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Volume XXVI. Number 3. ,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 16, 1959.
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ARMY'S MECHANIZED CATERPILLAR Resembling ?S2!5
Army's overland train demonstrates its tracking ability jdunng tests. Each of its 52 wheels has
its own power drive. Each wheel mounts a tire 10 feet high and four feet wide. The 12-unit,
4 root-long tram is designed
wASC Office Gives
Dates For Filing
For Allotments
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Brooklyn,. N, Y. ' Serving
1 aboard the attack, aircraft carrier
USS Independence, scheduled to
be commissioned January 10 is
L.-Charles E. Appleton, chief ma
chinist's mate, USN son of Mr.
; V,, arid Mrs." Charles E. Appleton of
and husband of the former Miss
Thelma Dail bf 505 Grubb SthsWwebrua' 45,1959 Is tjie final
ry neniora. ?tr- '..;;J
The Navy's newest, and fourth
' of the super-carrier class, is now
under construction at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard. The 60,000 ton
ship, with its 3,500 man crew, is
furnished with modern living ac
comodations and the . newest
equipment available.
After commissioning, .the Inde-
pendence will undergo sea trials
- -in 'preparation for a Caribbean
" cruise in the spring, under her
first' commanding officer, ' Capt.
Rhodam Y. McElroy,. Jr,,' of Leba
non, Ky.
Fins! Appeal Mzd3
Fcr Sed Funds In
Jhrcs County Area
: Christmas ' is over, but there
is a great need for citizens of
vPasquotank, Perquimans and
- fcamden Counties to help push
(he Christmas ;Seal over. -
Mrs David Fearing, president
of the TB Association, called on
citizens of ' these ' counties to
answer their Seal letters for an
extra; push in the Seal Sale
campaign, total quota being
$7,900 for . the three counties.
Mrs. Fearing said eveg if it is
too late to use the colorful little
stickers for holiday mail it's
not too late to help witty the
ever expanding programs," on
health, education and chest X
rays so desperately needed to
control and prevent the spread
ot tuberculosis, reminding the
citizens ; that with -mobile - units
moving in during v Apri, v4
through May 1, the follow up Of
. large chest'' X-rays.-.will. bc?,r i
added load to ti e already htvy
chest , X-ray programs. ; - Mrs'.
Fcarifig' said'- if everyone would
ver- their- Seal lettefs, -thel
f .i could easily , be c reached,
i i assuring the success of the
'i programs. " , :
Hattie Harney, Seal chair
for Pasquotank, reports
has been realized' "of the
; . ota. .
I" 'win . Ferebee, Seal
n for Camden, $795.50" of
's $1,000 quota and Tom
n, chairman for Per
ijm. orts $915 of the
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iur ub in ivhuius wnwe. uwic
The final date for filing an ap
plication for a new farm cotton
or peanut acreage allotment has
been announced by George Bell
mon, ' Perquimans County ASC
Office Manager.
February 15, 1959 is the final
date in which to file an applica
tion for a new farm cotton acrc-
age allotment. The toiiowing
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the application will be consider
ed by the County ASC commit
tee: (1) the farm must be one on
which cotton was not planted
during any of; .the years 1956,
1957 and. 1958; (2) an.-applicatin
for cotton allotment shall be fil
ed by the farm operator with the
county committee by February
15; (3) the farm operator shall be
largely dependent on the farm for
his livelihood, and (4) the farm
shall be the only one in the
county which is owned or operat
ed by the farm owner or farm
operator for which a cotton allot
ment is established for 1959.
date in -which to - file'"' an. 'appli
cation for a new farm peanut al
lotment. The following ' condi
tions must be met before the ap
plication for peanut allotment
will be considered by the county
ASC committee: (1) the farm
must be dne on which peanuts
were not plantetl 'during any of
the years 1956, 1957 and 1958; (2)
an application for peanut allot
ment shall be filed by the farm
operator and farm - owner with
the county committee by Febru
ary 15; (3 a producer on the
farm shall have had experience'
in growing peanuts , either as a
sharecropper, tenant, or as a farm
operator or farm owner during at
least two years of the past five
years; (4) the farm operator is
largely dependent on the farm for !
his livelihood, and (5) the farm is
the only 'farm' owned or operat
ed by the farm operator or farm
owner for which a farm allotment
is established for 1959. ..
Bellmon also said that April 5,
1959 has been established as the
closing date for releasing cotton
acreage' allotments to the' county
ASC committee for reapportion
ment to! farms . requesting' feddit
tional acreage for 1959 only. The
final date for reapportionment of
released acreage is April 10.
However, under the 1959 program
released acreage on cotton will
not be accepted , until the pro
ducer has registered his choice in
accepting Choice (A) or Choice
(B) allotment for 1959.
County Men Attend
State Convention
4 George 'Winslow, : Joe Nowell
and F. A. McGoogan, represent
ing the Perquimans County Soil
Conservation District, left Mon
day for Charlotte to attend the
State Soil Conservation Conven
tion.'1! Thfcjr , returned' to their
Some on Wednesday."? si ,
Miller Attends-. i
Police School :
Tommy Miller represented the
Hertford Police Department at an
area police, school being conduct
ed in' Elizabeth City this week
The school included classes in law
enforcement, investigative ; tech
niques, fire arms training started
Tuesday under the supervisionof
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion, with special, officers from
Chariot's, P. B. Be'achum and W.
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Indians -Squaws
Ahoskie Gagers
The Perquimans Indians, play
ing a red-hot Ahoskie team Tues
day night, ended up on the short
end of a 75-49 basketball score.
It was the first loss for the In
dians in the current Albemarle
Conference competition,
Ahoskie, which defeated Per
quimans in a pre-season game,
showed excellent shooting ability
and raced ahead of the Indians
throughout the contest. Overman
hit for 26 points for the home
team while Lindsay collected 12
and Osborne got 13. :
' Colgon led the Indian scoring
with 15 points while Tucker and
Burton got 10 each. Chesson hit
for 8 and Nixon collected 6
points.
Nine of the Ahoskie players ac
counted for the total score of the
home team. ; -'
While the Indians lost the main
event, the Perquimans Squaws
won oyer the Ahoskie girls by a
score of 49 to 34. Letitia McGoo
gan scored 27 points for Perquim
ans to take scoring honors in the
girls' game. Phthisic Scored 11
points, Brown i iftd-Spear three;
Monk scored 15 points for Ahos
kie and Smith hit for ten.
Perquimans started fast to gain
a ,14-7 lead at the end of the first
period and led 24 to 18 at half
time. The Squaws outscored the
Ahoskie girls during the second
half 25 points to 16.
On Friday night the Indians
and : Squaws will play Chowan
High School at, the gym in Hert
ford .with game .time set for 7:30
o'clock.,
- Service pins were ' presented
to six inspectors at . the Naval
Air Station, ' Harvey Point, by
Lcdr. D. F. Dalton (CEC) USN,
resident officer in charge of con
struction, on January 7. The
pins were awarded for five or
more years of service with the
District Public Works Office,
Norfolk, Va., which is the home
office of the construction in
spectors assigned : to Harvey
Point. The recipients of the
service pins were B,! E. Pierce,
construction engineer;' R. R. Hall,
superintendent' of construction;
C. C. Wiggins, construction rep
resentative and , C. E. Parker,
A. M. White, H.' R. Rudin, con
struction inspectors. '.'.
These men are part of the 28
personnel engaged in inspection
of the new construction program
at Harvey - Point, which cur
rently amounts to $9,712,000.
Harvey Point will be the home
of the Navy Seamaster jet sea
plane, . ,
Jaycee Dinner
Next Wednesday -
. ;Members of the Hertford
Junior Chamber 1 of 1 Commerce
will hold their annual, awards
dinner v net . Wednesday night,
January -21, at the Hertford
Grammar School beginning ; at' 7
o'clock, it was announced today1
by. Keith Haskett, president of
the Jaycees. . . :
Warren Twiddy1, district .vice
president - of the J aycees, of
Edenton, 7 will y be the guest
speaker and special ' guests will
include wives of r the ' members.
During the program the pre
sentation , of awards for i dis
tinguished service and outstand
t;i -younj farmer will be made
fcy the c'leiak t t
MAS Inspectors
ings
Revea!?dfln Local
Establishments:!
Sanitary - ratings for various
establishments coming under
Health Department inspection
in the Perquimans Health Dis-
j trict have been released by K.
J. Eyer and D. G. Brown dis
trict sanitarians. : These ratings
are based on the last periodic
inspections made in 1958.
The ratings . are based on' a
systrm of grading with those
establishments receiving a .rat
ing of at least 90 or more
being awarded a Grade A; those
receiving a rating of 80 or
more but less than 90 Grade
B, and those receiving 70 or
more but less than 80 Grade
C. No establishment having a
rating of less than 70 or
Grade C is permitted to operate
according to state laws cover
ing the sanitation cf such es
tablishments. Restaurants: Mliutt Cafe 96.
Bus Station Lunch 93.5, Chub's
Drive-In 92, S & M Pharmacy
1)1, White's Place . 91, Jordan's
Cafe 90, Hotel Hertford 80, Lil's
Sandwich Shop 85.5, Osborne
Canteen 84.5, Commukoty Soda
Bar 82, Bethlehem Cafe 81.5,
Fannie's Cafe 81.5, Glenn's Place
31.5, Hertford Cafe 81, Harvey
Point Cafeteria, NAS, 80.
School Lunchrooms: Hertford
Grammar School 97.5, Central
Grammar School 94.5, Perquim
ans Union School 94, King
Street School 93, Perquimans
High School 92.
Abattoirs: Goodwin's, Winfall
10, Frozen Food Lockers, Hert
ford Locker Plant 92.
Meat Markets: Keith's 95,
Tri-Way 95, Colonial Stores 93,
Cannon's 91.5, Perry's, Woodville
91, Blanchard's 90.5, White's,
Winfall 90.5, Barclift & Son,
New Hope 90, Harris Super Mar
ket 90, Bateman, Woodville 85.5,
Ownley, Durants Neck 84, Com
munity Stnro 83 5 Ti irr or'a M 5
Hilary Hat
Layden's.t Belvidere 83, : Jake'sr0me d(OTOnstration clubs wiU
W, Winslow, Winfall 81, Jessups,
Winfall 77. -
Hotel Hertford 85.5, Jordan's
Motel 97.5, Brown's Motel 95.5,
Ralfe Tourist Home 97.5, Albe
marle Tourist Home 86.5, Lane's
Nursing Homo 95.
PTA Basketball
Teams To Battle
For Title Jan. 29
The Number 1 place of the
basketball teams of Perquimans
County will be decided on
Thursday night, January 29, at
the Perquimans County High
School gym. This will be ' a
night that the men and women
of the PTA of Winfall Grammar
School will play the men : and
women of the PTA of Hertford
Grammar School.
Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith and
Tom Banks, coaches of the Win
fall PTA teams, have predicted
that they will ; use race-horse
basketball and -man to man or
woman to woman defense. There
will be no" such thing .as zone
basketball or holding ine hall to
kill the clock. Mrs. Frances
Monds and Preston Nixon, man
agers of the Hertford PTA
teams, have stated r that they
didn't care what kind of offense
or defense is used, they will be
ready. '." " -,,;.: . '' '?
Just in case the exejtement
gets too. much, for the spectators,
there will be cakes and candy
auctioned Off to .' soothe ; the
nerves and drinks to settle the
butterflies of excitement.
The gam, will , start promptly,
at; 7:30 P. Mr and, tickets will
be sold at tht gate. There will
be no free admissions and pro-
jceeds from the event will go to
the two PTAs. .'."
Mark your calendar on Janu
ary 29, - so you will see the
mighty clash and 1 decide for
yourself which team- is -Number
Rural Fire Call
Answered Monday
Hertford Fire Department was
called to the-home of W. A. Rus
sell on the New Hope Road, at
about 4:45 P. M Monday to ex
tinguish a- chimney e fire. The
firemen-..arrived at' thet scene
quickly and soon had. the blaze
under : control,
Damages were'
estimated at about $23.
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Pictured here is LCDR D. F. Dalion. USN, resident officer in
charge of construction at the Naval Air Station, Harvey Point,
presenting service pins to six inspectors assigned to the station.
Left to right is LCDR Dalton and Inspectors R. R. Hall, B. E.
Pierce, C. C. Wiggins. C. E. Parker, H. R. Rudin and A. M.
White. The presentation of the pins was made at the station on
; January 7.
Residents Urged
To Volunteer As
Blood Donors Mon.
Perquimans County residents
are urged by Talmage Rose,
chairman of the County Red
Cross Blood Program, to give full
support to the program when
the bloodmobile visits Hertford
on Monday, January 19, between
the hours of 10 A. M., and 4
P. M.
Arrangements for the visit of
the bloodmobile unit have been
completed and the county's quo
ta of blood for this first visit of
1959 has been set at 70 pints.
The unit will be stationed al
the Municipal Building with Red
Cross officials and local doctors
checking each donor volunteering
to contribute blood for the blood
bank. Members of the county
iumisn reiresnments and mem
bers of the Eastern Star will act
as hostesses.
Mr. Rose announced that indi
viduals who live in Hertford and
who wish to volunteer as donors
will be provided free transpor
tation if needed. They are ask
ed to phone 2321.
' Pointing out the importance of
this visit of the bloodmobile, the
chairman stated county residents,
since last August, have received
more than 70 pints of blond !
through transfusions at Chowan
and Albemarle Hospitals, and
other hospitals in various loca
tions
He said there is a great
need that this blood be replaced'
in the blood bank in order to
keep the program available to 1
future patients.
He also pointed out a regula
tion may be adopted whereby
counties participating in this pro
gram may be supplied only that
amount of blood contributed on
each visit of the blooodmbile.
Thus he urges the public to co
operate in the program to provide
sufficient blood supply needed by
hospital patients from Perquim
ans County.
Mr. Rose said "Remember, giv
ing blood is giving life to some
one ... maybe someone dear to
you. It is a simple, almost pain
less action and each person who
volunteers as a donor is carefully
checked by a doctor to determine
the person's ability to be a don
or. Refreshments are served at
the bloodmobile . , . if you have
not been a donor before, make a
new,; start in 1959 and do your
share in keeping someone alive
in the new year . . . see you at
the bloodmobile."
Auxiliary To Meet
With Mrs. Hollowell
The Auxiliary of the Wm. Paul
Stallings Post of the American
Legion i will meet at 8- o'clock
Thursday, January 29, at the
home of Mrs. W. G, Hollowell in
Winfall. Mrs. Hollowell, as unit
president, will attend a Post and
Unit Officers' Conference in Ra
leigh January 16-18 and will give
a report on this conference at the
Auxiliary meeting at her home.
WRONG DATE
: An - announcement published
last, week for the Hertford PTA
meeting on January was in error
since the PTA holds no meetings
in Januaryv The next meeting of
the group will : be held- in Feb
ruary..
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Local Residents
Among Americans
In Cuban Uprising
What was planned as a sight
seeing trip turned out to be a
nerve-racking incident for
three;
Hertford residents. Mr. and Mrs.
J. Emmett Winslow and Mrs.
Ellen McCalium. who were
among the Americans caught in
Cuba during the recent uprising
there.
Visiting in Florida during the
Christmas season, the local resi
dents decided to travel to Cuba
on a tour. They arrived in
Havana the day before Presi
dent Batista fled the country
and had started their tour when
advised of Batista's action.
Giving a brief resume of his
experience at the meeting of t!ie
Hertford Rotary Club, : Mr.
Winslow said on New Year's
day, as his party drove around
Havana, the situation appeared
j to be one in which the popula
tion was celebrating the new
year. Ilowever.'later in the day
IV.o ni-nurclc wrow -in ciyo ftnrl
i ,.:n,n rfKlrnvin niihlir. nwm-
... ',' sl;l,lini, bonfires.
He stated shooting broke out premier, Anasta Mikoyan on Sat
that night but the arrival of urday following Mikoyan's return
Castro forces restored some or
der to the chaos; a large num
ber of Americans staying at the
hotel were kept inside the
building which seemed to be
protected.
Later arrangements were
completed for this group to be
evacuated to the mainland and
were- taken there by Cuban
boats.
Town Board Makes
Some Pay Changes
Hertford's Town Board, meet
ing here last Monday night, au
thorized Town Attorney Chas. E.
Johnson to complete the purchase
of an acre of land upon which
is situated the town's new well
field. Until now the town has
held an option on the tract but
voted to proceed to acquire title
to the land.
The Board also voted to adjust
salaries' paid members of the po
lice department, to equalize the
loss of travel expense permitted
officers prior to the purchase of
the town's police car. Salaries
adopted were Officer Robert A.
White $275 per month; William
Tarkenton $62.50 per week and
T. N. Miller $55 per w'eek.
A $25 per month wage increase
was also voted for Superintend
ent F. T. Britt and and a $5 per
month increase for Town Clerk
R. C. Elliott.
Attorney Johnson was instruct
ed by the board to take action to
ward collection of delinquent tax
liens due the town and the clerk
was ordered to proceed with col
lection : of ' delinquent ' personal
property taxes,
Town Of Hertford
Named Defendant
In $250,000 Suit
Central PTA Plans
Cover Dish Supper
The January meeting of the
PTA of Central Grammar School
will be held next Monday night,
January 19, at 0:30 o'clock in the
school cafeteria, in the form of n
covered dish supper, it was an
nounced today.
The supper vill talf the pla-.e
of the PTA cl.nic usually held
each year in May. All patrons of
the school are invited to attend
and requested to bring food in u
covered dish.
The Cub Seoul troop will pre
sent a demonstration as part of
the program for the meeting.
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
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I . Xiij.u. ne was driving a hane
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The newly organized 86th Con-
. gross, which convened last week,
' is expected to proceed with cau
) tion in handling the vast prob
lems facing the nation. It has
been labeled "liberal" but Wash
ington reports point out its ac
tion, especially on money matters
will likely be conservative.
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Sen
ate leader Johnson are expected
to hold flexible control over poli
cy. The Congress is expected to
attemnt rontrnl of inflation Hoi
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will push national defense, farm
legislation and aid to distressed
areas.
Secretary of State Dulles this
week blasted the Soviet plan for
Germany as being brutal and
stupid. 'He slated the Hussion
plan proposes to isolate Germany
while the Western Allies believe
Germany should be reunited
thrnilfrll frnf. cUmtiAl-ic !inrl in-
eluded in the family of nations i
within Europe.
Mass executions have followed
the uprising in Cuba which oust
ed the government of Batista.
Reports Wednesday stated 71 for
mer officials or leaders of the Ba
tista government had been exe
cuted and some 3,000 more face
charges brought by the new gov
ernment of Fidel Castro.
President Eisenhower is ex
pected to meet with Russian vice
to Washington from a tour of the, Mayor and Board of Commis
U. S. The conference between sinners. Notice of this denial
the two officials is expected to.' was served upon the plaintiff
be one in which views are ex- by Town Attorney Chas E.
changed rather than one of ne- Johnson, who with Attorney
gotiations between the two na-john Hall, is representing the
t'ons' town in the matter.
Workers Sc1h)oTaT1 isf
Church In Hertford Jan. 25-27
The Rev. It. L. Jerome, pus
tor of First Methodist Church,
Roanoke Rapids, will teach a
course on Christian Stewardship
in the Chowan - Perquimans
Christian Workers School Janu
ary 25 - 27. The three - night
school will be held in First
Methodist Church, Hertford, at
7:30 o'clock each evening, and is
open to all Methodists in Cho
wan and Perquimans Counties.
. Mr. Jerome is a native of
Gatesville, son of the Rev. C. P.
Jerome, who was a member of
the N. C. Conference as an ac
tive preacher for 41 years. A
graduate of Duke University, he
also holds an STM degree from
Union Theological Seminary in
New York. He is a member of
the Board of Missions of the
North Carolina Conference and
district missionary secretary for
the Rocky Mount District.
Among his pastorates have been
the following: Webb Avenue,
Burlington; Enfield - Whitakers:
Trinity, Wilmington; Hayes Bar
ton, Raleigh; Centenary, New
Bern; First, Elizabeth City, and
new in Roanoke Rapids.
Other courses to be offered in
the school, which is an annual
affair, will be "How to Improve
the Church School,'' taught by
John ' Meares of Raleigh; "In
terpreting the Bjble to Youth,"
taught by the Rev. Walter Mc-
An action seeking $250,000 in
damages has been started in
Perquimans Superior Court
against the Town of Hertford
as a result .of an accident which
occurred on Edenton Road
Street on the 10th day of Janu
ary, 1957, in which Wavland C.
Hollowell of Bertie Count v died
from injuries sustained in the
accident.
Ann Taylor Hollowell, now
Ann Taylor Hollowell. Tayloi;
administratrix of the estate 'of
Wayland C. Hollowell. Jr.,
through her attorneys, John R,
Jenkins and Henry I.clny, has
l.'lcd Ihc action seeking to re
cover from the Town of Hert-
foid.
Filed along with the complaint
was a notice of claim seived on
otfieials of the Town of Hert
ford in April or l!f7.
Hollowell died from iiijuri'-.-?
ltceived in the accident which
occurred aout 1:H0 o'clock on
the afternoon of January 10,
truck on Edenton lioart Street
neaded toward Edenton when
.strong wind gusts, estimated at
between 45 and 50 miles per
hour in velocity, twisted off the
top of a large tn-. adjacent to
the street, the f - falling across
the cab of f truck, crushing
Hollowel al"-.. the head and
chest.
The compli. ,t further con
tends that the 'I jvn of HVrtfo,-d
was and i.s engaged in the busi
ness .of furnishing, selling and
distributing electric current and
in the course of this business
had in the past maintained
transmission lines along this
portion of Edenton Road Street,
and had trimmed the top and
limbs from this tree so it would
not interfere with the power
lines.
The complaint continues that
as the result of this trimming
away the tree had become de
cayed and rotten, and that in the
195B the . Wi,s
win, wnij a Lilian iivt: j;iuwill
at its top. It contends the con
dition of the tree was known to
town officials and that persons
living near the tree had re
quested the defendant to remo
the elm tree.
Claiming negligence on t;..
part of the Town of Hcrlfoi i.
through its'' officials, the coru
plaint asks for the sum of
$250,000 and the costs of the
action.
It points out a claim filed
with the town in April of 1957
was dtnied bv the Town of Horl-
ford in an official nieetinir of thn
REV. ROBERT L. JEROME
Donald, Louisburg College, and ,:
"Working, With Children," taught
ty Miss Elizabeth Jarratt, Jar
ratt, Virginia.
The Rev. James. A. Auman of
Hertford is dean of this year's
school and the board of man
agers is made up of ministers
and church school superintend-:-ents
of the eleven' participating
Methodist churches. t
MASONS TO MEET. '
' The Perquimans Masonic Lodge
No. 106, A. F. Jk A. will meet
Tuesday night 'at 8 o'clock.
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