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Volume XXVI. Number 18.
Soil Conservation
Sun
ervisors
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District supervisors of the Al-
bemarle Soil Conservation Dis
trict will hold their regular
meeting in Edenton Wednesday,
May 6, at 7 P. M., at the Eden
ton Restaurant.
- E. P. Knight, - Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company representa
tive, wii present certificates of
merit to the 1958 -board of super
visors for their outstanding ac
complishments in soil and water:
conservation last year. Members
who will receive awards tfre: L.
C. -Bunch, J. A. Webb, Jr.,. and
R. H. Hollowell, Chowan County
Supervisors.. J. W. Nowell, G. G.
Winslow and J. A. Bray, Per
quimans County Supervisors. W.
R. Gregory, J. E. Morgan and W.
L. Davis, Pasquotank County Su
pervisors. W. F. Williams, H. A.
Leary and W. G. Stevens, Cam
den County Supervisors. Railph
Powers, Manley West and M. E.
Doxey, Currituck County Super
visors. Fahey Byrum and Car
roll Byrum of Chowan County
who were selected as the out
standing conservation farmers in
the five-county district for 1958.
L. C. Bunch, chairman of the
district, announced that three lo
cal farm equipment dealers will
receive soil and water conserva
tion awards for their cooperation
in 1958. These are Hobbs Imple
ment Co., Byrum Implement &
Truck Co., and, Edenton Tractor
& Implement Co., all of Edenton,
. Other business : includes a re
port 'on the recently sponsored
conservation poster contest.. Planr
for sponsoring the land judginp
contest for FFA students - - thir
year and the payment of nation
Mi and state dues for the district.
Small Watershed projects will
also, be discussed.
This ' meeting is open to the
publis,; The supper will be a
'JDutcAJaujjut. reservations
can be made by calling 4127 or
2484; and putting your name in
the "pot". The district super
visors , encourage farmers and
others to attend their meetings,"
says James Griffin, local soil con
servationist. '-.,;.''..'-'. ..
Harrell-Corprew
Vows Spoken In
In a quiet but impressive cere
mony April 19, at 4 o'clock ill the
afternoon at the Bethel Baptist
Church, Miss Amanda Lou Cor
prew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Haskett Corprew of Hert
ford, became the bride of Elwood
Fahey Harrell, son' of Mrs. . Alma
Harrell and the late Mr. Harrell
of Edenton, The Rev. Bryan
Hollomari, pastor of the bfide, of
ficiated. The church was dec
orated w i t h Jighted candles,
palm's and .magnolia leaves cen
tered ' with a large basket of
white glads and mums.
The wedding music was pre
sented by Mrs. Dallas Tillett, or
ganist (Of Wanohese. Johnnie
Phillips, soloist of East Carolina
College, sang "t Love You Truly"
and, as a benediction "The Wed
ding Prayer'.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, was dressed in a
gown fashioned of nylon , lace
over taffeta with fitted bodice,
high neckline, long tapered
sleeves and buttoned up the back
with self-covered buttons.; btfhe;
softly, gather pkfrt eri4ed,,h 'a,
short train.' Her'Tihgertip veilof
illusion fell from a cap of lace.
Her bouquet was made of carna
tions with satin streamers . and
feathered carnations. , .
. MisVMsirgie.Porprew, lister of
the hride, w.as,.,maid .of honor,!
Her gown was made of pinjt.net
over taffeta. It was fashioned
with fitted bodice, with puffed
sleeves and 1 gathered skirt In
her hair she . wore k band of pink
daisies. Her bouquet was made
of pink carnations with touches
of pink, and blue ribbons.
. The triaegroom had as his best
man, his brother-in-law, Willard
Copeland of Belvidere. ;..
The ushers" were ' Johnny Cor
prew, 'brother of the ' "bride, 'and
Church Ceremony
Erittv i I.,hi cf Elenton, broth
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Awards Made At
Court Of Honor i
Scouts of Hertford Troop 155
received awards at a Court vof
Honor conducted at the Scout
Hut last Monday night under the
supervision of the Scout Com
mittee, W. S. Long, T. P. Byrum,
Edward Simpson and Scoutmas
ter Marvin Simpson.
. Receiving awards were Charles
Woodard, first aid and -home re
pair merit' badges; Price Monds,
first class award and merit badg
es for first aid and citizensh'n in
the home; John Stallings, first
class and merit badges for first
aid and home repairs.
Tenderfoot badges were award
ed to Ricky Gibbs, Charles Bon
ner, Tommy Keel, Paul Gregory,
Billy Stallings, Clark Henry,
Howard Robertson and Joe Towe
White, Jr.
Indians Tied For Lead In
Conference Baseball Race
The Perquimans Indians, pres
ently tied for first place with J
Wilhamston in the Albemarle
Conference baseball race, will
attempt to sew up the confer
ence title Thursday night when
they play Plymouth in Hert
ford with game time set for)
7:30 o'clock.
Perquimans and Wilhamston National Family Week will be
?ach have lost three contests observed throughout the Metho
luring the current season and ,jjst Churches of America May
the outcome of the Thursday
ame will have a bearing on
the final standing.
The Indians scored three wins
during the past week, defeating
Williamston 4 to 0 last Friday;
edging .out Scotland Neck 8 to.
1 iq,va. eightsinning gam -and
bumping Ahoskie 6 to 2. , '
. Pete Hunter pitched the In
dians to Victory over Williams
ton, giving up three hits, while
Perquimans collected four runs
off of five hits. Hunter got
two of these hits. Nixon hit a
home, run in the third inning
with a teammate on base at the
time. : ,,.'
Hunter and 'Nixon formed the
battery for Perquimans in the
Scotland Neck game. Scotland
KTorV tiQt o n Ion? in ihp
fourth when Parker Chessonl
u-.i ,n wi, nn nn o
knot the count. Perquimans
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scored the winning run in the
eighth.
Chesson was the winning
pitcher in the Ahoskie contest,
which the Indians won easily
6 to 2.
Yinslow Rites Held
; Gordon Layden Winslqw,
died suddenly at his home on
Winfall Star Route Saturday
morning at 1:30 o'clock.
He was a farmer and life-long
resident of Perquimans County,
son of Thomas R. and Nora Lane
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Surviving in addition to his
parents, are his wife, Mrs. Fran-
' ces Winslow; four brothers, Claud
and Oliver Winslow of Winfall
and Charles and George Winslow
of Hertford; three sisters, Mrs.
Emmett Landing, and Mrs. Lind
sey Bunch Hobbs of r Hertford,"
Mrs. James ,L,; , Hendricks of
greet Bridge, Va. '
t Funeril rseryices ii weref ' KJOn
ducted Sunday, f afternoon b4 3i
o'clock at" Piney Wbodii ' Friends
Church by EarL Redding, pastor,
assisted by .Orval , Dillon, Dur
ing ?the sep'ices Mr. and Mrs. Or
Vat Dillon i sang ? "Whispering
Hope"i and Elmer Lassiter sang
"Beyond The Sunset".
Pallbearers were Carlton Nix
on, Earl Rogerson, Sam True
blood, Shelton Morgan, Seth Mor
gan and Parker Copeland. Bur
ial was m Up River Friends
Cemetery.,- 6 '
PIANO RECITAL
Piano pupils of Mrs. Georgia
Roberts will present a recital at
the Central Grammar School next
Tuesday night" Ma , 5, "beginning
fit 8"Qclock.' The' public Is in-
Sunday Afternoon
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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 1, 1959.
570 Vaccine Shots
Given At Jaycee
An' 'anti-polio clinic conducted
here last weak by the Hertford
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
in cooperation with the Per
quimans County Polio Commit
tee, was termed a success by
D. F. Reed, Jr., chairman of the
project.
Reed announced Monday 57C
children and youths from Per
quimans County attended the
clinic and received polio vaccine
shots. All but sixty of the in
dividuals received booster shots
while 60 received shots for the
first or second time.
The sponsors of the clinic
were highly pleased at the re
sponse to the clinic and an
nounced tentative plans are now
being made to hold another
clinic on the night of May 21
Cor the purpose of providing
shots for the 60 individuals who
have received qnly the first
vaccine shot.
Church To Observe
'National Family
Week May 3 -10
3-10, and this year's theme is
"The Family and the Bible."
First Methodist Church, Hert
fosd, this week announced plans
for the special observance
as
I they issued this statement:
,., "Realizing that what religion
ista accomplish- it Can do best
in the family, the Commission
on Education of our church has
made extensive plans for the
observance of National Family
Week and urges every family of
the church to join in .the ac
tivities of the church during this
week."
Beginning with Sunday, May
3, the minister, the Rev. James
A. Auman, will preach on "Fam
ilies Out of Trouble."
I At 6:30 on this same day, the
yuth Fellowship will begin a
two-session unit on My Par-
en and Me- .
1 Wiuiniiuiau m
Wednesday night, May 6, wiH
be Family Night. Families will
bring picnic supper to the
church at 6:30 and, weather per
mitting, the; jpicnic will be on
Hie church lawn or in the Fel
lowship Hall. Supper will be
followed by ' family recreation,
led by Mr. and Mrs. Joe L:
Tunnell,. family life leaders.
Parents will see a film "Mike
Makes His Mark" and discuss
"Discovering the Bible as a Fam
ily," with Mr. and Mrs, James
Auman as the discussion leaders.
Miss Caroline Wright will be in
charge of the children during
the parent discussion hour and
they will see several film strips
and sink and play together.
Some of the older young people
will care for the toddlers; in the
nursery during this hour:
The Commission on Educa
tion, of which Mrs. John Coston
is chairman, has ordered copies
of "The Christian Home" maga
zine for general distribution and
also copies of a' new leaflet
"Know Your Teenager" for par
ents of teenagers in the church.
There -is something planned for
all age families. ; ; ,
' ' Mother's i . Day will conclude
'the-' .week. - On .Sunday might,
May j 10,! parents of the Metho
ds Youth Fellowship will- be
invited, to join in the 6:30 .meet
ing with this . group as they con
sider together "Hints on. Being
a Parent, pf a Teenager.".
Junior-Senior
Prom Is Tonight
E. C. Woodard, principal of
Perquimans High School, , an
nounced the school's annual
Junior-Senior prom will be held
at the school on Friday night
between the hours of 8 and 11:30
o'clock. He stated the school
authorities will assume no ; re
sponsibility .for the,. students ;af
ter.,te.(1,.Qsing ,how Qf.he
, event ,
The group shown above will go to Europe this summer as a
Methodist Youth Caravan, representing the North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodisi Church. They will sail June 6 from
New York, on the Holland-American Liner "The Waterman."
Rev. and Mrs. James A. Auman of Hertford, last year's counsel
lors for the Caravan, are responsible for working out this year's
itinerary which will include a ten-day work camp in Berlin,
Germany, helping with the reconstruction of a Methodist Church
there. Pictured, left to right, are: Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Stev
ens, Rockingham, counsellors. Second row. Misses Frances Bell,
Beaufort, alternate delegate; Sylvia Nicks, Roxboro; Patricia
Olmsteal Arlington, Va.; Mary Sanderson, Plymouth; and Pa
tricia Pugh, Old Trap. Third row are Corbin Cherry, Hertford;
Ronald Wach, Pittsboro; Tommy Covington, Jr., and Robert
Phillips, both of Rockingham.
Ready Livestock
For Annual Show
, On May 5 and 6 the fourteenth
annual Fat Stock Show and Sale
will be held at the Scott and
Halstead Produce Terminal on
the Weeksville highway.
Perquimans County 4-H Club
members who have stock entered
in the show and sale have been
very busy getting their animals
ready for the two-day event.' Of
course, they have been feeding
and caring for their animals for
quite a few months, but with the
show and sale getting close they
have been washing and cleaning
the animals and getting them
gentle.
The 4-H'ers who have steers
entered are: Betsy and Jimmy
Kirby, son and daughter of Mr.'
and Mrs. T. R. Kirby; Tommy
Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Harrell; Louise Chap
pell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Chappepl; Waldo Winslow,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wins
low; Clyde Lane, Jr., son of Mr.
Hertf ordf Jaycees
Install
Dinner
Hertford Junior Chamber of
Commerce held its annual La
dies' Night Party Wednesday
night and installed new officers
for the organization for the com
ing year.
Another highlight of the meet
ing was the presentation of the
Teenager of the Year award to
Donald Baker, , son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Baker of Belvidere.
Installed as president of the
Jaycees, . was Marion Swindell,
who succeeds Keith Haskett, out
ging . president. . Other officers
are A Williams,, vice president;
Carl Woolard, secretary; Gil Un
derwood, treasurer; Francis Nix
on, state director; D. F. Reed, Jr.,
George Fields and Keith Haskett,
directors. '
The !dinner meeting was. held
at the First Methodist ; Church
and a delicious dinner was serv
ed by the ladies of jthe church. :;
Principal speaker; at the din
ner meeting was Russell Twiford
of Elizabeth City, recently elect
ed vvice president, of ; the. N. C
10th District. ,t . ." ' '
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flnd Mrs. Clyde Lane, Sr.; Floyd
Mathews, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Mathews, Sr.; Willis Wil
liams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Williams; J. A. Bray, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bray, and
Mary Beth Hurdle, daughter of
Mrs. Fannie Hurdle.
Those who will have hogs are
Bryan Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. M. Miller; Gene and Ed Nix
on,, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Prejton
Nixon: Judy Long, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Long; Tommy
Harrell and Louise Chappell.
"Again we want to thank the
buyers of last year's stock. It is
these people and people like
them that have made these Fat
Stock Shows sucti a big success.
Without their support it would
be impossible to hold these
sales," states Richard Bryant, as
sistant county agent. The buy
ers were: Swift and Co., Wilson;
Houston Edwards, Mfflton Dail &
Continued on Page 6
Meeting
Two Road Projects
"The State Highway Commis
sion has approved and set up
funds for two road projects ' in
Perquimans County under the
Secondary Road Plan for the
county.. ,
. The work includes the grad
ing, draining and paving from a
point' on a paved secondary
road 0.2 miles south of Bethel,
south 1.9 miles to the intersec
tion with an unpaved secondary
read.
The - other project involves
some 12.0 miles currently being
used as the owly access to the
Harvey Point Naval Base, which
is under construction. Excessive
loads which travel : this road
daily have caused failures' in
the base and pavement and re
pairs are needed.
Estimated cost of the work in
this county is . $22,949.52. and
completion is expected : during
the construction season. '-1 '
Officers
At
Given SHC Approval
Hertford
Sullivan,
And
White
Plans Revealed
For Observance
Of HD Club Week
Perquimans County Home
Demonstration Club women will
observe National Home Demon-
: stration Week May 3-9. The an
nual spring tour of homes will
be held on Wednesday, May 6.
at 2 P. M. Homes of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Whitehurst, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Woodard, Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Sawyer and Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Sutton will be
toured by club women and
enests according to Mrs. E. J.
Proctor, Sr., county home beau
tification leader. ,
Room arrangement, storage
space, built-ins and general
floor plan will be observed.
The annual County Commis
sioners dinner will be Friday,
May 8, at 7:30 P. M. Winfall
Home Demonstration Club will
be hostess to the Commissioners,
K. Lj Spivey, chairman, Warner
Mudre, Harry Winslow, Elwood
Nowelll, George Baker and their
wives, eleven home demonstra
tion presidents, County Council
officers and Extension staff.
Mrs. L. B. Elliott, county
house and home furnishings
leader, will display furniture re
finished and reupholstered at
recent workshops. The display
will be in Darden's Department
Store on Church Street. Mrs.
C. T. Rogerson, Jr., county food
conservation leader, will display
canned foods stressing "How to
Judge Conserved Products."
Subscriptions of the magazine
"Gieen 'N Glowing" will be re
quested to circulate among club
members during the month of
May. A radio program will be
broadcast over WGAI Thursday,
April30.
Whiteston and Bethel Horn .
Demonstration Clubs will meet
dui ing the week. Individua
club members have been asked
to put emphasis on the national
theme, "Today's Home Build
Tomorrow's World."
Mass Chest X-ray
Survey Success
In Perquimans
Mrs. Duke Cropsey, secretary
of the District TB Association, re
ported Tuesday that the mass
chest X-ray survey conducted
for a seven-day period in Per
quimans County resulted in 1,815
persons having X-rays made dur
ing that period. She stated the
results were very gratifying to
the county committee as well as
the district board.
Mrs. D. M. Jackson, chairman
of the county committee, express
ed her appreciation to members
of the home demonstration elubs
who served as hostesses at the
mobile unit and to other individ
uals who helped in any way to
make this survey a complete suc
cess. Prior to the survey the com
mittee had hoped at least 2,000
X-ray pictures might be taken in
the county. The results, while a
bit short of the goal, were term
ed satisfactory.
Mrs. Cropsey also announced
follow-up pictures, recommended
by the Health Department, were
now being taken at the Perquim
ans Health Center under the di
rection of County Health Nurse
Miss Audrey Umphlett.
LIEUT. HENGEL DIES
Word has been received here of
the death Wednesday of 1st. Lt.
David A. Hengel in an aircraft
accident in Germany.
Lt. Hengel, who was. 27, was
the husband of the former Jua
nita Harrell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Harrell of Route 1.
She and . their three children
were with him in Germany. ' '
' Details are' not available at
this time but will be announced
later.
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Voters Elect Darden
Hefren, Hollowell
To
Town
Hertford voters, casting 521
ballots in the primary election
.ast Monday, made only one
change in the official town board
for the coming four years.
Nominated as candidates for
the offices of Mayor and Com
missioners for the General Elec
tion coming up Tuesday, May 5,
were Incumbent Mayor V. N.
Darden, Commissioners Henrv C.
Sullivan, A. W. Hefren and Rob
ert L. Hollowell. W. A. (Billy)
Wh;te received the nomination
for the office as commiss'oner.
The primary, tantamount to
election, develooed much inter
est among the voters of Hertford
and the recorded vote was the
largest cast during the past 15
years.
Mayor V. N. Darden received a
majority of 155 votes over his
opponent. Emmett Landing, the
total cast being Darden 338 and
Landing 183.
Henry C. Sullivan led the 12
nian race for nomination as com
missioner. He received a total of
279 votes and A. W. Hefren re
ceived 250. Incumbent Robert
Board Of Education Approves
Election Of County Teachers
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A minimum wage law for
North Carolina appeared certain
this week when the Senate com
mittee studying the measure
Have its approval of the pro
posed law. The law will provide
'fcr a 75 cents per hour mini
mum wage. However a number
of amendments attached to the
bill exempts some employers
inecting the standards.
The U. S. Senate this week
otcd to override a veto by
president Eisenhower which
would strip away the power of
the Secretary of Agriculture in
connection with REA loans. The
Senate action must be approved
by the House before the propo
;al is effective.
Western diplomats are meet
ing in Paris this week-end for
tne purpose of conferring on
problems and proposals to be
made later at a meeting of
foreign ministers, including the
Russians, in regard to the Ger
man situation. Secretary of
State Heiter announced he be
lieves the Western officials are
in accord on policy to be pro
posed to Russia.
Red China has named Liu
Shao-chi as its president, suc
ceeding Hao Tzetung. who will
remain as chairman of the Com
munist Party of China. Re
ports state the new Chinese
leader is expected to maintain
the same policy toward Western
powers as did Mao.
Efforts to settle the Henderson
textile strike were renewed this
week when Governor Hodges ap
pealed to both sides to reopen
negotiations for discussion of
problems. Factory management
also agreed to halt plans for
the time being aimed at in
creasing production schedules
pending the negotiations.
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
Commissioners for Perquimans
County will hold their May
meeting next Monday in the
Court ' House, beginning at 10
o'clock. In addition to routine
matters to be handled during the
meeting, the board is expected
to continue discussion for hold
ing a property revaluation this
ear and to consider tentative
budget items for the fiscal year
starting next July 1.
CHURCH SERVICES
The services at Holy Trinity
Episcopal ' Church on Sunday,
May 3, will be Holy Communion
service at 8 A. M,, regular church,
school ' at 0:45 and Holy , Conv
munion' and sermon by the Rev.
E. F. Moseley, rector, at 11 A. M.
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Offices
I Hollowell and W. A. White tied
I for the third and fourth places,
i with a total of 218 votes each.
I Vote totals for the other can
I didates were Francis Nixon 204,
W. F. Ainsley 195, W. Ray White
154, John Beers 145, Jesse Lee
Harris 131, William Claude Brinn
123, Mrs. Norman Elliott 58 and
I Johnny Broughton, Jr., 47.
A total of 17 ballots were dis-
carded by the election officials
I because voters had failed to
I properly mark the ballot. A
number of these voters failed to
. observe the "one-shot law" and
failed to vote for at least four
j commissioners as required by
! law.
I The General Election for tho
Mayor and Town Board will be
next Tuesday. May 5. Election
officials will be the same as for
the primary, and the polling
ulace will be open from 6:30 A.
M., until 6:30 P. M.
Following the General Elec
tion the officials will assume
their duties at the regular May
meeting on Monday. May 11.
Meeting in special session on
( Thursday night of this week;
I the Board of Education approv
ed the election of teachers for
Perquimans County schools for
th? 1953-60 term to start next
September.
The boa id acted upon the
recommendations of the District
School Committee which met on
Tuesday night and nominated
he present county faculty, with
the exception of five teachers
who tendered th'ir resigna
tions. The five vacancies which now
exist include the position at
Perquimans High School re
signed by Mrs. Carroll 1.
Holmes, who has taught in the
'oca I schools for the past 30
years: three vacancies exist at
Ctntral Grammar School due to
resignations by Mrs.' Nora
Raines. Mrs. Gladys White and
Mrs. Elizabeth Buiton; the fifth
vacancy is at Perquimans Union .
School, where Alma B. Biggs
reigned.
Other action taken by the
District School Committee in
cluded a recommendation that
the Board of Education take ac
tion to curtail the use of auto
mobiles by students attending
ounty schools. During the
meeting of the Board of Educa
tion this recommendation was
taken' under advisement for lat
er action.
The Board of Education on
Thursday also completed ac
tion toward making an applica
tion to the State Literary Fund
fcr a loan of $19,000 for the pur
pose of constructing two addi
tional classrooms at Perquimans
Union School.
Authority for submitting this
application was granted the
board by the County Commis
sioners and the Education Board
plans, if the loan is approved
and funds made available, to
start construction as soon as the
present school term closes.
Funds secured from the State
LUerary Fund is repayable over
a 10-year period at an interest
rate of 3 ''a per cent annually.
Building & Loan To
Offer Savings Stock
Hertford Building and Loan
Association will offer for sale
its 78th series of savings stock, ,
beginning Saturday, May 2, it
was reported today by Max
Campbell, secretary of the As
sociation. Individuals desiring to pur
chase stock in the local Building
and Loan are urged to come to
the Building and Loan office to
make arrangements for the
number of shares desired. The
stock is sold on the basis of
payments of 25 cents weekly on'
each share purchased and the
shares mature at $100 value.
Based upon present earnings
of . , the Association, the . stock,
will mature in 346 week, payi
mg simple interest in excess o
four per cent. ,