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F7r? 77. '77 EICLY r X Volume XXVL Number 11. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 13, 1959. .5 Cents Per Cops "1 Special Services To Honor Town Board Hears 1959 Easter Seal Child e Kate Blanchard Sunday I. ineer s orts otary Meeting em WE" 1 Exchang Student V . 1 . ' Guest Sp eaker A m Rep ting On Water Syst c$ ,.:;( ; - ) ;'w 4 : : j!!w"Hilimi' lM I Billv Fraser. three-vear-old ' if Ashe villa and North Carolina's Easter Seal Child with Gov- ernor Luther H. Hodge at the Governor's offi& in Raleigh. Variety Of Cases Before Recorder At Session Tuesday Ocptists Announce fes For Revival AO I'm, In cooperation with thousand's of other churches in the South- ern-.Baptisty Convention; rth'e Her'tfqrd Baptists will :'pasticl- pate in a simultaneous contincnt- i widje evangelistic crusadd.,".Thfe revfvdl will begin Sundaji, 'jffM:il 12,. and -continue through the following Sun'dqy.- ; , t I Speaker! for ih ! revival sm v vices here '. will, be Gregory Walcott. Besides being a busy : &ct6r in movies and television, Mr.- Wolcott :s in great demand as ja speaker-' for various de hominational conventions, meet ings jand' revivals. "Jimmie Fid ier popular columnist, speaks Of him as "the Filly Graham of Hollywood! ; The revival "will besponsored by'r all . organizations.. of the. church in a concerted effort of -evangelism.' Extensive plans for pre,-revival preparations are. be in made ahdthese will include cottage prayer meetings ; and visitation.,' ' ; . . Revival Services ;, ' At Epworlh Church ' Revival services ''wPH ''be eon dilcteI ' at 'the 'Epwfirth' Methe1 ' di Churih .inv'Wihfall,,taini niig Match '" 19 and tohtimie through - March 29, if was -announced by the pastor, '..the Rev. 'A. N. GoVe who will do the fxA-preaching. ' The public is invit ' :edl tit. attend the services. y; -. fl-. ON HONOR ROLL -w -..' V-"" '." "' ' ' '" - -':":-. Amon? the students at , th University " of Oklahoma listed on the honor roll for the past 'f'cr. msi J .U cf I! .'.'ir' ' "CI ' . rt Norwood; Elf ..ho iaa -stu son of Mr and Mm. Don W Fnur A varied docket consisting of 10 cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court ' presided over by Judge ChasV E. Johnson. '. Cv; vFlnes of $10.25 each and costs 4fMwrt were taxed against Ar-c .,-imona riarnson, . rrann, oaiese, Francis Bourdon and Floyd Dick- erson after each' had submitted to charges of speeding. The State took a nol pros in the case in which James Gibbs was charged with seduction and the court ordered that the costs be taxed against the prosecuting witness, Mrs. Dojris Trueblood. Fred Bryant, Negro, was found guilty on charges of driving drunk and driving without a li cense. . He was given a 60-day sentence to be suspended .upon payment of a fine of $175 and costs. Bryant noted an appeal to the superior court. Bond was, set at $300. A 60-day sentence, suspended , nnnn navmpnl rf a finA nf $100 and costs was meted out to Clar- ence Felton, Negro,, after he was found guilty on charges of ex ceeding a safe speed limit, driv ing without liability in surance and having no title for his car. A fine of $25 and costs was paid by Calvin Whedbee,: Negro, who submitted. ;to a .charge (of failing to yield a' right-of-way and making an improper turn. ' .The case , charging ; Johnnie Lilly,. Negro, with" larceny was dismissed when the State took a nol pros of the charges. , , . i Butler Mullen, Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and pdfd a fine of $10 and costs of court. Costs of ourt . were-., axed against Christopher Felton, Ne gro,, who submitted. to a, charge of driving with improper brakes. Fines of $2 and costs-were lev ied against James Skinner, Frank Edwards and James Skinner,- all Negroes, who submitted to charges of being drunk, . : Thirty day,, sentences, to, be suspended upon payment of fines of $5 and costs of court were giv ienNeal Everett and John Cos ton;. Negroes, who pleaded-guilty tpi charges of being . drunk; rt't., ; i, i f.i.l .-.it' -,t John Mathews! Wins V Scholarship AtECC Announcement was made here Tuesday that John Mathews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Mathews has been awarded a full athletic scholarship 'at East Carolina Col lege, and will attend the school beginning ' neict September. A senior at Perquimans High School., M.atbewsi rha&A peen an Wfetymding athleje,.- as, :wety' as ,an Iqt ..ptudert, aiHicipatjng ,i(in footba'-l, arri bflsketbal.- -e -,.., r Board In Special ; Meeting On Monday , ) . . The Perquimans Board of Com missioners and the Tax Supervis or will meet in the Court House in Hertford next Monday, March 16, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M., as a Board of Equalization and Review to handle matters per taining to 1959 property valua tion in the county. Individual desiring to confer with Hhc Board concerning valu ation problems on their property are requested to appear before the Commissioners at this special meeting. Number Of Farms Smallest Since '20 The .estimated 274,000 farms in North "Carolina during 1958 was one per cent less than in 1957 and is 10 per cent less than the record high of 304,000 forms in 1933, according to the North Carolina Crop Reporting (Service. The 1958 total is the lowest of any year since the 1920 total of 273,000 farms. ' There has been a consistent downward trend in farm num bers since 1950, with the year-to-year ; decline varying from 3,000 to 4,000 farms. Percent agewise, the decrease in number of farms has been Jess in North Carolina than in the South At lantic Division and the nation. ! ' The: total of 274,000 Tar Heel fairps; .during, 1958 iwas. exceeded only by Texas with an estimat ed 292,000 farms. Missouri ranked third in number of Ifarms with; 215,000; Mississippi 1 fourth with 204,000, and Ten- nessee fifth with 203,000. The . number of farms in the U. S. declined, from 4,855,800 in 1057 to 4,749,400 in 1958. . rne number of farms in North Carolina in 1910 totalled 255,000, and this figure gradu tlly increased each five year period reaching a total of 301,000 in 1935. A decrease was ; noted in 1940 and 1945, then the fig ure went back to 301,000 in 1950.. Beginning in 1951 the number of farms started declining each year; - starting with the figure OOO in 1951; 292,000 in 1953; zoi.uuu m iob ana down 10 274,000 in 1958. Holloman To Head Hospital Drive The' Rev. Bryan W. Holloman, Jr., of Hertford is among repre sentatives of the.. 75 Baptist As sociations of the state who will lead in promotion of this year's Mother's bay offering for Baptist Hospital. -.. . - ; Baptist churches throughout North Carolina wl)l make theii annual contributions to support the care of the needy sick at the hospital on May 1 10. t Assisting them in preparation 'tot the of fering will be the hospital repre sentatives of the associations. . . The , Rev. , Mr. , iHollqman re cently attended a meeting at the hospital as its representative in the Chowan Association, and he received information on ijhe ser vices, provided in . 1958 and the need ,. for) , ,thi .-yerA Speakers from the hospital. nd the Bow man Gray School of Medicine ad dressed the i groupi emphasizing the fact that the demand for care of. the needy sick grows In pro portion to the increase in ' the number of Baptists and 'in avail able services. Last year -40 per cent of Baptist hospital's 132,132 days'' of hisptal care were devot ed to patients who were unable to pay the cost of this care. In addition, there were 66,707 visits to the Out-patient clinics which ar operated for. needy patients, Those: admitted to the. clinics orep-1 resented i85 pf ,,North Carolina's t 100 counties. ! uv.x-xi. A Rotary -exchange student from Luzanne, Switzerland, Miss Ylonde Jenny, a student at Mere dith College, was a special guest and speaker, at a meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club held Tues day evening at the Hotel Hert ford. Miss Jenny, sponsored as an exchange student by the Raleigh Rotary Club, has been attending Meredith since last September i She gave the Hertford Rotarians an interesting talk on her experi ences in America and related some of the customs of her na tive land. Stating most Europeans secure impressions of the U. S., and its people from the movies.. Miss Jenny poihtcd out her surprisfe t. discover these, impressions arc very wrong, since the movies do not give a true picture of the country nor the people. She compared education be tween the two countries and stat ed the system used in Switzer land, where a student attends school for nine years prior to en tering high school and the uni versity, is aimed more at formal education than in the U. S where there is more socir.i activi ty connected with the schools In Switzerland, Miss Jenny point ed out, a student must take and pass an examination before enter ing high school. "One of the surprises 1 b.ave had in America," she sai-i, "is watching people rush madly about early in the day and then sit and watch TV for three or foUr hours every night." Giving some facts about her country the visitor said Switzer land was formed in 1291 when three, Cantons broke from the Hapsburg dynasty afid formed the federation Which IS now com posed of a ration about half the size of North Carolina and has a population of about five mil lion. Due to the make-up of the population four languages are used with French and German being dominant but Italian and English also widely spoken. Switzerland is , industrialized, despite the lack of raw materials; these are imported along with much of the foodstuff consumed by the people. The soil is of poor quality but in some areas is sufficient for vineyards and grazing. The federal government of Switzerland, Miss Jenny said, is similar to that of the United States. However, she said, each of the Cantons forming the Fed eration has a different system. No law passed within the nation 'sv legal unless it is published in the four languages dominantly used by the people. Under Way Hare The annual Red Cross fund drive was put into motion throughout i Perquimans County on Monday for a period of two weeks with a quota of $1,658. Henry Stokes, Jr., fund chair man, has announced the appoint ment of the various township chairmen as follows: Bethel, Mrs. Julian Long; - New Hope, Mrs. John Hurdle; Parkville, Mrs. Frank Bray; Belvidere, Mrs. Oli ver Winslow and Mrs. Walter Dail; Hertford, Henry C. Stokes, Jr., jriRt'jCi Elliott; pokgred. vision, Mrs! M. B, Taylor and'W. C.'troud-r;i'Hit.;r- 7tr kr.r These township chairmen have selected their solicitors who will make a house to house canvass in each section of the county seek ing membership contributions to the American Red Cross! -'"Mr.- iStokes has' -expressed his appreciation ' for the cooperation given; the drive thus- far and ex pressed confidence that the pub-; lie will respond to this appeal for, funds, so that all final reports can be made by Friday, March 20. BAKE SALE v The members of the St.. Cath erine Auxiliary will hold a bake sale Saturday, March 14, begin- ning at U3t A M. in ike old bank building on the comer of Map- ket -wut -XSmckt Strcetst. r-- t V - ' r y .. ,-, -ifVi tva; lantiidiU Uay wiil.De observed in the First Methodist Church. Hertford. SunHnv mnrn- ing, March 15, at the 11 o'clock seivicei The purpose of this I chard and members of her fam observance is to honor Missi'lv- This will bo in the fellow 1SS Blanchard, who has been playing the organ at the church for 60 years, life-time member of the church and one of its most devot ed members. The theme lor the day will be "Service," and congratulatory messages will be presented from former pastors of the church who have worked with Miss Blanchard in the musical pro- Ruritan National President Speaker More thart 150 persons are expected in attendance at the first annual joint Ruritan Club's I Ladies Night dinner which will I be held at the Hertford Gram mar School Friday night, March 13, at 7 o'clock, it was an nounced by Dick Brewer, chair man of the committee in charge of arrangements. The guest speaker for the event will be Fred K. Betts, III, president of Ruritan National of Harrisonburg. Va., an, outstand ing Ruritan leader and a mem ber of the Keezlctown Ruritan Club. Since 1046 Betts has been an active Ruritan and has had the offices of club president, lieutenant governor and district governor. He is owner and operator of the Betts Quarry, president of Betts & Frazier, Inc., and secre tary of Chestnut Hils Com pany. He received college train ing at Davidson-College, Bridge water. College and wthe Univer sity of Missouri in .the field of civil engineering: VJ'" v'; ' ' Other outstanding guests ex pected to attend the dinner meeting will be S. L. Lowery, past national president of Eliza beth City and Ernest L. Slack, director of Ruritan National of I Pinctown. Members of the Bethel, Dur ants Neck and Parkville Ruritan Clubs are joining together, for this ladies' night event and members who have not, as yet, secured tickets for the dinner may do so by contacting their club president. Three Year Old Boy Shot By Elder Brother . , A u three-year-old , boy, ' Carl Brown, Negro,, was shot and kill ed by , his lO.-year-pld- brother, Robert i Brown, about , 4 ,P. M., Tuesday afternoon, while the boys played at their home on the Low Ground Road in Belvidere Town ship. :, ;. t. Sheriff J. K. White reported the child was shot by a .22 rifle which had been, cut down to make a revolver.. He stated the child's : father, Robert Brown, told him he had the gun under his bed between the mattress and springs and that the older boy had secured the' gun and was iaying - cops 'and-' robbers - when the-gun wasidischarged, the bul- 1 let striking the- youngest 'boy. ' , , giifm. 1'ollowing the morning worship service a luncheon will ibu served to honor Miss Blan- ship- hall of the church and Mrs. j , Charles Whedbee is in charge cf luncheon reservations. Former pupils of Miss Blan chard are especially invited to attend the service Sunday morn ing and join with the congre pation in an expression of ap preciation for Miss Kate's years of service to her church and her community. t f red K. Betts, III Board Of Education In Meeting Thurs. The Ferquimans Board of Edit' cation met in special session on Thursday night of last week, at the King Street School. It was a joint meeting between the board members and all Negro teachers of the county, to pro vide information to the members of some of the activities carried out at the schools. During the business session Odel Hurdle, speaking for a dele gation from Perquimans Union School, presented a list of capital outlay improvements needed at the school. The proposals were taken under advisement by the board, which later authorized the school superintendent to prepare plans and secure cost estimates relating to improvements at the school. ' Board Member Charles Har rell was named to represent the county on the "Committee of 100" for oetter schools in North Caro lina."1' The Board requested J. T. Big gers," superintendent, to contact the State Highway Department concerning , installation of . no parking signs for a specific area in , front jf of Perquimans High School. - , ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr.' and Mrs.''" James Miller Umphlett' of Cody, Wyo., ' an nounce "the birth, of a son, Jef frey Clarence, March 17, at Cody Memorial Hospital. Mrs.1 Umph lett is ' the former Miss Betty Jane Bartlett. . ' '' " " ::" I 1 V Central PTA To Meet Next Monday The PTA of the Perquimans County Grammar School will meet Monday night, March 16 nt 7;30 o'clock in the auditorium of the school. The subject, "Maturity Through Strengthening The Family," Tom my Maston will have charge of the program and the public is invited to attend. M WEEK'S HEADLINES 9 Wmw:, Western diplomats have agreed to meet Soviet officials in Gc - neva lor talks on Berlin. Now,jtus hlr'in operated 24 hours it appears, a conference is in the I '3(!r d:,y " match the demand and offing providing Khrushchev does l,he report further pointed out not again change his mind on the nt ,.r, M,.,.- ...,, ... ,...' . Otrtlt-'U IOC ITUH 1.S OI HUlt'l-IML'IU on policy in Berlin but will not Continuous .operation, of the balk at a reasonable compromise ' now well, dug lasl September, the to Russian proposals. j report stated, will provide about I 132,000 gallons of water per day The Iraqi government reported'01' Jll,"lt twice the present de Wedntsday a revolt which flared n,!ind. in the northern section of the The engineer's report loconi country on Sunday had been mended the Town provide an quelled with forces seeking to adequate layout on the already overthrow the government flee- overcrowded site and renovate ing toward neighboring borders. The present Iraqi government as sumed power last year but ap parently is not satisfactory to many of the people due to Com munist influence within the gov ernment. Faced with increased tensions due to Russian demands oyer Berlin, Congressional- leaders arc questioning the Administration's military program, which now calls for sonic cuts in the armed forces; proposals are being made to step up the national defenses rather than curtail the program. The Legislature is expected to hear down on its work detail, fol lowing an address Thursday by Governor Hodges in which he called for a number of changes in the State Constitution. Num erous local bills have been acted upon by the General Assembly but as yet few major laws have come before the body. Long Island police quickly solved a $72,000 bank robbery last Tuesday when they acted on a telephone tip which disclosed the identity of one of four men participating in the crime. Po lice later picked up the other three men while they were counting the stolen money. Winfall Cub Pack" In Dinner Meeting Cub Pack 510 of Winfall. sponsored by the Perquimans County Central Grammar School PTA, held its Blue and Gold Banquet on Thursday night at the Winfall Grammar School cafeteria. The Cub Scouts and their parents were present and participated in the program which had Paul Smith. Sr.. as toastmaster. The Rev. A. N. Gore gave the invocation and the special guests were recog- r.ized by Shelton Morgan. Tom my Maston, principal of Win fall Grammar School, recogniz ed the leaders and presented pins to- the Den Mothers, who were: Lib Morgan, Mary Ruth Smith, Sally Knight, Billie Caddy and Doris Kemp. Several Cub Scouts received achievement badges and these were as follows: Wilbert Kemp, Jr., Webelos Badge; Paul Smith, Jr., Skipper Morgan and Archie Miller received . Silver Arrow Points . under the line. These four boys, along , with Carl Lewis, ; received a yearly pin. Ray Collier brought greetings from the Boy Scouts and gave an interesting speech. Miss Caroline Wright led several songs and the meeting was closed with the pledge to the flag. MASONS TO MEET ' Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Facts and figures concerning Hertford's water system and treatment facilities were reveal ed to members of the Town Board in meeting here Monday night when an engineer's survey report, compiled by Win. F. Free man, Inc.. of High Point, was made to the commissioners. The survey was conducted as pttrt of the town's plan to im prove the wiitcr supply and sys tem, incorporating a new well field into the system. 1 ' !'' l 1 l":;;lwi out the town's current water demand is a.Hiut 215,000 gallons per day, the raw water being obtained nun fiO shallow wdls which have a ca- I ,iR',,y "f 250'000 illlons day- Due t0 ,ho cl(-'"liind. the town's 1 filtration and treatment faeili- tncrc ls a definite need to in- L-ii-iise iiic cuuaciiv oi l ie tri-iir- mem. il:int. I - 1 the existing water treatment, fa cilities to provide fi;r future growth of the community and furnish adequate water system. Total cost of the program, in cluding the drilling of the well and piping the raw water into the treatment plant, has been os t'lnated at approximately $100, 000. " Following the report made iy the engineering firm, the Town Board inst ucted Mayor V. N. Darden and Town Attorney Chas. E. Johnson to confer with the Lo cal Government Commission con cerning a possible bond issue for the Town of Hertford to provide funds to carry out this project. The new facilities, if and when completed, will comply with all state and health department reg ulations regarding treatment and delivery of watei Other matters handling during the meeting included adoption of a motion authorizing the town clerk to advertise all delinquent 1958 i-eal property taxes for sale during the month of June and to sell the tax liens on the sec ond Monday in July. Youth To Receive Eagle Scout Award fit Service Sunday Another Hertford youth, Car lyle Woodard, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Woodard, will join the coveted ranks of Eagle Scouts on next Sunday evening when the Eagle Scout Award will be pre sented at services to be conduct ed at the Hertford Baptis Church beginning at 7:30 o'clock ' John Beers, Advisor to the Ex plorer Scout Troop, Hertford, has issued special invitation to al former Eagle Scouts to join witl members of Troop 155 and Ex plorer Troop in attending the ser vices. Members of Troop 15( will be under direction of Act ing Scoutmaster W. S. Long. The Rev. James O. Mattox, pas tor of the church, will preach th sermoa in conduct with the ser vices. Presentation of the Engl Scout award will be made b;. Charles T. Skinner, Jr., and th award will be piniit-d by th youth's niother. Mrs. Woodard. Carlyle has 22 Merit Badges, requires 21 for the Eagle award and presently is working for hi; God and Country Award. He t 15 years old, .a member of thi . Hertford Baptist Church am secretary-treasurer of Explore Post 155. He is an honor rol student at Perquimans Hig! School where he takes an activ part iri the Monogram Club an1 in school athletics. We Is -als . district president of the RA boy; of the Baptist Church.
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