie and Terrie Ken ton, Diane and David White, Nell and Cindy Cox, Linda Boyce, Carta Elliott, Karen and Vickie Hasketti Aileen Beck, Margaret Ainsley, Harriett Wil liams, Susan Nixon. '.'... . Diane Divers, Barbara Divers, Shirley Tarkington, Julie Lane, Mary, Frances Baker. Cookie Dozier, ' LlndrT5a35,- Glennie Myers, Martha Ward, Diane Hol- lowell Joyce Owens, Verna Ann Perry, Larry Chappell, Wallace Nelson, Myrtle Asbell, Paul Gregory, Thomas Gregory, Sid ney - EJey, Lee Tunnell, Bonnie Dail, Lois Byrum, Brenda By rum and Nancy Tunnell. j Highway Director W. F. Bab cock has included the construction of an access highway serving Na val Air Station, Harvey Point, Hertford, among 23 priority pro jects : to ,be . constructed during 1959 and 1960, it was announced in Rafeigh last Saturday. - Tentative approval has ' been made by the Highway Commis sion and costs estimated are ex pected to be prepared and pre pared and presented, to the com- mission at an early meeting. Previously, the flighway Com mission agreed with requests by the Navy Department for primary roads to serve the Harvey Point Base, and plans adopted call for a new bridge to be erected over Raccoon Creek at Hertford; two 24-foot roads are tobe construct ed to converge at a point near Burgess from which a four-lane highway will run to the base. Perquimans County and Hert ford officials have; requested the Highway Commission to proceed with the construction of the bridge and the highway leading from Hertford to the Naval Air Station. Latest word on the project is that the bids for the new bridge will be called for sometime within the next month. The second road serving the ac cess road to the base will begin at a point near. Light Nixon Fork and run easterly to the four-lahe road near Burgess. : ( Increased construction activity at the base points up the need for speed in r building of the new roads .for. as predicted several months ago the heavy traffic trav eling now to the base is causing deterioration of the secondary highways being used by the heavy traffic. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT I Sgt. and Mrs. John David Cox of , Roanoke, Va., announce the birth of 'a daughter, The resa Gail;- 'born August ' 30 Iioano?;e. -'':) '''"" '-' Rating IT WENT THATAWAY Dr. J. Allen Hynek, risht, nssnc-i.-.te director of the Smithsonian Astrophysics I Laboratory in Cam bridge, Mass.; seems to bu loll ins Dr. Leon Campbell, dircctm of Operation Moonwatch, where Explorer II might have gone. The Army satellite got lost somewhere alter an apparently successful' launching on the tip of a Juniter-C missile from Capo Canaveral, Fla. Indians Prep OpeningGrid Game Against Cam With the opening of school on Wednesday, Coach Ike Perry is pushing his 1958 model Indians football team through strenuous practice sessions in preparation for the opening game to Be played at Camden on Friday, September 12. Pre-season dope gives the edge in this game to the Indians, but the local team will be going through a rebuilding schedule to replace some of the strength lost through graduation of play ers last spring. v Some "40 to 50 candidates for this"-year's team have been re porting to Coaches Perry and Williams for the past two weeks, going through drills aimed at discovery of the starting eleven. Among the . players issued uni forms are: Tommy Anderson, George Ayscue, Jack Brinn, Dave Burton, Alden Bray, Billy Cherry, Fred Colson, Tommy Cox, Jimmy Dozier, Charlie Fowler.V Ben Gibbs, Buddy Goodman, Lenny Hurdle, Tom my Lane, Donald Madre, Frank lin .McGoogan, Ed Matthews, John Matthews, Lloyd Morgan, Billy Nixon, Ed Nixon, Julian Nixon, Earl Owens, Joseph Proctor, Joe Ward Proctor. Billy Perry, Jim Robertson, Douglas Sawyer, Willie Saund ers, aobby StaUings, Konnie Stallings, Mike Stoltz, Jerry Stokely, Victor Sutton, Carson Spivey, Jimmy Sullivan, Tommy Tarkington, Tom Tilley, Beverly Tucker, , Glenn White, Welly White, Johnny Winslow, Philip Winslow, Preston Winslow, Car lyle V Woodard Billy Umphlett and Charles Barker. Sheriff Holds Four rge A series of breakins, reported here in recent days, were solved this week when Sheriff J. K. White, assisted by Police Officers Robert A. White, arrested Ray mond Hassell, 18 and three juven iles, all Negroes, on charges of breaking and entering Harris Su per Market, Robertson's Cleaners, the Rainbow Lounge and Per quimans Beach. .' Sheriff White reported all four admitted participation in the rob beries. However. Hassell was in volved! only' in the robbory at the Harris store. . . ' ' : ; The three juveniles were turn ed over. to: the Juvenile Court by the sheriff for disposition of their cases and .Hassell was placed in jail on charge's of breaking and On Robbery una entering and larceny. He will be David Harrell of Burnt Mills, given , a hearing in Recorder's' wood Harrell of Route 1, Court next Tuesday. Hertford, James Harrell and The juveniles took clothing Robert Harrell of Route 3, Hert from the local cleaning establish- jford; two half sisters, Mrs. Elite ment and soft drinks, candv and Cooper ' of Camden and. Mrs. cigarettes ' from the Beach and Rainbow Lounge. ' WOODMEN MEET .The Albemarle Camp No. 463 of the Woodmen of; the., Worldi met on Thursday ment seo- at'tember 4, at 8 o'clock in the ; Municipal Building ( in Hertford. are For Tests Reveal New Well Has Capacity 300 Gallons Minute Workmen are completing in stallation of Hertford's new wa ter well after running capacity tests for more than 24 hours last Tuesday. The " Well located about three-quarters' '"of a -mile from the town limits, was in stalled by the Heater Well Company. Tests completed Wednesday mprning revealed the well has a capacity of at least 300 gallons of water per minute, the work men having pumped this total continuously for a 24-hour' period. - Installation of the well was started three weeks ago and the drilling crew struck water at a depth of 120 feet, continued drilling revealed water supply at lower levels contained salt, and this source was sealed off when the well was installed this week. Initial costs of installing the well was reported being $7,200. However, additional funds will be needed to pipe the water supply into the town's plant for distribution to consumers. Tests made of the new water supply, it was reported, shows it to be of good quality, some what softer than the present supply, although containing some iron. ; Harrell Funeral Conducted Ved. Mrs. Sara Elizabeth -Russell Harrell, 83, died Monday after noon at -4:50 o'clock in the Al bemarle Hospital following an illness of two weeks. She was a native of Perquim ans County but had been resid ing with her son, David Har rell,' in the Burnt Mills section df Camden County, for three weeks prior to her illness. She was the daughter of the late Robert , and "Mary Jane Horton Russell and the widow of Tom Harrell. She was a member of Berea Baptist Church. She is . survived by two daughters, Mrs. Blount Eure of Hertford Route 3 and Mrs. Wil lie White of Durants Neck; five sons. Tom Harrell of Camden, Lena Umphlett of Chincoteague, Va.; 26 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services, : under the direction of the Twiford Fun- teral Home were conducted Wed nesday afternoon ' In the Berea Christian . Church. " Burial fol lowed in the Harrell Cemetery. Clayton-Brinn Vows Spoken At Durham Saturday : The marriage of Miss Mar jorie Oneida Brinn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Preston Brinn, to Lieut. Jerry .Maynard Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Carver Clayton of Rox boro, took place Saturday, Aug ust 30, at high noon in the Duke Chapel, Durham. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James A. Auman, pastor of the Hertford Metho dist Church, in a setting of I Mexican tree ferns, vases of white gladioli and white pom poms and cathedral candles. I Frank Jordan played the wed jding music, which was for the ! greater part a Bach program. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a formal length gown of white silk organza, fashioned with a I fitted bodice, scooped neckline land snirrea sleeves. Ke-em- broidcred motifs in orchid de - ion nnhnnpprl ihn nonlrl irte ari1 4.vv.wnt extended through the front prin cess panel. The bouffant skirt ended in a chapel train. Her tiered veil of imported French illusion was attached to a Juliet rap of tucked organza accented with miniature lace motifs and sprinkled with seed pearls. She carried a white prayer book i showered with white phaelnop- sis orchids and stephanotis. Misses Mary Elliott Brinn and Anne Winslow Brinn were their sister's maids of honor. They wore waltz length dresses of summer Copen blue chiffon, made with fitted bodices and crushed cummerbunds accent' lg bouffant skirts, and matching half hats with circular veils. They carried cascade bouquets of shell pink asters. The junior briaesmaids were cousins of the bride Mary Park Glasson -and- -Marion Lue Ross, of Durham. Their dresses, sim ilar to those of the honor at- tendants, were in ballet blue and their flowers were miniature bouquet of the shell pink as- Union School, high school, 273: ters. j grammar department, 531. Total Mrs. Clayton is the grand-' enrollment fas 2,322 for the first JCwrtinuedjnJP Edenton Trio Held For Bre ak-i n At Woodville Station Three youths from Edenton, Zane Bunch, 18, Carey Wright, 20, and Thomas Carbone, 20, the latter stationed at Edenton NAF, will be given a hearing in Perquimans Recorder's Court on Tuesday, September 8, on charges of breaking and enter ing the Bateman Service Sta- tion at Woodville early last Saturday morning. Sheriff J. K. White, who took custody of the trio after they had been captured in Pasquo tank County, repofted Monday Bunch and Wright had been re leased from jail on bond but Carbone was still in jail. According to reports the three youths smashed a window in the staMon allegedly to secure a jar containing some 25,000 pennies which was displayed in the window. Smashing of the win dow and the crash of the penny jar on the pavement brought Bateman to the - front of the store, armed ' with a revolver. Bateman fired several shots at the youths, . who then jumped into their car and headed to ward Hertford, i Sheriff White stated Carbone admitted they decided to return to the scene tcV see "what was happening.". .- ' ' Seeing the car again, Bate man gave chase and apprehend ed the youths in Pasquotank County. Bateman and Deputy Sheriff J. J. . Swain of Pasquo tank held the youths until Sheriff White arrived on the scene to take, custody of them. Bateman said he had been saving the pennies in the bottle in the front window of his sta tion for some eight years and he believed there was about 25,000 pennies in the jar . at the time of the attempted robbery, i NewSocial Security Law Affects 1,000 In Local Area MISS ila uiey aicuwt'u sislant tounty home' agent, who ibeg;in work lKTU last veari vvil: direct 4.H Club vvork in loca .... scnoois aunng the coming year A graduate of Woman's College. UNC, she holds a BS degree in I home economics. She is from New Bern and resides here with Mrs. Elizabeth Haskett. Enrollment Up In Local Schools Perquimans County schools opened a new term last Wednes day with an enrollment increase of 103 students compared tc 1957, it was reported by John T. Biggers, who stated the opening session of all schools went of! smoothly and as per schedule. Enrollment figures as releas ed by Mr. Biggers were as fol lows for the first day: Per quimans High School; 321; Etb grade, 106; total, 427; Hertforc' Grammar School, 279; Centra' Grammar School, 435; Kinf Street School, 377; Perquimans Milk Sanitation Ratings Revealed Results of U. S. Public Health Service milk sanitation survey of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Chowan-Camden District Health De partment recently made by E. E. King, milk sanitarian of the Sani tary Engineering Division. State Board of Health, have been an nounced by E. J. Eyer, district sanitarian. Raw milk sold to plants drew a sanitary rating of 93 per cent; pasteurization plants 96 per cent; pasteurized milk 95 per cent, and enforcement methods 97.5 per cent. . The milk supply for the local Health District is received from Sealtest and Birtcherd dairies of Norfolk and Maola Dairy of New Bern. A total of 2,255 gallons of pasteurized milk and milk pro ducts are distributed daily in the Health District. The sanitation ratings of the three pasteurization plants, plus their respective producers are combined to establish the ratings achieved. County Ranked 87th In Tax Collections Sales and use tax collections in Perquimans County during the fiscal year which ended last June 30 ranked 87th in the State, according to figures re leased by the North Carolina Merchants Association. Gross retail sales in Perquimans from figures ' -reported monthly ; on sales tax Teport forms, amount ed to $6,833,107 while the tax amounted to $76,914.38. 5 Cents Per Copy. About The Social Security -Amendments of 1958 will provide in creased monthly payments to ap proximately 1,000 people in the Edenton area beginning with checks which are due early in I February, 1959, according to J. A. Morrison, district manager of the Norfolk Social Security Office. The amount of the increase is I about 7 per cent or will range from S3.00 to $7.50 per month. He slated also that the maximum family rate will be increased to a maximum of $254.00 per month. Morrison emphasized that for people who are already getting monthly Social Security checks, it will not be necessary to apply for or ask about this increase. He stated it will automatically be .idded to the checks for the month if January, 1959. which will be nailed early in February. He al io pointed out that in addition to hose automatic increases, it will not be necessary that an applica tion be filed for a disabled work :r whose Social Security disabili ty benefits were reduced or not payable because of the "off-set" provisions in the old law where he person was receiving work nan's compensation or disability jenefits from some other agency. In these cases, checks will be is sued automatically and would be nailed out at a very early date. Morrison stated that under other changes made by the new law, Social Security benefits will be come payable to a number of peo ple not previously eligible for any payments. These people, he stat ed, must apply for benefits before ;uch payments can start. Among .he groups that are now eligible because of the provisions of the lew law are children, wives rnd lependent husbands over 65 of jisabled individuals who are 50 years-of 'age-or 'over and ai t no getting disability insurance bene fits. In connection with disability coverage Mr. Morrison pointed jut one important change. It will apply to people who have been denied disability benefits because the person did not work long enough under Social Security ". .1 mediately preceding the disabili ty. It is possible, he .stated. thaV these people Will now be eligible for payments. Mr. Morrison stat ed, however, that the 5 year work requirement was. still in effect. He further pointed out that par ents of a son or daughter that died after 1939 and had previously been disallowed because the son or daughter left a widow, widow er or child, should now rccontact the office in that there was a pos sibility of benefits, being .paid. ' v. Continued on Page 6 Camtuck Defeats Indians Two Games Camtuck won the Albemarle League playoff championship by defeating Hertford 5-4 in the sixth game of the series Wednes day night, taking four games out of six. The Indians had a 4-1 lead in the ninth but Camtuck bunched hits to score four runs to win 5-1. Hastings was the win ning pitcher while Ted Chappell was the losing hurler. After a week of lay-offs due to inclement weather, the Albe marle League play-offs started again last Monday night with Camtuck taking a 10-4 decision from Hertford to even the stand ing at two games each, then on Tuesday night the Indians lost a 5-1 decision in a game played in Hertford. Ben Owens was the losing pitcher Monday night. He gave up eight hits and 10 runs while his teammates Collected 10 hits off amtuck's Charlie Hodges. Paul Matthews and Pete Paul engaged in a pitching duel Tuesday night but eight errors committed by the Indians per mitted Camtuck to convert sev en hits into five runs. Camtuck scored once in the first inning and twice in the sixth and seventh. Hertford's lone tally was scored in the sev enth by Owens, who tripled and . scored on a fielder's choice. Matthews fanned nine Cam tuck batters, walked one, whik - Paul fanned seven 'Indians antj -, walked five, - - -. :