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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 30, 1959.
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Coroner's Jury Is
ior court In
Galled For Inquest
In HighWay Death
Session This Week
With 6 Trial Cases
,Vf ume XXVI. Number 5.
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WASH DAY A tree grows in Brooklyn, N.Y., all right, butf
It's almost swallowed up by the jungle of clotheslines on wash
day. Helping out the lady of the house, a husband hangs out
few things to dry from the
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Uonough bureau
Annual Fund Drive
ForMarchOfE)imes
Set For Next Week
Preparations are now being
completed for the annual March
of Dimes fund drive, which will
be conducted throughout Per
quimans County next Monday
and Tuesday, February 2, and 3,
..it was; " reported ioday. by Mrs.
rCorbin Dozier, chairman of the
local committee for the Nation
al Foundation.
Mrs,. Dozier stated the commit
'days time. Volunteer solicitors
'who aided the committee .1 by
making a house to house- canvass
last year are being asked to serye
again for thef 1959 drive. ft
The chairman emphasized the
drive will continue only two days
and individuals desiring to con
tribute to the National Founda
tion fund are requested to have
donations ready when solicitors
call at the home since there will
be no call-backs.
Since the fund campaign con
ducted last year, the National
Foundation has expanded its:
scope of research and other ac
tivities on professional education
and medical care to include virus
diseases, arthritis and birth de-
fects...- .. .'i'yyy y ,' -.t -vv
V Speaking of the .enlarged pro
; 'gram, Jack McGee, Eastern State
Jtepresentative for the National
Foundation, in a letter pertaining
to the local drive said: s
- brother ot ..Trueblood was
r trated. drive this year, conclud-iSchool basketball teams here riding with him at the time
' . ing the entire canvass within two last Tuesday flight. ', The win by land each of them heard a noise,
f Perquimans County will conduct
a vigorous March of Dimes 'cam
paign again thisear. ', '1 , , '
"You are- tertainly aware ' of
the expanded program of the Na:
tional Foundation including1 ' an
initial attack against the leading
cause of crippling and the na
tion's largest 'unmet' childhood
health problem arthritis and
birth defects. This enlarged pro
gram Is a logical extension of our
eminent, victory- over, polio, en
abling us to v utilize our experi
ence and know-how, for the good
of -' mankind. ' I am personally
confident that significant contil-
butibns in these fields will ' be
made by our cofhmon effoi'ts." "
Board Of Education
To Meet Wednesday
The February .meeting of the
Perquimans Board of Education
v '1 be held on next' Wednes
day nlght;v 'February-4 at 7
o'clock in the auditorium of the
Hertford Grammar School, it was
reported today by J. T. Biggers,
school superintendent.
The meeting - will ; open as a
joint gathering of the members
of the Board of Education and
all white " teachers of the coun
t Following this the Board of
a '--ration will go into an execu
tiv . et which i, time Jt
will . , ' , with . any, persons
desirir. ' , r : writ business. , Jp
' e boa;,;, . , t i. r-
We escape oi a nouse on mo.
Indians -Squaws
Over Villiamston
The Perquimans Indians
and
JjSquaws "scored impressive Vic-
the Squaws was the sixth con
ference victory of the season,
giving the Perquimans girls top
place in the Albemarle Confer
ence standing.
Letitia McGoogan, scoring 30
points, led the Perquimans team'back to see what U was. Weath
to a 45-29 in. The local girls ersbee said he then learned that
led 10 to 6 at the end of the
first period and ran this ad
vantage , to 25-14 at half time.
They added 16 points in the
third quarter and : four in the
final. Williamston tallied V six
points in the third period
and
nine, id" - the .fourth. Brown
scored 8 points for Perquimans,
Phthisic 3 and Spears and Skin
ner got 2 each. V. Griffin was
leading scorer for the Williams
ton girls with 14 points.
The t , Perquimans Indians
bounced back from a cbuple of
losses to , Plymouth and Scot
land Neck :to", sink the Williams
ton boys'f, team for the second
timei "this year by a score of 48
to' J31. Seven members of the
Indian squad broke into the
scoring column to rack up the 17
point advantage. Chesson can
ned 11 points for the Indians,
followed by Burton with 10, Col
son 8, White 8,. Tucker 6, , Nix
on 3 and Tarkington 2. Para
dise hit for 7 points for the
visitors while Tise got 5 and
Wynne 8.
The Indians jumped into -a
13-8 lead during the first quar
ter . and ; outscored Williamston
11 to 6 in the second period to
hold a 24 to 14 lead at half
time. Perquimans added nine
points to its total in the third
period and Williamston was
held to fiye. In the final quar
ter Perquimans tallied 15 points
while holdinir Williamston to
12.,
Friday night the Perquimans
teams travel to Scotland Neck
for return',, games and on "next1
Tuesday night the Indians and
Squaws, will play the Ahoskie
teams on the local court. ' :
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wollard an
nounce the birth of a son, born
Thursday, January 22, at the Albemarle--Hospital.
-Mrs. Wollard
is the former'Miss Louise "Jordan.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT t
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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Haskett an:
nduhee the' birth of a son, borri
Tuesday mornintf, January 27,5at
the Albemarle Hospital r -
Perquimans Coroner Dr. C. A.
Davenport on Tuesday morning
.summoned a coroner's jury to
conduct an inquest in the death'
of William Isaac Lowe, Jr., 31-
year-old Kertiord Negro, who
died in the Albemarle Hospital
at 8:15 Sunday night following
un accident which occurred on
Highway about four and a half
miles north of Hertford at a
spot .known as Newbold curve.
Members of the jury, which
gathered Tuesday to view the
body, are J. W. Dillon, W. F.
Elliott, Claude Brinn, W. F.
Ainsley, Thomas Dail and L. B.
Gibbs. The inquest will be held
next week.
Doctors at the Albemarle ,
Hospital, according .to Patrolman
Robert I Weathersbee. stated
Lowe suffered lacerations of the
head, a loose left knee and abra
sions of the left fore leg. How
ever, it was reported death was
(believed caused by internal in
juries suffered in the accident.
Patrolman Weathersbee, who
investigated the accident, stated
Lowe was struck by an auto
mobile while he was in
of changing a flat tire. Mr.
Weathersbee said Lowe was
driving south toward Hertford
when a rear tire went flat and
Lowe pulled off the highway.
leaving about five inches of the
rear fender extended over the
roadway, in order to fix the tire
and had just removed the hub
cap when the accident occurred.
John William Trueblood.
former Winfall resident
currently living at Virginia
Beach, was headed north. After
coming around the curve he
started to pass a vehicle and
was in the process of this act
when his car hit Lowe.
apparently when the side of the
automobile hit Lowe. - The driv
er completed passing the car,
pulled back in his lane of traf
fic, stopped on the right should
er, turned around and went
lne man was injured,
Telling him to use his auto,
Trueblood sent his brother back
in the direction ; of Winfall to
place calls for ; an ambulance
and a highway patrol officer
.while he remained at the scene
with the injured man and four
or five of Lowe's Negro male
companions. ' ;
The dead man is son of
Hertford's only Negro under
taker, Isaac Lowe. He operated
Perquimans Beach, a Negro rec
reation center some five miles
southwest -' of
Harvey Point
Hertford
road.
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Judging Contest
To Precede Sale
A stock judging contest among
4-H and FFA teams of the Albe
marie area will be conducted at
10 o'clock Friday, February 6, at
the Hertford Livestock and Sup,
ply Company.
The contest will be conducted
prior to a sale promoted by the
Albemarle Purebred Swine
Breeders, which will be held at
the same place beginning at one
o'clock. " ,. '.'
Recorder Court .
In Recess Tuesday
Recorder's Court was in recess
Tuesday of this week because of
the regular civil term pf Super
ior i Court being conducted by
Judge Malcalm Paul. Cases list
ed on the docket were set for
hearing at a court session to be
held next Tuesday in the Coun-
cil. room at the Municipal Build
ing, in Hertford. ; '
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
Commissioners for Perquimans
County will hold their February
meeting at the Court House next
Monday, beginning at 10 A., M.
The meeting is expected to be
held in the office of the. Register
6f Ddeds since ' the court ; room
will be used for a special 'term
of civil court. '
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i
im WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Possibilities of an interna
tional conference concerning
Germany and its relations be
tween the East and West ap
peared brighter this week when
Secretary of State Dulles gave
assent for a meeting. However,
Dulles said he saw nothing con
crete in Soviet proposals ex
piessing desire to end the ten
sions or the cold war.
following adverse court de-
cisions- Virginia Governor Al
mond this week called a special
session of the Virginia General
Assembly to consider a new set
cf laws to cover that state in
regards to the school situation
The Navy has announced efforts
are being made to provide edu
cation for children of Navy per
sonnel located in the Norfolk
the actlarea' where schools have been
closed recently.
Lar manufacturers, according
to a news report this week are
giving thought to complaints
registered Dy car ouyers over
the quality of their products.
The companies, the report said,
are conducting studies toward
improving- production to elimin
ate Doay rusting, rattles, leads
butiana omer snoaay assembly of
cars. ... .
A Washington report has an
nounced Senators Humphrey (D
Minn.) and Talmage (D-Ga) are
working on a new farm pro
gram law aimed at tightening
production " conffol' through
acreage allotment but at the
same time curtailing subsidy
payments to large 'land owners.
Selective Service is expected
to be extended for another- four
years, following testimony giv
en Congress this week by De
fense officials that it will be
impossible to maintain the arm
ed forces at needed strength
without the draft law.
Town Commended
On Publication
Of Booklet
Numerous comments and much
praise are being received by the
Town of Hertford complimenting
the publication of its Bi-Centen-nial
booklet, which was compil
ed and -written by former town
clerk, W, G. Newby.
The town forwarded copies of
the booklet to all public libraries
within North Carolina and typi
cal of the comments is the fol
lowing letter received by Mayor
V." N. Darden from Mrs. Laude
Q. Kelsey, librarian of the Shel
by Public Library. The letter
stated:
"We are delighted to receive a
copy of the booklet Town of
Hertford Bi-Centennial 1758-1958,
This is. a splendid history of your
town and county,, one deserving
of praise of the noteworthy ach
ievements of your good people,
both now and in the past. Would
that more North Carolina towns
took such pride in its history so
that our young people and on
coming , generations could reap
these fine benefits,
"Ypur , publication is . an excel
lent addition to the history col
lections iiv our . public libraries.
We commend you highly for
your generosity, in distributing
the booklets free of charge.' It
is our sincere conviction that no
finer method of public relations
could be called into use, and
truly hope that, as a result, you
will' be visited by people from
all; over the ,state and from out
side the state. You are doing b
fine thing for all of North Caro-
un. May" many blessings be
yours for your noble gesture in
sharing with', the entire
public
the 'result pf many years work.";
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TOTEM IN THE CAPITOL Alaska' Sen. E. L 'Bob'
Bartlett dusts a prime example of the totem maker's art -a
he sets up housekeeping in the Capitol offices in Washington
County
On Friends Church
Listing Deadline
v-
Perquimans County property
owners who have not yet listed
their properly for 19S9 taxes are
reminded today by Julian C.
Powell, County Tax Supervisor,
that Saturday, January 31, is the
last day for listing without penal
ty. Mr. Powell urges those prop
erty owners to see list takers in
their respective townships im
mediately in order' to avoid the
penalty ior late listing.
3PW dub Meeting
HeldAtHome Of
Mrs. Betty Swindell
The Perquimans Business and
Professional Women's Club held
its regular program and covered
dish supper at the home of Mrs.
Betty Swindell Thursday, Janu
ary 15.
Following the supper, the
president, Mrs. Alice Owens, pre
sided over a short business ses
sion and announced that the
spring district meeting would be
held in Scotland Neck.
Mrs. Essie Burbage, Member
ship Chairman, was in charge ot
the program, assisted by Mrs.
Dora Riddick and Mrs. Mary
Dale Lane. Mrs. Burbage gave a
brief resume of. women's fight for
equal rights, which began in
America in July 1848 when a
group of strong-willed women
and a handful of men met in Se
neca, New York. Among the
things the ladies of this conven-1 areas had been cleanedand that
tion demanded were the vote, the Plans were under way to prevent
right to hold property and equal'them from being lost by erosion
educational opportunities. land the encroaching river water.
Mrs. Burbage stated that the' Reports from .other committees
current "Who's Who of American
Women" listed women in occupa-
tions from "A" to "Z" and said
that the modern woman is mak
ing a name for herself in scores
of fields that were once almost
the exclusive province of men,
' Mrs. Riddick gave a short talk
on "Why I Am A Member of a
Business and Professional Wo
men's Club." Some of the rea
sons were (1) It gives me an
opportunity for fellowship; (2) It
gives me an opportunity to -work
for worthwhile local civic pro
jects; (3) It gives me an oppor
tunity to participate in a nation
wide program to promote the
well-being of all women wage
earners. .,
Mrs. Lane gave a. brief sum
mary of the local club activities
for 1958 and listed some of them
as (1) Support of teenage center;
(2) Support of mental health clin
ic? (3) Sponsoring cancer cru
sade;; (4)- Sponsoring safety pro
grams in all schools. ..' : i: .. ,
Attended Farm
Bureau Convention
, " Four members 'of the Perquim
ans County Farm Bureau were in
Raleigh this week attending the
annual convention of the N. C.
Farm,. Bureau. Representing the
local unit were Preston Nixon,
George Winslow, Joe Nowell and
R. M. Thompson.
Historically11 0"
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), Mrs. Grace Ward's history of
I thi FYipnr)! Mpr.lino in PnminmjW.
1 ans County was featured in the
quarterly meeting of the Per-
quimans County Historical Socie-
tv n Mnnrfjiv niuht m Wo,h
traced with detailed research the whlch must be used while the
growth of the Quaker religion in!nevv bndRe ls under construction,
this area fiom the first sermon iEnd as ,a resu't of t!,u-'se conv
bv William Edmundson nrhprf P'a,nls lot'al offictals las week
.. , r .u n .called Mr. Spruil to inquire if
on the shores of the Perquimans I . , t, , ,
D. ,r-0 ... . . a speed-up of the work can be
River in 1672 to the present Pin- , v , , , . , ,. , ; ,
, , ... . , brought about bv the district
ey Woods and Up River Friends ...
ofiice
Meeting House. This authentic i ';, . ,, . ., . ,
. . . , , . , , . Residents living in the neigh-
data was interspersed with brief b()rno()d Qf the br- ,. OI.tfano
anecdotes and -touching upon k has taken ace at thc
personalities, made the paper 'site dul.ing the t two weeks
very interesting to the assembled (espUe the fact that a ,20.day
Ioup' . time limit was set for cunstrue-
Steve PeiTy of Durants Neck tion of the project when the
vice president of the local histor- contract was let the last week
ical. society, presided in the ab- in. September, of 1958...
sence of the president. Capt. Nat Mr. Spruill informed Mayor
Fulford. jDarden he was not aware work
The committee on old honii-'pn the project had stopped,
steads reported some progress in;However. he said the state holds
its research and a vast field in a performance and time limit
which we work. Miss Kate bond on the project contractor
Blanchard gave an interesting de-'and that when the time limit
scription of the old Blanchard ,had expired the state could
home located on the Perquimans ,lhen demand action.
River between Winfall and Bel-1 Reports circulating here re
videre. At this point, an old late the contractor sublet the
floating bridge was built known project and the work stoppage
first as Nixon's bridge and later came about because of disagree-
as Blanchard's bridge. This was
built earlier than the picturesque
old float bridge which spanned
the river at Hertford for many
years' Revenue from a toll gate
at Blanchard's bridge reimbursed
the builder arid operater of the
bridge, as through this toll gate
passed most of the traffic to Vir
ginia. Mr, Perry, reporting for the
committee on old graveyards,
stated that some of the oldest
gravestones in the Duartns Neck
wcic aiau iicaiu. ruling 111c in
formal discussion of historical
sites in Perquimans which fol-i
lowed the program, coffee was i
served.
Employers Urged
To Check New Law
On Pay Exemption
State Labor Commissioner
Frank Crane urges employers us
ing the Federal Wage-Hour Law's
overtime pay exemption for their
executive, administrative and
professional employees to check
now on the salaries being paid to
these employees.
"On Monday, February 2, new
overtime exemption requirements
go into effect," Crane stated.
"Employers wishing' to keep their
executive, , administrative rand
professional : employees " exempt
from' the overtime pay require
ment should make sure these em
ployees are being paid enough to
qualify them for the exemption.
o J , , . 1 . ...
oiarung reDruary z, , said
Commissioner Crane, "aft execu
tive employee must "be paid at
least $80.00 a week or' $346.67 a
month to remain exempt from
Continued on Page 6
High School PTA
To Meet February 5
The PTA of Perquimans High
School will meet on Thursday
night, February 5, at 7:30
o'clock in the auditorium at the
school. An interesting program
on the subject of destine anrl
counseling high school pupils
will be presented by Mrs. Henry
Sullivan. The meeting will last
ior one hour and all patrons of
the school are urged to attend.
Little Hope Seen
Little hope is seen by local
officials for a speed-up in con
struction oi a new bridge across
Raccoon Creek at the south edge
,of Hertloid following a phone
conversation last Friday be-
twecn Mayor V. N. Darden and
N. Spiuill,
resident engineer
of the Highway Commission.
1NIUIc'0us complaints nave
bec'n '-etiistfred by residents in-
ccnvenienced by the detour
nt oetween tne two nrms in
Ivdved. However, Mr. Spruill
Pnma out me siaie is i.iok-
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ing to tne contractor to comply
with the terms of the contract,
thus finishing the project with
in the time limit.
Beverly Tucker Is
Alternate Nominee
For Scholarship
Six eastern North Carolina high
school seniors have been chosen
to participate in final interviews
during February for coveted
Morehead Scholarships at the
University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill
Selected Wednesday, January
21, at a district committee meet
ing in Williamston, from among
24 nominees from 19 counties
were these six: Theodore Joseph
Collier, Jr., Bayboro; Charles Al
lan Eure, Roduco, Gates County;
William Patton McDowell, Eliza
beth City; Henry Emanuel Mayer,
Kinston; Robert Duane Powell,
Wilson; and Richard Wildon
Smith, Havelock.
One .alternate nominee also was
named: William" Beverly Tucker
III. Hertford.
The six nominees from District
I will join 36 other North Caro
lina schoolboys who will come to
Chapel Hill the last week in Feb
ruary for interviewing by the
Central Committee of the John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
Those who qualify will receive
$5,000 scholarships which provide
$1,250 per year to cover tuition,
books, room and board, plus more
than $200 for spending money.
Established in 1951 by UNC
alumnus John Motley Morehead,
diplomat from Rye, N. Y., the
scholarship foundation has
awarded more than $800,000 to '
179, students.. At present there
are 117 Morehead Scholars study
ing at the University.,'
The January term of Perquim
ans Superior Court, which con
vened here Monday with Judge
Malcolm Paul presiding, all but
brought down during the read
ing of the calender when it was
determined only six of the 26
cases listed on the calendar were
lo be heard during the wecK's
term.
However, one of the cases, that
of Wilbur Lamb vs. Catherine
Lamb, was dismissed when the
plaintiff failed to appear to press
his suit and six cases were dis
posed of by judgments being con
sented to prior to the opening of
llw, Inrm TI,.,o
.Li,,,. . iitat tcirtf. WUI'J
those of Cuilee Fclton vs. J. 11.
Lilly, Carlton E. Cannon vsV
Charles Ward, Ellie Simons vs.
Hughue Simons, T. W. Wilson vs.
Paul J. White, Nathan Riddick
I vs. Paul ,J. White and Sincbir Re
: lining Co.. vs. Linwood Godfrey.
Court was recessed Monday at
about 11 A. M., when Judge Paul
excused the jurors until Tuesday
at 10 A. M. Ten of the eases list-
'd on the calendar were contin
ued at the Monday session until
later terms of court. Court of
ficials believed the six cases set
for trial might not consume more
than three c!i of hearings.
The divor. vase of Lycurgus
White vs. Olii . White was con
tinued until the April term of
court when the presiding judge,
Malcolm Paul ordered that the
defendant be sent notice of thc
action.
Cases continued included thos'i
of William Riddick vs. Mary Rid
dick, Wiley Welch vs. Franccs
Welch, H. D. Hurdle vs. J. Van
Roach, Y. L. Brown vs. Hertford
Construction Co., N. C. Equip
ment Co., vs. Hertford Construc
tion Co(., Hooper Tile Co., vs.
"Southern Loan Co., Roy S. Chap
pell and Thomas Chappeil Vs.
Norman Lee Bass, Towe-Webb
Motor Co., vs. Hughlet and Marv
F WhitP :inri Pi.iil Smith C.
v?.
Commis-
sion.
Tuesday morning the cases o
Person Skinner and Percy Bn
thers vs. Charlie - Jernigan. :i.
which the plaintiffs sought cli,'
ages from Jernigan, involving
automobile accident, was starlu:
as the first of the six cases to be
tried.
Court opened Tuesday morn in.
with a divorce hearing resulting
a divorce being granted to Wil
bur Owen.s from Nellie R. Owens
on grounds of two years separa
tion. Following this case the trial at
Percell Skinner and Percy Bro
thers vs. Charlie Jernigan et. als
was started and it ran well into
Thursday morning. Skinner and
Brothers sought damages- for in
juries received in an automobile
accident which occurred in May,
1954 on the Harvey Point road
near Southern Shores beach.
Bank Of Edenton
Defendant In Case
Set For Next Week
One case is listed on the calen
dar for the civil term of Superior
Court which convenes here next
week. Judge Malcolm Paul will
be the presiding judge.
The case scheduled for trial is
one in which Mack Ward is suinrf
the Bank of Edenton involving a
savings account he had with the
bank.
Jurors drawn for service at this
term of court are: Elwood Wil
son, Jean Phillips, P. H. Ownley,
Jr., Claude Winslow, Reuban
Stallings, Marion Cooeland, Eu
gene Boyce, Charles R. Ward. R.
W. Biggs, Lonnie Spruill, W. D.
Stagings, Melvin Bright, E. A.
Turner, C. C, Banks, J. B. Eure
John A. Elliott, Herbert Winslow,
A. N. Sims, Joseph C. Layden,
Howard Winslow. Howard Long,
Holland Hurdle, John Elton Hur
dle, W. E. Harrison, Louis Tay
lor, Curtis Rountree, . Wallace
Bright, S. D. Jones." Daniel Wil
liams. Willard Copeland, R. S.
Mdhds. Jr.. H. R. Miller, Lerov
Goodwin, William P. Chappeil, J.
R. Webb and Oris Rountree. '.V