HE PEHU1MAN
S WEEKLY
4 Volume XXVI. Number 16.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 17, 1959.
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The. April term of Perquimans
: Superior y Court, ' which con
vened Monday with Judge Mal
colm Paul presiding, ; moved
along at a rapid 'pace, disposing
of 10 criminal cases and three
divorce' actions on the opening
" cay.
Divorces were granted to Clif
' ford Perry, Hersan Small, Wal
ter Gregory and Catherine Jen
nings., '
The State took a not pros in
, the cases in which Lillian Rid
(J. dick was charged with driving
... without a license and Linwood
Stokely, Negro, charged with
driving" with window obscured.
Cases in which Louis Taylor
and Fred Bryant were charged
with driving drunk were con
tinued until the next term of
court. .
Floyd Monds entered a plea of
' guilty, to charges of drunk and
driving without a license. He
. was given a six month sentence,
suspended upon payment of a
fine of $200 and costs:
Wilbur Owens paid a fine of
$100 and costs after pleading
guilty to s charge of driving
drunk.
Eugene Myers, charged in two
counts with breaking and enter
ing and larceny, entered pleas
of guilty to the charges. He was
sentenced to state prison for a
period of not Jess than five nor
more than ; seven, years. Sen
- tences totaling five years, which
were suspended by the Superior
Court at previous terms, were
ordered, invoked when' Myers'
probation was revoked.
v, ' Benme Bonds. Negro. Dlead
guiltyvJo charges of breaking
end entering and larceny. He
was sentenced to state prison for.
9 peloid fiMlNtimymffpj
Tiloma"s Jenkins, .Negro, charg
ed' with larceny of a car, enter
ed a plea ot guilty- to - the
charge and he was sentenced to
the roads for a period of two
years.
The ' case in which ' William
Harris, Negro, was charged with
carnal knowledge was remanded
to the Recorder's Court for dis
position. '.
The first jury trial of the
criminal docket came with the
case in which Cornelius Chesson,
Negro, was charged with mur
dor. The jury returned a ver
diet of guilty to a charge of
manslaughter and the court sen
tenced Chesson to serve a sen
tence of five to seven years in
state, prison., ; h , -; . y r ? H t t
Eclward ''Cahooh was' found
guilty on a charge of failing to
.dim the headlights of his car.
THe -was ordered to pay a fine of
$10 and costs.
Terry Jones entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of speeding
C 75 miles per hour. He was or
tjdered to pay a fine of $80 and
: costs and his license to drive
, was suspended for three months.
..During the court session on
Wednesday Joseph Patrick en
tered a plea of guilty to a charge
of driving - drunk. He was or
dered to pay a fine of $100 and
costs of court
A .civil suit, that of Harlan
Hurdle vs.' Lewis Bros., was con
tinued until the next term of
' court " . ,: " :
Closed ButSE!
SfcrtOf Quota
Henry C. i Stokes, Jr, fund
" chairman for the Perouimans
Countv .! TIm Cross." announces!
that the Red.Cfcess'lJVnd'ittivet
has officially closed with the
total donations of approximately"
41,400.. This amount includes
V that already deposited and that
I which is reported but not yet
turned in.
: , This amount is approximately
.( $258 short of the goal needed to
continue the proposed plans for
the year. At the present Jime,
the ' blood program stands in
jeopardy due .to lack of funds.
It is .hoped ShaP'tthybnii fbr,
" pny orgattizatioWl,1wA'o has : ,not
l -,ribut4KwiU 'ddo'-at'orici.
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Docket
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Bethel Revival
To Start Sunday
According to its pastor, the
Rev. Bryan Holloman, revival
plans have been announced for
April 19-25 at Bethel Baptist
Church. The evangelist for this
series of, services will be the
Rev. Johh T. Dearing of Nor
folk, Va.
Services will be held each
evening at 8, o'clock. The mu
sic will be under the direction
of the pastor with special music-,
to 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 make their homes
open for visitation by the mem
bers of the church as an effort
is made to let everyone know
of the meeting.
County Library
Undertakes New
Public Service
The Perquimans County Li
brary is now giving a new ser
vice, small in its way, but one
that until this spring has been
neglected. -
Letters come into the Post Of
fice at the rate of two or three
a day addressed to "The Hert
ford Chamber of Commerce."
Since there is no Chamber of
Commerce in Hertford these let
ters asking for information con
cerning Perquimans County
have" heretofore been unanswer
ed. Many are from school chil
dren working on a North Caro
lina history project. Believing
that these children deserve some
reply to their letters and that
Perquimans County deserves
lsome recognition among other
counties, the (library staff has
compiled a brief description of
the county, its history and its
resources, and with the coopera-
tipn of the high school, where
the mimeographing is done, and
the Jaycees, who contributed
$5.00 toward postage, the library
mails these mimeographed
sheets to all part of the state
in answer to requests, Thanks
are in order to Mrs. Barbee and
Mrs. Stallings of the high school
faculty, to the Jaycees and to
Mrs. Viola Nachman for their
interest and help in .he project.
With National Library Week
under way, the Perquimans
County Library has a display of
notable books for both adults
and children calling attention to
the national slogan, "For a Better-read,
Better-informed Am
erica." '.
To Attend Science
Institute At ECC
, Sixty teachers from North Car
olina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and Florida will attend a Sum
mer Institute for Senior High
School Science and Mathematics
Teachers June 8-July 17 at East
Carolina College.
J. O. Derrick of the Depart
ment of Science and Dr. David
R. Davis of the Department of
Mathematics at East Carolina
have announced the list of those
chosen to participate in the work
of the Institute; They were se
lected from approximately 250
applicants. Each will receive a
stipend of $4501 $90 for each de
pendent up to' four, and a travel
allowance. tiffr'SO i 1 :'. i ')''
The Institute at East Carolina
iw part of a nation-wide program
sponsored and ; financed by the
National Science Foundation to
m prove instruction in science
and mathematics. . Among the
teachers selected will be Gilliam
Underwood of Perquimans High
School, Hertford. . (
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
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Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Towe
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, -Fay Suzanne, born Tuesday
i Chowflni(Hospital;in Edenton. located "On , the" Court House
lrpl Jowe. ; is ; the i iqrmei!:i Miss ' Green "and ' operates ' between4 fle
Cbj-ystaJ 'Hast,-, , f-t Inn A-hours, ''ol if "it Ifci'ariA 5 P.'lt''
ROOMY ON THE INSIDE, TOO University of Tennessee coeds number 15, 16, or 17,
depending on how your counting is these days, on the OUTSIDE of this car. INSIDE, there
are 13 addicts of the current crowd-'em-in college craze. This manifestation of fevered spring
. occurred in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Rev. John Dearing of
Norfolk, Va., will be the guest
evangelist for the revival services
to be condnrtpH at thp Ruthol
Baptist Church April 19 through made H 'mP0b'e for Dulles to
the 26th. Special music will be;car,y on the duties' The Presl"
given under the direction of Mrs.
Dewey Perry, Jr.
Town Board Holds
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Hertford s Town Board met
last Monday night for its April
meeting and voted to rezone a
lot on Dobb Street from residen-
tial to business to permit con
struction of an office building on
the site by W. C. Stroud. Prop
erty owners, adjacent to the site,
consented to the change in re
zoning. The Board was given a report
on collection of delinquent tax
es, due the town, by Town At
torney Chas. E. Johnson and
R. C. Elliott It was agreed by
the board partial payments will
not be received toward settle
ment of delinquent tax liens on
real property.
A discussion was held by the
board when Mayor V. N. Darden
advised' the commissioners of cir
cumstances arising over the ar
rest, last " Saturday night, of a
high school youth on charges of
speeding. The : youth,: Mayor
Darden stated, was placed in
iail when his operator's license
showed him to be a resident out-1
side the county. A controversy
arose when several local resi
dents, acquainted with the boy,
sought his release from jail. The
Mayor told the Board he arrived
at the scene within a short time
and ordered Officer Robert A.
White to release the youth from
jail upon learning his identity
and residence, and he was rec
ognized to appear in'court. The
youth had been placed under ar
rest by Officer Tarkenton fol
lowing a chase of several blocks
and the youth's car was stopped
when he struck a post and fire
hydrant at the . corner of Punch
Alley and Front Street.
Mass X-ray Survey
To End Saturday
, Perquimans County residents,
who have i, not r secured a 'free
chest X-ray, will have the oppor
tunity to do jaga, oh;ifW
and Saturday of, this week' while
the Mobile X-ray-unit fe sihVk&-
tioned in Hertford.
Miss Audrey UmphletC Coun
ty Health Nurse and Mrs. D. M.
Jackson of the -District TB As
sociation, today urged all persons
who have not done so to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to se
cure a chest X-ray and help the
health department and TB Asso
ciation to make early detection
of tuberculosis.
The unit taking , the X-xays Js
Routine Meeting
New PTA Officers
Named At Hertford
G r a m ma r S c h o ol
IHSS WEEKS
HEADLINES
John Foster Dulles, Secretary
of State for the past six years,
has resigned due to illness which
President Eisenhower termed
aent una a news coiuerence on
Tuesday no successor had been
selected but Washington sources
believe Christian Herter will be
named to succeed Dulles.
The United States has protest-i
ed to Russia the buzzing, of;
U. S. planes flying to Berlin
from West Germany.' The action
followed Russian demands that
Allied planes observe a 10,000
feet ceiling when " flying the
area. The U. S. contends Rus
sia has no authority to set plane
ceilings.
Algernon Butler, Clinton at
torney, has beer, recommended
fcr appointment as Federal
Judge in the N. C. Eastern Dis
trict, succeeding Judge Don
Gillam, who retired. Butler, a
Republican, is expected to be
named by the Justice Depart
ment and approved by the Sen
ate. The United States and Britain
have proposed to Russia adop
tion of a ban against certain
type of nuclear explosions which
were discussed at the Geneva
conference but to date the So
viet government has not indi
cated acceptance Reports state
the proposal was made in hope
it will, if agreed upon, lead to
future ban on nuclear testing
The Republican party has
chosen a new national chairman
and selected Chicago as the site
for its 1960 Presidential conven
tion. Senator Thurston Morton
of Kentucky was named as the
chairman of .the party. .
Board Of Education
Holds Steak Fry
. Members of the Board of Edu
cation, their wives and husbands,
held a steak supper Friday night
of last week at Perquimans Cen
tral Grammar School. Special
quests included Rep. and Mrs. C.
R. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Spivey Mr.- and. Mrs. S. M.
Whedb'ee, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Big
gers, Mr,: and Mrs. Jarvis Ward,
Prihcipals' Miss Thelma Elliott,
"T.tirtmne .Maotnn V. P WnrtHnrrl.
f darlyle Wardi of ,5pakyt MoUnt
and Max Campbell. , , . " : .
Mrs. T, P. Brinn, , who retired
as a member of the Board of
Education last week, was pre
sented a certificate for service
for the years ; she served as a
board member. ,.
Short talks were made by Mr.
and Mrs. Holmes, the latter giv
ing a brief report on the progress
of the General Assembly.
R. M Thompson, Richard Bryr
ant George Bellmon and Claude
Will ijams.ere' ,'the chefs toe the
supper. - "1 1 '
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The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of Hertford Grammar
School held its April meeting at
Uie school on Thursday night of
iiist week with 140 members
present. Mrs. R. S. Monds,
president, presided over the
business session.
irs. Wailter Edwards, pro-
Uiam chairman, presented mem
iprs of the seventh grade, who
snng the opening song, accom
panied by Miss Caroline Wright
at the piano.
A panel discussion on the sub
.i'Xt of parent, teacher and pupil
relations was conducted with
Mrs. Francis Nixon, Mrs. James
Newby, Mrs. Jark Brinn and
Jarvis IJenry taking part on the
program.
Mrs. Monds expressed thank
oi' the PTA to the Board of Edu
cation for a banister installed
on the school i stage and Mrs.
Henry Sullivan reported on a
trip to Raleigh in support of the
U school budget.
The treasurer reported a bal
ar;te of $318.83 in the PTA
treasury.
The PTA voted to buy more
di.-.hes to be used for PTA sup
per servings.
Mrs. Jack Brinn informed the
group the dance recital will be
held on May 22 and the May
Day program will be held on
May 8. It was announced the
organization made $120 from the
supper the PTA served the
county Ruritan clubs.
Recommendations of the nom
inating committee for officers
for the year 1959-60 were an
nounced and the new officers
will be Mrs. Robert L. Hollo
well, president: Broughton Dail,
vice president; Mrs. John New
by Winslow, secretary and Mrs.
Freeman Long, treasurer.
Mrs. Williams' first grade and
Mrs. Elliotf's seventh grade tied
for the attendance banner, each
with an attendance average of
62 per cent.
Following adjournment of the
meeting, a cof fe hour was en
joyed and the group inspected
tne new cyclorama which had
been purchased for the stage by
the PTA.
3 New Candidates
File For Offices
Three new candidates have
entered the election races for
the Hertford election coming up
or: Monday, April 27. Filing as
candidates for the Board of
Commissioners, since last week,
were John Broughton, Jesse Lee
Harris and John Beers.
The ! entry of these three
young men as candidates brings
thfe total seeking election' to the
board to ten. Two candidates
are seeking the office as Mayor.
County Board To
Meet Friday A. M.
' A meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners, which
was recessed on Monday, April 6,
will reconvene here Friday on
Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock
when the board will confer with
Henry Lewis of the Institute of
Government concerning contracts
and programs connected with
with property ' revaluation, which
the board is considering for this
county during the final part of
this year. . -
Uaycee Clinic
Shots Next Week
Everything is in readiness for
the anti-polio clinic' to be staged
in Hertford Thursday and Fri
day nights of next week under
the sponsorship of the Hertford
Junior Chamber of Commerce., in
cooperation with the Perquimans
Polio Committee, it was report
ed by D. F. Reed, Jr., chairman
of the Jaycee committee promot
ing the program.
Free polio vaccine shots will be
given to children nf the county
appearing at the clinic, which
will be conducted in the Munici
pal Building between the hours
of 7 and 9 P M. Dr. T. P. Brinn
and Dr. C. A. Davenport will di
rect and supervise the clinic.
Inasmuch as Ninth Carolina
has adopted an anti-polio law,
which requires children to be
inoculated again-it polio prior to
entering schr.. 1 fir the first time,
this clinic will offer families the
opportunity to comply with this
law and at the same time secure
lelief from polio.
A similar clinic was conducted
last year by the Javcees and Mr.
Reed stated individuals who re-'
ceived shots' at this first clinic
may secure a fourth or "booster"
shot by applying at tne clinic
next week.
The Perquimans County Polio
Committee urges the public to
take advantage of this opportuni
ty to secure inoculation against
the disease.
BloodmobileTo
Visit Here Monday
The bloodmobile will be in
Hertford at th'j Municipal
Building Monday, April 20, from
10 A. M. until 4 P. M., accord
ing to Marion Swindell, chap
ter chairman.
The quota for Perquimans
County is 210 pints per year and
that is divided over three visits
of the bloodmobile. or 70 pints
per visit. Last visit the county
lacked two pints meeting the
quota, so it is hoped that we
will more than meet the quota
this trip.
Everycne is urged to donate
a pint of blood, "If you have
never donated," Swindell said,
"please won't you let Monday
be your first. You will be sur
prised how easy it is and how
lewarding. If you have alr:?ad
donated before, we will be look
ing forward to seeing you agair.
Monday."
County Youth In
Tractor Accident
Edward Sutton, 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sut
ton of Hertford, Route 3, is in
Albemarle Hospital suffering
from injuries sustained late last
Friday afternoon at the Albe
marle Chemical Company nea
Hertford.
According to reports the youth
went to the site with his father
and while there was injurer1
when a tractor overturned anr1
fell on the boy. The report stat
ed the boy had been informec'
not to get on the tractor or try
to operate it, but apparently he
mounted the machine and at
tempted to jump from it while it
was turning over. He suffered a
mangled right arm and should
er, a fracture to the arm and was
burned on the back by the ma
chine's muffler.
A spokesman at the firm re
ported the youth's condition is
better than first reported.
Indians Lose To
Ahoskie 3 to 2
The Perquimans Indians lost
their second Albemarle Con
ference baseball game here last
Friday afternoon when the
Ahoskie High nine defeated
Perquimans 3 to 2 in a 13-in-ning
contest.
Perquimans gained an early
2-0 lead but Ahoskie tied the
count in the sixth inning and
then scored the winning run in
the 13th. , Welly White pitched
six innings for Perquimans , and
was relieved in the sixth by
Hunter, who . finished the game.
Single - Shot Law
Applicable Local
P r imary El ecti on
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Fulton Stokes
Fulton Stokes of White Oak,
IN. C, vice president of Ruritan
National, will be guest speaker
for the Durar.ts Neck Ruritan
Club's annual ladies' nijjht on
April 22 at 7:31) V. M.
Mr. Stokes was elected vice
president in .January, 1959 after
serving tlii.e years as a Na
tional Director. He is a past
District Governor and Lieuten
ant Governor of the Cape Fear
District. He also has served
Hie White Oak Ruritan Club as
president and vice president.
Mr. Stokes teaches agriculture
r. the White Oak High School.
He is also' a very prosperous
farmer.
Perquimans High
Seniors Headed
For New York
Perquimans High School
seniors will leave for New York
April 19 and will be back in
Hertford April 24 about 10
P. M.
Seniors planning to be aboard
tiie bus Sunday morning are:
Bonnie Rae Dail, Bevi Tucker.
Claude Russell, Ethel Sutton,
William Ray Miller, Shirley By--um.
Charles Elliott, Jesse Vance
Harrell, Lois Byrum, Becky
Nixon, Sherman Long, Letitia
McGoogan, Donald Baker, Law
rence Layclen, Ray Winslow,
Dave Burton, Shirley Tarking
ton, Willie Saunders, Joyce
Siallings, Patricia Keel. Vickie
Johnson. Hulda Dail, . Dempsey
White, Wynda Chappell, Glen
nie Myers, Becky Gregory,
Gioria Stallings, Peggy Sawyer,
to Davin Towe. Welly White.
Lib Thatch. Kathleen Blanehard,
Parker Chesson, Buddy Ayscue,
Tommy Lane. Clarence Dail,
Dickie Owens, John Mathews.
Victor Sutton, Jimmy Dozier.
One night will be spent in
Washington. In our Capitol
City the seniors will visit
Mount Vernon, National Airport,
Arlington Cemetery, where they
will see the change of guard at
the tomb of the unknown sol
dier. Lee's mansion, the amphi
theater, statue of Iwo Jima, the
cr.pitol, Lincoln memorial, the
reflecting pool and the Jefferson
memorial.
Some points of interest the
seniors will see while in New
ork will be Radio City. Rocke
rellcr Center, a stage show, TV
show "I've Got a Secret," Pat
Boone's dress rehearsal show,
i no Statue of Liberty. Hyde
Park, Roosevelt's home, Vander
bilt's mansion, West Point and
'.he United Nations building.
Central PTA To
Meet Next Monday
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion nf Central Grammar School
will hold its April meeting Mon
day night, at 8 o'clock in(the au
ditorium of the school. . County
4-H leaders, Miss Ha Gray Mc
Ilwean and Richard Bryant will
have charge of the program. All
patrons of the school are invit
ed to attend.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
The Rev. George'' S. .Hill of
Elizabeth City will be at the Holy
Trinity ' 'Episcopal -Church ' on
Sunday, April 19, to conduct the
11 o'clock morning service. "
j With interest mounting in the
I approaching p: imary election
I which will determine the nomi
! nees for the offices of Mayor
and Commissioners for the Town
el Hertford, inquiries have been
I 'l ade concerning -the manner in
I which the nominees will be se
lected.
At the request of a number
( : citizens Town Attorney Chas
K. Johnson consulted the Attor
ney General of North Carolina
asking for a ruling on the lav.
which is commonly known as
the "single-shot" law.
This law was enacted in 1955
and requires that insofar as pri
mary elections are conrernert
j voters must ote ior as many
J candidates seeking offices as
' tuere are offices to be filled.
J There was some question as to
j the coverage of this law and
Harry W. McGalliard, Assistant
Attorney Geneial. advised Mr.
Johnson that where counties and
j irunicipalities conduct primary
elections the law is applicable.
In the case of the primary olec-
iion for the Town of Hertford.
I scheduled to be held on Monday,
April 27. where two candidates
f seek the nomination for Mayor
j and 10 candidates seek the nomi
, nation for office as commission
I ers it is mandatory that voters
J '''-t their' ballots tor one candi
I u'.'te for. Mayor and four candi
I .lates for Commissioners. Bal
lets not thus marked are void
under the law.
Candidates who had filed for
town offices up to Wednesday
of this week were V. N. Dar
den and Emmett Landing, seek
ing the nomination for Mavoi :
W. F. Ainsley, John Beers. John
Broughton, A. W. rfcfren, Rob
ert L. Hollowell. Jesse Lee Har
ris. I rancis Nixon. Hrnrv r. gui.
liven, W. Ray W hite afioHniliaJn "
A. (Billy) While who seek the
nomination for office as town
commissioners.
Since the law does not provide
for a run-off of the primary
election the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes is
designated as the nominee for
Mayor: and the four candidates
receiving the highest vote totals
are designated as nominees for
commissioners. The election of
the officials is set for Tuesdav, -May
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4-H County Council
To Hold Supper Fri-
Barbecued chicken supper was
the main order of business at
4-H County Council meeting on
April 2. The Council decided to
have the supper : April 17 at
Winfall Grammar School from
5:30 to 7:30 P. M. Tickets were
given to club presidents to bo
sold by 4-H members. Beckie
Gregory is chairman of the sup
per committee.
Letitia McGoogan presided
over the meeting which begaii
with 4-H pledec and devotional
by Carolyn Willis. District of
ficers were voted as follows:
President, Carroll McDonnell,
Perquimans; vice president, Mon
ty Harrell, Tyrrell; secretary
treasurer, Wayne Howell. Per
quimans and historian, Ola Mae
Bundy, Pasquotank. Beckie
Gregory was elected as 4-H
delegate to present the election
ballot at District Elimination'
Day. ' . . ,.
Recreation was led by Exten
sion agents and refreshments'",
were served by ' Mr. and Mi's! 1
Claude - Williams and Tommy
Maston, adult leaders.
WSCS Annual Meet
Will Be Thursday
The Elizabeth City District
Woman's Society of Christian
Service will hold its annual
meeting at City Road Methodist
Church in Elizabeth City on
Thursday, April 23, beginning at
10 o'clock.
The Rev. O. Kelly Ingram
will be the guest speaker and
will give an informal Slide lec
ture on his trip to the Holy
Land t last , summer. , ; ,
' Every local Woman's, Society
of Christian Service is expected
to be represented at this meet
ing. . .'