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QU MAWS WE KLY Volume XXV. Number 51. Property Listing RevievediEyB ith t , : Perquimans, , County . Commis sioners met in special r session . here last Monday with cpunty tax listers for the purpose ol is suing supplies and giving in structions to , the listers , in con nection with the. annual job of listing property for taxes, which will .begin January 2. In addition to .the Commission err'attending the meeting were Tax Supervisor Julian C. Powell and List: Takers .Julian Long.j 1 Percy Rogerson, Mrs. Bell Proc-j ?l tor. Carson Snivov nnH Mrs m. I 'Vton L'ayden. Instructions on the Job of listing property, as drawn '-'; and recommended by the In A stitute of Government, were out- lined to the list takers and these were , supplemented by recom mendations by members of the County Board. R. L. Spivey, chairman of the board, cautioned the ltt takers to use care in preparing the "property list," pointing out the importance, of the duties and the neeessitjMo an. .accurate (listing of all property within the county. 1 Tax listing starts on the sec ond day of January and all property owners must list prop erty for 1959 unler penalty of the law. Failure to list property by January 31 is a violation of the law and makes the property owner subject to a penalty for late listing and court action or both. , , A schedule seeling forth dates end places at which list takers will work , during the month will be published in this ngws- ; paper during January and prop erty owners are urged to take notice of this schedule and list property accordingly. As in the past the list takers " will also - take 11161958 farm census, and, farmers are urged ""to prepare in Bdvwrrctf-lrtist of afl land cultivated and crops' produced during the year. Hav ing this list ready, will save considerable time for both the farmer and list taker. j. Heavy Snowfe!) i -. i Slows Activities Residents of this area dug out from' under a 12 to 14 inch snow fall . last Friday morning, following the worst snow storm experienced here in some ten years. The snow which, started falling " early Thursday morning continued .into the night and blanketed the ground with a mantle of white fluff. County, schools were ordered closed Thursday, Friday and Mon day and local business houses re ported a decrease in . activity all day Friday. -Highway travel was hazardous with numerous accidents reported to the High way Patrol. Most of the acci dents occurred on, Thursday k when " cars slipped off the icy roads into ditches. ' The Highway Department had crews working to clear the main highways and a warming trend V in the temperature early Friday Driving conditions remained dangerous but highways were well cleared by Friday evening, although the, highway crews were still busy at the Job early this week. v Of the accidchts reported to the I Highway Patrol, two re sulted in serious injuries to. in; of Drexel ' Hill," Pennsyl vania, .sustained "a fractured back', - lacerated leg, "shock and bruises when; a- car driven' by her nusDanq. j Aitnur., wcAwser, Jr" swerved,', on Ucy road near. tight Nixon Fork: ate about., 8 A. M. -Thursday and, turned over., Mrsv Mc Aleer )was, taken- -to- the Chowan Hospital i for treatment. Patrolman B. t- R. : Inscoe, re ported the second accident oc curred about 7 P. M. on the Skinner Creek road about three miles from Hertford, f A ' car driven by Hilbert Perry, Negro, , r,f Route. two ,, struck a car driven by Louis Taylor1 of Route one. Mrs. Frances Taylor was ps ,. jer in the car driven by t 1 ' n.nd. She suffered t&- i : acound 'the headcand ' ' -mired; treataieol at T County Schools Start Vacation Perquimans County schools will start their annual Christmas holi day vacation at noon Friday, it was reported by J. T. Biggcts, school superintendent, who said this year's holiday will be two full weeks. Classes will resume on regular schedule on Monday, . January 5, 1959. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES A NATO conference, held in( Paris this week, backed the West-j ern stand to remain in Berlin de spite insistence by ' Russia that' Berlin be turned over to the East German government. The U. S., Britain and France, earlier had announced intentions to ignore Russian demands regarding Ber lin but some commentators be lieve the situation may develop into "talks" between the East and West over the German rcunifica- tion problem. With Congress scheduled t0. convene soon, members of the two political parties are working to ward organization of the legisla tive body, which will be domi nant Democratic in make-up. Splits are apparent within each party and reports from Washing ton indicate the 86th Congress will, probably, be exceedingly liberal. Among the programs pected to be considered by the next Congress will be a review of tax structures,: civil rijghts and a new farm program. A report from Warsaw, Poland, this week, announced Red China boss, Mao Tze-tung had quit as head of the Chinese government but will retain his post as chief of the Communist Party in China, .. .. i . l . . j'liooa prevention 50, and drain- While the adon hd been hinted Da ley, Deputy at for several weeks, it is anticj pated there will be little charige In the Chinese government; the report stated Mao's resignation if not caused by Russia's Khrush chev will be pleasing to the Rus-. sian premier due to Chinese ad vancement under Mao. While unemployment remains spotty in some sections of the na tion, reports from over the coun try this week indicate Christmas business ,tjisar;wiil exceed, ex pectationi . arid- will likely' result in larger total sales than any pre-1 vioua fyear - in business : historyJ' Shoppers, despite5 adverse1 iwealh cr conditions in many areas, have been crowding stores to make purchases of Christmas gifts. A break in : the deep-freeze, which had gripped this area for thp' nast week, is oromiscd by! I the . weather man,. The tempera-irms tures, which dropped to record lows during the past week, climb ed a little Wednesday and was ex pected to hit the high 40's by Thursday. December Meetings ' Of PTA Cancelled Meetings for the Parent Teacher Association of Hertford and Central Grammar Schools, previously ;; planned - for Decem ber, have been cancelled because of -inclement wreather conditions, Jt was announced Tuesday by the school principals. , ';' " , E. C. : -Woodard, ; principal of Perquimans High School; ' also announced a Glee Club concert scheduledor: to ; be- presented Thursday- night ' of this week at the t bigh school had .been rank celled because of weather '.ionr ditions".;.! Xr M'ii': TEENAGE DANCE TO BE HELD SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 20th A Christmas dance, for teenag ers. -sponsored by the Girls!' Let ter Club of , Pierqubnans High SchdoL will be held at the bowl ing alley building in Hertford on Saturday night, December ZD, be- iinnina 'at ' 9 o'clockv 'i'Johnnyi ,Braughtoh5g - "Dixielanders- will .furnish the music. . . Hertford, Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina, Friday, December 19, 1958. CRT: CRAND CHAMP BRINGS $23,125 This year's Grand Champion steer of the International livestock Show, at Chicago, brought $25 a pound to co-owners Gregory Wood, 8, on steer's back, and brother Chuck, 17, in white jacket. They're from Spencer, Iowa. Paying the $23,125 for the Aberdeen-Angus is restaurant man Howard Johnson Jr., at left. Burnt Mill Creek Watershed Landowners Accept P For Federal Aid Improvement Landowners on Burnt Mill Creek watershed met at the Agri cultural Building in Hertford last Thursday, December 11, and ac cepted the proposed plan of im provement submitted by the Soil Conservation Service for their watershed, A request for assist ance under the small watershed act (Public Law 566) was submit ted to the State Soil Conservation Committee by the landowners in November of this year. Burnt Mill Creek is located on the coun ty line between Perquimans and , Chowan counties in the Yeopim ex-jcornmunitv 1 The proposed plan of improve ment will cost an. estimated $33, 635 with the federal government paying 71 of the cost and the landowners 291." Included in the plan was a complete drainage system for the watershed and a plan for flood prevention. The survey team listed the type of damages or flooding, 7.5 State Conservationist, ana L. F. Thompson, civil engineer, of the Soil Conservation Service, pre sented the plan of improvement and stated that work would be started" immediately if the State Soil Conservation Committee ap proved and the loc.l landowners approve. All landowners present agreed to accept the plan. The cost to the lscal landowners will be an estimated $7,662. Fed eral .Government cost will be an estimated $23,687. Mr. Dailey told the group that North Carolina has been allocat ed 26 million dollars under Pub lic Law 566 (watershed act) to be used on such projects as Burnt Mill Creek during .the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959. He stated that any group of landowners could make application for assist ance under this law, , Application are available at work unit offices of the Soil Conservation Service in each county in the state. He promised that for the present time quick action could be made on applications from groups of landowners. Improvements un der the act include flooding, flood prevention, drainage and water management; : Rites Held Monday For George Eur e George W. Eure, 83, died in Chowan Hospital last Saturday at 3 P, M." He Was a native of Gates County and a member of Cool Springs Baptist Church. He is survived Dy one son, a, j. aure oj Eure; two daughters, Mrsi J. W. Hampton of Hertford and Mrs. Monsieur1 Wiley of . Woodville; 12 grandchildren '". a hd ' 18 . ".great- Funeral servit er conduct-l ed Monday afternoon at Cool) Spqng baptist Church by tne Rev.' James Ov Mattox of the Hertford Baptist Church and the Rev. 'K. E. Bryant, pastor of the chureh. .Burial was in' the fami ly cemetery at Roduco. MASONS TQ MEET 1 1 The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No.il08(iAv Fv &i A.3M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'docki' 'uli " - : - Ji-ATC Plans Completed For Santa's Visit To Hertford On Sat. Library Announces Holiday Schedule The Perquimans County Li brary will close Monday after, ..on r u no noon at 4:30 December 22, for the Chrisimss holidays and re open on Saturday morning, De cember 27, at 10 A. M. on its regular schedule. It will be closed on New Year's Day and the bookmobile will not go on i its regular route through Dur- ants Neck 9nd Woodville that day. Three new books were re reived in the library this week. American Arts and Skills by the editors of Life Magazine, was presented to the library bv the members of the Perquimans County Library Board in mem ory of T. W. Nixon, father of Mrs. Pat Keegan, librarian. Other new books are The Year book of American Churches, and Confederate Wizards of the Saddle, a large book wel'l illus trated with photographs that will interest renders and stu dents of the Civil War period in history. Miss Sarah Sutton Weds Ted Chapped Miss Sarah Sutton .of Green ville, daughter of Mrs. Sammie Sutton, Sr., of Hertford and the late Mr. Sutton, was married De cember 12 to Ted Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Chap pell of Belvidere. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. O. Mattox at the Hertfod Baptist ! Church. The only attendants were the matron of honor, Mrs.' Sammie Sutton, 'Jre,; sister-in-law ; of 'the 'bride and Jimmie, Chappell, ..bro ther of the bridegroom, best man. The ceremony was attended by members of the immediate fami lies. .. .. . ,. The couple will make their home in Greenville.. . Stores Announce Holiday Schedule A survey of Hertford stores this, week revealed a majority of the local business houses will observe a two-day holiday for Christmas closing on Thursday and Friday, then reopening for business ' on Saturday, Decem ber 27. The stores will also be closed all ..day. on Thursday, January lvin observance' of New Year's. . roposal Plans for the annual visit of Santa Claus to Hi rtford have been completed and the event will take place Saturday after noon, December 20, it was an nounced by Hilton Wnite, chair man of the committee in charge of arrangements. bantas visit is being spon bred by the Hertford merchants , 8", -J ...uu .u r.:.four trays with muriatic acid. in cooperation with the Fire I Department and Junior Cham ber of Commerce. The latter organizations will assist in di recting the program and aiding Santa Claus in distribution of gifts to the children who come t0 see Santa No announcement was made as to the mode of travel Santa will use for his visit here, but he is expected to arrive around two o'clock in the afternoon. He will stop at the Court House, where he will distribute his gifts and talk with the children who wish .to visit with him. The children coming to see Santa Claus are requested to follow the rules and orders of the helpers, thus aiding in a quick and equal distribution of the gifts Santa will pass out to the children. In addition to the Santa Claus visit, the Jaycecs, through the cooperation of B. L. Gibbs, man ager of the State Theatre, will also sponsor a movie of cartoons for the children at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The Jaycecs' annual Christmas shopping tour for underprivileg ed children will be held on Monday night, December 22, be ginning at 6:30 o'clock and will be under the direction of Jay cee John Beers. Plans for this event have been completed through the cooperation of local merchants, and it promises to be the best ever held. The child ren, accompanied by Jaycee couples will visit local stores to purchase presents, clothes and will be treated to refreshments at S and M at the conclusion of the tour. Church To Sponsor Gifts For Needy "White Christmas" will be ob served in First Methodist Church, Hertford, Sunday, December 21, it was announced today. At the church school hour, those attend ing will bring gifts of food or oth er necessities, wrapped in white, to their respective class rooms, Others who wish to do so, may bring their white gifts to church at the 11 o'clock hour, when all packages will be placed on the white-draped altar. First Methodist Church White Christmas has become one of the traditions in the church's observ ance of the Birthday of Jesus. A Welfare Committee, with D. F. Reed, Sr., as chairman, will dis tribute the gifts to worthy fami lies. ' CountyClubVomemSchool Board Fills UseSkillToMake During the last of November and December several Home Demonstration Club members hcive made crafts articles whicli they plan to give as Christmas gifts. It seems to be an appropriate season of the year to give a gift which was made by the giver for evn the smallest hiind-iru.dc gift expresses the thought, iovr and time. Th? women have made many useful and beautiful gifts at two county workshops, says Mrs. Pfige Underwood, County Home Economics Agent. A few of the ladies who were kjiiiui ciausmen and wise Christmas shoppers were Mrs. Ernest Sutton, Duranls Neck Club; Mrs. William "Bill" Winslow and Mrs. Archie White. Wliiteston Ciub; Mrs. E. J. Proc tor Sr., Bethel Club; Mrs. Jo siah Proctor, Burgess Club; Mrs. Nathan Matthews, Winfall Club, and Mis. John Danchise. Mrs. Ernest Sutton not only in structed seven other ladies in bottoming Wfilnut stools with oriental sea grass but also made Kvo stools and two brass plant ers to give as pitts. Mrs. Un derwood observed that the wo men had an enjoyable day at New Hope Community Build ing working on their stools and fellowship together. Mrs. Fan r.ic Hurdle and Mrs. Ernest Sut ton served a delicious lunch to the ladies. Mrs. William Winslow chose copper and brass planters to make as gifts. Four small cop per planters were designed and skillfully tooled by Mrs. Wins low. She also made two valu able and beautiful large brass planters. Mrs. Nathan Matthews has already given one of the brass planters which she made. Fifteen inch alminum trays were Mrs. Archie White's spc- Mrs. E. J. Proctor, Sr., also chose aluminum trays. She made 20 and 22 inch trays which will be very useful gifts. Mrs. Josiah Proctor made one planter for home use and en- ; joyed the assembling, designing and tooling so much that sie then made two for gifts. Mrs. John Danchise has made several Continued on Page 6 County Recorder Hears Four Cases Four cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court, presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. A verdict of guilty was re turned in the case in which Al bert Stangle was charged with operating a truck without a thauffeur's license. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of the court costs. Ericsson Blanchard and E. E. Lane submitted to charges of, failing to observe a stop sign and each of the defendants was ordered to pay the court costs. Howard Phillips, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon. He was given a 60-day sentence, suspended upon payment of a fine of $50 and costs of court. At the conclusion of the Phil lips case, the Court suggested the District Solicitor be re quested to bring action to pad lock Skeeter's Inn, in Winfall, as a public nuisance. The place had been operated recently by Phillips and several shooting incidents have taken place there. In the case tried Tues day Phillips was alleged, to have shot Benjamin Roach in the foot with a revolver. Phillips noted an appeal of the judgment in the case and appeal bond was ret at $200. CLASSES PRESENT ' CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Sunday School classes of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church will present a Christmas program Sunday, December 21, at 7:30 at the church. A pageant, "Two Christmases," will be the highlight of the evening. The adult and junior choirs will sing Christmas music during' the- pro gram The. public is .cordially invited to attend, ' j , ; : - . ommittee Names 2 Publishing Date Early Next Week lei Hertford-, named Frank Mc- Next week's edition of The Googan, Ralph Ilurrell and ,lu Perquimans Weekly will be liau Matthews to membership on printed on Saturday, December the District Sclioi-I Committe". 20, instead of the usual Thuis- filling three vacancies existing day to provide a holiday vaca-'on the committee, tion for the printers of the1 Vacancies coming up on th paper. All news copy and ad-: fatuity of county schools were vertising copy for this issue ncd wl.cn the board approved must be in the office of The ,hc nomination, made bv K (' Weekly by three o'clock Friday Woodard, of Mrs. Anno ' Nov. ell afternoon, December 19 for pub- a. R(.i(.nce teacher ,t Perquimans hcation in the issue of Decern- nit!h School. ;,i,d Mrs. Ruth K ber 26. News contributors and Winslow, nominate,! by MKs advertisers are requested to note . Thelma Elliott, as a teacher in the change in printing date and Hertford Grammar School ineir cooperation will be appre ciatcd. Indians Score Win Over Chowan Cage The Perquimans Indians edged Chowan High School -35 to 33 in a double overtime basketball game played at Chowan Tuesday night. ivixon tallied trie winning points in the second overtime, shooting two foul shots to give Perquim ans the decision. i-iay during tne contest was even, with first one team then the other holding the lead during the regular playing time. Hollo well led the Chowan scoring at tack with 14 points while the Per quimans total was divided as fol lows: Nixon, 9; Colson, 8: Bur ton, 7; Tucker. C, and Chesson, 4. The score was tied at the end of the fourth period and neither team scored durif.jj tne first omr-l time. Both teams failed on scor ing chances in the overtime pe riods and the Indians sewed up the victory when Nixon sank the two foul shots. Colson was out- standing in the play for Perquim ans. While the Indians won a two point victory, the Perquimans Squaws lost by the same margin. The Chowan girls, led bv Lcary who scoied 13 points, defeated the Squaws 2G to 24, in a low scor ing contest. Letitia McGoogan was higher scorer for Perquimans I with nine points, Betty Brown h it J for six. Sears scored six and Phthisic scored three. Sawyer Funeral Conducted Sunday Dudley Marshall Sawyer, age 47. died last Thursday afternoon about, 4:30 o'clock at the home in New Hope as a result of a heart attack. He was a native of Ferquimans County and lived in the New Hope section. II was the son of the late Jack and Martha E. Simpson Sawyer and husband of Mrs. Martha Duprec. .Besides his wife, he is sur vived by two daughters, Pattic Ann '.nl DrnnJ,, C .-. II Un.k ,.f ... , . ... , me nomc; one sisier, mrs. l,cs- sic Palmer of Stoncy Creek, Va.; one brother, Lee Sawyer of New Hope. The body was taken from the Twiford Funeral Home to the graveside in the family ceme tery near New Hope for funeral services which were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. William E. Pickett, pastor of the New Hope Metho dist Church, The church choir sang "The Old Rugged Cross" a nnd "Be yond the Sunset." The Casket pall was made of white mums and fern. Pallbearers were S. D. Banks, Elmer Banks, Ervin Turner, Luther Butt, Carson Stallings and G. A. Umphlett. Interment was made in the family cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Long an nounce the birth of a son. born Friday,- December 12, at the Al- bfemarle .Hospital . in Elizabeth City. 5 Cents Per Copj. Posts Teachers i The Perquimans Board of Education, meeting in special lic:-sion Friday niylit at the Ho- Approval was also voted by the hoard for the Hertford Jav eees to use the clmol e,ar;ige for a New Ye,v ijve dance. E. C .Woo'f ;, principal M. Perquimans i i j : School, pre sented a requc ' sponsored by the schoo administration nnd faculty, calling for improvement of instruction and chanties in !the curriculum at the school. I The board expressed f'lvcrablo I , comments upon the recommend-. ftions but tabled action p'-nd- in further study by the Hoard r Education, The superintendent read sev- erai iciiers regarding tne elec- trical installations at. Hertford Grammar School and King Street School, following a rc- ' tent ins; ',m of the schools I by Harvey K. Winslow of t In state Schoo Insurance .Depart ment. The report revealed sev eral changes were required in the installations and the super intendent was authorial to contact the architect for these projects in connection with get tine these chances made bv II contractors, The board also voted to hoi.: meetings duiine February and March with the taculties of the county schools. Arrangements for these meetings are to be concluded by the supcrinten- cient Methodist Church To Hold Musical Program Sunday Ninety voices in the combined choirs of First Methodist Church. Hertford, will present The Music of Christmas Sunday evening, December 21. at 7:30 o'clock m the sanctuary of the church. ITn der the direction of Miss Carolina Wrighl, minister of music, th beautiful story of Christmas will be sung by the Cherub, Primary, Junior, Youth and Adult choir.:. Organ prelude, postlude, and of fertory will include portions of Handel's "Messiah", when Miss Wright will play the "Overture", "Pastorale" and "Hallelujah Chor us" all from this famous 'musical composition. The Rev. James A. Auman, minister, will conduct the service and lead the congregation in wor ship. Some of the special musical numbers to bo in. hided in the repertory will be Gesu Bain , . , .,, bino" and "T1. the Senior Cb us will assist Noel". The Pni sing "Once In First Noel" l.y A Girls' Chor- ith "The Fir.-t. i ny Choir will Koval David's City." "O Little Town of Bethle hem" and "There's A Song In The Air". The Junior Choir will do a choral reading of the Bible Story of the First Christmas and sing "Gentle Msry Laid Her Child" and "A Polish . Carol". The Cherubs' will sing "A Star Shone Bright" and "Away In A Manger." The Story of the Wise men will be told in Choral Read ing by the Youth Choir, which will also sing "The Birthday of The King", and "O Holy Night." Miss Rachel Semoler will sing "Come Unto Me" (from The Mes siah). ROTARY MEETING CANCELED Members of the Hertford Ro tary Club canceled their meet ing scheduled for next Tuesday night and Charles Payne, prerlr dent of the club, announced th? .next meeting of the club will be held Tuesdsy, December 30.