Volume XXVI. Number 4.
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Jaycees
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Members of the Hertford Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce joined
wtyh other units throughout the
country this week in observance
of National Jaycee Week.
Locally, the week was climax
ed' Wednesday night when the
Hertford Jaycees conducted their
annual Distinguished Service
Award' dinner. The event was
held '-. at Hhe Hertford .Grammar
School With the president, Keit,h
VMlaskett presiding,
Special guests at the event in
. eluded Mr. and MrV Herirv C.
. Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs Tim-Mat-
liitlWidiiesday
. thews, Mr, and Mrs. B. L. Gibbs
and wives of the members of the
orgnni7ton. . Two past mem.
bprs, J. Emory White and Henry
Stokes, Jr., were also guests for
the occasion,
Warren. Twiddy of Edenton,
' district vice president of the Jay-
- cees, . as. guest speaker' , spoke
briefly on the accomplishments
of the Jaycees during the past
year and outlined some of the
projects whiqh will be undertak
en during the coming year. ,
Following his remarks, - Mr,
' Twiddy then presented to : Wil
liam C. Elliott the Jaycee plaque
for being the Perquimans Coun-
. ty Outstanding Young Farmer of
- the Year. ' Elliott is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Freeland Elliott of
. Route one; he is . married to the
former Miss Joyce Sumner and
they have one child. Billy and
his father farm about 300 acres
of land and feed some 175 head
of market hogs. He and his fa
ther were among the first farm
' ers of the county to air dry pea-
; nuts; this experiment is proving
jP'very succesfuL'r He holds .'an
American fanner Degree fof his
; work in FFA and is superintend
, "nt of .the Great Hope Baptist
' Ohnpph Snndav" Rpbool. 'V.
k ttrocAntatinn of the Javcee DlaOue
and citation .to the Outstanding
Young Man of the Year for dis
tinguished community service.
The 1959 award went to John
Beers who was selected by a
group of judges with the selec
tion hasod upon information con
tained unon nomination blanks
submitted by various individuals
and civic organizations.
Mr Beers is married to the forT
; mcr Miss Betty Jean Winslow
and they have two children.
They reside in Woodland Circle,
Hertford. His selection for the
honor was made for; his out
standing work In the community
as a leader of the local Boy Scout
Troop, as a member oi the Hert
ford Volunteer . Fire Department;
for diligent effort given toward
the development . and operation, of
the Ground Observer Corps dur
Aag its operation Here, and for
s work with the youth of the
community in promoting ath
letics. He is ' also a Sunday
School teacher it Hertford Meth
Vodist Church.v He is parts depart
ment " manager. ; at Winslow
Blanchard Motor Company.
Much Interest In
PTA Cage Contest
Much interest ' is being shown
in the two basketball games to
be played " here on Thursday,
January 29, between the women k
and men of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Hertford and
Central Grammar Schools. : ,
At stake will be the No. 1 title
for basketball teams in- Perquim
ans County. The four teams par
ticipating will be directed by
Mrs. Frances Mtuids and Preston
Nixon for) the Hertford teams and
Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith and Tom
Banks for the Central teams.
The games will be played in
the Perquimans High School gym
with the girls starting Mf 7:30
o'clock Thursday night of ttext
v . . ' V Tickets for the cotsts
villi La' sold only at the door with
I oceeds oing to the two. PTA's.
I fi-obhments' will also be sold
and between games.
, crrcistYTO me?t
1 r.-quimans.-County Hi.
i 1 r ;k;!y will hold a meet
: "ay nf;ht, January 28,
i . t 7." J o'clock at the
F, t Tru.'a ' lloue. ,AB
; urd is t 4 ;nd.
T ' be a repoit 'on
" ' Counfy.
Present
At
Dinner
j Delayed Report
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A $240 robbery, which al
legedly occurred in Winfall : 40
years ago, has been reported tc
Sheriff J. K. White.
, The complaint was received
by Sheriff White from W. B.
Hudson of Durham, who wrott
J Mr- White, "About 45 years ago
I stopped in Winfall and cave a
picture shpw and someone rob
bed my wagon of $240." Hud
son, advised the sheriff he was
72 years . old and that he was
writing about the incident since
he thought the sheriff might
have heard something about it
in the neighborhood. He of
fered a reward of half his loss
if the robbery was solved.
.C.
George C. Winslow and Joseph
W. Nowell, Jr., Soil Conservation
District Supervisors, and F.' A.
McGoogan, local Work Unit Tech
nician, attended the annual meet,
ing of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Soil. Conservation Dis:
trict Supervisors which was. held
in Charlotte on January: 13 and
14, 1959.
( A very interesting program was
presented at this meeting.
David S. Weaver of Raleigh.
Director of the NC. Agricultural
Extension Service, spoke on
"What Is The Soil Conservation
District Program and Some of the
Acute Problems Facing the Su
pervisors." Mr. .Weaver stated.
rWMeed pur most ' intelligent
people to be farmers, for farm
ing is the most complex job in
the world."
Spencer Bell, State Senator
from Charlotte, N. C, spoke on
"Some Legal and Social Aspects
of Soil and Water Conservation."
General J. R. Townsend, chair
man of N. C. Board of Water
Commissioners, from Greensboro,
N. C, spoke on 'North Carolina
Wat r Problems." Townsend
warned that unless N. C. im
proves its water management,
"future droughts may well make
those of the past look like only
the warmup for the big game."
Carlton J. Blades, Director of
Real Estate Management, Duke
Power Company, was the speaker
at the banquet on Tuesday even
ing.
The supervisors voted Wednes
day in favor of a proposed water
shed enabling act which it will
submit to the -1959 General As
sembly. The chief purpose of the
proposed legislation is to allow
North Carolinians to take, advan
tage of funds for watershed pro
jects which embrace stream pro
tection, flood protection, and
minimum flow, as well as conser
vation measures. Only five states
are currently without this enab
ling act'.. - :':"';. ,'
Tax Listing Moves
At Very Slow Pace
With only one week remaining
of the official tax listing time
the annual job is moving ata
very slow pace, according to list
takers. Percy Rogerson, Hertford
list faker, stated Monday at least
50 per cent of the property own
ers had failed to appear as yet,
to list their property ' for taxes;
it i is believed other townships
have no better record. '. . ;,
'' Property owners are urged to
check the listing schedule in .this
newspapers and see their ; list
taker this week-end in order to
avoid the Mast minute rush ex
pected to develop during the last
weektof the schedule,- '- '
Hertford township property
owners,1; wishing to list, will find
Mr. Rogerson in the office of the
register of deeds all next week
while superior court is' in ses
sion." BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrell
announce the birth of a son, Chris
Brattain, born Wednesday, Janu-'
ary 7, at' the Albemarle Hospital!
Mrs. Harrell, before her marriage
Soil Supervisors
Anprovewatershed
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was Miss -Mary Inez Chappell.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES'
President Elsenhower this
week sent to the Congress a 77-
bilhon dollar budget for the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
His budget message to Congress
reported it as a balanced budget
providing pressure for addi
tional spending is not approved.
Income for the period is ex
pected to reach a new high
permitting a very slight sur
plus on June 30 1960. How
ever, the President called for
some higher levies, tax-wise, in
cluding a jump in federal gas
tax, higher postal rates and .re
vision of tax on certain types
of cooperatives.
Various Congressional com
mittees are now making studies
of the. budget prior to itfe con
sideration for adoption By the
Ccngress. The budget calls for
the following putlay of the tax
dollar; 59 cents will be for ma
jor national defense, 10 cents
for interest on government in
debtedness, 8 cents for agricul
ture, 7 cents for veterans and
16 cents for other departments.
Anticipated revenue will come
as follows: 53 cents from in
dividual income taxes, 28 cents
from corporation taxes, 11 cents
from excise taxes and 8 cents
from customs and other
ceipts. ,
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After a seemingly successful
tour of this nation, Russian vice
premier Mikoyan was miffed in
Washington last Saturday when
his proposal for increased trade
between the U. S. and Russia
was rejected by VK- S. officials.
It is . believed, however, Miko-
yan's visit to the u. S. may
have paved the way for a sum
mit conference on international
tensions to be held sometime
next summer. , Mikoyan en
planed for Moscow early this
week but his trip was delayed
at Argentia, - Newfoundland,
v;hen the plane developel en
gine trouble. .
Laws adopted by Virginia to
regulate school attendance on a
segregated basis were declared
unconstitutional by two. - courts
this week. , Following the court's
decision, Virginia Governor Al
mond announced intentions to
continue the state's position in
regard to - keeping schools . seg
regated. J. P. Perry, Jr.
Named To Post
Jesse Parker Perry, Jr., a na
tive of- Hertford and son of J.
P. Perry, has assumed his du
ties as ; administrative assistant
to the executive vice preident
of the Rockefeller Foundation in
New York.
Perry- . joined the . Mexican
Agricultural Program of the
Foundation in 1949, and later be
came associate experiment sta
tion operations. : He was on
study leave at Davis, Cal., with
assignment to the Indian Agri
cultural Program ;. when ap
pointed to his present position.
In 1957 Perry spent four months
in India helping set up the new
program, : Before that he had
surveyed ' station operations and
research problems in Trinidad,
Venezuela; Colombia arid Costa
Rica and as a special mission'
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MISS ELIZABETH JARRART
One of the teachers in the
Methodist Christian Workers
School at Hertford January 25
27 will be Miss Elizabeth Jarrart
of Jarrart, Va. Miss Jarrart will
teach a course on "Working With
Children."
Central PTA Holds
School Mon. flight
The PTA of the Perquimans
.Central Grammar School was
held in the cafeteria of the
school Monday night. A covered
dish supper was the highlight
of the . meeting. Mrs. Ernest
Long, the president, presided.
She welcomed the large num.
ber of . parents and teachers in
attendance and explained that
the December meeting was not
held because of the snow which
caused the school to close.
The November minutes were
read by the secretary, Mrs.
Ned Nixon. ; Mrs. Nixon also
read the report of the Execu
tive Committee.
; Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. Cath
erine Bird and Mrs. Johnnie
Bray, pack den mothers, were
recognized. ' ;
Mrs. Shelton Morgan an
nounced that .the Cub Scouts
would present , a program - con
sisting of the flag ceremony and
a radio . broadcast skit. This
program was planned as the
outgrowth of a visit to a radio
station. Cub. Scouts taking part
oft the program were. Thomas
Morgan, Carl Lewis, Mark
Thompson, Tommy Nowell and
Paul Smith. 1 '
Past Cubmaster Dr. Harold
White and the new Cubmaster,
R. M. "Pete" Thompson,' were
recognized. . '
Tom Banks and Mrs. Paul
Smth announced , the basketball
game to be played January 29
between the PTA's of the Hert
ford Grammar School and the
Perqtiimans Central - Grammar
School., 1
R. M. Thompson, chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee,'-
: announced - that' Woman-
less ' Wedding will be presented
in February.
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Of Cases
Traffic cases made up most of
the varied docket disposed of
dining Tuesday's session of Per
quimans Recorder's Court. Two
defendants, Bernice Tyson and
Billy Barnes, were ordered held
on $50 bonds after each had fail
ed to appear in court on citations.
A bond posted by Lloyd Nixon
was ordered forfeited when Nix
on also failed to answer charges
of driving drunk.
The following defendants, Wil
liam Stroud, Negro, Perley Spaf
ford, Robert Stout, Thomas Saw
yer, Wilbur Stallings, Clarence
Winslow Wayland White, Jr.,
Edgar Harvey, James Gardner
and Maywood Nowell, paid the
costs of court after submitting to
charges of speeding.
Costs of court and fines as in
dicated, were also levied against
Jack Kirkland $6.25, John Ed
wards $5.25, Heniy Rant $5.25,
Charles Payne, Jr., $16.25, How
ard Smith $10.25, Frances Brad
dy $8.25, Vincent Jameson $14.25,
John Patterson $24.25, Kenneth
Taradash $12.25, Donald Beatti)
$9.25, Paul Allen $7.25, William j
Overton, Negro, $5 and Joseph
Boscaino $24.25 after each had
submitted to charges of speed-
sing.
' A verdict of not guilty was re
turned in the case in which Wen
dell Matthews, Jr., was charged
with exceeding a safe speed lim
it. James Everett, Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of
speeding and was fined $24.
Grandy White, Negro, was or
dered to pay the costs of court
on a charge of assault.
Richard Ward entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of speeding
and was ordered to pay the court
costs.
The' case against Garland Mc
Donald, charged with trespass,
was dismissed , by the Court.
The Court ordered a capias is
sued for Jolly Jacob who failed
to appear in order to answer to
charges of issuing a worthless
check.
Load Restriction
Placed On Highway
' It was announced today by the
State Highway Commission that
signs will be posted on one sec
ondary road in the First Highway
Division on Monday, calling for
a load limit of 13,000 pounds.
As a preventive measure, signs
will be posted on a Perquimans
County road from US 17-NC 37,
west to its intersection with an
other . paved county road. ' The
weight restriction ' is 13,000
pounds per axle. .
Similar weight restriction signs
are being posted on other roads
across the State in an effort to
prevent any damage to the road
surfaces during the extreme
weather of the winter months.
7 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs,Wayne Lambdin
of Southport, Indiana,' announce
the birth of a daughter, Patricia,
born December, 22, .. 1958. s , Mrs. !
Lambdin, . before - her ; : marriage,
was Miss Mildred Skinner,
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County Residents
Donate 68 Pints
The results obtained from the
blcodmobile visit here last Mon
day were most gratifying, ac
cording to Talmage Rose, chair
man of the Red Cross blood
committee, who reported county
residents donated a total of 68
pints of blood to aid in con
tinued operation of this Red
Cross program.
Mr. Rose stated the amount of
blood donated amounted to 97
per cent of the county's quota
and established a record on the
number of units contributed
here during peace time. He
gave much credit for the suc
cess of the operation to com
munity chairmen Carson Spivey,
Mrs. Dewey Perry, Jr., Clifton
Winslow, Joe Nowell, Floyd
Matthews, Mrs. M. B. Taylor
and W. C. Stroud.
The chairman expressed his
appreciation to the home dem
onstration clubs of the county
which supplied refreshments; to
the members of the Eastern
Star for staffing the canteen and
to local Doctors C. A. Daven
port, T. P. Brinn and I. A.
Ward, who were in attendance
during the day. .
He also expressed thanks to
Mrs. Pete Howell and Mrs. W.
C. Cherry for their work in
cennection with the' bloodmobile
visit. Especial praise went to
the volunteer donors who made
the visit a success.
Raleigh Man Will
Methodist Church
John Meares, Raleigh, an
outstanding leader in adult work
in the North Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodists Church,
will be in Hertford Saturday
through Tuesday of next week
to work with adult church lead
ers in this area and to be lay
preacher at the Sunday morn
ing services at the First Metho
dist Church.
On Saturday night he will be
leader of a Young Adult Fel
lowship meeting, which will
begin with a covered dish sup
per at 6:30 in the Fellowship
Hall of the First Methodist
Church. All young adults, 23 to
45 in the Chowan-Perquimans
Subdistrict have been invited to
participate in this meeting,
which will feature discussion
of young adult organization and
fellowship time, Mr. Meares is
a very popular leader of recre
ation and all attending will find
this time to be well spent.
Sunday at 11 o'clock he will
preach at the First Methodist
Church. He is an accredited
lay speaker and a subdistrict
lay leader of the Methodist
Church. Sunday night through
Tuesday night Mr. Meares will
be teaching in the Christian
Workers School each evening
from 7:30 until 9:30. His course
is "Improving the Church
School."
King Street PTA
In Meeting Monday
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of King Street Elementary
School, held its monthly meet
ing Monday night in the school
library.
' Mrs Mattie Everett, school
lunchroom supervisor, reported
contributions received from Mrs.
L. C. Winslow and the churches
of Perquimans County which
were earmarked for purchase of
school lunches for underprivileg
ed children. ;
' Approximatley 65 persons at
tended. A PTA supper planned
for Friday, February 20,: in the
school activity room was discuss
ed. -'-ivV. :. '-
Remodeling Job
At Local Store
. An extensive remodeling pro
ject is under way at Rose's
store - in Hertford and when
completed is : expected to pro
vide additional space for dis
play of merchandise and at the
same time permit the store, to
adopt the , self-service i system.
now v .used by many ,variety;
stores. - i
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Civil Court Term
Convenes Monday
26 Cases On Docket
Army Pvt. William C. Dossier,
Jr., 23. whose wife, Joyce, and
parents live in Hertford, recent
ly completed the eight-week ra
dio relay and carrier operation
course at the Army's Southeast
ern Signal School. Fort Gordon.
Ga. He was trained to operate
and maintain radio relay systems
and carrier equipment. Dozicr
entered the Army last July and
completed basic combat training
at Fort Jackson, S. C. He at
tended North Carolina State Col
lege. Indians -Squaws
Divide Games With
Edenton Teams
Edenton's Aces came from be
hind in the final quarter Tues
day night to defeat the Perquim
ans Indians in an Albemarle con
ference basketball game played
on the Edenton floor. Final
score was Edenton 46, Perquim
ans 43.
The loss of the second of the
conference schedule for the In
dians who faltered in their shoot
ing during the final period of
play against the Aces. The con
test was hard fought throughout
with Perquimans holding a 12-10
lead at the close of the first pe
riod then Edenton gained a one
point advantage 20-19 at half
time. Perquimans outscored the
Aces 12 to 8 during the third
quarter but fell behind in the fi
nal canto. Edenton hit 13 points
while Perquimans collected 12.
Griffin scored 18 points to cap
ture scoring honors for the night
while Wilkins of Edenton and
Burton of Perquimans got In
markers each. Colson hit for 12
for the Indians with Chcsson ga
ting 7, Tucker 6 and Nixon 2.
In the preliminary contest the
Perquimans girls, led by Letitia
McGoogan who scored 18 points,
won a 37-27 victory over the
Edenton girls. The Squaws gain
ed a 10-3 lead during the first
quarter and were never in dan
ger of losing this advantage. The
Edenton girls outscored Perquim
ans 6-5 in the second period but
the Squaws came back to take
the lead 11 to 9 in the last two
quarters.
Scoring for Perquimans were
McGoogan with 18, Phthisic 7,
Brown 9, and Spear 3. Overton
scored 11 points for Edenton,
Spencer got 19 and Smith 5.
On Friday night the local
teams will play Plymouth on the
local court and on next Tuesday
night Williamston comes to Hert
ford for return games With the
Indians and Squaws.
Former Resident
Gets Promotion
Henry D. Nachman, a former
resident of Hertford, and son of
Mrs. Viola D. Nachman, has
been promoted to the position of
comptroller, of the First &
Merchants Bank in Richmond,
Va. Nachman, a graduate of
Duke University, joined the
bank in 1930 and was named
auditor in 1954. He will suc
ceed Clifton ' , Pruitt, who ac
cepted, a bpnking post ia St'
Petersburg, Fla. j
5 Cents Per Cops
A calendar listing 26 cases for
trial has been released for the
January term of Perquimans Su perior
Court, which will convene
here next Monday with Judge ".
Malcolm Paul presiding.
Barring unforeseen develop
ments, court officials believe the
term of court will consume most
of the week. A second term of
court has also been set to con
vene on February 2.
Cases listed on the calendar for
the January term are as follows
Wilbur Owens vs. Nellie
Owens; William C. Riddick
Mary Perry Riddick; Wilbur -car
Lamb vs. Catherine Lami;
Wiley Welch vs. Frances Welca:
Lycurgus White vs. Oliea White;
Ocie Austin vs. Marinm Austin;
N. W. Chappell vs. Elbert N.
Chappell: Curluc Felton vs. J. II.
Lilly; Carlton Cannon Est. vs. C.
R. Ward; H. D. Hurdle vs. J. Van
Roach; Elle Simons et als vs.
Hughie Simons et als.
Percell Skinner v.s. Charlie
Jernigan; Percy Brothers vs.
Charlie Jernigan; Y. L. Brown
vs. Hertford Construction Co.; N.
C. Equipment Co., vs. Hertford
Construction Co.: T. W. Wilson
vs. Paul J. White Est.; Nathan
Riddick vs. Paul J. White Est.
Sinclair Refining Co.. vs. Lin
wood Godfrey; Tovvmotor Corp.,
vs. David E. Hervey; Harlan Hur
dle vs. Lewis Bros., Inc.; Hoop
er Tile Co., vs. Southern Loan &
Ins. Co.; Roy S. Chappell vs.
Norman Lee Bass; Thomas E.
Chappell vs. Norman Leo Bass;
Landing Supply Co., vs. Perry
White; Towc-Wcbb Motor Co.,
vs. Huglet and Mary While; Paul
Smith, Sr., vs. N. C. State High
way Commission.
Jurors drawn to serve at this
town of court ci'e ns follows;, WiI. .t-
liam O. Felton. Lawrence B. Per
ry, Elbert Taylor, Jack Phillips,
Robert P. Hollowcll, John Erwin
Chappell, Gailey L. Chappell,
Chester Butt. Mrs. Grace C.
Ward, Lonnie A. Proctor, Archio
Baccus, Franci- L. White, W. R.
Stanton, Jar White, Oliver
Cartwright, .!;.r r-s Roebuck. Rus
sell Baker, l'i n y Winslow, Mau
rice Saunder.-, Seymour Chap
pell. W. A. Renfro. Louis Stall
ings, Ward Hunter. Lloyd Stall
ings. J. Elmer Wood, Jr., Mar
shall Owens, Wilma B. Perry,
Freeman Mansfield, Fenton Britt,
Ralph Layden, Robert R. Keaton,
Benjamin Harrell, Thomas Hol
lowell. Oscar Riddick and F. R.
Chappell.
TD Film Shown
At Rotary Meet
A film, showing developments
in the fight against tuberculosis
was shown at Tuesday's meeting
of the Hertford Rotary Club. Dr.
A. B. Bonner was the program
chairman.
The film related the cause air
growth of the disease and tr '
mcnt now offered in hospitals '
halting its advancement. POmi
ing out TB is not hereditary, Ihf?
film explained the disease i:'
transmitted by those suffering
from TB; the germs are in the
air and on dust particles and may
be breathed into the lungs by
persons not suffering from the di
sease. Sponsored by the TB As
sociation the film urged every
one to secure a chest X-rav to
determine early detection of TB. .
Bids Invited
The Public Works Office, Fifth
Naval District of Norfolk, Va.,
has issued invitations for bids
for an estimated $25,000 project
at Naval Air Station, Harvey
Foint, Hertford, it "was reported
Wednesday by R. R. Hall, chief
inspector at the base.
The project " will be a site
clearance for a Tacan. Bids
will be opened at the Public
Works Office in Norfolk at 2
P. M. on February 10, 1959. The
work will consist of clearing and
disposing of , timber ' from the
site and other connected vork.
The bid invitation was issued
by Rear Adm. A. J. Fay,' Con
struction Officer, Fifth' Navat
District' ' ' 1 ' '
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