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Volume XXV. Number 40.
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directors Elected
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v - A :large number of stockhold-
, . ers of , the Albemarle Electric
t Membership Corporation gather-
ed in; Hertford last Saturday af-
ternopn. for their- annual meet-
Ing afid elected directors' for-the
r' -CGTprt-ioxto,hng"yar,..,Th'e
4iiccus was ucj.ii at rerquimans
Higb School. '
, Johfc Costen, manager of the
corporation, reported . the meet
ing was one of the best ever
held and attendance ' was fine
despite. inclement weather con-
.. ditions, , . ,.
' Prior i to the annual election
oi directors organizational re
porta were made by officers of
the corporation. President A. T.
, Lane reported continued growth
for the organization during 'the
past year;, A number of new
consumers V were . added Jo the
membership, which covers five
counties in' Northeastern " North
caroima. xne . ahmu has a
: splendid, financial report- which
., was well- received by the stock'
holders. It ""employs a total of
ij. iiui nine- workers, r . . ,
Elected , to serve as directors
i of the. corporation .during . ,the
coming year were: J-. A. White
hurst and Joe Hastings of Cam-
' den, A. T. Lane, . Charles' E.
White.' and Floyd Matthews; of
- Perquimans, John Bunch and
3. 'A -Wiggins of -Chowan t.and
Mommie Temple and W. 1 R.
, Lowrytof Pasquotank, '
Officers of the board, chosen
after the election by the direc
tors are: A. T. Lane, presi
dent; J. 'A. Wiggins, . vice presi
dent; Charles E. "White, treas
urer and Floyd Matthews, sec
retary.. ' ; ;. jf
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T.aymond Winslow, Jr.,' son f
Mr. end Mrs., Raymond, Winslow
of i rtford, lo't V'td'tics-Jny for
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i irticlpating in " a nationwide
; contest sponsored by the
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nnual Meeting
Stockholders
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IIEttES
i Governor Hodgeappealed to
President 'Eisenhower for fed
eral, aid fqf a number of North
Carolina counties hard hit last
Saturday by Hurricane Helene.
Estimated damages ranged from
5 to.. 8 million, dollars for New
Hanover - County," alone. The
storm caused damages to farm
crops in some 13. counties.
The Supreme Court on jMon
day 'handled down another opin
ion relative to school matters
which stated evasive action will
.not nullify the orders of the
court in regards to segregation.
This ruling stopped action in
Little Rock, Ark aimed at trans
ferring school buildings to pri
vate corporations. fi -
French people voted over
whelmingly last Sunday for
adoption of the DeGualle plan
to reorganize the French gov
ernment" under a new constitu
tion. The plan calls . for en
largement of powers for the
president, and less authority for
the French Assembly, which in
past years has been the ruling
power of that nation, ,
Reports' from Washington this
week state the nation's economic
picture continues to brighten as
unemployment dwindles in pro
duction; areas of the country.
Contract ' settlements within the
auto industry " is expected to
give the economy a big advance
during the next three months.
U. S. has pulled its Marines
out of Lebanon, ' leaving some
7,500 army - personnel in. the
area and these troops are ex
pected to be : removed ' within
a short time despitS 'continued
unrest within " Lebanon . since
the recent change in govern
ment. ' . ,' , . ,.
P.Ieet Next Monday
The Board of Commissioners for
Perquimans County will hold its-
Oh ! meeting next Monday,
-. at 13 A. U.; in the
r IiC "'.ion to oth-
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Hertford,
Mayor Advised On
Treatment Plants
After , acting upon a number
of : requests for securement of
information pertaining to instal
lation of a sewage' disposal
plant for Hertford, Mayor V. N.
Darden announced today he had
received the following letter
from A. C. Turnage, ' Jr., Sani
tary Engineer, State B6ard of
Health, in regards to the plant.
"In response to your letter,
we are glad to furnish you the
following information:
'The Federal Water Pollution
Control . Act, Public Law 660,
stipulates that the Federal Gov
ernment will make a grant to
municipalities for the construc
tion of sewage treatment works
in an amount not to exceed 30
per cent of the total cost of
construction or $250,000, which
ever v is less. In your case, of
course, the maximum limit of
$250,000 would not apply, so you
can use the figure 30 per cent
of the total cost of the plant.
For purposes of determining the
amount of the grant, the cost of
land or right-of-way acquisition
is not included in the total
costs.' . .
"Unfortunately, the size of
the federal appropriation does
not permit the inclusion of all
the municipalities that desire to
construct a treatment plant.
(During the three years that this
program has been in effect we
have secured grants for only a
portion of the towns applying
each year. : :
: "In order to distribute fairly
the funds - allocated to North
Carolina, we have set up a 'for
mula' for determining the prior
ity . 1 each-xtavB"trj city-applying.
This formula, so far as
possible, reflects the needs - of
the ' applicant from the stand
point" of financial need, pollu
tion abatement to be accom
plished and. demonstrated abil
ity 'of the . applicant to proceed
with the project.
"If you .wish to file an appli
cation for a federal grant, let us
know,, and we will be glad' to
send you some application
blanks." '
Broughton - Dana
Vows Swollen
At Pinshurst
Mn the Pinehurst Village Cha
pel at 4:30 P. M. Saturday, Miss
Penelope , Crocker Dana, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dana
of Pinehurst, became the bride
of Howard Chalk ' Broughton of
Hertford. - He is the son of
Harry T. Broughton of Hertford
and the late Mrs. Broughton.
The ceremony . was performed
by the Rev. Adam Weir Craig,
minister of ; the Pinehurst Vil
lage Chapel and the Rev. Martin
Caldwell, rector of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church, , Southern
Pines. A' reception immediate-
ly followed the ceremony at the
Mid Pines Club.- '
The bride, who was given in
niarriage by her father, wore a
candlelight r satin ! dress with
scalloped qeck line, long' sleeves
and- cathedral train and she car
ried baby white , orchids sur
rounded by gardenias and maid
en hair fern, Her heirloom veil
was Italian rosepoint lace.l . 1
MW;;"; RandolDh; Heamey Few
of Durham attended her sister as
matron of honor.. She wore a
sheath dress . and. redingote of
copper-toned, satin and carried
a bouquet of Varied fall-colored
chrysanthemums : with ' maiden
hair fern. The bridesmaids, who
were attired like the honor, aU
tendaht, -were Mrs. George
Henry Cornelsori pf 1 Clinton,
South Carolina, , Miss Deirdre
Clare Dundas of Washington,!
D .C, Miss Mary MacRae Pat-
ton of Durham and Mrs. Philip
Whitman White of Miltoiv Flor-
i. Miss Jul iann Dale of Ra-
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UIMANS
Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 3, 1958
Varied Docket In
Here Last Tuesday
Traffic cases made up most
of the docket disposed tf dur
ing Tuesday's session' of Per
quimans Recorder's Court, pre
sided over by Judge Chas. E.
Johnson,
Seventeen defendants, James
Stallings, Clarence Barnhill, Tr.,
Erman Simpson, MyrOn Taylor,
William Jordan, Floyd Jen-
'ninSs' Nesr. Walter Eason, Ne-
gro, Josiah Smith, George
Wynn, Robert Beck, Otah White,
James Winslow, Oscar Wilson,
Floyd Hinnant, Henry Lieb,
Arel Ambrose and Gilbert Paul,
each submitted to charges of
speeding and paid the costs of
court, t
Costs of court were taxed
against Herbert Chappell, Seth
Morgan : and Rexford Liverman
after each . pleaded guilty to
charges of failing to observe a
stop sign.
Auger Dance, Negro,- was
fined $25 and costs after he
pleaded guilty ' to charges of
driving : without a . chauffeur's
license. ' ;
Thomas Byrum, Jr., submit
ted to a charge of -allowing im
proper use of a license plate
and paid the court costs.
Costs of court were paid by
Robert Pierce, who pleaded
guilty to a charge of- iroproiie'E
passing of a motor vehicle.
Prayer for. judgment, on pay
ment 'of court costs, - was con
tinued on the ' case in which
Jesse Stanton entered' a plea of
guilty i to a charge of non-support.
The defendant was. or
dered to' Dav the sum oi 112.50
per' week for use 'of his child
and wife.
.Fines of $2 and costs were
paid 'by Wayne Temple, Harry
Brooks and Paul Bembry, Ne
gro, after each had submitted to
oharges of being drunk,
Milton Phelps paid the costs
of court after pleading guilty to
charges of driving on the left
side of a highway.
William Lane paid a fine of
$10 and costs after pleading
guilty to charges of driving
with insufficient brakes.
Cleveland Riddick, Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of as:
sault. He was sentenced to
serve six months on the roads.
LoceI Tovns Share
In Pov.ul Funds
Hertford and Wmfall were
among the 407 cities and owns
receiving checks this week from
the State Highway Commission
in . the division of . Powell Bill
funds f to be used for street
work. Funds allocated .to Hert
ford amounted to $6,971.93 while
Winfall received $1,430.18. i '
The Powell Bill, passed by. the
General ;' Assembly in 1951, au
thorizes the setting aside of one-
half cent from the regular 6
cent tax on each gallon of gaso
line, in an effort to' aid munici
palities in the maintenance of
non-system streets. All Powell
Bill fuhds are allocated in cash
to" active incorporated munici
palities which are eligible and
qualified for ilrhptovements on
tjieir nori-hlghway system streets.
Allocation of the Powell Bill
funds is made proportionately
to , the eligible municipalities,
half on the basis of population
and half on the basis of rela
tive non-system mileage. . -During
1951 the first year of
its existence a total of $4,543,
096.20 was allocated the 386
eligible municipalities. ' This fig
ure was increased over the years
to f l,477,d:7.27 for' 4071,artitir
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NEWSPAPER WEEK
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Tarboro
Hand Indians 32-7
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Conference Defeat
Hurricane Causes
Little Damage Here
According to reports received
little damage resulted in Per
quimans County from Hurricane
Helene. which hit the North Ca
rolina coast last Saturday and
swept by the state several miles
effshore in Dare County. Local
authorities prepared for any
eventualities when it appeared
the storm might hit here full
force. The local Civil Defense
and Fire Department we
alerted and. stood by to assist
the public if needed. .
Funeral Services
Held Saturday For
Craton Stephens
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Lynch Funeral Home
last : Saturday afternoon, at 3
o'clock for Craton G. Stephens,
70, who died last Friday morning
in the Albemarle Hospital follow
ing an extended illness. '
The Rev. James A. Auman oi-
ficiated and during the services a
trio from the Methodjst Church
choir sang "Thy Will Be Done".
Mr. Stephens was a native of
Rutherfordton but had lived in
Hertford most of his life. He was
the husband of the late Beatrice
Alma Howell and son of the late
Augustus and Alice Gale Ste
phens. He was a member of the
First Methodist Church, Hertford,
and a member of the Order of
Railroad Conductors.
Surviving are one son, Craton
G. Stephens, Jr., of Garner; three
daughters, Mrs. G. T. Skipsey of
Hertford, Mrs. W. T. Jones of
Franklin, Va., and Mrs. T. G. In
man of Norfolk, Va.; one sister,
Mrs. J. C. Hines of Suffolk and
nine grandchildren. ' ' '
; Burial was in the Suffolk, Va.,
Cemetery. Pallbearers were B. C.
Berry, X H. Towe, Martin Towe,
Max Campbell, Charlie Umphlett
and William Landing, Jr. .V. .
New Pastor At
Assembly Of God
The Rev. L. J. Howe, former
ly of Ocracoke, has succeeded
G. R, Lawrence as .pastor of the
Assembly of God Church in
Hertford. Mr. Howe along With
the Rev. Alvin Price of Eliza
beth City, Raymond Hoggard of
Windsor and Carroll Daniel of
Wanchese recently returned from
the World Pentacostal Confer
ence conducted at Toronto, Can
ada. . i :'.SvJ!;
Mr. Howe announced today a
revival : meeting will ; be con
ducted at the local church be
ginning October 7' and con
tinuing through Friday with the
Rev." Riley Lawrence of Eliza
beth City as guest ; preacher.
Services will begin, each evening
at 8 o'clock.' " Special music and
' 3 will 'be presented."' ! .v
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" I ANNOUNCEMENT .
'. i r-:3. Wilber T. Jordan
- r ounce the birth of a
WEEKLY
Gridders
The Perquimans Indians, un
able to cope with two fine half
backs from Tarboro, lost a 32-7
decision to the Tarboro Tigers
in an Albemarle Conference
football game played here last
Friday night.
The . game was delayed by
about 90 minutes due to car
trouble experienced by the Tar
boro team while enroute to
Hertford.
Perquimans displayed a su
perior offensive attack against
Tarboro throughout most of the
game but the local secondary
defense failed to stop Owens and
Brady, tTarbpro .backs, who
raced for 95, 75, 72 and 45 yards
to score touchdowns against the
Indians.
The Indians moving the ball
easily scored in the first period
on nice runs by Preston Wins
low and John Matthews. Mat
thews scored a TD and Sulli
van converted to give Perquim
ans a 7-0 lead. A Perquimans
fumble a short time later gave
Tarboro the , ball and Owens
scampered 45 yards on the first
play to give the Tigers their
first TD. Conversion made the
score even at 7-all. Perquim
ans rolled up six first downs in
fthis quarter to none for Tar-
boro. '
A Perquimans fumble on the
30-yard line in the second quar
ter gave Tarboro' its opportun-.
ity to score again when Brady
went 75 yards on the second
play from scrimmage. Conver
sion was good and Tarboro led
at the half 14-7. During this
period the Indians made five
first downs . to,' none for Tar
boro. During the . third quarter Per
quimans drove to the Tarboro
25 then lost the ball on downs.
Tarboro scored its third TD on
a lateral pass play from Tew
to Brady. Early ; in the final
period Tarboro passed to the
Indians' 25-yard line and
penalty placed the ball on the
10. Owens scored from there.
The final Tiger touchdown came
after Perquimans had punted to
the Tarboro five. Brady, on the
first play, smashed through the
Indian line and raced 95 yards
for the sqore.
, This week the Indians will
play in Plymouth in another
conference game.
Hertford PTA To
Meet October 9th
' The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Hertford Grammar School
will hold its first meeting of the
new school year' on Thursday
night, October 9. In the auditor
ium of the school! The meeting
will begin at 8 o'clock and all
friends and patrons of the school
are urged to attend.
Board Of Education
Meets Monday Night
) The Perquimans Board of Edu
cation will hold its Quarterly
meeting next Monday night be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock in. the of
fice , of the Superintendent of
Schools. ' ..
J, . T. Bigcers, superintendent.
ated a number of routine mat-
Wilmington Firm
Awarded i! Contract
To Build Bridge
Lions Conducting
White Cane Drive
Hertford Lions Club has
opened its annual White Cane
Drive, which is a state-wide
campaign to raise funds to aid
in carrying out the club's pro
ject in rendering aid to the
blind.
A committee composed of
Charles Harrcll, Frank Mc
Googan and James Bass is con
ducting the local drive.' This
year solicitation of funds is be
ing made through the mails and
a number of letters have gone
out to local residents request-
jng support lor trie program.
The committee urged all per -
sons who have received the ap-
peal to mail back contributions
to J. T. Biggers not later than
October 5.
Methodist Church
To Hold Special
Services Sunday
Sunday, October 5, is World
Wide Communion Day in fifty
countries around the world, and
First Methodist Church, Hert
ford, plans to join their Chris
tian friends around the world in
this observance. Holy Com
munion will be held at the 11
o'clock worship service, at which
time the brief Communion medi
tation will be delivered by the
pastor, the Rev. James A. Au
man, who wiTl'use as his sub-'
jeet "For Christ's Brothers and
Ours." The Rev. P. M. Porter
will assist in the service.
The Rev. Mr. . Auman pointed
out today that the purpose of
World-Wide Communion is that
participants may 'be reminded of
God's inclusive love for all man
kind, and to be strengthened by
the thought that millions of
Christians are united in this act
of Communion. It is also the
Sunday on which church mem
bers have an opportunity to
make a contribution to the Fel
lowship of Suffering and Ser
vice. ; Offerings received Sun
day morning at the Methodist
Church will be distributed to
the Methodist Committee for
Overseas Relief, the Commis
sion on Chaplains and the Com
mission on Camp Activities.
Regardless of denomination,
residents of Hertford are invit
ed to join in World-Wide Com
munion, Sunday morning at the
Methodist Church.
Price Support On
The Department of Agriculture
has announced the price rate for
the 1958 crop of green and yel
low soybeans grading number 2 or
better and containing from 13.8
to 14.0 per cent moisture at $2.04
per bushel, George Bellmon, Per
quimans County ASC office man
ager, said this week.
To be eligible for price support
the soybeans must grade No. 4
or better and contain not in ex
cess of 14 per cent moisture.
Black and mixed soybeans will be
subject to a 25c per bushel dis
count.. The support rate will be
adjusted by discounts and pre
miums to determine the support
rate for, soybeans of other class'
es and other eligible, qualities.
: Mr. i .Bellmon reminds farmers
that compliance with allotment
crops is not a requirement for' eli
gibility of price support .
The price of soybeans will be
supported by the use of loans and
purchase agreements available at
the county ASC office.; Farmers
desiring additional information
about the soybeans price support
program are urged to visit the
Perquimans County ASC office.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs.' Ray Haybeck who
live at the Kanoy apartments, an-
nounce the birth cf a dai'- v' -
Soybeans Is $Z04
5 Cents Per Copyv
The State Highway Commis
sion announced Tuesday it had
approved a $104,651 bid for
construction of a new ' bridge
over Raccoon Creek at Hert
ford, and for approaches on the
highway leading from Hertford
to NAS, Harvey Point. The bid
was submitted by R. T. Burney,
Inc., of Wilmington.
The project, which is now ex
pected to get under way within
a very short time, is part of an
overall plan to irovide- heavy
duty highway? the new Navy
base at Harve 'oint. State of
iicials have vm ed approval to
a proposal for constructing new
roa'ds leading to the base and
lwolk on tnis is expected to be
Sin next spring, following
in
stallation of the bridge. The
bridge contract calls for the pro
ject to be completed within 120
days.
Included in the contract for
the new bridge is construction of
approaches to the bridge from
the Hertford side of the creek.
The present pavement is to be
removed, along with the muck
in order to raise the road level
and install a firm foundation.
Arrangements have been made
by the Highway Commission for
acquiring some 20,000 cubic
yards of dirt which . will be
used to fill the area of the ap-j
Traffic which has been using
the present bridge will be de
toured during the constructie:'
period. Local roads leaving U .
S. 17 at Hertford Fork and at.
T l-l.l XT : T , ' 1 1 .
jiigm inixoii rum win serve i
detour routes while the new
brifjges-ider construction..
Location crews of the -State.
Highway Commission are here
now for the purpose of survey-
ling areas within Bethel Town-
jship as to possible location of
new roads which may be con
structed to serve the base.
Bonner Issues
Invitations To
Democratic Rally
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner announced today he had
mailed out approximately 2.500
letters to Democrats in the First
Congressional District , inviting
them to attend the Democratic
rally to be staged in Ahoskie
Tuesday, October 7. A barbecue
dinner will follow the rally,
which will begin at 5:30 P. M.
in the armory at Ahoskie.
In announcing completion of
arrangements for the district
rally Congressman Bonner ad
vised this newspaper that while
he had mailed letters concerning
the rally to some 2,500 Demo
crats within the district, the in-
vitation to attend the rally is
extended to all Democrats with-;
in the area.
He stated T" is proud of the
rallies, whicli have been con
ducted in the First District in
years past and he was looking
forward to a most successful
rally at Ahoskie. He announced
short talks will be , made by
Governor Hodges, the two Sena
tors and other officials of the
state and district.
Berea Church To
Hold Homecoming
Arrangements have been
completed for the annual home
coming to be observed at Berea
Church of ; Christ on Sunday,
October 5. Services will begin
at 10 A. M. with Bible School,
followed by morning worship.
a picnic-Style dinner wul be
served on the -church yard at
noon and afternoon services
wil start at 1:130 o'clock. Spe
cial music will be featured and
the public is Invited to attes t
the homecoming.
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Members of tie Minnie Wi'
Missionary Society 'cf ? I'l'
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