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"WEEKLY : Vciume XXV. Number 38. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 19, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy. MANS Gi23:u Nab Men 17 r?..i. i- v-r. iteGton j a Two Norfolk residents, Norman White and . William Riddick, Ne ;. groea, were given preliminary ' hearings in RecordeiY Court here '( Tuesday on : , charges 01' breaking and entering and larceny of mer chandise" from Baker's Store in Whiteston on Wednesday night of last week. White waived hear- ing ahd his bond was set at $1, 000 while probable cause was found '.against Riddick and his bond for. appearance in Superior Court was set at $2,000. The - . court was advised that Riddick is on parole on charges of armed robbery. The two men were apprehend ed by Deep Creek, Va., authori ties at 2 A. M., last Thursday when they were stopped for ron t'ne checking. Sheriff J, K. . .' White was notified the men had : some $300. worth of merchandise which they could not explain and White : requested they be held . " pending investigation which re vealed the Baker Store robbery. The two men will-face trial in Superior Court on charges of breaking and entering and lar ceny. -.V.;-';;',.::tvf--;'-;: 'v .;;, ; ,.:' . Other cases disposed of during Tuesday's session of Recorder's v Court included those in which Al fred Milton, Dempsey Ainsworth, -' ' Thomas Tilley and Carl Johni kins, Negro, paid costs of court : after pleading guilty to charges of ;' speeding.! ' ; t ."V Willie Rascoe submitted to a 'charge of speeding and paid .a : - fine pt $10 '.and costs. " ' . TR. R4H6llowell was found not f ' guilty .on a charge of reckless "' driving while the State took a nol " . proa in the cases in which Frog 7 : Felton, Negro, was charged with assault and Lonnie Thatch, Jr., Negro, was charged with being an v.--i cc.esirltBtha1jf tf . ' deriu;.- , -t . - ' X Costs of" court were - taxed against Eugene Myers and John '. ' Rouf who submitted 5 to charges of driving on the left side of a highway. - - ' -' . A fine of $20 and costs.' were taxed against William Perry; Ne gro,, who submitted to charges of . speeding and failing to report an i'. accident. - ' John Morris paid, the costs of court after submitting to a charge ' of passing a stopped school bus. Jack Phillips .was found guilty of failing to observe a stop sign. Prayer for judgment ' was con . tinued on payment of court costs. C:ccrd Corn Crop I::ctdlnII.C. ,Corn production in North Caro lina is forecast at a record 82,440, "., 000 bushels by the North Carolina ' Crop Reporting Service. A crop of- this size would exceed the previous record 1956 Crop of 80,- 688,000 bushels by Z.2 1 per cent and would compare with 60,125,- 000 bushels produced last year. The current crop is expected to be harvested from 1,832,000 acres compared with . 1,850,000 acres ; last year and 1,968,000 acres in . 1956. A record yield of 45.0 bush els per acre U indicated. This $f 4.0 bushels above the previous record established in 1956 and ' 12.5 bushels more than the aver age yield produced ii 1957. September 1 corn prospects were for yields 2.0 bushels above those indicated a month earlier. ;' Some light , to heavy, rains" fell -during every week off August over most, all areas of the State. In , the . Southern Piedmont sec- .tion, where, the cqrn crop has teen . poor for the past iseveral y-ojrs. ..the current cr"p is' in l -.tly good to exci r,t'condi '. Except for a re!; ivc'y small i. "a of late plant 1 poin, this j s crop was practically ma- tn-by September 1. ' e U. S. corn production is es- ' 1 at 3,5C8,7C3,C,J I hols, .1 with 3,402,832,OuJ bush V s ir a mn Store Oscar McDonald, Negro, ;, waslgible to take the test. Students found not guilty on a charge of assault while Granby White. Ne-' gro, was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs.. John Otterbridge, Nejgro, plead ed guilty to a chirge of being drunk and was released after hav ing served five days in jail. ) .'-" Costs of court were taxed against Rodney Ballance who sub mitted to a charge of illegal park- William Koberson paid a fine, of $35 and costs after pleading guilty to charges of driving with out a license and driving oh the left side of a highway. ; . A fine of $10 and costs were assessed against' Raymond Boze inan who pleaded guilty to charg es of disturbing the peace in a private home. : Flora Ivey was sentenced to the were Dav d Burton, John Mat sanatorium at McCain after she thews and Bebbie Tucker with had pleaded guilty to a charge of identical scores. 7 Letitia McGoo- disobeying health department laws restricting her to her prem ises on a TB quarantine. Joshua Zachary, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of be ing ; drunk. He was ordered to clean up the jail to the satisfac tion of the Sheriff or pay a fine of $10 and costs. Man Faces Murder Charge Following Shooting A Perquimans County Archie T. Boone, about 30, jail here awaiting action grSia"TUrjrafthe Oetober of Superior Court on a charge of murder. . . Boone waived preliminary hearing before Judge Chas. E. Johnson in Recorder's Court Tuesday and he was ordered held without bond. The defendant is charged with the murder of Matrice Revell, a Negro woman, who died follow ing a shooting last Sunday night' in. a juke joint operated in Win fall. According to Sheriff White, the Revell woman was shot by Boone with a .32 calibre revolver as she was standing near a counter in the shop. The bullet struck the woman in the back near the right, .shoulder and traveled through her body, evi dently hitting the heart. Sheriff White reported she was dead on ' arrival at the Chowan Hos pital. Boone, the sheriff . reported, admitted . shooting the woman but stated it was an accident that he was shooting at a man who had drawn a gun on him. It was also reported -some 20 to 25 persons were in the Win fall i shop at the time of the shooting, ; but little could be learned as to the motive. The sheriff said he had talked with several witnesses but each had stated Mhe heard no ' quarreling between the Revell woman or Boone. i investigation of the case will be continued , pending the trial at the court term next month. Historical Society To Meet Sept 29th 'The Perquimans County .His torical Society ViU hold a meet ing on Monday,' September j29j in the Municipal Building in Hert ford, at 8 o'clock P. M. ; All mem bers and thos,e who wish to be come members, are urgently m. viteid to be preserit, since numer ous undertakings are' to be dis cussed. - .'.''i'V..;' i. tlRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. William Ownley, EFD 2, Elizabeth City, announce the birth Of a son, Wallace Nath an, born September 13, at Albe' nuirle Hospital.' Mrs Ownley is V e former Mary Lou Butt. , , l'z' 'rate: 'Tut why did you I r' k i o 's shop four nights $ Negro, r Scholarship Test Scheduled Oct 21 The third annual SQT will be given only once .during the aca demic .year 1958-59. on Tuesday, October 21, 1958 at P. C H. S. Both juniors and seniors are eli- J who. wish to take the test must register through the high school principal, E. C. Woodard, by. Oc tober 1. 'The candidate fee is $1.00 for each student who takes the test. The SQT, because it is similar to the Scholastic Aptitude Test given for college entrance, should provide a good prediction of col lege success. . y? Last, vear plovpn mpmhprc nf tt, 4llninr ri,.nf p n ti s tnnk the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Students who take this test have a convenient means to compete for a large number of national, regional and local scholarships. : The highest score of P. C. H. S. candidates was made by Ray Winslow; ranking in second place gan placed third. -,, . It is interesting to note that the highest score Made by the group of eleven P. C. II. S. jun iors was in Word Usage. The other tests ranked in this order: English' Usage, Social Studies, Natural Science, Reading and Mathematics Usage. Sunday HEADLINES The United-Nations assembled this week ahd elected a' pro Western Arab to serve as presi dent during the session. Prob lems in crisis-ridden Middle and Far East are expected to con sume much attention during the meeting, especially the situation regarding China. A report stat ed Red China may again seek UN recognition in exchange for concessions in the Far East. Meanwhile,' talks at ambassa dorial levels between Red China and the U. S. began this week in Poland ; as efforts are being made to restore the status quo in the Formosa area. Red China continues to try a blockade of the National Chinese islands but reports state some supplies are being landed on Quemoy. Forty . persons, ' including for mer New, York Yankee George Stirnweiss,, died in a railroad accident in New Jersey Monday. A .-. commuter train ' crashed through a draw bridge causing) the tragedy. ; Investigation be ing ; conducted by officials, has revealed the train engineer may have suffered a heart attack, contributing to the accident.. The State . "Highway Commis sion reported from Raleigh this week it will need additional funds to keep up state roads during the next two years and suggestions were mads the funds come ; through increase in road taxes and the transfer of some state . agencies to the general fund' from the highway fund. School t children, residing.: on Church Island, jn Currituck County are', out ,of school this week following action by School officials in cancelling school bus travel ove a read serving the area. A gtpnd jury reported. the road unsafe for school bus travel leading to the action by school officials pending road repairs by the state. SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Rev; Daniel W. Allen of Wilmington will hold services Sunday nirht at 8 'o'clock. Sep. t- ' cr : . ' . Holy Trinity .re pmV.Ic i: in t V I'fLLIrv i by the,;, mho HLLIIO ? termJ T"-' T - - - 5 It V ( ' i vV fcs ELECTRONIC NURSES AIDE here's a boxful ot service at Dianne Eenson's fi.iger t in Chicago's esley I.-emonal Hospital. She can make house calls as well as outside cans o.i the one-piece telephone. t:cctronic cabinet enables her to ai just room temperature, make adjustments oC hit hospital bed, open or close windows, ontrol room I ghting nd cperate closed-circuit TV connected with the visitors' lobby. t auiJi tion, she can talk via intercom to nurse on duty a", tiie Ccsk, tune In favorite radio programs and see the time on a built-ii clock. The device, manufactured by a leading c:ectronic con trol firm, is designed to boost patient morale and help solve tiie acute hospital personnel problem. Com Producers To Decide On Program Farmers in commercial corn counties will have an opportuni ty to vote their choice between two corn price support-production programs, George Bellmon, Per quimans County ASC Office Man ager, said. ' ; : "in accordanec with agricultural legislation enacted late in August of this year, corn producers in the commercial .area will select a sin gle program from two offered in a referendum to be held some thne before December 15, 1958. TKe'new "Act" puts "the aeasion'be tween two price-support programs squarely up to the producer. A majority vote will decide the is sue. . '' '' The vote will be on whether acreage allotments and the com mercial corn area will be discon tinued, with the support level for corn at 90 per cent of the aver age price received by farmers for the preceding three years but not less than 65 per cent of parity. If, however, the new program is not approved by a majority of those voting, corn acreage allot ments will continue to be in el feet in the commercial corn area, and ' the minimum level of sup port for corn will continue to be between 75 and 90 per cent of parity, the actual level to be de termined as in the past on the basis of the supply percentage. ; Windsor Selected For WMU Meeting The Woman's Missionary Union Regional Conference of the Eliza beth City Region will be held in the Cashie Baptist Church, Wind sor, Thursday, October 2. This will be a one-day meet ing this year, ; The session will convene at 9:45 A. M., and will close with the election of officers and the rneditation period at, 5 P. M. Miss Georgia Mae Ogburn, mis sionary to Chile, will be the guest speaker for the meeting. ,-A conference led by one of the state personnel, is scheduled for every officer' of Woman's Mission ary Union. V Lunch will be served ak the Community Center and the Par ish. House by the women of the Methodist and Episcopal Church es. . A registration-fee of one dollar must ' be sent to Mrs. Robert White,' 1 404 ' 1 Belmont ' Avenue, Windsor, N. -C, by September 22, in order to make a reservation for this meal. Harrell To Head Gas Association ' , owner of Charles M. Harrell, Harrell Gas & Coal Company of Hertford was elected president of the North Carolina LP Gas As sociation at its state convention held this week in Durham. He succeeds W. E. Kirby of Ashe boro. During the past yearMr.; "arrell served as vice president f t'e f "")c!rtson. , i V'' v i - ' ' V mimmmmm6mk Central PTA Holds" New School Term The Parent-Teacher Association of Central Grammar School held its first meeting of the year on Monday night with the president, Mrs. Ernest Long, presiding "Holy, Holy, Holy" was sun? as opening number with Mrs. Pau line Webb as accompanist. Mrs. Long welcomed the large group present for the meeting and recognized Mrs, Melvin Eure, pro gram - chairman; 'Vho announcpd the theme of the meeting was "Maturity Through Understand ing Your School." Mrs. Earl Hollowell gave the devotional, us-j ing the subject, "The Importance! of the Child". A group of chil dren from the 5th, 6th and 7th grades, sang "We Thank Thee" to conclude the devotional. Mrs. Carolina Wright, Public School Music teacher, was accompanist for this number. Miss Wright al so accompanied the group as they sang "Hallelu" and "Jogging Along". ' ; V,- Thomas Maston, principal, in troduced the officers of the assc ciatisn and teachers, calling at tention to the fact the school had three new members of the facul-, ty:, Miss Carolin Wright, music teacher; Mrs. Gladys White, third grade, and Mrs. B. L. Raines, fifth grade. Mr. Maston also announc ed the Youth Center will be open for pre-teens on Saturday nights and for Teenagers on Thursday and Friday nights,. Mrs. Doris Nixon, secretary, gave an interesting report on the 31st annual PTA Institute which she attended in Greensboro, as representative of the Central PTA. ',:. The president then introduced the committee chairmen who will serve the association during the coming year. During the business session it was reported a yearbook will be prepared listing the programs and plans for the year. Mrs. Ned Nix on gave a report of the executive committee meeting held Septem ber 11. which outlined some of these programs and events. In cluded in these are a covered dish supper, . Founder's Day party, Halloween Carnival, a womanless wedding and a basketball game Continued on Page 6 Lois Byrum Guest At Virginia Event Miss Lois Byrum, daughter of Mr. ahd Mrs. Tommy Byrum, and a senior at the Perquimans High School, has been selected to at tend t h e " Norfolk-Portsmouth I Good Neighbor Day on Saturday, , September .27. She will be a guest of the two-city committee which . : . : ti.uuf,." program as a part Of the two-day sales promotion. s A trip aboard a submarine, dancing, a dinner and a football game are on the program. Miss Byrum is one of 15 seniors from Virginia and North Carolina in vited to attend Saturday's activi ties. .. i J First Meeting Of Club Holds Dinner Meeting At Home OflluldaVood The Perquimans Business and Professional Women's Club met Thursday night, September 11, at 7 o'clock with Miss Hulda Wood at her home on Grubb Street when she entertained members with a well-planned Tetrazzini supper. Tables were placed in the dining room and living room for the delicious menu when Miss Audrey Umphlett assisted in the serving. . The president, Mrs. Alice T. Owens, presided over the business session and opened the meeting with the Club Collect. Mrs. Mary Dale S. Lane, recording secretary, read the minutes and Miss Thel ma Elliott, treasurer, gave her re port. A report on the Fashion Show was given by Mrs. Miriam TV Haskett, pubttc affairs chair man. Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson, chairman of the Local Loan Clos et for the Sick, reported the Loan Closet was eight years old and helped approximately 150 people with the loan of wheel chairs, hospital beds, crutches, bedrails, and other sick room supplies. I These items can be borrowed free! of charge to any resident of the : 9,900 clubs in 110 countris of town and county. This is thelthe world. Total membership is public service project of the club. 465,000 persons. Mrs. Jackson suggests anyone "All of these members amount having sick room supplies theyto nothing," Steele said, "unless would like to donate, they would the. individual club lives up to be greatly appreciated. the Rotary motto, "Service Plans for National Business Wo- Above Self." He said the spirit men's Week, which will be ob- had to be carried in the hearts Continued on Page 6 of all men. Indians OverCamde Ahoskie 11 Friday HD County Council To Meet Thursday The Fall Home Demonstration County Council will meet Thurs day, September 25, at 3:00 P. M., at the Hertford Agricultural Building. Mrs. Paige L Under wood, home agent, states that this will be a very important meeting. The annual Fall Ach ievement Day which is scheduled to be held in November will be discussed. Committees will .be appointed to begin making defi nite arrangements. Reports will be given on Farm- Home Week, Eastern District craf ts Workshop and Citizenship Day. A Ways and Means Committee will be appointed to make plans for projects during the fall and coming year. Other ntems of business and an nouncements will be made by Mrs. William Winslow, County Council President. Mrs. Under wood urges the executive board and Council members to attend this meeting. Jaycees Closing Calendar Project The Hertford vJunior Chamber of Commerce is now completing work on :, the annual Jaycee Birthday ; Calendar project and individual Jaycees have been contacting the public for orders for these calendars. : John Beers announced individuals not yet contacted who desire to order a calendar or have name placed on it can do so by calling him at 4211. ' Named Manager Ahoskie Cleaners Announcement was made in Ahoskie earlier this week that Zack Robertson, Jr. of- Hertford had been named manager of a cleaning plant in Ahoskie. ' He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Robertson of Hertford, and a 1956 graduate of Chowan College. Prior to accepting the Ahoskie position, Robertson had been as sociated with Robertson's Clean ers in Hertford. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Murray Nixon of Edenton, Route 1, announce the birth of a son, Lewis Warren, born September 8, at Chowan Hospital. . Mrs. Nixon is the for mer Miss Marian White of Hert ford, j j. J Candidates Named For ASC Election Scheduled Oct. 2nd Rotary Governor Pays Visit To Hertford Club Hobart Steele of Burlington, district governor of Rotary In ternational, paid an official visit to the Hertford Rotary Club last Tuesday night and spoke briefly on the development and aims of Rotary during the com ing year. He emphasized the importance of international relations and stated the student exchange program carried out by Rotary is proving out a wonderful pro ject. Steele, who wa6 introduced by Club President Charles Payne, reviewed the growth of Rotary throughout the world, relating a new club hours and is founded every 24 that Rotary now has Win n; Face Perquimans High School scored an impressive football victory in I its opening game of the season last Friday night, defeating Cam den 18-7. This week the Indians have been undergoing practice drills aimed at bringing a win over Ahoskie this week when the Perquimans team travels to Ahos kie for an Albemarle Conference contest. The Indians showed consider able offensive strength in the Camden game with the victory coming through some outstanding playing by backs John Matthews, Tommy Tilley, Preston Winslow, Jimmy Sullivan and Welly White. The defensive play was featured by Joe Proctor, Bebbie Tucker, Ben Gibbs, Burton, Dozier and Nixon. Neither team scored during the first period of the game Friday but Perquimans tallied six points early in the second quarter when I Winslow crossed the goal line af ter John Mathews had smashed through Camden to the 10-yard stripe. Camden took the lead 7-6 in this period on a fourth down pass play from Seymour to Games. The Indians received the second half kickoff and marched on to the Camden 15 in 14 plays, pick ing up three first downs on gains by Winslow, Tilley and Mathews. The second score came when Til ley passed 15 yards to John Mat ZZ 7 '7 e ii , thews in the end zone. Sullivan's placement again was short. Camden, unable to gain after the kickoff punted to the Per quimans 35 and the Indians mov ed to the Camden 22 before eiv- ,'nif im V.a ; . . I ' The Indians started goalward again in the final period after a Camden punt rolled dead on the Perquimans 37. A pass from Til- ley to Winslow was good for 20 yards to the Camden 35 and runs by Mathews, Winslow, Tilley and White carried to the Camden nine. Tilley, on a quarterback sneak, scored from, there for the final score as the extra point was again missed. " ' The game at Ahoskie Friday promises to be a fine show for fans as Ahoskie is rated among the contenders for the conference title this season. Ahoskie defeat ed Scotland Neck two weeks ago and lost to .Roanoke Rap ids last Friday." .'..-i - , , Score t I TL. xt J . . . .... I j.ne meuioa oi noiaing com munity ASC farmer - committee elections has been announced. Community elections w i 1 1 be held in the county's six desig nated agricultural communities on October 2. Polls will remain open from 8 V. M., to 6 P. M. The follow) f farmers were nominated foi- election as Com munity Committeemen and al ternates and delegates and alter nate delegates to the County Convention: ' - Belvidere Community: Oliver Winslow, Clinton Winslow, Wil-. lard F. Baker, W. Savage Jol-' iiff, Louis L. Spivey, Jarvis Winslow, Harold H. Copeland,' Parker Copeland, Emerson R. Asbell, Ellis Winslow. Nicanor Community: Elisha K Winclniir Vt A vK rr... .. ...u.urv, .A. 1U1 ner, Seldon Rountree, Percy L. Winslow, Lyndon O. White, Les ter J. Baker, Joseph H. Stal lings, Jr., Johnnie Stallings, Tol- ,ly M. Twine, Arba E. Winslow. Bethel Community: W. Dewey Perry, Jr. Colon S. Jackson, S. Edgar Long, Earl J, Riddick, Lawrence C. Corprew, Josiah R. Proctor, John H. Corprew, Jr.,' Willis Proctor, C. R. (Kitv Chappell, Winston E. Lane, Hertford Community: Can R. Williams, Clarence L. " Di' 1, Clinton Ray Winslow, Johrm ? Hollowell, Irvin C. Long. Em mett Long, William C. .Elliott,, Ward Hunter, Pailen E. Lane, Oras W. Winslow. New Hope Community: Mar vin Caddy, Ernest W. Sutton, Belvin Eure, Albert Eure, Ben H. Chambers, Carson Spivey, John E. Wood, Jr., Abraham L. Godfrey, Jr., Charlie R. Stal lings, Moody Harrell. 1 , Parkville Community: Julian R. Mathews. J. Lawrence 'Perfry;' John A. Bray, Ernest E. Mor gan, J. Clifton Morgan, L. Paul Smith, winfred Smith, Elmer L. Miller, John M. Smith, John C. Bundy, Jr. Additions to the above lip"'! nominees may be made provid ed such addition is requested -in a petition signed by ten or more eligible voters and presented : to the community election board not later than Wednesday, Sep tember 17, 1958. - Any farmer who as owner, operator, tenant or sharecropper, is participating or is eligible to participate in any program ad- , ministered by the County ASC Committee is eligible to vote in his community. Announcements will be made of the Community Committee men elected immediately after the election. Delegates elected by the farmers will meet on Oc tober 21 to elect County Com mitteemen. ASC County and Community Committeemen elect ed will take office November 1. New Hope Youths Questioned About "Prank" Attack Two New Hope youths were taken into temporary custody foi questioning last Saturday morn ing by Sheriff J. K. White after I the Sheriff had been called tc New Hope to investigate an al .. Vsj... :i, i-? leged attack Friday night on 17-year-old Lockwood Umphlett. According to reports the Umph lett youth was jumped abou 11:30 P. M., as he neared the horn, of his mother with whom he live -and a sack was thrown over hi ' head. Umphlett began to yel making such noise he attracte I attention Of neighbors who cam to the scene scaring off the ai ' tackers who then hid in a field The two youths, whose nam . ed and admitted they had j" ; ed Umphlett. The Sheriff rtv.oJ. ed the youths told him thev1 h not intend to commit a crime i . did the act only as a poke.; ' New Hope residents are1 won dering, however, if this, incider. is not connected wi previo breaking in the community.' T. Sheriff said the youths were r rimanded severely but no cl;r es have been lodged as yet r ' ing further investigation.