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"XXV.Nurnber 50. .Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 12, 1958. 5 Cents Per Copy Speaker iculum Topic !l! Gurr I'll 'I A, ? '' t -rHWENT TO SCHOOLThis was We scene as firemen : ' removed injured and dead from Our Lady of the Angels pare-. ' ychiaJtchooUn Chicago, Ht in wake of One of the worst school. :. JftretDt record. The toll: more than 90 children dead, plus A vJhre heroic nuns of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed -y 'jrjh,;wio died with their pupils. - J rfcf ord MdWed 'Af change th ownership, of oneiTf nf f A PnCCC I 113 of Hertford'! oldest business es- j J J Ql lb UtIj&J lll&UJ lawislMnents v place, last Wt csflay .morning when J "jSiUictt Wlftfilow qwnet'il the Hertford" ' Harcfware ' Supply CbtjSpny. arjnou'nced the sale of - the -business ,,to J.- Erie Haste, " SrandX' trie -Haste, Jr., .of ' Edenton. h - ' , T ' Jr IJSijtfiations .'for the ' purchase , vofcj tfie" local, hardware store have been under way for the past few Weeks and were completed 'when MfU llaste and ; his son assumed active management of the busi-jcSs-0rt Wednesday morning. '"v'.'Flte business, operated by Mr. Winslow, for the past 39 years, - is,' recognized s one of the out u s,tahdlhg hardware- stores in this Tsecjion of the state. The new - ' owners ; announced no ; ohanges 'are 'planned in the. operation of . ' the store, ' except -the name "of thf firm will' be Hertford Hard ware 'Supply,, Inc., instead of company.. The. store, Mr. Haste , Said will, retain its present' .per-. .' sonnel and . methods of opera tion" as fA' ihe' past The -new owners also stated! the store "will . ' continue to carry the mpst com . ? plete line of .hardware,' building . v niBtrial ' and other rnerchan-dise- for, the shopping conveni ence of the public., , ... Mr. Haste, ..Senior, if , an, ,3 perienced. hardware "nn, Tiaving .been, associated ' with Byrum Hardware ' Company -in wEdenton fdr 1 years in capacity of sales - " roaflager.' Mr. Haste, Juniqr, for ij the past two years owned and 6perated the t. Triangle fiesjau runt;, in Edentori but sold this ' business last - week They are members of .the Baptist Church. , " The new owners of the hard f;are store plan to-; move to Hertford sometime in the, near - future. ; , . , -' .'Ma - m' J.-;" ,-'hei,ehnffup(iqrnehtJ . cC'the f'q rf,tue rjvr'i'ssrMr. r.;s;t s ana af .-recia-v to .the peor1 cf t-,isI1ra I- t'e.fine atrpnr'ei he ,had .ed tn-n t!?em ija.fc'-e.yciirs i owpsd f'p V"cne S-i ,unO ' ""addeJ leri twm'Tir. i -20 years' a ! -." ' conduct Xlie .bft4ii.U ' effici t an court-V- giving fustomers ' full satisfaction in n'lth the firm. He f t' ft stTe can j vt.a greater i c;;ered in v Business nesdayTo Upmost Of Docket ' Eighteen cases, all but one in volving violation of traffic laws, were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court presided over by Judge Charles E. Johnson. - Five defendants submitted to charges of speeding and each, paid the costs of court and fines as not ed following their names: '.Ernest Williamson $20.25, Alvin Waff $9.25, Her.ekiah Cooper, Nejp-o, $25, Charles Helmich $10.29, and James Sweeney $5.25. ' , Two defendants, James Spruill and. "Joseph Monds, Jr.) were found guilty of speeding in ae ces4 fo' jer: hourj, Spruill tfjUjW fouJigutfty'pt; failing to . permit a car to pass him and Monds; was SoMd. guilty of reck less ilViftlKV tlacji of tlifi defend-1 ants was ordered to pay a fipe of 4T)5 an! eoptq' of cotirt. ,N j guilty- of fairing to report an ac-. cident but guilty of exceeding a 'Safe speed. He 'was ordered to' write a 300' word theme on the. Continued' on Page Eight - Coiirt Prc-osds To 03 Discussed fltr.':jt::.3Frij3y, Proposals for improving the! courts, of l North Carolina will be discussed at a. dinner meeting to beheld Jriday might t thecVir ginia :i Dare-;ti Hotels Iri Elizabeth Cltv. i i fcnenr.w Bell' -will v be tbe speakeBi" fotbnthls.jOQbasion.1 .pen neaas s comprmiee wnicn is, working, to ge,t this, improvement proposals befo,reithb4GeeraV:As emblyi r ay t,s .session, , nexf, (year. oi . "the,- ilan , lot 'PeVquimanli County and individuals y Who would ' like to-, attend- Abii- 4in- ner meeting "are -requested to contact Mr.-. Oakey about ar rangements nbt 'later than ' noon. The proposals for improving the courts ere being' sponsored by . the State Ear , Association, with encours;Temeiit from Gov ernor Lt'"ipr Ilodjs. Thd pbn , Guarding the privilege of edu cation was fie subject of an ad dress delivered by Dr. . Beverly Lake to members of the Hert ford - Rotary : ' Club : and club guests at a meeting held here iast Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. , - Dr. : Lake, former assisant to the i Attorney General of North Carolina, was ' introduced by Carroll R. Holmes, who pointed out Mr. 'Lake had served the state "ell in the, official capa city and had presented the state's school case ' before the U.' S. Supreme Court. , In his address Dr. Lake traced1 the beginning of public educa tion in North Carolina, .citing the ' fact the constitution as written by Richard Caswell and other -men at Halifax had pro vided for it, and the preserva tion of liberty. 1 ' The state constitution of 1776 provides "a school or schools shall be established for the con venient instruction of youth and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted." Dr. Lake said such a system flourished in North Carolina long before the Civil War, that it was not & new development, nor was , it brought into the state in a carpet bag from across the Potomac and the Ohio. By 1861 in North Caro lina there were 2,758 public schools '' in . operation in "North Carolina with 155,000 children enrolled in them, taught by teachers' whose average monthly salaries were higher than those ill a number Of northern states. In"' ihe ' days "".following the Civil War, Dr. Lake continued, the public seftoqjs in North Carolina, beaaue of the arrog ance of the counterpart of the NAACP behind the bayonet of federal troops, - withered .and died. Schools closed down and enrollment fell but the people's rjght to the privilege of educa tion was guarded and maintain ed in those - days ' in private schools,' often conducted in the livng room of a home and in academies sponsored by churches and private enterprises. X Coming down , to the present time. Dr. Lake said the children of North Carolina have a right to the privilege of education; it is the duty of the state to guard and maintain that right against the tyranny of a federal admin istration which ;, values the NAACP vote in New York, Chi cago, -Detroit, Philadelphia and Los Angeles above the education of white and iNegro children in Southern States., ' The privilege of educatior cannot be maintained, Dr. Lake said, for "the children of North Carolina h an integrated system of public schools. He pointed out surveys ' conducted by for mer ; Attorney General Harry McMulfen jn preparing a brief for presentation to the Supreme Court, revealed that school sup erintendents"' of . the ; state,' law enforcement officers and others had expressed, ' overwhelming, the opinion that standards could not be maintained if the school system were changed. -r '" . .., Dr. Lake' assailed the Supreme Court for its 1954 decision stat ing the court had hot acted in a judicial . manner in 'interpreting the law but. rather In a legisla tive changing :, the law based upon- sociological theories. J : - He, stated , the, Pupil Assign ment, Act of 1955 is. a good law but . it ia a . temoorarv one and that i the .stats must continue to work and. plan .to. maintain the privilege ,of education fori the chiliWt fbf JTorCl 'Carolfrfa. , - Winter's first snow fell in this arei Thursday, -morning,- cover ing . the, ground, . with" a white blanket The snow began In the early part of day and continued for several hours., .' .' - Highway driving became haz ardous and the State Highwav Patrol urged motorists to use all -j f tvm, ).a(j to,traveL r i v e .involved Board Of Education To Mfeet Friday P. M. A. meeting of the Perquimans Board of ; Education has been called for Friday night, Decern bcr 12, at 6:3tf o'clock at the Hotel Hertford, it was announc cd bv J. T. Biggers, school sup erintendent. . Tne board memben will hold ti dinner meeting, oeginning af b:30 to be followed by a busi ness session at 7:30 6'clock. Mr Biggers stated individuals, desir ing to confer with the board may do -so during the business ses sion of the meeting. : . - - Civic Committee Organized During; Meet Wednesday: Representatives of 10 civic clubs of Perquimans County met here Wednesday night, at the invita tion of the Board of Commission ers for Perquimans County and 'the Town Board of Hertford, for the purpose of organizing a com mittee to work with the- boards for planning of 'future improve ments to the community. ., The representatives all agreed the proposal to organize such a committee was an excellent, ideaJ ' and it was the : opinion of the group the organization can' be of great service to the county and town. ' While the meeting - Wednesday was one Of exploration, the repre sentatives voted to proceed with organisation and elected ; W. f. Ainsley as chairman, N. S. , Ful- ford as vice chairman and Mrs. m.lt m . , . I Marion Swindell,, secretary. Mayor V. N. Darden .and Coun- ty Commissioner R. L.-' Spivey opened the meeting with brief re marks regarding the prooosed or ganization, pointing out the gov ernmental boards will welcome suggestions and advisory com ments from the committee. The commiftee voted the organ- lzat,on wll be nown 88 thf Public Advisory Committee and discussed at some lengths the fields of endeavor in which the committee will engage. For the present the committee is planning to inquire into and survey the proposed plans for a by-pass for Route 17 at Hertford and the chairman was instructed! to contact Highway' Engineer W.'i N. Spruill to arrange a meeting between the engineer and - the committee to learn further details on' this project. Members of the committee are J. W. Dillon, VFW: Max Campbell,-.. Rotary Club; John Biggers. Lions Club; W. F. Ainsley.. American Legion; Keith Haskett, Tavcees; Mrs. - Marion Swindell, BPW Club; R. S. Chappell, Beth el Ruritan Club; Floyd Mathews. Parkville Ruritan Club; N. S. Ful ford, New Hope Ruritan Club: Henry. C. Stokes, Jr., Industrial Committee. Youth Cleared In Accidental Death A Perquimans' County man, John L. Hill, a Marine sta tioned at Cherry Point, was. cleared , of blame in an acci dental death- wHicn. occurred last Saturday, at Williamston,,. when a six-year-old boy died from ih- i's h gf f4fhf ?uV'' mn irt'ifont of "a car, driven' fey Hill;;;;:;i-r'.(.'1i,iUJi I. . According to Martin County. Coroner W. W. Biggs-; the boy appareritly:"was waiting for ' a train to pass : and : then -rah ; In front- of the car operated' by HilLBiggs 'uledthe death1 ac-: cidental and said no inquest was necessary. ,' - ' ! Central PTA To Meet Next Monday A Christmas' musical propram. under the direction of Miss Caroline Wright will be presents ed at a meeting of the PTA of Central , .Grammar School. toext Mo-iay night.,., Xhu meeting. -rill.j I - at 7:30. in the l-"toriu... AH pa'- cms-of ij ' - ' l' - b ! A 4 y I''- J- 1 I -'I GROUNDED CHERUB Pamela Henry, 8, front row, second from right, is one of three children selected to symbolize the ' 1959 March of Dimes. She's shown singing with the Cherub Choir of the Covenant United Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Onla. The three children will tour nationwide during January to emphasize the organization's threefold purpose: to ; fight polio, arthritis and to correct birth defects. TdwnBoardAdopt Blidget At Meeting Held Last Monday Hertford's " Town Board met Monday night in its regular De cember meeting and adopted, in its final form a fiscal budget for the year 1958-1959. The budget, 'n Ms tentative, form, was approv ed lest July and only recently was reviewed and passed upon by the CPA firm which nunkes Ahe- an nual audit "of the town's finan cial books. I I1C UUUKCl bails 4"! CAfttiai' . .7n,,nnn fnr ""r""""8 , with the ..budget as completed for Inst year, "Actual revenue dur- ing the past year amounted to $74,423.40 while expenditures to- toled $69,061.92. Revenue and ex-, penditures for the town's utility department during the current vear has been estimated at $120, 425. . Prior to adoption of the budget the board discussed improvements to water and light systems during the coming year but it vas point ed out planned improvements will; cost in excess of probable income and if these programs are carried out it may be necessary to have a bond issue rather than attempt to complete, the projects with cur rent income. . Mayor Darden advised the board the new police department had been delivered to the town, and it was now being equipped with siren, radio and police lights and will be placed in operation following these installations, pos sibly within two weeks The Mayor also announced that town and county civic clubs had offered cooperation in the organi zation of a public service com mittee to serve in "advisory ca pacity with local government units and an organizational meet ing of this group had been sched uled for Wednesday night. On motion adopted the board voted to give each town employee a day's pav as a Christmas pres ent from the town. ' The meeting 'was concluded with a financial report made to the board by Town Clerk R. C. Elliott.' ' .... '-: :'.. -iiv Countv Seal Sale Now Totals $514 Thomas. :MastOh, "chairman) of the Chrktmasi ' Seal SaW; for Persuimans County, urges every - kone-'t ito. jmail in theif Ueontribu- tions. . Some. 430 letters have been returned and a, total of $514 had been realized so far! of a $1,400 goal that .is so bad ly' needed Uy help carry on the work of the Tuberculosis Asso ciation in ' Perquimans County. -4 Mr. Mast on also reminds ..those who are sending cards and pack ages during Christmas to use the 1958 Christmas Seals, for the Seals- help, tw- fight TB' through the r.year-ar,6und t.jwork'1 ;f! the - ciatiorwwhich-is 'y:.by Khe anmial-snht-:if thit Held Sunday For Funeral servlces "for John Bel vin Newton Owens, age 27, who was killed in an auto-truck acr cident on the Skinner's Bridge i Koad last lhursday morning were conducted Sunday, after noon at 2 o'clock in the chaoel o the Twiford's Funeral Home by the Rev D. b. Cruise, pastor o the pe0Dies Methodist Church assisted by the Forescue, pastor Rev. Frank of Anderson Methodist Church. "Beyond the Sunset" was sung by members of the men's choir at Anderson's Church and "Pre cious Memories", was sung by the Rev. Mr. Ciujfe. They were accompanied by Mrs. Ellie White at the organ, The casket was covered by a pall of .red roses, white glads white mumSj pom pom chrySan tnemums and fern.; Pallbearers "were Junior East. L. C. Proctor, C E. Layden. Rcbert Glenn Ward, Thomas Mansfield, and , Edward Lane. ' Interment was made in Cedar wood Cemetery. Mr. Owens was a native and life-long resident of Perquimans County and lived on Route. 1. IT. -! f nt-M! m.i i xie was xne son oi wiuiam Wil bur and Mattie Nixon Owens, the husband of Mrs. Joanne Russell Owens and was employ ed as a part-time employee of the Brown Paving Company and the Twiford's Funeral Home in Hertford. Besides , his parents and wife, he is survived by, four sisters, Mrs. : Dorothy Starr of Harri sonburg, Va., Mrs. : Irene Scaff cf Elizabeth City, . Mrs. Mary Louise Rucker of ; Washington. D. CJand Mrs. Joyce " Sims of Route i, Hertford; five brothers, Wilbur,' Ben, Lloyd :Pete), Carl and ' Carlton,' aft' of ' Roiite' il, Hertford; several : nieces ' ' and nephews: v ; 1:, i ! 1 i;.i. v'' 'r, : -V:.,. ' (Ml At Dinner t,!eBting The Perquimans Business and Professional Woman's Club held a dinner meeting at the Hotel Hertford recently with the per- sonnel of the Albemarle Mental Health Clinic as guests. Mrs. DoraT.: RiddWk iwas'iim"ichargei .'c'f,vther:"lAterta'iiim9nt'!,"Bhd'': - 'nn' ntta MMvJtf'll'iu; Continued on Page 6 rni.lu Commissioners To Meet Next Monday A special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners v-ill be held next Monday; De- I cemoer jo, at id a. M., at which time the board will confer with the county tax listers and issue supplies to be used by tie list takers in compiling property lists for 1959 taxes. The list takers will begin lieu dunes on January 2. 1959, and will make an announce ment as to their schedules at a later elate. Perquimans High Honor Roll Lists Fifty-nine Pupils Fifty-nine students at Per quimans High School were listed on the school honor roll at the close of the second grading period last week, it was an nounced by E. C. Woodard, prin cipal of the school. Winning scholastic honors dur- ine the 'Deriori were thu faiinur. ing students: Eighth Grade: Judy Baker, RptSV .RarhpO Pinkocrl lumnn t Blake Weston, Susan Broughton Orolyn Rogerson, Verna Perry Mike Holloman, Celtic Ann Long and Susan Riddick. , P , ' , I plamttion .of the scarcity of in Ninth Brade: Frank Ainslev. ij ,,m ....u4 ...nu Frank p- , , Mansfield, Sidney Long, Paige Chappell, Pete Cook, Bren- da Smith, Paula Stoltz, Alton Daniels, Wade Morgan, Franklin McUooean. Edward MaHhiw and Catherine White. Tenth Grade: Hubert Burden. Kathryn Bonner, Carroll McDon- nell, Phyllis Hcndren. Diannc Hellowell, Gene Boyce, Linda ! ! Bass and Frances Winslow. Eleventh Grade: Carl Skin- sion dealt with the genera' ' ner, Johnny Winslow, Pauline ' course of study offered at Per Baceus. Linda Lou Elliott, Linda 1 quimans County High School. Simpler, Betsy Stallings, Mary the vocational courses, 'thf Lee Glenn, Brenda Elliott, Kath- courses required for gnaduaHot ryn Sawyer, Pat Rogerson, Ar- lene Stallings, Clay Stokes, Carolyn White and Winslow. Preston Twelfth Grade: John Mat- thews, Beverly Tucker, Ray Winslow, Bonnie Dail and Leti-jout. tia McGoogan. To Extend Service For Holiday Rush In preparation for the usual holiday rush, and increase in mail the Hertford Post Office will, be ginning Monday, December la continuing through December 24. be open until 6 P. M., each day, except Sunday, it was announced by W. W. White, Postmaster. The extended schedule will also in clude Saturday, December 20. To increase- the service extend-. ed by the Post Office in expedit ing Phritma mail Mr Whit stated arrangements have been'the e?atest Perccnt of P?1 made to pick up Christmas cards it, the Hertford Grammar School! and Perquimans High School. School children are asked to take the cards to their schools where a box will be provided for depos iting the mail The Post Office will pick, up these cards each morning, thus speeding delivery by several hours, y ' , v Mr. White also requests patrons of the Post Office, where possi- ble,' to make purchase of stamps :JAw -an. Z ill duvaui.c vi uiauiulB,. vv licit UC positing cards, and letters at the Post Office patrons are also re quested to have the cards sepa rated into two groups, local and out-of-town delivery. While activity at he local Post Office has shown little increase as yet.U is expected the usual holiday increase will begin by the last of this week. Th nuhli V urged to mail earlv to insure' de. aynyery, of cards' and packages be j,. : . I - ' - ;" - BUY CHRISTMAS SSALS rOV.'l Approximately one hundred parents attended the second, meeting of the newly organized. PCHS Parent - Teacher Associa tion on December 4 to hear a panel, made up of school pom sonnel, discuss the curriculum of the schools of Perquimans County. . 11. .T f-a . ... -"'Wvan, program commiuec i-n.-iirman, nclcd as moderator. Members of the j Board of Education were present i as special gu-.sts. , ', Tommy Miiston, prim-ioal ' o( Central, Miss Margaret Mullen," supervisor and Mrs. Edwin I White, a first grade teacher in the Wintsll school, presented tho : curriculum of the primary grades. In this discussion it wa3 brought out that the reading pid writing programs in the elementary schools in this court; ty are taught in a unifrom man4 ner, thus benefitting the child who has to transfer from one school to another. The new reading program being adopted this year is planned to meet the individual needs of more child ren. I Miss Thelma Elliott, principal ' of Hertford Grammar School. iind Mrs. R. S. Mond5, a seven; H 8rac'e school, teacher in the sa:v discussed the cours'- (,t study of the cf the county. grammar school-. That the time element is lin lma,orK pr0b'm "es 7has br0Ughtf. out ,dc,aKri' wlth ,1hc cnumeratl!j ,thcu n-(,iaucu nujv,-utr, mucin wim 1hp 11SB nf ! n..B. l ing, as the basis for all learn ing, was emphasized by Mrs. Monds; - ' - :j .. L woodard, pTlnrjpl r.f I T,.n i :'..i4,.... ' j ancj M c Holme E ,isr nd social science teacher, rep. resented the high school on the 'panel. This part of the discus- and for admission to college, i Three proposed types of dip- lomas, academic, vocational and terminal were explained. The urgent need for a testinf and counseling program through the high school was yjis- .cussed. That the audience rra.i especially interested in hi ; topic was shown in tli" nutiot and answer period .which follow ed the discussion. v John Biggers, superintendent of Perquimans County Kcl'poU summarized the discussion cl the panel and explained h' proposed testifier and counseling program sugfi sted in Budget T. ; of the NCT- . . ns well as, thf i counseling program that mav b( J participated in through federa' aid. It is hoped that with a bet ter understanding of the cur rieulum of the schools, tha ways and means may be pre vided to improve and enrich ,th courses of studies in all . th schools of the county to bettc meet the individual needs , boys and girls. . , . Mrs. Dillon's room, 8-B, , lis;' p Cub Scout Pack t Holds Inspection , v; Lt. Cdr. Donald Dalton, NA: Harvey Point, was chief iris'p.'e . tor of Pack 155, Cub Scout sponsored " by the "Hcrtfc ; Grammar School PTA :h , Thursday night. The- Cubs', cording to Gene Trautwein, IV. trict Scout Executive, .showed,- i . '.. I. .almost perfect inspection woVr Dalton, a former Eagle fw-oii had . high . praise for . the Par and its fine . appearance. ' Cu Scouting is a program for bo; in the 8 to 10 year age rang Durwood Reed, Jr., is cubmast and he stated the success of 1 pack is due to the individii parent interest and participr tion. - The Pack - Committee Is con posed., of Ray Haskett, Rot, . Hollawell, B.i.Lti Gibbs'.8ii'J Wt., Dillon.' .EldoiK (Win serves as assistant 5 cubnr and ti-
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