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i , ,i,Li. I lf-l liM- II Volume XXVI. Number 15. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 10, 1959. 5 Cents Per Cop:, s w V '4 Liaco X-Eay Survey ir2Fer;B; Saturday A mass free chest X-ray pro- Winfall Board . gram for the people of Per- Seeks Reelection ' , quimans County will get" under - ..-,.: way in Hertford tomorrow, April;; A11 members of the Winfall 11 when ' a mobile X-ray unit Town. Board are seeking re-elec from the Stale Board of Health , tion in the balloting which .will -comes here for a seven day stay. take place in Winf.aH on Tues- Preparations for this project day, May 5, it was reported y have -, been completed by the. Jr. H. Jordan, town elerk. District TB Association in (co-j Seeking re-election to the operation- with, the. District! Health Department arid it is the.ents, .Mayor Elijah White-Tind hope of , the "health off.chls at Commissioner Nathan Matthews, least 3,000 .residents of the county will ' take advantage of this opportunity to secure a free chest X-ray. , The mobilo X-ray unit will be located on the 'Court' House Green in Hertford April 11, 14, IS, 16, 17, 18 and 21 and will be in operation from 11 A. M. until S P. M. daily except Sunday and Monday. ' , , A similar program was con ducted by the Health Depart ment several years ago and proved very beneficial to both the people of the area and to the Health Department. - v Some of the facts about mis program -are: ' X-rays ; are free to every person of this county, IS years or over; reading of the X-ray will be done by a quali fied physician; each - individual who' takes a minute or two to secure an X-ray will be notified as to the results' found by the film. . - , In stationing one of the mobile units in Hertford during the pro ject, period, April 11 through 21, it- will . take only , a minute or two of the .-'individual's time to have an' X-ray made; X-raying will be done at the unit, to-he located on the Court -House Green between the hour of" ft Af'flt nd 5 P., e&ql day, of We1' week "excepting . Sundays and Mondays. w r The purpose " of the program Is to provide aft economical method for, finding tuberculosis, cancer of the chest cavity and enlarged heart. Early discovery pf these troubles lead to earlier j treatment and longer life. u. ui.u 1 Ail t least 3,000 residents of pi,62 for medical mstitution. Perquimans County, will lake.lor search; 10 education time and use this opportunity to to . pay the coof court after secure a free X-ra? during W sbmitt.ng to a charge of aiding period the program is being - ried out., - . Hearing Waived By Man Charged With BreaHnlnEE JL-. 1 A V Eugene Myers, 21, m. charged with breaking and entering; the filDjfna'iiill 'itlectile tJVlimfership Corporation tplfe? last Saturday i night and larceny, waived a pre liminary hearing in Perquimans Recorder's ' Court' on Tuesday and he was bound over tot trial at the April ' term of Superior Court.. ' ' ' Myers, who is on probation iVi three courts.' -was' discovered in the REA office by ctistomerl who had stopped thero to drop Off an envelope containing pay ment for electrical service. The eustomer notified the police who surrounded the buildingk and la tfcr took Myers into custody. .He was found hiding behind iomp cr- Us in the 'building. ' " ,',.',, ; 'Clher cEws disporod fit (4ur-. ing the Tuesday term included those of 1 Vi'oodrow Kawls whp paid a fine of;'$3 erd costs, of ( 'fiurt' after submit '; ng ,tq. .charg-, rf sr'-:i'1. , ' ,.. ,, , omds LVCor-ri,.'i v , s, taxpd i , the costs of court on v.a of impror t pc -s of $2 and c f -d 8 J, CI-a J 3 of cevrt t RoL rt cf X " 1 cf board for Winfall are incumb i J. F. Hohowell, Sr., and D. R. Trueblood. . Cencer Fund Drre flow Untfsr Way ifl Perquimans The Perquimans County unit of the American Cancer Society held its kick-off meeting for the annual crusade Friday night April 3, at the Hertford Muni cipal Building with the presi dent. Miss Hulda Wood, presid-Wgo-v -V-',, ::. ;-o;-'..,''-'. ':', Miss Wood introduced Dr. Ra' Silverthorn'e of Washington, N C, who spoke on "Cancer aw" Its ; Eradication." c He gave thf history and purpose of the Am erican Cancer Society and gav the following facts: Our cancc problem, is great. Over 4,300 North: Carolina citizens died of cancer in 1958. Last year more school children Idied of cancer than any other disease. He said. ''More people are being saved than ever beforte through educa tion, ' early detection, -; prompt treatment and '.: the ' advances -of research e$peJU0f4jn important part in' detecting canj cer, which- included dehists." In urging people 4o give generous ly when called upon for a contri bution, V he !" explained how the money . is being spent. "Re search, ' 30 $380,560.50 was raised in North Carolina last year. S152.224.20 was sent to National and received from - National Continued on Pag Three) Sheriff J, K., White, assisted by SBI 'Agent. John : Kdwards, are continuing the ..investigation of two break-ins reported here' last Monday morning. ,. Sheriff White said clues left by robbers who broke into Colonial Stores and the Hertford Cafe are be ing followed up during the in vestigation. ... About $25 in cash was taken from the cash register 'in' the cafe,' according to Sam Hour-1 moufciSj' cafe owner.'-'.-As1 yet 'the; missing items, takeh ' from." the Colonial Store, has not been de termined. ' 1 ,?' ' ' Whoever entered the cafe "and, store Sunday ;'night, ;pried open the doors to' enter. " Sam Houb mouiis, owner; iird 'oDeratoi1 'of the- Hertford '.' CafeJ1'' lives' ''up stairs' with vhis family but':ffs not riiturbed by the thief."'; I The sheriff said an , attempt wes mr 'e to enter the Colonial - i s, .'e but that it was un fjl. Nothing but the :-y was "taken in - Either I ' ' i, so far as has yt been '., he s Id. - . BglistRovrcl ToStnrtS!! ; . According to its pastor,' the Rev. J. Q, Mattox, revival plans have, been announced for April at the, Hertford Baptist Church. - The evangelist for this series of services will be Greg ory Walcott, television and movie star of Hollywood; Calif. Services will be held each even ing at 8 o'clock. The music wijl be under the direction of the church pastor with special music o be brought by the church choirs and others as will be an nounced from time to time dur ing, the meeting. The public is invited to attend any or all of the services of this revival and are asked to mske their homes open for visitation by the mem bers of the church as an effort is made to let everyone know of the meeting. 1 This revival is a part of the r.p tion wide sfmu'taneous evange listic crusade neing put on by 75.000 Baptist churches in the United States. This crusade be gan on March 15 and will con tinue through April 26. In the Chowan Association, of which the Hertford Baptist Church is a co operating member, there are 35 Churches taking part in this cru sade.' The Rev. A. C. McCaM of Belcrpss, pastor of the Sawyer's Sreek Baptist Church, is chair nan of evangelism, for the asso ciation and the Rev. J. O. Mat ox, pastor of the Hertford Bap tist Church, is director of the crusade.-: Other Baptist pastors among the 35 churches are act ing as a steering committee for the crusade. Everyone is urged to attend one of the meetings in this crusade. '; ; Funeral services for William Mfred Hofler, age 88, who died Ji a Raleigh hospital Thursday morning of last week following a 1 long illness were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock -n ine rwiford uneral Home Ohapel ' by the Rev. Henry E -rutchfiield, pastor of the Da nascus Congregational Christian Church in Sunbury, assisted by he Rev. James A. Auman, pas-or- of the Hertford Methodist Church. - "Have Thine Own Wav, Lord," was played during the service by Mrs. Georgia Roberts, organ st. The casket was covered with a poll of red roses, white mums and fern. Pallbearers were . Elliott Lay- den, P.( F. , Edmond, W. P. Tay lor, E. ,H. Rountree, McMullan White arid Phillip Jackson Burial .followed in the family cemetery in Gates County with Masonic Rites, being conducted by P,erquimans Lodge, No. 106, jj A.' T., St ,A,M. i Mr. Hofler wag a native Gates v County but had resided for the; last 23 years with his son, Hurley Hofler at 712 W. Grubb Street; He was the hus band of the late Susanna Pierce Hofler and son. of the late Al fred and .; Fannie Bagley Hof ler. A retired farmer, he was a member of ihe Damascus Con gregational Christian Church in Sunbuiy and s- member of Per quimans Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M. He. is - survived by two sonsi NorfleetiHofler of Gatesvillff and Hurley Hofler of Hertford; two half sisters', Mrs.' T. H. Lassiter of Franklfn, Va.', and Mrs. Asa. Coooer" of. Sunbury; and two grandchildren. '..Aiiiii 1 ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Merrill of Son'rira, J Texas ; announce, the birth tf a daughter, 'Pattiei born Monday, March 30. Mrs. Merrill is thev former Miss Pat Edwards. N . BAKE SALE A bake sale will be sponsored by the .Durants c Neck Home Demonstration Club Saturday, prij 18, at 10:00 A. M., on the New Hope Methodist Church ? . . - .I..L 1 XA r ' , i I (in- iofler Rites llelil SundayAfternoon jl - pSllllfl Gregory Walcott. Hollywood movie and TV actor, will be the guest evangelist at the revival services to be conducted at the Hertford Baptist Church beginning Sunday. April 12, and continuing through April 19. He it the brotner of the Rev. James O. Mattox, pastor of the church. Superior Court To Convene Monday With Mixed Term The April term of Perquimans Superior Court, with Judge . "'"f " vs- Malcolm Paul presiding, will Hush white, et als. convene herenext Monday fori Jurors drawn for duty at this a one-week" session. Eleven, term o court are: criminal cases and Uncivil ae- A- .? JWinslow, Jr., W. L tions are listed for trial', during! wlile Sh'- Elliott Laydcn. E. the week, , it was reported by w- Lane Caleb Raper, Mrs. Win W. H. Pitt, clerk of couri.fc fol'd Huason, . Eugene Hurdle, teases fisted -jmahe-inllv-'-00 Henry docket are Lillian Riddick, Ne- c- Sullivan, W. Freeland Elliott, gro, driving without a license; Mollie Lu - Yeates, Claude H. Bennie, Bonds, Negro; breaking Simpson, Josiah Elliott, John and' entering; Joseph Patrick, Brumsley, John M. Pike, John Louis Taylor, Wilbur Copeland, Q- White, Kramer Williams, Lin Floyd Moore and Fred Bryant, wood Dail, Joseph Ab Williams, Negro, driving drunk;- Cornelius1 Alec ' ', Stallings,' Joseph Butt, Ohesson, Negro, murder; Lin-iKermit Benton, Marvin L. Simp wood Stokely, Negro, . driving. son, Melvin Rogerson, John L. with windowobscured; : William. Winslow, Lloyd Riddick, Trim Harris, Negro, carnal knowl-,w- Wilson. . edge; Thomas Jenkins, Jr., lar-.f Also Linwood Lamb, William ceny. The 13 cases listed oh the) civil calendar are: William Rid- dick vs. Mary Riddick; Wilbur Owens, vs. Nellie Owens; Aaron Riddick vs. Addie Riddick; Wiley Welch vs. Frances Welch; Ly curgus White vs. Oliea White; Ocie Austin vs. Marian Austin; Clifford Perry vs. Marian Perry; Catherine Jennings vs. La wrencei Jennings; ' Herman , Small vs.i Ruth Small; J. E. ; Winslow vs. James Lilly; Towe-Webb Motor Cr, vs. Hughlett and . Mary F. Perquimans HD At District Meeting Tuesday , The annual 25th District Fed- stration Clubs, Miss Florence eration meeting of Home Dem-1 Cox. District Home Economics onstration Clubs met Tuesday,! Agent, Mrs. Julian Porter, presi April 7 at. Perquimans Countyjdent 16th District Woman's Central Grammar School, Win- Club and R. L. "Bob" Spivey, fall ; ""' '" '" chairman of Perquimans Coun- I lv rnmrniceinnprs -. Thps crllPRts Refreshments were served by.' .: tu; the receDtion committee. , Mrs. Colon-" Jackson, Mrs. Warner Madre, Mrs. Dan Berry, Mrs. Emmett Long, Mrs. Geo. Fields and Mrs. Carroll Williams to the 378 club members and visitors as they arrived for the 10:30 A: M program. - Mrs. George ; Wood, District Chairman, presided over the, events of the day. " Vj-1 ' ! A clever and unusual musical Bingo welcome was extended to the" club members from Dare, Pasquotank, Ga tes, Camden, Currituck ; and Chowan '.counties, by '.' Perquimans I County - Council officers, ; Mrs. ' William Winslow, Mrs. Melvin Eu're and Mrs. War ner Madre. , Mrs. Bill Stallings and Mrs. Fred Mathews assisted the ' officers. Famous , songs from each county were played to welcome that particular county to Perquimans County. Mrs. George Hewitt of Pas quotank County gave an .inspir ing devotional. , f-.ipl gusts included Mrs. i J ' I , ' .A m ' "'' , Wiif , J ;Ui'.';;" ! 1 lir rs , White; Harlan Hurdle vs. Lewis TJ i n . m ' r-. r r tS. Hurdle, Oliver D. Layden, Jr.. Melvin Knight, Whichard Davis Linwood Godfrey, Hilary Scaff, Corbin Dozier, Lloyd Dail, Wil liam O. Creecy, Robert S. El- liott, Johnny Hollowell, Thomas Harris, L. D. Lamb, Lloyd A. Lane, Dillard Jackson, Hugh Harrell, Charles Skinner, Jr., B. F. Bray, Claude Dail, Claude Riddick, Hubert A. Chappell, Edgar A. Chappell, Harry Thatch, Elijah White, Raymond M. Thompson, Carroll Lamb and Levy Sawyer. ; Qubs Hosts brought greetings from their re spective organizations. .. Thomas Maston, principal of Perquimans Central Grammar ' School, also greeted the group. Mrs. Sylvia C, Mathews, home economist, Elizabeth City, intro duced Miss Delphia . Rawls, speaker of the day. Miss Rawls, home economist pf Roanoke Rapids, presented , her slides of Europe. The one hour presenta Wbrt .carried the women" on a jlour1 of many countries in Eur ope.' m' .h- Special entertainment j .. was presented by 4-H Club members, !'A; Dark Town Strutter's Ball" dance routine by The Top Hats; Betsy Barbee, Cookie Dozier and Vera Ann Perry- preceded Le titja . McGoogan's . piano " solo, "Grlegs Concerto in A; Minor." Miss ; Carolina ", Wright, public school music teacher, presented program in song by her fifth and sixth grade students of Cen tral School. " ' : After the luncheon which was -rvi by. the - eleven Home 1 n Tr i I ' ' t Nine Candidates SeSk Offices In Hertford Eliction l"!t ; 'i Interest in the approaching election of officials for the Town of Hertford reached a climax here during the past wook when! I nine candidates paid filing fees and officially entered the races for the office of Mavor and as members of the Board of Com missioners. Candidates who have filed for the incumbent mavor, V. N. Dar den, who is seeking re-clcction. He is opposed by Emmett Land ins, who filed fcr the office last Saturday. Seven candidates have filed for posts as town commissioners, mciuaing all members el me present hoard. Entered in this rare to date are W. F. Ainsley, A. W. Hefren, Robert L. Hollo well, Francis Nixon, Henry C. Sullivan, W. Rav White and William A. (Billy) White. Robert C. Elliott, town clerk. , pointed out that Thursday, April 16, is the deadline for candidates to file for offices subiect to the primary' election which will be held on Monday, April 27. The j election of the officers will take place on Tuesday, May 5. Indians Defeat Aces 6 To 3; Lose ToWilliamston Perquimans Indians launched their Albemarle Conference campaign here Friday afternoon with a 6 to 3 victory over the Edenton Aces. Perquimans got only four hits but they bunched three of them with' , four Edenton errors to score all six of their runs in the fifth inning. During the ,bi? round Parker Chesson and Billy Nixon blasted triples, both com ing with two mates aboard. Nixon also had a double to ac count for half of his team's safeties. Pete Hunter, Perquimans righthander, held Edenton to only three hits, one being a double in the third inning with two on bv Robert White. Hun ter struck out 13 men and walked only one. Zackie Harris, on the mound for the Aces, struck out four and walkod none. On Tuesday afternoon the In dians journeyed to Williamston for another conference contest but dropped the decision 8 to 7 in an extra inning game. Perquimans took an early lead and held a 6-2 advantgae up to!meeting on Thursday night of the sixth inning, then Williams-J this week beginning at 8 o'clock ton knotted the count, fcacn team scored one run in the sev-1 enth and Williamston tallied again in the eighth to score its victory. Chesson started ori the mound for Perquimans and pitched un til the seventh inning, when he was relieved by Welly White. Wynn was the hurler for Wil liamston. He was also leading batter for the Green Wave. Billy Nixon collected three hits for Perquimans and Til'ley and John Winslow got two each. The Indians will ' play Ahos kie here Friday afternoon with game time set for 2:15. Indian Tillies ' Perquimans High School was host at a four-way track meet on Memorial . Field Wednesday afternoon when trackmen from Ahoslpe, .Edenjpiv, and .William ston competed against the In dians. - , ;f : ; The Indians finished ..first With 45 pb-'nta, Ahoskie was sec ond with 36, Edenton scored 16 points and Williamston had two points. . Perquimans ' placed first in four ' events ' when v Tarkington tied for honors in the high jump; Tucker won the 880 yard run; Stoltz was first in the discus Njxon; the Hertford Grammar throw and Sullivan won, ;- thJ School, Mrs. W. D.1 Cox. ' Joseph broad jump. - - ., ;f- 'Perry, Thomas Fleetwood; Cen Williams of Ahoskie was first, tral Grammar School Mr. Ned in the shot put; Spivey of. Eden,Uixon,.,iE1ovd' Matthews, ' Mrs. toft won" 'the' 100 yard dash and, Janice, , .Winslow; Perquimans .440 yard' dash; Mitchener. of, Edenton won the mile run- v Local Board Voted To ' Start Property Revaluation In i HIS WEEK'S HEADLINES -X.X.". JI.5 -4-- Konrad Adenauer, 83-vcar-old Chancellor who guided West Ger many through the past 10 years, announced Tuesday he .wiW re sign his post and S'.'ek the of ice of President. Tim i-ipu-s shinnrH German politicians and world riinlomats since rernnt. rennrl.s had K llrt'J indicated Adenauer intended to. continue in the top post of the i German government. Tin; government n ported on Tuesday employment throughout tK .,ii.. u..j : j "' i.nniMi ntiu juiiiiJi;ii inure tban normal during the month M......U ..i. ,u , , ,. , P,?!d f,suurc byt nbl 41 -000- i iuwi iiuiiiui.-i in LMiipioyeu was i reported at 63.828,000 while the unemployed total now stands at 4,362,000. Continued economic recovery was cited for the in crease in employment rolls. India has provided asvlum for gl'"m ti,n be t'ainod out the Dalai Lama of Tibet, who1 Tw bl,ls arc' now b01"' tke' fled his country during an up- l','l'sl;llule- "' " the House rising against Red China. In- :mrt "ne ln the Senate calling dian Minister Nehru reported his tnr al! --ount'es "the State to country is still guided by her l,olfl revaluation of real proper treaty of co-existence with Red ,y witnin a period eight years; . , China but indicated India, will ,,,,cse ml,s cal1 fr Perquimans . not turn over the Dalai Lama, County to complete the task on spiritual leader of Tibet, to the 0I' before January, 1961. Communists. i Other matters handled during the meeting Monday included . Barring unforseen develop- the appointment of Rav Whits ments. the Legislature now in as Rabies Inspector in Pevquim- j session in Raleigh is expected to I adjourn about June 1. This whs " ,fs---iiwii ui uiifcmw Hoages during the past week. Although the Legislature is faced with the task of adopting reve- nue and appropriation measures, now under committee considera tion, it is the belief of some of-, ficials there will be little delay , on these matters. James Hagerty, press secretary to President Eisenhower, Tues day denied reports that Secre tary of State Dulles has re signed. A report was broadcast to this effect but Haccrtv savs ! it. "had no foundation. Dulles is still recuperating from a recent operation. PTA MEETING The PTA of Hertford Gram- mar School will hold its April in the auditorium of the school. wwwwwwwwwmwa. Edu cation Board Reelects Supt. Of John T. Biggers was re-elected Superintendent of the Perquim- j ans County, Schools following; reorganization of the Board-of Education at a meeting held here last Monday. The new board, appointed by the General Assembly, is composed of C. C. Chappell, who was named as chairman of the board, Mrs. Jack Brinn, Dr. A. B. Bonner. D. H. Eure, George Caddy, Howard Matthews and Charles M, Har rell Following the reorganization of "the board, and. the re-election of . Mr. Biggers as Superintend ent, the board then named Frank McGoogan, Ralph Harrell, Julian Matthews,'; Mrs. .May , Wood Now ell and John Danchise as mem bers of the District School Com mittee. i Advisory committees for the five schools of the county were named as follows: Perouimans High School, Mrs. John Hurdle, Mrs. Thelma Rogerson, Francis Union School, Sanford Jennings, Dewey Overton, Odell !'"" ; - Commissioneis for Perquimans County, faced with a possible compulsory State law requiring property revaluation in this county in 1961, voted dur n? their meeting last Monday td proceed with plans to conduct the revaluation this year, with new appra'sals becoming ef fee-' live January 1, 1960. The action taken by' the pves ent board of commissioners has been under consideration for a number of vears. since more than 30 years have passed sinc4 ,,, ,,, !.,, .. . ... , , " ""P- revaluation. Under the motion adopted Mondav, the Board -will meet with representatives of the Institute of Government to fori mulatc plans for starting the re- v..... uius nr tun- . tr-1P4- for the work will be- sought by the board just as soon as tentative contracts can be : drawn. - Members of the board have,, during the past month, inter viewed several companies en gngod in this type of work and secured ideas and suggestions on the manner in which the Dro- ans County for a period of one ' year. . Max Kt Lampoetl was raupi- nointed to the office of Countv Accountant for a term of two VPHri, The Board voted to donate -$175 to help defray the expens es of the mass chest X-ray pro gram to be carried out in the . county April 11 through April 18th. Acting on a request submit ted by Claude Brinn,. the board ' voted to request no changes be made in the present law which buns ; carnivals from operating within the county. . Also approved was a plan to provide parking space, on the. Front Street side of the Court" House Green, for' county officer and members of the State Hjgh- way Patrol. Members of the Board of Edu cation appeared before the com Continued on Page Eight Biggers Schools Kin8 S.ree School- Theodore lc ton- Geol'8e James and Hele Fe,ton' Mrs. Eva H. Ward was apt pointed as secretary to the Supi crintendent for a term of twA years. . ; During the meeting the board discussed at some length needed construction at the PerqutmanJ Union School and conferred witf. (he Board of Commissioners con-i cerning available funds for suc -construction at the building. The Superintendent was directed to secure information and estimates as to the cost of construction- of, two .' additional ' classrooms (,fot-i immediate use at the, school.' "The board reviewed the audit report for the fiscal year 1958-59 and accepted it as submitted' by the auditor. . - IvocaJ Pirieinen Atteytdn School Members of the Hertford Fire Department have been attending the - fourth annualijAfiremen's school, being held this week at Plymouth, under -'the-'directing of Sherman Pickler of the Insurance Climntissioner's ' r " and Otis' Dow tfy. cf - '' f Ch--'-1 F
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