North Carolina Newspapers

1 U,Ut. 1 I1! ' , 'II ' " 1 ' ' " I' ' ' t Tl r i. TT3r JL Volume XXVI. Number Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 20, 1959. fi Cents Per Copy 1L 1VJI 1 M VV IL-j )La ILj Jl V Fc::rsPrGj2m I?rcscntcdGc!rl The Parent Teacher . Associa tion of the Perquimans Central Grammar School held its Feb ruary meeting Monday night, February in the auditorium of the. school . with the presi dent, Mrs. Ernest Long, presid ing. fOn ward ' 1 Christian Soldiers" was' used as the opening hymn with i Mrs. Pauline Webb as ac companist, The president graci ously , welcomed the v unusually large number of parents and teachers who were present. She also gave a special welcome to the past presidents who sat in a body in the auiitorium. She announced the theme for the month .."Maturity Through Re membering Our Heritage." Mrs. Ned Nixcn. who had charge of the -program, present ed H. B. Mii'.er pf the Cumber land, community, who. gave the devotional, reading from Psalm 16. .Mrs. Robert Louis Steven son of the Bagley Swamp com munity . beautifully rendered "The; Lord's Prayer" with Mrs.. Georgie Roberts as accompanist. During the business session' the president thanked everyone who participated in the basket ball 'game between the PTA of Central Grammar School and Hertford Grammar School. She stated that a profit of $188 was reaflized from this game. She also.- expressed the .appreciation of Mrs. Frances Monds, presi dent of the PTA of the Hert ford Grammar School. The president announced that a "Womanless 1 Wedding" is scheduled for March 12 in the school auditorium sponsored by the PTA. She announced that the i reception room project "has been approved by the Board of Education and that the work Willi get under way in the near future. 'She also announced thati the membership of the i asr sucif uuii whs uiviieu iu nv studkr course being "held, at the Hertford I Grammar School Jthe nights of February 1 19 ' and ;' 20 under the direction of Mrs. Mildred Auman. The. Cub Scouts took up a Founder's . Day offering which will 1 be used in ' furthering the (services of the National . Cong ress' of Parents and Teachers. Mrs. ' Melvin' Eure, program chairman, announced the theme for JMarch,'. "Maturity Through, Strengthening the Family." Mrs. Ned Nixon presented a Continued on Pag - PTA members at Hertford Grammar School are; reminded that! the study course on "Fam ily Affairs" is scheduled for Thursday and Friday nights of this 'week at 7:30 o'clock fn the library' of the Grammar School. According "to an announcement, made ' earlier, the Thursday night speaker will be the Rev. Marvin Vick, a former State Family Life deader in Parent- Teacher organizations. Friday night's session will feature a panel discussion on Family Responsibilities for the, Physical, Mental, Character and Educational Development of its , Members." Taking part will be Miss Audrey Umphlett, . Mrs. Chafles Payne, Mrs. J. "W Dil lon and the Rev. Bryan HoBo- man, There will .be opportuni ties ' to ask questions of these t lesoiirce, leaders. The conclusion of Friday night's study hour: will -fee the presentation of' a play ' 'As For Me and My House,"; to be given ; by ihe W. F. VAinsley family. Parents'! ,will' ! find ' , thiss play a helpful solution" to one of the big problems of family-living, . Pot Office To Close Monday '. The Hertford Post Office will operate on a holiday schedule next Monday, in observance of George Washington's Birthday, it was reported by Postmaster W. W. White. No deliveries of mail v U be made but the local of V' v-lnoTiws' will W opeft ifrom iB ' 13 A. M.,' and1 from' 2 M 3 f r rff eiving and dis- PTA Study Course In Session Tonight j : It;, r:;r:1 , fill.. H L v" ' ..li1imii ri HARVEST OF COURACE-Farmer Harry Ferguson above, of Springfield, Vt., is as tough as the granite for which his state Is famous. (He lost hia less in a silage cutting machine last fall, but is already !? and around on' artificial limbs. He hopes to be able to piow his fields come sarfog. m ' ountv Hears 2 Cause Gases A varied docket consisting of j Fi ve From County 35 cases, inaluding two prob-1 r ppri XTv. T en able . cause Hearings, was dis- UTl HOnOr IjISI posed of during Tuesday's ses sion of Perquimans Recorder's Court, presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Thomas Jenkins. Jr., Negro, was bound over for trial at the April term of Superior Court on charges of (larceny .of an au tomobile from! Towe-Webb Mo tor Company. I He was held for a. bond of $1,000. . Jenkins was arrested by Police Officer Wil liam Tarkentoit as ha, was driv ing a' car away from the deal er's car' lot. William Harris, Negro,, was held for a $500 bond for action' by. the Grand Jury at the April term of court fallowing a hear ing Tuesday . , 'vs which he was charged with carnal knowledge. Costs of court 1 were taxed against the prosecuting witness in the case in which Joe Stal lings was charged with assault with intent to cbmmit rape. The witness failed to appear in court to prosecute the case. Court . costs;1 were taxed against Clarence Feltpn, y Wil liam Rogerson.i James Ferebee, Daniel Ferebee, all Negroes, af ter each had submitted to charges of failing to observe a stop sign. ' OrviMe Howett and Octavls Long paid the1 costs of -court after pleading guilty to charges of failing to i observe a stop sign,''; George Bprbetf was found not guilty on a similar charge. Costs of court and ; fines as indicated after jthe names were taxed against the following de fendants, all of! whom ' pleaded guilty to charges of speeding: Arthur McPherson $7.25, . Wil iiam Stallings $10, Albert Moore $io, Thomas Knode $7.25, Jane Bradley $5.25, ' Blanche Zuck- man $7.25, Rosobe Justice $7.25, Donald Sachaul $7.25, Donald Ottaway $5.25, '. Lafouci $6.25, Thomas Jones,! $10.25, 1 Joseph Ralph S5.25, $6.25. Charles Herron Michael I Tierney . $5.25, t Russell Hall ($9.25,. Nicholas Florulli $20.25,4 John Bonvier $20.25, Edward feuck $5.25; Tully Tarkenton $7.25.! r . " : ' . Ed Harris, Ngro Was found not guilty on a charge of as sault !. with a' deadly 1 i weapon. Robert ; Sawyer, Negro, . ! was found guilty of the. charge and ordered to servi 30" days in jail " Continuad on Page 6 i' Lion Auxiliary ! rp MeetFb.26 ; The American Legion Auxili ary will hold is February meet ing next Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Kelly White, be ginning at 1 o'clock. This will be a supper meeting and special guests will include a number of state and district officials. - All members are urged to be present. Mrs. W, G. Hollowell, president of the local unit, announced the Auxiliary has" changed its- meet- itte'nlght to he' last" Thurso night of ; each' month.- TnisfWill1 iLcome tirectiv next week, der Kecor Probable Five Perquimans County stu dents at East Carolina College were listed on the school's honor roll for the fall quarter, the col lege announced this week. Rep resented on the list were William Eugene Byrum, all l's; Clinton Davis, Dean's List; Rachael Spi vey, Kathleen Stallings and Emi ly White, honor roll. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES . t "AHOtney ,U,- sateiHtei Van- uard'll, was succes'sfiilly launch ed this week, and officials claim the achievement will mean new era in : weather research. The satellite, about the size of a basketball, carries equipment which will provide scientific in formation on . weather develop ments. Officials say the sate! lite may whirl through space in definitely but the batteries run ning the equipment will last about two weeks. : Bills seeking vast changes in the State Constitution, through amendments, were introduced in the Legislature this week and re ports from Raleigh state: these proposals may bring about pro longed debate in the General As sembly. Other bills introduced this week call for changes in the school law, tax structure and sal- ary- increases' for teachers and other State Ps. Assistant Secretary of State Christian Herter has been desig- nated acting secretary in the ab sence of John Foster Dulles who is now undergoing treatment for cancer in a Washington hospital. Dulles is on leave of absence but Washington is speculating on pos sible permanent successors in the event Dulles resigns the posi Meanwhile, the Congress has in dicated a strong bi-partisan poli cy on foreign affairs will be maintained despite. the illness'1 of the secretary. i v , . it-, -i, .-. j'Ti n'J t ) ; ,-. THei ?km iaVainDlstfict is conducting an investigation of the explosion of "a "Navy blimp, near Washington, N. C, early Tuesday which resulted in death to. fpur members of the crew and seri ous injuries to three crewmen. The blimp was on a routine flight from Brunswick, Ga., to Lake hurst, N. J., when it crashed into a swamp area and burned. Western allies have called on Russia to join in a foreign minis ters' meeting to settle the Ger man crisis before it leads . to war. The. western notes rejected a So viet proposal for a 28-natton, con ferehce arid suggested"1 Big 'Four Meeting on A the whole German situation., " "'' u Tues County Board Acts In Preparation For ReValut Perquimans County will ha!ve a new standard for property taxation in 1961 if present plans of the Board of, County j Commissioners to hold a prop- erty revaluation is earned, through to maturity. Members of the Boarci mtt in an informal meeting Thursday night of last week and dis cussed information and advise concerning property revaluation which Commissioners R. L. Spi vey, W. L. Madre'and Attorney Silas M. Whedbee had obtained in a conference with officials ol the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill. It was the opinion of the board members the county' should proceed with a property revaluation project inasmuch as such a project has not been car ried out in Perquimans since 1927. It was also agreed ad-1 visable for the board to secure the services of a ' non-resident! Members of the Hertford Ro fiim of aDDraisers to conduct I tary Club elected news officers the actual work in revaluating real property, although final as - scssment figures will be made i clay night at the Hotel rlerttord. by the board members. Elected as incoming president After discussing the informa-1 wa" Dr- A- a Bonner, who will tion provided by the Institute of succeed Charles Payne. Other Government, the board named I officers chosen were James R. Commissioner Spivey and Attor- j White, vice president: Honrv Sul ney Whedbee to contact a list ' livan, James Divers and T. G of approved appraisers to se-; Howard, directors. Jack Kanoy cure estimates as to costs of the project and to confer with them concerning a schedule for start ing and concluding the work. This information, when secured, will be referred to the board for final action.. Methods used in revaluating property, as outlined by the In stitute, were also discussed and it was revealed the most used method is the setting up of a formula for establishing various categories for -land; a different formula, for houses and other types of buildings,, and various categories for timber lands. It., was also recommended that each piece of property within the county be mapped in order to provide additional in formation concerning land areas of the county. The commissioners also dis cussed information secured from the Institute concerning legisla tion placing county officers on salaries but action on this pro posal, which was discussed at the February meeting of the board, was tabled for further consideration. Perquimans next workshop will be oil furniture refinishing Feb ruary 25, when Miss Pauline Gor don, House Furnishings Special ist from the N. C. Extension Ser vice office in Raleigh, will help the women With their furniture refinishing problems' Each woman who comes will bring a piece of furniture she has cleaned thoroughly and prepared hv sanriincr and ruhhinff with Workshop At Ag Building Feb. 25 steel wool ready for the new fin- ters will present the meditations i.i. j r:- -nj .:.in k.u'on the Seven Last Words of tan aiiu mias uuiuuu win ireip her to decide the type of finish she needs, and teach her to ap ply H. ',.,. ;:. ' Miss Gordon will have various types .of stains, sealers, and fin ishes, but the women, are asked to bring an abundant supply of newspapers, bl'd rags, and old ny lon stockines arid ach woman will pay for the small amount of finishing materials she uses. The school will be held in the Aericultural Buildine in Hertford bezinninfeat!9:30,and'liisimg un- .midrffteijnpon. ;.J if V f his will be followed in "March by a rerupholstery workshop. PARISH HOUSE SERVICE S. The'. Rev. George F. Hill of Elizabeth City, will conduct the 11 o'clock service at the parish house of Holy Trinity Church on Sunday morning. ' ' Services will also be conducted by Mr. Hill throughout the Len ten period each Wednesday even ing at ,7:30 o'clock. These ser vices will also, be conducted at the' $ftrishihouse; 't"v; ' ftuiv t ' V i Thd; public i is..cojfdiaayinvited to attend all ot the services.' ion Here DateS CilVen For foWll ElectlOPS Ofico, )0J ,;ie prjmary uA eectjon fo(. oJ.fices ()r thc Tpwn . r1fnrrf certained and released by Town Attoinev Chas E. Johnson. I The final ri.':-e :jt candidatss to file for office will be April Hi. Th nrimarv will hp hplrt nn Monday Apri, 27 and the elec. Hon of the officials will be held , cn Tuesday, May 5. I Registration books for the election will be opened on Sat I urday, April 4, and will remain I open until April 25. iBonner Elected Rotary President I for the year beginning July . 1, j i at the club meeting held Tues- was re-elected to the ottice ot 1 secretary-treasurer. Following the business session. J. R. Futiell, program cht.irman introduced W. H. Oakey, Jr.. who spoke to the club on a proposed amendment t the State Consti tution which, if adopted, will re organize the state courts under a uniform system. Mr. Oakey stated the move ment, sponsored by the N. C. Bar Association, is aime.d,at providing a court system for the greatest good for the greatest number of people. He urged the Rotarians to give serious thought to the provisions which are expected to be presented to the public for fi nal adoption. Pointing out a commission1 study has revealed many differ ent types of courts are now in operation within North Carolina, and this condition leads some what to confusion, he said the commission proposes to unify the system under the supervision and direction of the Chief Justice of the N. C. Supreme Court. Pastors Plan For Sunrise Services Perquimans County ministers met Friday, February 13. at Ho tel Hertford to make plans for this year's Good Friday and Eas ter Day Sunrise services, which will be union services and will, this year, include participants from all churches of. the county. Good Friday services on March 27, will be at the First Methodist Church, from the hours of 12 o'clock noon until 3 o'clock in the evening. Seven different minis- on the Christ. - Easter Day Sunrise Service will be at the Hertford Baptist Church, with the Rev. W. E. Pic kett. Durants Neck, bringing the Easter message. Ministers in attendance at the nlannini? meeting were the Revs. Bryan Holloman, A: N. Gore, W. E.; Pickett, Leroy Howe, J. O. Mattpx," Henry Napier,' J. A. Au man and P, M. Porter. V , Mission At Baptist Church ; ; ' A" county-wide1 riiisiiort study Churches of . Perquimans County will be held at the Hertford Bap tist Church on Thursday after noon, February 26, beginning at i o'clock. Mrs. Joe Wbb. Jr.. will teach the book "Ways of Witnessing." ! ' v FOOD SALE : The members of the St. Cath erine Auxiliary of the Holv Trin itv Episcopal Church will hold a food ss'e SaturdaV'ibeginninr at 10 A, M .at the Dail (Plumbing store on Chiirch Street. t iu It K f I fill ,. ' ..Vn.... "J RING WITH A DIFFERENCE "Unique" is how Mrs. John QuiScy Wo" of Memphis, Tenn.. dc .scribes her o f wngmg classes. Unlike glasses mai varvTng depths before being Dlaved dry. Mrs. Wolf states inai u iouiv assemble the chromatically matched set of glass and ceramic pieces, which she plays with two small, wooden mallets. Install New Bicycle Racks At School Winslow Named As Wildlife Chairman State Senator J. Emmett Wins low, in addition to membership on five other committees, was named last week to serve as chairman of the Wildlife Com mittee during the 1959 session of the General Assembly. Winslow was also named to serve on the following other conimitt'ees: Ag riculture, Conservation & De velopment, Education. Journal, Engorssing and Printing, Manu facturing, Labor and Commerce and Public Utilities. Officers Chosen For Church School Methodist church school sup erintendents and ministers from Chowan and Perquimans coun ties met Sunday afternoon, February 15, to make plans for next year's Christian Workers School and to hear reports on the recently conducted School for Methodists of this area. Re porting on this year's school, attendance was found to have been better and the number of course cards of recognition is sued was the largest since the two counties have been having this training program Dates for next year's Chris tian Workers School were set for January 31 - February 4, 11160. The Rev. A. N. Gore, Jr., Vinfall, was . elected dean for the 1960 school. Other officers will be the Rev. W. A. Pickett, Durants Neck, secretary; and George W. Jackson, Oak Grove, treasurer. The committee on ar- rangements will be selected at a later meeting. The major change in plans over the present situation was the decision to have a five night school rather than three nights, which will give an op portunity to have a second series cf courses and a much widei area of study to choose from. Cigarettes Taken From Warehouse . Seventeen cartons of cigarettes were stolen from the Jackson Wholesale Company . warehouse, which was broken into some time Thursday night of last week, or early Friday morning, it was re ported by Sheriff J. K. White. The sheriff stated local officers are continuing an investigation of the break-in which was dis covered about; 7 .o'clock Friday morning. He stated officers be lieve the robbery occurred some time between ?:10 and 7 A. M.. since a door-check was made at the . place about 5 A, M. The ihtevea gained entry to the build ing by .breaking in the front door of the building. (4 0W' ' w.ft played her tuneful tumblers .re iu m i Several improvement projects, including installation of new bi- I cycle racks for the school, were adopted by the Hertford Giam- mar School PTA during its meet i ing which was held Thursday ! night .of last week in the school ' auditorium. j The meet inn was presided over by the PTA president, Mrs. R. S. ' Monds. The devotional was giv- en by the Rev. James O, Mattox. I accompanied by the men's noir of the Hertford Baptist Church. ( Minutes of the January r-xecu-I tive committee wt:re read and the following recommended nro'et were approved: Purchase of $50 I worth of serving supplies fur the ! school's lunchroom;' a new Cul j Scout committee composed of fie j Rev. Brian Holloman, Marion j Swindell and John Decker: in . stall rtow bicycle racks for tlv I school; to purchase and instill I v j background stage curtain for the auditorium: and award cue sil ver dollar lor perfect attendance at the PTA dancing classes. Mrs. Walter Edwards, program chairman, presented Den Two of Pack 155 of the Cub Scouts which put on a sk't from one of their recent themes. Durwood Reed, Jr., Cubniaster, encourager' parents with boys between the ages of 3 and 10 ' to get their in Cub Scouts. A nominating committee, com posed of Mrs. Charles Murray. Robert L. Hollowell and Mrs, R S. Monds, was named to select new PTA officer.; for the cominr year. The committee will make its report at the March meeting. With 189 members present Mrs. Mary Sumner's 6th grade won the attendance banner with 1 73 per cent present. I At the close of the meeting the parents were invited to visit the school classrooms and -refresh- ments were served. Henry C. Stokes To Direct Fund Drive Henry C. Stokes. Jr., has ac cepted the job as chairman of the 1959 Red Cross Fund Raising campaign for Perquimans Coun ty which will run for two weeks beginning March 9, so announced Marion Swindell, chairman of the Perqujmans- County Chapter. The' quota for this year is $1, 658.35. an increase of $200.35 over last year's quota; this increase be ing set ud for local use onlv. Ac. tually the national share is less than last year's. Mr. Stokes will appoint fund chairmen for each township with in the next few days and it is hoped that this year we will again be able. to meet our quota, I MASONS TO MEET Perquimans Masonic Lodge No.J 106, A. F., & A. M., will meet .. . 1 . 'aV:'!vS:?:.: - ''' :;:!; ! vS'iii"?-::;-v!" ' -:-' -ttw Heart Sunday To Be Observed In County Feb: 22nd Preparations are now being completed for the observance ot Heart Sunday throughout Peri quintans. County next Sunday, ! , February 22, when volunteers cab i i upon their neighbors to con tribute tunds which support the fight against heart disease the nation's number one killer, it was i reported torlav bv Mrs.' Charl". j Murray, who is serving as cha.'v ! man of the fund drive this yea" ' j Making up the county comnv. I teo assisting Mrs. Murray, win. : I !)' Fl. L. Stevenson, treasurer; I Edgar White. Hertford; Mrs. K!.. woe I Nowell, Belviilere; M:. A. Turner, New Hi me; Mrs. J. fk Curts. Bethel, and Mrs. Paul Smith. Parkvillc. Speaking of the drive Mrs. Murray said: "As Heart Sunday approaches let us stop and re- ; jview ihe advances made in the ; , past decade through your Heart Flint. "Thanks to the American pco- pie mom than 32 million dollars '1 have been invested in heart re search, "In. the;e HI years new de- veloomenls in surgical tech- niques permitting lifesaving op erations inside the human heart ' has been made possible; only si'rgery is but one facet of re j search program which the heart fund gifts have helped. Also new ' henef ts. -through intelligent use- of drugs have been developed. "We have come far in the last 10 years, so remember this when vour bell rings on Heart Sun- ; day and give generously. Do' this' with confidence that today's Heart Fund gifts do much toward insuring a happier, healthier to morrow". Indians - Squaws Participating In , Moskie Tourney The Periii;;'.tais Indians won 'he opening game of the Albe- narle Conference ' tnnrnev Wed nesday night, defeating Plymouth 49 to 41. The Indians came from behind during the final quarter o win the victory. Colson hit "or 16 points to-lead t'ie scorin.2, As winners of the first came the Indians wili nlav Scotland Necjj "riday night. The Indians and Squaws (j Perquimans High School closedd out their Albemarle Conference basketball schedule last Friday night by scoring victories ove; Plymouth. The win gave tht Perquimans girls the confercne title with a 9-1 record, while tlv Indians ended up with a 6-'. record. This week the teams are pu. ticipating in the conferee ' tournament-' which opened fJ Ahoskie Wednesday night. Ti-i Squaws, top-seeded team in the girls' division, are favorite ir cop the tourney title. Scotland Neck led the boys' division in the conference, fin ishing with an 8-2 record. How ever, the boys' tournament ir set down as a wide open affait with four teams, including Per . quintans, possible winners. The tournament pairings as drawn by the conference off cials was announced as follows: Girls' division. Plymouth vs. Scotland Neck Wednesday at 7 P. M.: Ahoskie vs. Edenton Thursday at 7 P. M.; Perquim ans vs. the winner of Plymouth and Scotland Neck, Friday at 7 P. M, The championship' game will be played on Satur day night, Perquimans and Plymouth opened the boys' division Wed nesday night with fame time at 8:30; Thursday Fdenton will play Ahoskie; Friday night Scotland Neck will play 'the winner of the Perquimans, Ply mouth game. ,The title contest wi'i be played at 8:30 Saturday night. . 1 , . ' : ' . ; " ' ' V.. TO OBSERVE FIFTIETH " ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY , 7 Mr. and Mrs. Archie R. Stall ings will observe their 50th wed- ding anniversary on Sunday,' jviarcn i, ei tne nnme oi iwr. ana vania Avenue, Hertford. L Friend lure invited, to call ran three to five o'clock nj the afterneon.' i j I,i