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Superior
Very Larg
; The October term of Superior of guiy to charges of break
: Court ODened here last MonHav ln8 and entering and; larceny.
with Judge William Bundy of
Greenville presiding. Court of
ficials predicted the session will
run probably into Friday, due to
the- large number . of criminal
cases ,on the docket.
The Grand Jurv. with Prank
Skinner as foreman, concluded IP0" - payment, of costs and the
its work about noon'Tuesday and ' defendant was ordered turned
was rtUmissPd hv thp r,rt Tho'over. to New York authorities to
Grand Jury returned a total 0f
21 true bills and one not a true
bill, the latter being the case in
which Sam Jennings was charg
ed with a violation of a Health
Department law.
Pleas of, guilty entered by de
fendants enabled the court to dis
i pose of nine cases on Monday.
Four . civil actions, including
three divorces, were also heard
Monday, and ; these cases '.were
also disposed of during the day.
. Link O Neal, Negro, was given
a 12-months prison senterce af
ter he pleaded guilty to a charge
of breaking and ' entering and
, larceny. .
Eugene Myers entered a plea
of guilty to charges of breaking
and entering Hollowell Chevro-
let Company and larceny of
some Wank checks and a key
making machine. He was given
v ,a five year prison sentence, sus
perided , upon ? payment of the
court costs and placed on proba
tion for five years.
The State took a nol vros in
the case in which Carl Close
charged with forgery' rt c ,
.against Hollowell Ceviuiet
Company. dose 'and. Myers
'wererfaken (o Kinston (o stand
1 trial; there in connection with
cashing a forged check. ,
Six defendants, Zane Bunch,
, Johnnie Phthjsic; Nurney Boyce,
''-"wlifflbMTlunW, Tefry"' WffgWE
And v., Thomas Carbone, charged
, nrit.h Tirpnkincr find pniprinff nnilL
: 7, r j T ""benavior ror two years.
guilty Ho . the charges. The
. Court ordered the charge chang
ed to forcible trespass and; sen
tenced each of the defendants
to two years, suspended upon
payment of costs and placed each
.t9n probation for two years.
The State took a nol pros in
the case in which Calvin Lamb
'. was charged with issuing a
worthless check.
. In a jury trial concluded on
, Tuesday ; morning, Jesse tanton
! was found not v guilty on a
! charge of assault.' , -
Norman White " and William
Riddick Negroes, entered pleas
Indians Win From
Manteo 27-0; Play
Spring Hope Next
The Perquimans Indians,
bouncing back from the defeat
at the hands of Edenton Aces,
trounced Mahtea last Friday
night -by a score of 27 to 0 The
entire team played fine football
' to roll up its best gcore of the
; season. - ' - 1 ' :
With a S-S-l record for the
year, . the Indians will play
Spring Hope in Hertford on Fri
day night with game time set
, for 8 o'clock. , "
' Preston' Winslow spearheaded
the Perquimans '. attack - against
' Manteo, scoring -two of the four
touchdowns while Ben , Gibbg
was outstanding on defense for
Perquimans. . , ' " ,. .
i - In the first quarter .;, Winsr
low took a handoff and scamp
s' ered 50 yads jo scor? but jthe
ry for point was bad,'.
Jimmy Sulllvari 'went 'around
end for .three yards ; and a
tochdown in th& second quar
ter after ' he had v set up the
score with a 40-yard run. , A
pass frdm Tommy Tilley to John
i'.Miews added the extra point.
Trtaton
y8r 's for
Winslow 'graced .60
the : third touchdown
i i the third period and Johnny
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Court In
e Docket
White was sentenced to prison
for7 two . years, sentence sus
pended on payment of a fine
of $50 and costs and condition
he be of good behavior for two
years. Prayer for judgment was
continued in the case of Riddick
serve a prison term there.
. Road sentences of 12 months
each were meted out to three
Norfolk Negroes, Wm, Grimes,
Maurice Rowe and James Wat
son, after each had pleaded
guilty to breaking and entering
and larceny at the Ronald Bate-
man store in Woodville.
Other cases . disposed of on
Tuesday included two cases in
which Raymond Hassell, Negro(
was charged' with breaking and
entering. Hassell entered pleas
of guilty and received a prison
sentence of three years.
Howard Phillips, Negro, plead
ed guilty to a charge of possess
ing non tax paid liquor for' the
purpose of sale. He was ordered'
to pay a fine of $100 and costs.
The State continued the case in
which James Patrick is charged
with driving drunk
" A jury was selected for the trial
of Creg Lane, charged with man
slaughter on Tuesday and testi
mony , was, heard Wednesday.
However, this hearing was recess-
Here
With
jC"Oiiod of time Wednesday
,. "V r,tPitness, Marvin ' Lilley,
waraiscovered absent from court.
During i the recess William
Brickhouse, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty .to, a charge of. break
ing and entering. He wag given
a two-year; prison sentence, sus-
pr(p'jatitjal the cpurt
costs and the sum of $25 for use
of W. H. Pitt and placed: on good
. .
Lassell Chappell, charged -with-arson,'
entered a plea of guilty to
thecharge. He was given a two
year., sentence, . suspended , upon
payment of court costs ancl placed
on good behavior for two. years,
The Court reserved judgment in
five cases" charging James" Rid
dick, Negro, with breakingrand
entering. Riddick was placed in
jail pending the sentencing, ;J'
The Lane hearing was resumed
shortly before court adjourned
but the matter was carried over
to Thursday to enable the defense
to secure witnesses in the mat
ter'
fourth quarter when the Red-,
skins moved to the Perquimans
one-yard line only to be held.
PTAI&o
PtrtyFriJirtlite
.'All arrangements for the annual
Halloween party, sponsored by
the Hertford1 Parent-Tea'cher As
sociation, have ' been completed
and the gala event Is scheduled
for Friday night at the Hertford
Grammar School. ' " ,
The Committee in charge of the
party has announced hamburgers,
hot 'dogs, sandwiches and other
refreshments will be on sale be
guining at 5:45 o'clock and fol
lowing the supper, booths will be
operated in each room of the
school furnishing the usual Hallo
ween attractions. ,
The public is invited to attend
the event, ,
Ccnniiccior.ers To,
Wzzi Nest Rlor.day" "
Commissioners for Perquimans
County will hold their November
meeting. net ?""'":', T " r
3, in t' e Co ' V 1 'nr.1 J
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 31, 1958
COOLING OFF BERTHA George Merck, assistant to Ihe president of the New York
Zoological Society, pours a refreshing shower of water ovc Bertha II, a 400-pound Beluga
whale from Los Angeles. Destined lor the New York Aquarium, Bertha made the 13-huur
' "flight to Idlewood Airport on foam . rubber miats and wrapped in damp cloth. '
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The Pemocratic , majority in
the Congress is 1 expected to be
increased following . the general
election next Tuesdav. - Pollsters
have Dredicted voters will favor
Democratic candidates over the
GOP. in some areas now reDre -
scnted by Republican office
holders. ' One report stated the
Democrats may gain some nine
Senate seats and "possibly 19
House seats, i
Red ; China is continuing its
"war on nerves" in the shelling
of the island of. Quemoy. After
halting t the shelling for several
days, 'the Communists renewed
the bombardment but stopped it
igain when it appeared the at
tack was failing to stop rein
fereemit f , the-; area -by
tionalist forces. sJ.
An Italian Cardinal, Angelo
Cardinal Roncalli, 76,', was, elect
ed Pope, head of the Roman
Catholic Church on, the 12th
ballot taken during the con
clave , ot Catholic Cardinals
gathered for the purpose of se
lecting a successor to Pope Pius
XII.
Government officials reported
this week ihe nation's economy
is rapidly recovering from the
low levels of the recession and
the final quarter -of this year is
expected to see business better
than usual.. While the business
picture is somewhat brighter,
the farm situation has deterio
rated. Prices have dropped on
some" commodities as , well as
livestock. '
Mine explosions in Virginia
and West Virginia this week
caused the death of at Jeast 25
miners anil resulted in injuries
to many others. No. cause of the
explosions had been determined
up to Wednesday but investiga
tions are being continued.
PTA Workshop At
Central November 6
n The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Perquimans Central Gram
mar School will hold an all-d,ay
workshop Thursday, November 6,
in the school auditorium begin
ning at 9:45 A. M. The theme
to be discussed is "Discipline
Anticipatory Guidance for'Happy
Living." ' ' 7 ?
The Rev. James Auman, pastor
of the Hertford Methodist Church
will address the group in the
morning sessions." There will be
discussion groups for the parents)
pre-schooL elementary, and teen
age children. T, .
Mrs. Henry Clay Sullivan, will
be the moderator for a pajnel com
posed of Miss Martha Wertz,, Miss
Margaret ? Mullen, Miss Tbelma
Elliott, ' Jloyd Matthews, ; Fred
Eason and Mrs. Melvin Eure.
- All. parents are urged to -attend
this workshop for it is felt
that the speakers appearing on
the program have a worthwhile
message for each parent.
The Psrent-Teacher Association
of the Hertford "Grammar School
js invited to attend." ,
, HOLY COMMUNIOS i
Holy Communion Services will
be held Sunday morning, Novem-t-'-r
2 ' Ul cV'nck at Holy Trini
' : 1 C. 'irch., The , ReVj
M
achinery Set For
General
respite apparent lacK oi pudiic
interest, the Perquimans Board of
1 Elections is all set for the general
I election next luesaay, wovemper
4- at which time voters will elect
national, state and county offi'
cers.
R. A. White, chairman of the
board of elections, announced to
day polling places in Perquim
ans County will be located in the
same placed used for the primary
election last May. The polls will
be open at '6:30 A. M., and will
close at 6:30 P. M. '
Only one contest is listed on the
entire ballot, that being therrace
Tuesday,
Na-Wei Senator B. Evea-tt-Jbt
dan, Democrat, and Richard
Clarke, Republican, for a two
year term in the U. S. Senate.
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner is Without opposition in seek
ing re-election to the House.
On the county ballot, candidates
seeking election are Walter Co
hoon, for solicitor, J.- Emmett
Winslow and J. William Cope-1
Governor
Scheduled
In Edenton Nov. 25
Gov. Luther H. Hodges will bej House Destroyed
the principal speaker at the thirdj0 .
annual meeting of Area Six, Soil
Conservation District Supervisors
to be held in Edenton Tuesday,
November 25. L. C. Buncn, chair
man of tlie Arrangements Com
mittee, said Area Six includes the
18 counties which make up the
Albemarle, Coastal Plain, Pamli
co, and Roanoke-Chowan Soil
Conservation Districts.-, " Over 400
supervisor & rand distinguished
guests will , attend the dinner
meeting to be .held in the Na
tional Guard armory. - !'
Alonzo C. Edwards of Green
County, ' executive vice president
of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federa-
. tion and chairman of Hhe Coastal
Plain Soil Conservation" District,
will be chairman and toastmaster
of the meeting. ; Others on the
program include Mayor E. P. Ke
hayes, who will welcome the
group to Ederfton; Wm. Charles of
Hertford County, chairman of the:
Roanoke-Chowan Soil Conserva
tion District; R. M. JDailey, Deputy
State Conservationist; Charles L.
I Dsvis, vie? president of the State
Soil Conservation District Super
visors Association and the Rev. B.
I Raines, pastouf Bocky Hock'
Baptist qhurchri -,- .K,'an.
The meeting will have as its
theme "water conservation" and
most of the discussion will be con
cerned with objective! and prob
lems of the watershed program,
Chairman Bunch stated. Assist
ing him with, arrangements are
Joe Webb, Jr., C. W. Overman,
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., James Grif
fin, Gilliam Wood, John W. Gra
ham, Albert G. Byrum and Harry
Smith, Jr., of Edentoa Tickets
may be obtained from Chairman
Bunch and Joe Webb ia Chowan
Pounty or from, local district su
pervisors in any of the 18 coun -
Election
Nov. 4th
land for state senators, Carroll R.
Holmes for representative, J. Kel
ly White for sheriff, W. H. Pitt
for clerk superior court, Chas. E.
Johnson for recorder judge, D. F.
Reed, Jr., for county treasurer,
Dr. C. A. Davenport for coroner,
George W. Baker, G. Elwood
Nowell, Warner Madre, R. L. Spi
vey and Harry Winslow for coun
ty commissioners and Mrs. Jack
Brinn, A. B. Bonner, Chas. M.
Harrell, Clarence . Chappell, Sr.,
arid Howard Mathews for the
Board of Education.
Voters will -also receive ballots
on one constitution amendment,
-&irpbpoiWeiMg for or against
the increasing of jurisdiction of
justices of the peace.
Election officials report only a
few new persons registered for
this election and that registra
tion books were closed last Sat
urday. Challenge Day will be
observed tomorrow and the elec
tion will be conducted next Tues-
day.
Hodges
er
, A house occupied by Calvin
Whidbee, Negro, located near the
Prison Farm on the New Hope
Wood ville highway, was destroy
ed by fire last Monday night.
The Hertford Fire Department
was called to the scene at 9:05
Monday night ; but on arrival
found the blaze had almost con
sumed the frame building. It
was reported the fire evidently
started, - from an overheated
chimney. "
; No one was home at the time
the fire was discovered and loss
was estimated at about $3,000.
Legionnaires To
Entertain Wives
; The Wm, Paul Stallings Post of
the American Legion will enter
tain members of the Legion Au
xiliary at a banquet on Tuesday,
November 11. The banqet will
be held at the Municipal Building
ia Hertford. . ;
Feeder Plff Sale
Planned November 7
The county extension service
will conduct a feeder pig sale
at Hertford Livestock on Fri
day, November 7, beginning at
J P. M. The pigs will be sold at
auction to the highest bidder1.
County Agent R. M. Thomp
son said the pigg offered , for
sale were grown in Perquimans
County and consigned by 'coun
ty farmers. , Weight of the pigs
will vary from 40 to 125 pounds.
All of the animals offered for
sale have been vaccinated against
'ctolera.
castrated ' and field ln-
Speak
Rites Held For
Miss Annie White
Funeral ' services for1"' Miss
Annie White, who died Satur
day afternoon' at her home in
Winf all ' following an illness of
two weeks, were held Monday
afternoon in the chapel of the
Twiford Funeral Home by the
Rev. A. IN. liore, pastor of the
Epworth Methodigt Church in
Winfall. '
Music was quietly played dur
ing the service by Mrs. J. Ellie
White, organist. The casket pall
was made of red carnations,
white mums, white glads and
fern.
Pallbearers were A. R. "Chip"
Winslow, Elijah White, J. W.
Ward, Thomas Jessup, Dui ward
Barber and Kenneth R. Barber.
Burial was made in Cedar
wood Cemetery.
Miss White, a native and life
long resident of Winfall, was the
daughter of the late Edward and
Esther Billups White and a
member of the Epworth Metho
dist Church.
She is survived by seven
nieceti, Mrs. Vernon C. Taylor
of Norfolk, Mis. Samuel J. Hill
of Virginia Beach, Mrs. T. L.
West and Mrs. N. O. W. Adams
of Portsmouth, Mrs. J. E. Perry
and Mrs. Nathan Relfs of Hert
ford and Mrs. H. T. West of Ay
den, N. C; 11 nephews, Dr. Ros-
coe M. White and Elihu White
ot Richmond, Ray and Eddie
White of Portsmouth, Elmer and
Bryant Miller of Winfall, the
Rev. J. H. Miller of Durham,
Charlie White of Hertford, E. W.
Miller, Edward L. White and
Raymond C. White of Norfolk;
a number of great nieces and
nephews and great-great nieces
and nephews.
Farmers To Order
Forester Advises
Farmers and others planning to
plant forest tree seedlings on idle
acreages during the 1958-59 plant
ing season are urged to place
their orders as quickly as possible
in order to assure delivery to them
of the young trees.
Blanks for ordering seedling
trees may be obtained from the
County Agent, the County Forest
Ranger, the local. S4CS and ASC
offices, or by writing direct to
the District Forester, Box 516,
Elizabeth City.
Landowners are urged by E. W.
Looney, District Forester of the
Elizabeth City District, to - take
advantage of the Federal Soil
Bank and ACP programs whereby j
the planters are paid for plant-j
ing trees in land idled by erop
curtailments or for other reasons.
Looney said seedling shipments
will begin around the middle of
November from the following
State-owned nurseries; Little
River Nursery, Goldsboro; the
Holmes Nursery, Hendersonville;
the Clayton Nursery, Clayton, and
the Ralph Edwards Nursery, Mor
ganton. The supply of slash and red
cedar seedlings being grown for
1958-59 planting is already ex
hausted, Looney said. At the
present time, he added, there are
plenty of yellow poplar, loblolly,
shortleaf, pond, and Virginia pine
seedlings available.
Cub Scout Meeting
Of Parents Nov. 6th
All parents who have boys from
8 to 11 years old in Perquimans
County Central Grammar School
at Winfall are invited to attend a
meeting at the school Thursday,
November 6, at 7:30 P. M. The
meeting has been called by the
leaders of Cub Scout Pack 510 for
the purpose of planning the Cub
Scout program for next year. ;'
All parents, both fathers and
mothers, of such boys will be in
teretsed in this meeting, whether
they 'have boys' in the Cub Pack
already, or would like to knoV
more about the advantages which
Cub Scouting offers to their boys.
At the Pack meeting October
23, Marshall Caddy and Tommy
Nowell were awarded their Bob
cat pins as a token that they had
completed requirements for be
coming Cub Scouts. ' . .
The meeting to be held Novem
ber 6 is for parents, Den mothers,
Pack Committee members and all
others interested in Cub Scouting
whether they are parents. or not.
pen 5 of Winfall will'have charge
of refreshments. - - i ..,. ,
Tree Seedlings
" tmm mm.
Two Road Projects
For County Given
State Board Okay
Recorder's Court
In Recess Tuesday
Perquimans Recorder's Court
was in recess tiiis week while the
October term of Superior Court
was being conducted by Judge
William Bundy. Cases listed on
the docket of the Recorder's Court
were set for a hearing at a later
date. '
County Bond Sales
ForYearJp
U. S. Savings Bonds sales in
North Carolina during Septem
ber . wpre outstanding, showing
an increase of 17.9 per cent over
September of last year. This is
the largest percentage gain in
any month during the past wo
years. Total combined sales
amounted to $4,021,649.
Series E Bond sales of $3,
573,649 were up 13.3 per cent
ever the September sales in
1957.
Series H September sales of
$448,000 took a big jump t
show a 74.5 per cent increase
over the same month in 1957.
R. M. Riddick announced that
74.5 per cent of the 1958 an
nual quota of $49 million has
been attained during, the first
nine months of the year.
The following counties have
already made their quota for
this year: Bertie, Gates, Hert
ford, Hoke, Macon. Onslow,
Orange and Pamlico.
Perquimans County sales for
September were $4,383. Cumu
lative sales for the year in this
county are $63,132, which is 58.6
per cent of the 1958 county
quota.
Rally Will Open
Methodist Drive
For College Fund
Methodists of the Elizabeth I
City District will gather in an
ticipated large numbers at the
First Methodist Church in Eliza
beth City Tuesday night, No
vember 4, to launch the dis
trict's drive in the North Caro
lina Methodist Conference's $5,
000,000 campaign for higher edu
cation. A similar rally will be
held for the outer banks area
of the district on Monday night,
November 3.
The Rev. James A. Auman,
pastor of the Hertford Metho
dist Church, and one of the area
chairmen for the campaign, an
nounced today that he is work
ing toward having 100 membars
of his congregation to attend
the Elizabeth City rally on Tues
day night.
Bishop Paul N. Garber of
Richniond, Va., will be the prin
cipal speaker and the Rev. C.
Freeman Heath, superintendent
of the district, will preside: Fol
lowing his addresg, Bishop Gar
ber will read the goals which
have seen set for all the churches
in the Elizabeth City District.
Sums raised . in the confer
ence's campaign will be pro
rated among Methodist colleges
in North Carolina, but the great
est portion of the total will be
Used for the construction of two
new colleges, North Carolina
Wesloyan at Rocky Mount and
Methodist College , at Fayette
ville. ' "
A supper meeting at T M.
will precede the rally Tuesday
night. Those attending will in
clude the pastors of the district,
local church campaign chairmen
andt members of the District
Campaign Committee 'and the
District Special Giftg Committee.
L. C. Winslow is chairman of
the District Special Gifts Com
mittee. Others on this commit
tee from -the local church are
Dr. T P. Brinn and James S.
McNider, Jr. .Chairman of the
Chowan . Perquimans subdistrict
layman's group fg Charles Har
rell .and the Revi James . Auman
is 'chairman of Ihe " minister's
group 'for fhis 'same area. Mrs.
R. S.' Monds and L. C. Winsl6w
are members ..of th . Conference
5 Cents Per Copy.
The State Highway Commis
sion, in meeting Friday of last
week, approved a list of 90 ma-'
jor highway projects including -two
within Peruimans' County,
for completion by 1961. , . ,
Local projects on the list given'
iipproval included construction oi
a by-pass at Hertford and con-
struction of access roads from
Hertford and U. S. 17 to the Har
vey Point NAS. v
Survey teams of the State Com
mission have been located here
fur several weeks surveying pos
sible routes for the access roads
which are to serve the Navy base.
Although no official announce
ment has been made in regards
to the location of the Hertford
by-pass, an official of the High
way Commission several weeks
ago pointed out the logical route
might possibly be to the west of
the present towns limits. Thi3
seasoning ties in with the fact
the by-pass will be linked with
construction of a housing project
now under consideration by Na
val officials.
Actually, work on the access
roads to Harvey Point has already
started. Construction was start
ed last week on a new bridge
across Raccoon Creek at Hertford
and work on a new highway from
Hertford to Harvey Point may be
started upon completion of the
new bridge about 120 days from
now.
The Harvev Point road, from
Hertford, is closed to traffic while
the bridge is under construction
However, a detour route has been
established and runs from Hert
ford to Hertford Fork where it
turns left and runs btR'k to the
Harvey Point road about two
miles south Of the town.
Sponsors Committee.
College campaign leaders wl,-"
hHve agreed to serve in this ra
pacity on the local church ievel
from HertfoTS are: Jarvis Hen-
rv. Henrv Stokes. W. H. Pitt.
Joe Tunnell, George Bellmon,
W. W. White, Edgar Fields, Ma
rion Swindell. Henry Sullivan,
Russell Willis, J. L. Harris, F.
A. McGoogan, Kenton Brut, fete
Thompson, Joe Nowell and H. W.
Winslow.
Monogram Queen
Contest Friday
Perquimans High School will
observe homecoming Friday, with
the climax of the event coming
at the halftime of the Perquimans
and Spring Hope football game
when the Monogram Queen will
be crowned by-Parker Chesson.
Girls participating in the an
nual Monogram Queen contest are
Joyce Owens, Pete Cook, Julia
Lane, Becky Gregory, Mary Fran
ces Baker, Betty Brown, Diane
Hollowell, Doris Harrell, Mary
Lee Ward, Judy Winslow, Linda
Kirby, Susan Broughton, Linda
' BasSi Emily Hurdle, Lois Byrum,
JDottie Cartwright, Diane Divers,
I Jo Ann Hurdle, Jean Bagley and
Anne Chappell. "
Jaycees To Hold
Dance Saturday
The Hertford Junior Chamber
of Commerce will ; sponsor a
dance on Saturday, November 1,
at the old bowling alley building
here. . ' ' , -
Johnny Broughton and his
Dixie.Landers will provide ma- i
sic for the dance, which start; '
at 9 . P. M. Advance tickets
may be V purchased from any
member of the Hertford Jaycees
j th door. - , ,( 't
Proceeds from the dance will
be used by the club for its .
(general fund , with portions going
jfor each of the many projects
U4.V T4